Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1997-10-09
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
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Scientific paper
We studied single $W$ boson production in high energy $e\gamma$ collisions and the sensitivity of various observables to the $WW\gamma$ gauge boson coupling by evaluating the helicity amplitudes of all Feynman diagrams which contribute to the final state being studied, including the $W$ decay to final state fermions. We examined $W$ production at 500 GeV and 1 TeV $e^+e^-$ colliders, comparing results for photon spectra obtained from a backscattered laser and from beamstrahlung radiation. Here we found that the couplings could best be measured using the backscattered laser photons with $|\delta\kappa_\gamma|\leq 0.07$ and $|\lambda_\gamma| \leq 0.05$ at a 500 GeV collider and $|\delta\kappa_\gamma|\leq 0.07$ and $|\lambda_\gamma| \leq 0.02$ at a 1 TeV collider, all at 95% C.L.. The measurement of $\kappa_\gamma$ is at the threshold of being able to measure loop contributions to the trilinear gauge boson vertex. For completeness we include the limits achievable using single $W$ production at a 200 GeV $e^+e^-$ collider in the Weizacker-Williams approximation. This process can measure $\kappa_\gamma$ to $\pm 0.15$ at 95% C.L. which is comparable to the $W$ pair production process.
Andrew Peterson K.
Doncheski Michael A.
Godfrey Stephen
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