Publication Date:
2011
abstract:
We present a computation of the O(αs ) QCD corrections to W ± Z γ production at the Large Hadron Collider. The photon is considered as real, and we include full leptonic decays for the W- and Z-bosons. Based on the structure of the VBFNLO program package, we obtain numerical results via a Monte Carlo program, which allows to implement general cuts and distributions of the final-state particles. The NLO QCD corrections are sizable and strongly exceed the theory error obtained by a scale variation of the leading-order result. Also, the shapes of relevant observables are significantly altered.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Hadronic colliders; NLO corrections; Vector bosons; Nuclear and High Energy Physics
List of contributors:
Bozzi, Giuseppe; Campanario, F.; Rauch, M; Rzehak, H.; Zeppenfeld, D.
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