The computation of the O(αs) QCD corrections to the cross sections for W+W-γ and ZZγ production in hadronic collisions is presented. We consider the case of a real photon in the final state, but include full leptonic decays of the W and Z bosons. Numerical results for the LHC and the Tevatron are obtained through a fully flexible parton level Monte Carlo program based on the structure of the VBFNLO program, allowing an easy implementation of arbitrary cuts and distributions. We show the dependence on scale variations of the integrated cross sections and provide evidence that next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections strongly modify the LO predictions for observables at the LHC both in magnitude and in shape.
NLO QCD corrections to W+W- gamma and Z Z gamma production with leptonic decays / G. Bozzi, F. Campanario, V. Hankele, D. Zeppenfeld. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY. - ISSN 1550-7998. - 81:9(2010), pp. 094030.094030.1-094030.094030.7. [10.1103/PhysRevD.81.094030]
NLO QCD corrections to W+W- gamma and Z Z gamma production with leptonic decays
G. BozziPrimo
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2010
Abstract
The computation of the O(αs) QCD corrections to the cross sections for W+W-γ and ZZγ production in hadronic collisions is presented. We consider the case of a real photon in the final state, but include full leptonic decays of the W and Z bosons. Numerical results for the LHC and the Tevatron are obtained through a fully flexible parton level Monte Carlo program based on the structure of the VBFNLO program, allowing an easy implementation of arbitrary cuts and distributions. We show the dependence on scale variations of the integrated cross sections and provide evidence that next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections strongly modify the LO predictions for observables at the LHC both in magnitude and in shape.
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