Effective-Lagrangian approach to gamma gamma --> WW; I: Couplings and amplitudes
Abstract
We consider the gauge-boson sector of a locally SU(2) x U(1) invariant effective Lagrangian with ten dimension-six operators added to the Lagrangian of the Standard Model. These operators induce anomalous three- and four-gauge-boson couplings and an anomalous gamma gamma H coupling. In the framework of this effective Lagrangian we calculate the helicity amplitudes and differential and total cross sections for the process gamma gamma --> WW at a photon collider. We give relations between different parts of the amplitudes that show which linear combinations of anomalous couplings are measurable in this reaction. The transformation properties of the differential cross section under CP are discussed. We find that three linear combinations of CP conserving and of CP violating couplings can be measured independently of the photon polarisation in gamma gamma --> WW.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0508132,
title = {Effective-Lagrangian approach to gamma gamma --> WW; I: Couplings and amplitudes},
author = {O. Nachtmann and F. Nagel and M. Pospischil and A. Utermann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0508132},
year = {2009}
}
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29 pages, 11 figures, references added; to appear in EPJC