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Next-to-leading order QCD corrections to W+W- production via vector-boson fusion
Vector-boson fusion processes constitute an important class of reactions at
hadron colliders, both for signals and backgrounds of new physics in the
electroweak interactions.
We consider what is commonly referred to as W+W- production via vector-boson
fusion (with subsequent leptonic decay of the Ws), or, more precisely, e+ nu_e
mu- nubar_mu + 2 jets production in proton-proton scattering, with all resonant
and non-resonant Feynman diagrams and spin correlations of the final-state
leptons included, in the phase-space regions which are dominated by t-channel
electroweak-boson exchange.
We compute the next-to-leading order QCD corrections to this process, at
order alpha^6 alpha_s.
The QCD corrections are modest, changing total cross sections by less than
10%. Remaining scale uncertainties are below 2%. A fully-flexible
next-to-leading order partonic Monte Carlo program allows to demonstrate these
features for cross sections within typical vector-boson-fusion acceptance cuts.
Modest corrections are also found for distributions.Comment: 29 pages, 14 figure
Large extra dimension effects in Higgs boson production at linear colliders and Higgs factories
In the framework of quantum gravity propagating in large extra dimensions,
the effects of virtual Kaluza-Klein graviton and graviscalar interference with
Higgs boson production amplitudes are computed at linear colliders and Higgs
factories. The interference of the almost-continuous spectrum of the KK
gravitons with the standard model resonant amplitude is finite and predictable
in terms of the fundamental D-dimensional Plank scale M_D and the number of
extra dimensions \delta. We find that, for M_D ~ 1 TeV and \delta=2, effects of
the order of a few percent could be detected for heavy Higgs bosons (m_H>500
GeV) in Higgs production both via WW fusion in e^+e^- colliders and at
\mu^+\mu^- Higgs-boson factories.Comment: 16 pages, 2 figures ; a few comments and references added ; version
to appear in JHE
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BrO and inferred Br-y profiles over the western Pacific: relevance of inorganic bromine sources and a Br-y minimum in the aged tropical tropopause layer
We report measurements of bromine monoxide (BrO) and use an observationally constrained chemical box model to infer total gas-phase inorganic bromine (Bry) over the tropical western Pacific Ocean (tWPO) during the CONTRAST field campaign (January–February 2014). The observed BrO and inferred Bry profiles peak in the marine boundary layer (MBL), suggesting the need for a bromine source from sea-salt aerosol (SSA), in addition to organic bromine (CBry). Both profiles are found to be C-shaped with local maxima in the upper free troposphere (FT). The median tropospheric BrO vertical column density (VCD) was measured as 1.6×1013 molec cm−2, compared to model predictions of 0.9×1013 molec cm−2 in GEOS-Chem (CBry but no SSA source), 0.4×1013 molec cm−2 in CAM-Chem (CBry and SSA), and 2.1×1013 molec cm−2 in GEOS-Chem (CBry and SSA). Neither global model fully captures the C-shape of the Bry profile. A local Bry maximum of 3.6 ppt (2.9–4.4 ppt; 95 % confidence interval, CI) is inferred between 9.5 and 13.5 km in air masses influenced by recent convective outflow. Unlike BrO, which increases from the convective tropical tropopause layer (TTL) to the aged TTL, gas-phase Bry decreases from the convective TTL to the aged TTL. Analysis of gas-phase Bry against multiple tracers (CFC-11, H2O ∕ O3 ratio, and potential temperature) reveals a Bry minimum of 2.7 ppt (2.3–3.1 ppt; 95 % CI) in the aged TTL, which agrees closely with a stratospheric injection of 2.6 ± 0.6 ppt of inorganic Bry (estimated from CFC-11 correlations), and is remarkably insensitive to assumptions about heterogeneous chemistry. Bry increases to 6.3 ppt (5.6–7.0 ppt; 95 % CI) in the stratospheric "middleworld" and 6.9 ppt (6.5–7.3 ppt; 95 % CI) in the stratospheric "overworld". The local Bry minimum in the aged TTL is qualitatively (but not quantitatively) captured by CAM-Chem, and suggests a more complex partitioning of gas-phase and aerosol Bry species than previously recognized. Our data provide corroborating evidence that inorganic bromine sources (e.g., SSA-derived gas-phase Bry) are needed to explain the gas-phase Bry budget in the upper free troposphere and TTL. They are also consistent with observations of significant bromide in Upper Troposphere–Lower Stratosphere aerosols. The total Bry budget in the TTL is currently not closed, because of the lack of concurrent quantitative measurements of gas-phase Bry species (i.e., BrO, HOBr, HBr, etc.) and aerosol bromide. Such simultaneous measurements are needed to (1) quantify SSA-derived Bry in the upper FT, (2) test Bry partitioning, and possibly explain the gas-phase Bry minimum in the aged TTL, (3) constrain heterogeneous reaction rates of bromine, and (4) account for all of the sources of Bry to the lower stratosphere
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