Physics of the W boson at future linear colliders

Abstract

A survey is given of the various aspects of W-boson physics at the next generation of linear colliders. In particular, it is indicated how the W boson can help us improve our understanding of the mechanism of mass generation and the structure of the non-abelian gauge-boson interactions. Also the topics of radiative corrections and gauge invariance are briefly addressed.

Comments: 22 pages, LaTeX, uses modappb.sty and axodraw.sty. Talk and lecture given at the 1997 Cracow Epiphany Conference on W boson, 4 - 6 January 1997, Cracow, Poland. To appear in the proceedings