POLARIZATION EFFECTS IN ELECTROWEAK VECTOR BOSON PRODUCTION

The electroweak production processes of vector bosons, e(+)e(-) --> Z gamma, gamma e --> Ze, and gamma e --> W nu, are considered simultaneo usely, and in the standard model the covariant polarization density ma trices of vector bosons for these processes are obtained explicitly fr om one of the processes, gamma e --> Ze. The effect of the photon pola rization, as well as the vector meson polarization, is considered, and some special cases are discussed.