Studying Trilinear Gauge Couplings at Linear Collider Energies

Abstract

We study the sensitivity of the processes `e+ e- -> lepton (l) neutrino (v) quark (u) antiquark (d)', where the lepton is an electron or a muon, on the non-standard trilinear gauge couplings (TGC), using the optimal observables method at Linear Collider energies. Our study is based on the four-fermion generator ERATO. Taking into account all possible correlations between the different trilinear gauge coupling parameters, we show that they can be measured with an accuracy of $10^{-3}$ to $10^{-4}$ for typical Linear Collider energies and luminosities.

Comments: 17 pages, LaTeX, version to appear in Zeitschrift fur Physik