W- pair production in e-e- collisions

摘要

The discovery potential of the e-e- option of a new linear collider is discussed. The standard model processes of W-W-, W-Z~0 and Z~0 Z~0 production in e-e- collisions are studied as potential sources of background to 'new physics' reactions, in particular, to the W- pair production through the lepton number violating reaction e-e- →W-W-. The possibility of probing anomalous quartic vector boson couplings in e-e- collisions with highly polarized beams is demonstrated.