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In this work we study the γγ → W + L W − L and γγ → Z L Z L scattering processes within the effective chiral Lagrangian approach, including a light Higgs-like scalar as a dynamical field together with the would-be-Goldstone bosons w ± and z associated to the electroweak symmetry breaking. This approach is inspired by the possibility that the Higgs-like boson be a composite particle behaving as another Goldstone boson, and assumes the existence of a mass gap between m h , m W , m Z and the potential new emergent resonances, setting an intermediate energy region (above m h,W,Z and below the resonance masses) where the use of these effective chiral Lagrangians are the most appropriate tools to compute the relevant observables. We analyse in detail the proper chiral counting rules for the present case of photon-photon scattering and provide the computation of the one-loop γγ → W + L W − L and γγ → Z L Z L scattering amplitudes within this Effective Chiral Lagrangian approach and the Equivalence Theorem, including a discussion on the involved renormalization procedure. We also propose here a joint analysis of our results for the twophoton scattering amplitudes together with other photonic processes and electroweak (EW) precision observables for a future comparison with data. This could help to disentangle the nature of the light Higgs-like particle.
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Delgado, R.L., Dobado, A., Herrero, M.J. et al. One-loop γγ → W + L W − L and γγ → Z L Z L from the Electroweak Chiral Lagrangian with a light Higgs-like scalar. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 149 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2014)149
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