W/sup +/W/sup -/ and Z/sup 0/Z/sup 0/ pair production in e/sup +/e/sup -/, pp, and p-barp colliding beams

Journal Article · Thu Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1979 · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.19.922· OSTI ID:6323283

Brown, R W; Mikaelian, K O

We discuss the production of pairs of weak bosons in those processes where electrons or quarks annihilate. Besides comparing and extending previous calculations for e/sup +/e/sup -/ ..-->.. W/sup +/W/sup -/, we consider e/sup +/e/sup -/ ..-->.. Z/sup 0/Z/sup 0/, pp and p-barp ..-->.. W/sup +/W/sup -/X or Z/sup 0/Z/sup 0/X. It is emphasized that (1) the rate of production of Z/sup 0/ pairs is comparable to that of W pairs and that (2) W-pair production with colliding proton beams may be the best way to see high-energy cancellations in cross sections, the hallmark of renormalizability in gauge theories.

• Research Organization: Physics Department, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
• OSTI ID: 6323283
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 19:3; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANNIHILATION
BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
BASIC INTERACTIONS
BEAMS
BOSONS
CHARM PARTICLES
COLLIDING BEAMS
CROSS SECTIONS
DATA
DATA FORMS
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
ELECTRON-POSITRON INTERACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
HAMILTONIANS
INFORMATION
INTERACTIONS
INTERMEDIATE BOSONS
ISOLATED VALUES
LEPTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS
LIE GROUPS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
NUCLEON-ANTINUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PAIR PRODUCTION
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
PROTON-ANTIPROTON INTERACTIONS
PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS
QUANTUM OPERATORS
QUARKS
RENORMALIZATION
SU GROUPS
SU-2 GROUPS
SYMMETRY GROUPS
THEORETICAL DATA
U GROUPS
U-1 GROUPS
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
WEINBERG-SALAM GAUGE MODEL