TESTS OF ANOMALOUS QUARTIC COUPLINGS AT THE NEXT LINEAR COLLIDER - ART. NO. 034008

We analyze the potential of the Next Linear e(+)e(-) Collider to study anomalous quartic vector-boson interactions through the processes e()e(-) -->W(+)W(-)Z and ZZZ. In the framework of SU(2)(L) x U(1)(Y) chi ral Lagrangians, we examine all effective operators of order p(4) that lead to four-gauge-boson interactions but do not induce anomalous tri linear vertices. In our analysis, we take into account the decay of th e vector bosons to fermions and evaluate the efficiency in their recon struction. We obtain the bounds that can be placed on the anomalous qu artic interactions and we study the strategies to distinguish the poss ible couplings. [S0556-2821(98)01515-X]