Production of Weak Bosons and Higgs Bosons at e-e- Colliders

Abstract

We present calculations of cross sections for single $W^{-}$ and $Z$ production and $W^{-}{W}^{-},W^{-}Z,W^{-}{\hat{I}}^3,ZZ$, and $W^{+}{W}^{-}$ pair production within the Standard Model at $e^{-}{e}^{-}$ linear colliders. We evaluate Standard-Model Higgs boson production in the channels $e^{-}{e}^{-}\to e^{-}{e}^{-}H$, $e^{-}\hat{I}½W^{-}H$, and $e^{-}{e}^{-}ZH$. We also illustrate the enhancements in the $W^{-}{W}^{-}$ cross section that would result from a strongly-interacting Higgs sector or from a $H^{--}$ resonance in a Higgs doublet + triplet model.

Standard Latex, 19 pages of text. 11 postscript figures included; hardcopies by fax or mail available upon request. MAD/PH/779