Z–Z' mixing effects in W boson pair production processes at hadron and lepton high-energy colliders

Abstract

Potential possibilities to detect the effects of Z–Z' mixing in the W-pair production process in proton-proton and electron–positron collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and International Linear Collider (ILC) have been studied. It has been established that the processes of W boson pair production are very sensitive to the angle of Z–Z' mixing and their measurements in current and future experiments will make it possible to improve modern restrictions on the angle of Z–Z' mixing in the models with extended gauge sector. At a nominal energy of 14 TeV and an integral luminosity of 100 fb–1, the LHC collider can offer much more precise information on the parameter of Z–Z' mixing and the mass M2 than can be obtained using the ILC leptonic collider (0.5 TeV).