Probing strongly interacting W's at the ILC with polarized beams

TL;DR

This paper explores how polarized beams at the ILC can identify a strongly interacting W boson sector, using a resonance model and analyzing various observables to distinguish it from other Standard Model extensions.

Contribution

It introduces a method to probe strongly interacting W sectors at the ILC with polarized beams, incorporating final state interactions via Omnès formalism and comparing with Z' models.

Findings

Polarized beams enhance sensitivity to W sector interactions.

Azimuthal angle correlations serve as effective discriminants.

Final state interactions significantly affect observable distributions.

Abstract

We study the possibility of fingerprinting a strongly interacting $W$ boson sector which is consistent with present day LHC searches at the ILC with longitudinal as well as transversely polarized electron and positron beams. We account for the final state interaction using a suitable Omn\`es formalism in terms of a plausible resonance description, and carry out thorough analyses of cross sections, asymmetries and angular distributions of the $W's$. We carry out a comparison with other extensions of the Standard Model, where heavy additional $Z'$ bosons arise naturally. We also consider the effect of the strong final state interaction on a correlation that depends on $(\phi_--\phi_+)$, where the $\phi_\mp$ are the azimuthal angles of decay leptons, and find that it is a useful discriminant.