Abstract
AbstractWe investigate the anomalous $$W^-W^+\gamma /Z$$
W
-
W
+
γ
/
Z
couplings in $$e^-e^+\rightarrow W^-W^+$$
e
-
e
+
→
W
-
W
+
followed by semileptonic decay using a complete set of polarization and spin correlation observables of W boson with the longitudinally polarized beam. We consider a complete set of dimension-six operators affecting $$W^-W^+\gamma /Z$$
W
-
W
+
γ
/
Z
vertex, which are $$SU(2)\times U(1)$$
S
U
(
2
)
×
U
(
1
)
gauge invariant. Some of the polarization and spin correlation asymmetries average out if the daughter of $$W^+$$
W
+
is not tagged and to overcome this we developed an artificial neural network and boosted decision trees to distinguish down-type jets from up-type jets. We obtain bounds on the anomalous couplings using MCMC analysis at $$\sqrt{s} = 250$$
s
=
250
GeV with integrated luminosities of $$\mathcal {L}\in \{100~\text {fb}^{-1}, 250~\text {fb}^{-1}, 1000~\text {fb}^{-1}, 3000~\text {fb}^{-1}\}$$
L
∈
{
100
fb
-
1
,
250
fb
-
1
,
1000
fb
-
1
,
3000
fb
-
1
}
and different sets of systematic errors. We find that using spin-related observables along with cross section in the presence of initial beam polarization significantly improves the bounds on anomalous couplings compared to previous studies.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous),Engineering (miscellaneous)