Probing electroweak symmetry braking mechanism at the LHC: A guideline from power counting analysis

Abstract

We formulate the equivalence theorem as a criterion for sensitively probing the electroweak symmetry breaking mechanism, and develop a precise power counting rule for chiral Lagrangian formulated electroweak theories (CLEWT). With these we give a systematic analysis on the sensitivities of the scattering processes W"#+-#W"#+-##->#W"#+-#W"#+-# and q anti q'#->#W"#+-#Z to probing all possible effective bosonic operators in the CLEWT at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). (orig.)16 refs.SIGLEAvailable from TIB Hannover: RN 437(96-029) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekDEGerman