Search for anomalous quartic $WWZ\gamma$ couplings at the future linear $e^{+}e^{-}$ collider

Abstract

In this paper, the potentials of two different processes $e^{+}e^{-}\rightarrow W^{-} W^{+}\gamma$ and $e^{+}e^{-} \rightarrow e^{+}\gamma^{*} e^{-} \rightarrow e^{+} W^{-} Z \nu_{e}$ at the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) are examined to probe the anomalous quartic $WWZ\gamma$ gauge couplings. For $\sqrt{s}=0.5, 1.5$ and 3 TeV energies at the CLIC, $95\%$ confidence level limits on the anomalous coupling parameters defining the dimension-six operators are found via the effective Lagrangian approach in a model independent way. The best limits on the anomalous couplings $\frac{k_{0}^{W}}{\Lambda^{2}}$, $\frac{k_{c}^{W}}{\Lambda^{2}}$, $\frac{k_{2}^{m}}{\Lambda^{2}}$ and $\frac{a_{n}}{\Lambda^{2}}$ which can be achieved with the integrated luminosity of $L_{int}=590$ fb$^{-1}$ at the CLIC with $\sqrt{s}=3$ TeV are $[-8.80;\, 8.73]\times 10^{-8}$ GeV$^{-2}$, $[-1.53; \, 1.51]\times 10^{-7}$ GeV$^{-2}$, $[-3.75; \, 3.74]\times 10^{-7}$ GeV$^{-2}$ and $[-9.13;\,9.09]\times 10^{-7}$ GeV$^{-2}$, respectively.