Probing Strong Electroweak Symmetry Breaking in W+ W- -> t \bar t

TL;DR

This paper investigates how strong electroweak symmetry breaking models affect top quark pair production in W+ W- collisions, proposing methods to detect signals and identify resonances at future linear colliders.

Contribution

It provides detailed predictions for signals of strong electroweak symmetry breaking in top pair production and suggests polarization observables to identify resonances.

Findings

Predicted observable signals at 1.5 TeV linear collider.

Methods to identify lowest-lying resonances via top polarization.

Enhanced understanding of strong symmetry breaking effects.

Abstract

We study the process $W^+ W^- \to t \bar t$ in several models of strong interaction electroweak symmetry breaking. We calculate the signals that can be expected by observing the reaction $e^+ e^- \to \nu \bar\nu t \bar t$ at an $e^+ e^-$ linear collider with 1.5 TeV center of mass energy. We also discuss how the lowest-lying resonances predicted by these models could be identified using top polarization observables.