MEASURING THE ANOMALOUS MAGNETIC-MOMENT OF THE W-BOSON IN POLARIZED-PHOTON - ELECTRON COLLISIONS

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COUTURE, G
GODFREY, S
KALYNIAK, P
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[1] UNIV GUELPH,DEPT PHYS,GUELPH WATERLOO PROGRAM GRAD WORK PHYS,GUELPH N1G 2W1,ONTARIO,CANADA
[2] CARLETON UNIV,OTTAWA CARLETON INST PHYS,DEPT PHYS,OTTAWA K1S 5B6,ONTARIO,CANADA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1990年 / 42卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.42.1841
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We have investigated the impact of photon polarization on the possibility of measuring the magnetic moment of the W boson, at an e collider. Our calculation of the process eW includes the decay of the W and the associated backgrounds. We find that photon polarization may enhance only marginally the detectability of a small deviation from the standard-model value of =1 but could be of interest were there a large nonstandard component. The total cross section with left-handed photons was the most sensitive to of the variables which we investigated. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:1841 / 1843
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