Complementarity of Resonant and Nonresonant Strong WW Scattering at SSC and LHC

Abstract

Signals and backgrounds for strong $WW$ scattering at the SSC and LHC are considered. Complementarity of resonant signals in the $I=1$ $WZ$ channel and nonresonant signals in the $I=2$ \wpwp channel is illustrated using a chiral lagrangian with a $J=1$ \qrho resonance. Results are presented for purely leptonic final states in the $W^{\pm}Z$, $W^+W^+ + W^-W^-$, and $ZZ$ channels.