NLO QCD corrections to $W^\pm Zγ$ production with leptonic decays
arXiv:1011.2206 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2010.12.051
Abstract
We present a computation of the O(alpha_s) QCD corrections to W^\pm Z γproduction 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 through a fully flexible 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.
13 pages, 2 tables, 7 figures