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Title: Z-boson production in association with a jet at next-to-next-to-leading order in perturbative QCD

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  2. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  3. Univ. of Durham, Durham (United Kingdom)
  4. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
  5. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
  6. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)

Here, we present the first complete calculation of Z-boson production in association with a jet in hadronic collisions through next-to-next-to-leading order in perturbative QCD. Our computation uses the recently proposed N-jettiness subtraction scheme to regulate the infrared divergences that appear in the real-emission contributions. We present phenomenological results for 13 TeV proton-proton collisions with fully realistic fiducial cuts on the final-state particles. The remaining theoretical uncertainties after the inclusion of our calculations are at the percent level, making the Z+jet channel ready for precision studies at the LHC run II.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1253182
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1247448
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-15-519-T; IPPP-15-79; arXiv:1512.01291; PRLTAO; 1408300
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 116, Issue 15; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 119 works
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