Z BOSON PAIR PRODUCTION IN HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON PHOTON COLLISIONS AND THE HIGGS SIGNAL

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JIKIA, GV
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[1] Institute for High Energy Physics, 142284 Protvino, Moscow Region
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10.1016/0370-2693(93)91734-5
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P1 [天文学];
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The complete standard model calculation for the reaction gammagamma--> ZZ has been done. The W boson loop contribution is found to be substantial. It leads to a large value of the transversely polarized Z(T)Z(T) pair production cross section of 200 fb at square-root s(gammagamma) = 500 GeV for unpolarized initial photons. The Z(T)Z(T) pair production would represent a severe irreducible background for the observation of the longitudinal Z(L)Z(L) pair production. So, the observation of the Higgs signal for M(H) greater-than-or-equal-to 500 GeV at the Photon Linear Collider seems to be a problem unless discrimination between transverse and longitudinal Z polarization is possible.
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