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NLO QCD corrections to the production of ttZ in gluon fusion

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2505 Correa Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (United States)
We compute the O({alpha}{sub s}) QCD corrections to the partonic process gg{yields}ttZ at the LHC. This partonic channel is the dominant component of the scattering process pp{yields}ttZ, which will be important for measuring the ttZ electroweak couplings. We perform this calculation using a newly developed numerical technique for obtaining loop corrections. The O({alpha}{sub s}) corrections increase the total cross section by up to 75% for reasonable choices of the renormalization and factorization scales. Inclusion of these contributions decreases the residual scale dependence of the cross section coming from uncalculated higher order terms to {+-}5%.
OSTI ID:
21039036
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 77; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English