Polarised W+j production at the LHC: a study at NNLO QCD accuracy


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Abstract

We study polarisation of W-bosons produced in association with one jet at the LHC. In particular, we provide all necessary theoretical ingredients for the precise extraction of polarisation fractions. To that end, we present new polarised predictions up to NNLO QCD accuracy employing the narrow-width approximation, in two phase spaces: inclusive and fiducial. We compare results in the fiducial phase space to a full off-shell computation as well as experimental data. Finally, we fit the polarisation fractions using shape templates and show that NNLO corrections significantly improve their determination.

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Keywords
QCD Phenomenology
Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
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Journal ISSN
1029-8479
1029-8479
Volume Title
2022
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Sponsorship
European Research Council (683211)