Bosonic quartic couplings at LEP2

Citation
G. Belanger et al., Bosonic quartic couplings at LEP2, EUR PHY J C, 13(2), 2000, pp. 283-293
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
ISSN journal
14346044 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
283 - 293
Database
ISI
SICI code
1434-6044(200003)13:2<283:BQCAL>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We list the set of C and P conserving anomalous Quartic vector bosons self- couplings which can be tested at LEP2 through triple vector boson productio n. We show how this set can be embedded in manifestly SU(2)x U(1) gauge inv ariant operators exhibiting an SU(2)(c) global symmetry. We derive bounds o n these various couplings and show the most relevant distributions that can enhance their contribution. We also find that an e(+)e(-) collider running at 500 GeV can improve the LEP2 limits by as much as three-orders of magni tude.