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The Z\gamma{} transverse-momentum spectrum at NNLO+N3LL

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2020-08-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We consider the transverse-momentum (pTp_T) distribution of ZγZ\gamma pairs produced in hadronic collisions. Logarithmically enhanced contributions at small pTp_T are resummed to all orders in QCD perturbation theory and combined with the fixed-order prediction. We achieve the most advanced prediction for the ZγZ\gamma pTp_T spectrum by matching next-to-next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic (N3^3LL) resummation to the integrated cross section at next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO). By considering +γ\ell^+\ell^-\gamma production at the fully differential level, including spin correlations, interferences and off-shell effects, arbitrary cuts can be applied to the leptons and the photon. We present results at the LHC in presence of fiducial cuts and find agreement with the 1313\,TeV ATLAS data at the few-percent level.

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@article{arxiv.2006.09338,
  title  = {The Z\gamma{} transverse-momentum spectrum at NNLO+N3LL},
  author = {Marius Wiesemann and Luca Rottoli and Paolo Torrielli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.09338},
  year   = {2020}
}

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16 pages, 7 figures, 1 table