Anomalous Quartic Couplings in W^+W^-\gamma, Z^0Z^0\gamma and Z^0\gamma\gamma Production at Present and Future e^+e^- Colliders

Abstract

The production of three electroweak gauge bosons in high-energy $e^+e^-$ collisions offers a window on anomalous quartic gauge boson couplings. We investigate the effect of three possible anomalous couplings on the cross sections for $W^+W^-\gamma$, $Z^0Z^0\gamma$ and $Z^0\gamma\gamma$ productions at LEP2 ($\sqrt{s} = 200$ GeV) and at a future linear collider ($\sqrt{s} = 500$ GeV). We find that the combination of energies and processes provides reasonable discrimination between the various anomalous contributions.