Signature of exotic particles in light by light scattering

We discuss the implications on light by light scattering of two kinds of exotic particles: doubly charged scalar bosons and doubly charged fermions; the virtual effects of a nonstandard singly charged gauge boson are also examined. These particles, if their masses lie in the range 0.1-1.0 TeV, will have a clear signature in the future linear colliders. The present analysis has the advantage that it depends only on electromagnetic symmetry, so it is applicable to any model which predicts this class of particles, In particular, our results have interesting consequences on left-right models and their supersymmetric extension. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.