Search for the anomalous quartic gauge couplings through $Z\gamma$ production at $e^{-} e^{+}$ colliders

Abstract

Spontaneous breaking of the $SU(2)_{L}\times U(1)_{Y}$ electroweak symmetry of the Standard Model (SM) sets the constraints on triple gauge couplings and quartic gauge couplings. Therefore, the measurement of multiboson production in $e^{-} e^{+}$ collisions allows us to directly examine the SM predictions and perform indirect investigations of new physics beyond the SM. In this paper, we concentrate the process $e^{-} e^{+} \to e^{-} Z\gamma e^{+}$ with $Z$ boson decaying to neutrinos to investigate the anomalous quartic gauge couplings using the effective Lagrangian approach at the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC). We obtain the sensitivities on the anomalous $ f_ {Ti}/\Lambda^4$ ($i=0,2,5,6,7,8,9$) couplings taking into account the systematic uncertainties of $3, 5 \%$ at $95\%$ Confidence Level for the CLIC with $\sqrt{s}=3$ TeV. Our results show that the sensitivities on some anomalous couplings without systematic errors are up to two orders of magnitude better than the current experimental limits. Considering a realistic systematic uncertainty such as $5 \%$ from possible experimental sources, the sensitivity of all anomalous quartic couplings gets worse by about $10\%$ compared to those without systematic uncertainty for the CLIC.