PROBING W-BOSON AND TOP-QUARK MASS GENERATION WITH STRONG ZZ SCATTERING SIGNALS

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作者
BERGER, MS [1 ]
CHANOWITZ, MS [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,DIV PHYS,THEORET PHYS GRP,1 CYCLOTRON RD,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.757
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The Z-boson pair signal from strong WW scattering, WW --> ZZ, is significantly enhanced by a contribution from gluon-gluon fusion, gg --> ZZ, if W-boson and t-quark masses are both generated by electroweak symmetry breaking condensates formed by quanta heavier than 1 TeV. By measuring the two components of the signal it will be possible to probe for different origins of the W-boson and t-quark masses.
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