Measuring Trilinear Gauge Boson Couplings at Hadron and Lepton Colliders

Abstract

We discuss the measurement of the $WWV$ ($V=\gamma,\, Z$) gauge boson couplings in present and future collider experiments. The major goals of such experiments will be the confirmation of the Standard Model (SM) predictions and the search for signals of new physics. The present limits on these couplings from Tevatron and LEP2 experiments as well as the expectations from future hadron and lepton collider experiments are summarized. We also study the impact of initial state radiation on the sensitivity limits which can be achieved at the NLC and a $\mu^+\mu^-$ collider.