NNLO QCD Corrections to t-channel Single Top-Quark Production and Decay
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2016-11-01 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
We present a fully differential next-to-next-to-leading order calculation of t-channel single top-quark production and decay at the LHC under narrow-width approximation and neglecting cross-talk between incoming protons. We focus on the fiducial cross sections at 13 TeV, finding that the next-to-next-to-leading order QCD corrections can reach the level of -6%. The scale variations are reduced to the level of a percent. Our results can be used to improve experimental acceptance estimates and the measurements of the single top-quark production cross section and the top-quark electroweak couplings.
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@article{arxiv.1606.08463,
title = {NNLO QCD Corrections to t-channel Single Top-Quark Production and Decay},
author = {Edmond L. Berger and Jun Gao and C. -P. Yuan and Hua Xing Zhu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.08463},
year = {2016}
}
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6 pages, 4 figures, version appear on PRD rapid communication