Normalizing weak boson pair production at the Large Hadron Collider

Campbell, J., Castaneda-Miranda, E., Fang, Y., Kauer, N., Mellado, B. and Wu, S. (2009) Normalizing weak boson pair production at the Large Hadron Collider. Physical Review D, 80(5), (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.054023)

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Abstract

The production of two weak bosons at the Large Hadron Collider will be one of the most important sources of standard model backgrounds for final states with multiple leptons. In this paper we consider several quantities that can help normalize the production of weak boson pairs. Ratios of inclusive cross sections for production of two weak bosons and Drell-Yan are investigated and the corresponding theoretical errors are evaluated. The possibility of predicting the jet veto survival probability of VV production from Drell-Yan data is also considered. Overall, the theoretical errors on all quantities remain less than 5%–20%. The dependence of these quantities on the center of mass energy of the proton-proton collision is also studied.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Campbell, Dr John
Authors: Campbell, J., Castaneda-Miranda, E., Fang, Y., Kauer, N., Mellado, B., and Wu, S.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Physical Review D
Publisher:American Physical Society
ISSN:1550-7998
ISSN (Online):1089-4918

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481951Investigations in Quantum Chromodynamics and Physics Beyond the Standard ModelChristine DaviesScience & Technologies Facilities Council (STFC)ST/G00059X/1Physics and Astronomy