W+WW^+ W^- Pair Production in Two Photon Collisions and the Magnetic Moment of the W±W^\pm Bosons

Oct, 1980
23 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 23 (1981) 1933
Report number:
  • PRINT-80-0814 (OKLAHOMA-STATE)

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Abstract: (APS)
We consider the process γγ→W+W− for arbitrary values of the W± boson magnetic moment μW=(e2MW)(1+κ). The angular distribution, at sufficiently high energy, is extremely sensitive to the magnetic-moment parameter κ, with the standard value κ=1 clearly distinguished from other values. This process is then inserted into e+e−→e+e−W+W−, using the equivalent-photon approximation, and we evaluate the angular distribution measured in the W+W− center-of-mass frame. The sensitivity to κ can be retained only if one puts a lower cutoff on the W± boson energies.
Note:
  • Research Note 115
  • PHOTON PHOTON: INTERACTION
  • INTERACTION: PHOTON PHOTON
  • ELECTRON POSITRON: INELASTIC SCATTERING
  • INELASTIC SCATTERING: ELECTRON POSITRON
  • POSTULATED PARTICLE: W+
  • POSTULATED PARTICLE: W-
  • INTERMEDIATE BOSON: PAIR PRODUCTION
  • PAIR PRODUCTION: INTERMEDIATE BOSON
  • INTERMEDIATE BOSON: MAGNETIC MOMENT
  • MAGNETIC MOMENT: INTERMEDIATE BOSON