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N$^3$LO soft-gluon corrections for $Zγ$ production

高能物理 - 唯象学 2026-08-12 v1

摘要

We calculate soft-gluon corrections for ZγZ\gamma production through next-to-next-to-next-to-leading-order (N3^3LO) in one-particle-inclusive (1PI) kinematics. We use these results to produce approximate N3^3LO (aN3^3LO) QCD predictions for ZγZ\gamma production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at LHC energies. Differential cross sections in photon transverse momentum pTγp_T^\gamma and rapidity yγy^\gamma are computed at 13 TeV and 13.6 TeV collider energies. Higher-order KK-factors are examined systematically, and scale and PDF uncertainties are quantified at each perturbative order. Soft-gluon corrections are found to be significant in the high-pTp_T region, with good perturbative convergence observed at aN3^3LO.

引用

@article{arxiv.2608.12556,
  title  = {N$^3$LO soft-gluon corrections for $Zγ$ production},
  author = {Nikolaos Kidonakis and Kaan Şimşek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.12556},
  year   = {2026}
}

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21 pages, 12 figures