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Next-to-Leading Order QCD Corrections to the Production of Two Bottom-Antibottom Pairs at the LHC

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (United States)
  2. Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet, 79104 Freiburg (Germany)
  3. Nikhef, 1098 XG Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  4. DESY, 22607 Hamburg (Germany)
We report the results of a computation of the full next-to-leading order QCD corrections to the production of two bb pairs at the LHC. This calculation at the parton level provides predictions for well separated b jets. The results show that the next-to-leading order corrections lead to an enhancement of the cross section for the central scale choice by roughly 50% with respect to the leading order result. The theoretical uncertainty estimated by variation of the renormalization and factorization scales is strongly reduced by the inclusion of next-to-leading order corrections.
OSTI ID:
21611566
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 107; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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