Transverse beam polarization and CP-violating triple gauge-boson couplings in e+e-→γZ

We show that an anomalous CP-violating gamma gamma Z vertex gives rise to a novel asymmetry with transversely polarized electron and positron beams in the process e(+)e(-) --> gamma Z. This asymmetry, which is odd under naive time reversal, is proportional to the real part of the gamma gamma Z CP-violating coupling. This is in contrast to the simple forward-backward asymmetry of the gamma (or Z) with unpolarized or longitudinally polarized beams studied earlier, which is even under naive time reversal, and is proportional to the imaginary part. We estimate the sensitivity of future experiments to the determination of CP-odd gamma gamma Z and gamma Z Z couplings using these asymmetries and transversely polarized beams. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.