Vector-Boson versus Gluon Fusion at Hadron Colliders

Abstract

We use chiral perturbation theory to show that pseudo-Goldstone boson scattering and gluon fusion probe different aspects of electroweak symmetry breaking at hadron colliders. In particular, the physics responsible for unitarizing the lowest-order pseudo-Goldstone boson scattering amplitudes need not significantly affect the gluon fusion process. We first show this within the context of strict chiral perturbation theory, and then discuss it using the language of resonances.

14 pp, uses phyzzx 3 figures appended as postscript files. FERMILAB-PUB-92/177-T