NLO QCD and electroweak corrections to Z + γ production with leptonic Z-boson decays

A bstract The next-to-leading-order electroweak corrections to pp → l + l − / ν ¯ ν + γ + X production, including all off-shell effects of intermediate Z bosons in the complex-mass scheme, are calculated for LHC energies, revealing the typically expected large corrections of tens of percent in the T...

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Published in:The journal of high energy physics 2016-02, Vol.2016 (2), p.1-38, Article 57
Main Authors: Denner, Ansgar, Dittmaier, Stefan, Hecht, Markus, Pasold, Christian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bosons
Classical and Quantum Gravitation
Couplings
Cross sections
Decay
Elementary Particles
Jets
Mathematical analysis
Photons
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Field Theories
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Physics
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Relativity Theory
String Theory
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Summary:A bstract The next-to-leading-order electroweak corrections to pp → l + l − / ν ¯ ν + γ + X production, including all off-shell effects of intermediate Z bosons in the complex-mass scheme, are calculated for LHC energies, revealing the typically expected large corrections of tens of percent in the TeV range. Contributions from quark-photon and photon-photon initial states are taken into account as well, but their impact is found to be moderate or small. Moreover, the known next-to-leading-order QCD corrections are reproduced. In order to separate hard photons from jets, both a quark-to-photon fragmentation function á la Glover/Morgan and Frixione’s cone isolation are employed. The calculation is available in the form of Monte Carlo programs allowing for the evaluation of arbitrary differential cross sections. Predictions for integrated cross sections are presented for the LHC at 7 TeV, 8 TeV, and 14 TeV, and differential distributions are discussed at 14 TeV for bare muons and dressed leptons. Finally, we consider the impact of anomalous ZZγ and Zγγ couplings.
ISSN:1029-8479
1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP02(2016)057