1. NLO QCD corrections to production with leptonic decays
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Bozzi, G., Campanario, F., Rauch, M., Rzehak, H., and Zeppenfeld, D.
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QUANTUM chromodynamics , *LEPTONS (Nuclear physics) , *PARTICLE decays , *PHOTONS , *BOSONS , *MONTE Carlo method , *PARTICLES (Nuclear physics) , *LARGE Hadron Collider - Abstract
Abstract: We present a computation of the QCD corrections to 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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