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Electroweak corrections and anomalous triple gauge-boson couplings in WW and WZ production at the LHC
We have analysed the production of WW and WZ vector-boson pairs at the LHC.
These processes give rise to four-fermion final states, and are particularly
sensitive to possible non-standard trilinear gauge-boson couplings. We have
studied the interplay between the influence of these anomalous couplings and
the effect of the complete logarithmic electroweak O(\alpha) corrections.
Radiative corrections to the Standard Model processes in double-pole
approximation and non-standard terms due to trilinear couplings are implemented
into a Monte Carlo program for p p -> 4f (+\gamma) with final states involving
four or two charged leptons. We numerically investigate purely leptonic final
states and find that electroweak corrections can fake new-physics signals,
modifying the observables by the same amount and shape, in kinematical regions
of statistical significance.Comment: 19 pages, LaTex, 12 eps figure
Precision predictions for W-pair production at LEP2
Theoretical calculations for the W-pair production process at LEP2 in terms
of Monte Carlo event generators RacoonWW and KorlaW&YFSWW3 are reviewed. The
discussion concentrates on precision predictions for the main LEP2 WW
observables. The theoretical precision of the above programs is estimated to be
~0.5% for the total WW cross section sigma_{WW}, ~5MeV for the W-boson mass
M_W, and ~0.005 for the triple-gauge-boson coupling lambda = lambda_{gamma} =
lambda_Z, which is sufficient for the final LEP2 data analyses.Comment: 9 pages, LaTe
Four-fermion production with RACOONWW
RACOONWW is an event generator for e+e- --> WW --> 4fermions(+gamma) that
includes full tree-level predictions for e+e- --> 4f and e+e- --> 4f+gamma as
well as O(alpha) corrections to e+e- --> 4f in the so-called double-pole
approximation. We briefly sketch the concept of the calculation on which this
generator is based and present some numerical results.Comment: 9 pages, latex, 6 postscript files, to appear in the proceedings of
the UK Phenomenology Workshop on Collider Physics, Durham, UK, 19-24
September, 199
Electroweak-correction effects in gauge-boson pair production at the LHC
We have studied the effect of one-loop logarithmic electroweak radiative
corrections on WZ and production processes at the LHC. We present
analytical results for the leading-logarithmic electroweak corrections to the
corresponding partonic processes du -> WZ, Wgamma. Using the leading-pole
approximation we implement these corrections into Monte Carlo programs for
. We find that electroweak corrections
lower the predictions by 5-20% in the physically interesting region of large
transverse momentum and small rapidity separation of the gauge bosons.Comment: 28 pages, LaTex, 13 eps figures included; references added and
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Weak radiative corrections to the Drell-Yan process for large invariant mass of a dilepton pair
The weak radiative corrections to the Drell-Yan process above the Z-peak have
been studied. The compact asymptotic expression for the two heavy boson
exchange - one of the significant contributions to the investigated process -
has been obtained, the results expand in the powers of the Sudakov electroweak
logarithms. At the quark level we compare the weak radiative corrections to the
total cross section and forward-backward asymmetry with the existing results
and achieve a rather good coincidence at \sqrt{s}>= 0.5 TeV. The numerical
analysis has been performed in the high energy region corresponding to the
future experiments at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). To simulate the
detector acceptance we used the standard CMS detector cuts. It was shown that
double Sudakov logarithms of the WW boxes are the dominant contributions in
hadronic cross section. The considered radiative corrections are significant at
high dilepton mass M and change the dilepton mass distribution up to ~+3(-12)%
at the LHC energies and M=1(5) TeV.Comment: Changed content; 13 pp, 4 fig, 1 tabl
Near-threshold boson pair production in the model of smeared-mass unstable particles
Near-threshold production of boson pairs is considered within the framework
of the model of unstable particles with smeared mass. We describe the principal
aspects of the model and consider the strategy of calculations including the
radiative corrections. The results of calculations are in good agreement with
LEP II data and Monte-Carlo simulations. Suggested approach significantly
simplifies calculations with respect to the standard perturbative one.Comment: 15 pages, 6 figures, minor corrections, references adde
Hysteresis of Backflow Imprinted in Collimated Jets
We report two different types of backflow from jets by performing 2D special
relativistic hydrodynamical simulations. One is anti-parallel and
quasi-straight to the main jet (quasi-straight backflow), and the other is bent
path of the backflow (bent backflow). We find that the former appears when the
head advance speed is comparable to or higher than the local sound speed at the
hotspot while the latter appears when the head advance speed is slower than the
sound speed bat the hotspot. Bent backflow collides with the unshocked jet and
laterally squeezes the jet. At the same time, a pair of new oblique shocks are
formed at the tip of the jet and new bent fast backflows are generated via
these oblique shocks. The hysteresis of backflow collisions is thus imprinted
in the jet as a node and anti-node structure. This process also promotes
broadening of the jet cross sectional area and it also causes a decrease in the
head advance velocity. This hydrodynamic process may be tested by observations
of compact young jets.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Charged Higgs Production in the 1 TeV Domain as a Probe of Supersymmetric Models
We consider the production, at future lepton colliders, of charged Higgs
pairs in supersymmetric models. Assuming a relatively light SUSY scenario, and
working in the MSSM, we show that, for c.m. energies in the one TeV range, a
one-loop logarithmic Sudakov expansion that includes an "effective" next-to
subleading order term is adequate to the expected level of experimental
accuracy. We consider then the coefficient of the linear (subleading) SUSY
Sudakov logarithm and the SUSY next to subleading term of the expansion and
show that their dependence on the supersymmetric parameters of the model is
drastically different. In particular the coefficient of the SUSY logarithm is
only dependent on while the next to subleading term depends on a
larger set of SUSY parameters. This would allow to extract from the data
separate informations and tests of the model.Comment: 18 pages and 13 figures e-mail: [email protected]
Top Quark Production at TeV Energies as a Potential SUSY Detector
We consider the process of top-antitop production from electron-positron
annihilation, for c. m. energies in the few TeV regime, in the MSSM theoretical
framework. We show that, at the one loop level, the \underline{slopes} of a
number of observable quantities in an energy region around 3 TeV are only
dependent on . Under optimal experimental conditions, a combined
measurement of slopes might identify values in a range , with acceptable precision.Comment: 14 pages, 6 Encapsulated PostScript figure
Electroweak effects in top-quark pair production at Hadron Colliders
Top-quark physics plays an important role at hadron colliders such as the
Tevatron collider at Fermilab or the upcoming Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at
CERN. Given the planned experimental precision, detailed theoretical
predictions are mandatory. In this article we present analytic results for the
complete electroweak corrections to gluon induced top-quark pair production,
completing our earlier results for the quark-induced reaction. As an
application we discuss top-quark pair production at Tevatron and at LHC. In
particular we show that, although small for inclusive quantities, weak
corrections can be sizeable for differential distribution
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