A method for determining anomalous gauge boson couplings from e^{+}e^{-} experiments

Abstract

We present a model-independent method for determining anomalous gauge boson couplings from ongoing and future e^{+}e^{-} -> W^{+} W^{-} experiments. First we generalize an already existing method, which relies on the study of four observables constructed through appropriate projections of the unpolarized differential cross-section. In particular, we retain both linear and quadratic terms in the unknown couplings, and compute contributions to these observables originating from anomalous couplings which do not separately conserve the discrete C, P, and T symmetries. Second, we combine the above set of observables with three additional ones, which can be experimentally obtained from the total cross-sections for polarized final state W bosons. The resulting set of seven observables may provide useful information for constraining, and in some cases for fully determining, various of the possible anomalous gauge boson couplings.