Abstract: We study the production of a top-quark pair in association with one and two vector bosons, (Formula presented.) and (Formula presented.) with V = γ, Z, W±, at the LHC. We provide predictions at next-to-leading order in QCD for total cross sections and top-quark charge asymmetries as well as for differential distributions. A thorough discussion of the residual theoretical uncertainties related to missing higher orders and to parton distribution functions is presented. As an application, we calculate the total cross sections for this class of processes (together with (Formula presented.) and (Formula presented.) production) at hadron colliders for energies up to 100 TeV. In addition, by matching the NLO calculation to a parton shower, we determine the contribution of (Formula presented.) and (Formula presented.) to final state signatures (two-photon and two-same-sign-, three-and four-lepton) relevant for (Formula presented.) analyses at the Run II of the LHC.

Associated production of a top-quark pair with vector bosons at NLO in QCD: impact on tt¯H searches at the LHC / Maltoni, Fabio; Pagani, Davide*; Tsinikos, Ioannis. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - STAMPA. - 2016:2(2016), pp. 113.1-113.43. [10.1007/JHEP02(2016)113]

Associated production of a top-quark pair with vector bosons at NLO in QCD: impact on tt¯H searches at the LHC

Maltoni, Fabio;
2016

Abstract

Abstract: We study the production of a top-quark pair in association with one and two vector bosons, (Formula presented.) and (Formula presented.) with V = γ, Z, W±, at the LHC. We provide predictions at next-to-leading order in QCD for total cross sections and top-quark charge asymmetries as well as for differential distributions. A thorough discussion of the residual theoretical uncertainties related to missing higher orders and to parton distribution functions is presented. As an application, we calculate the total cross sections for this class of processes (together with (Formula presented.) and (Formula presented.) production) at hadron colliders for energies up to 100 TeV. In addition, by matching the NLO calculation to a parton shower, we determine the contribution of (Formula presented.) and (Formula presented.) to final state signatures (two-photon and two-same-sign-, three-and four-lepton) relevant for (Formula presented.) analyses at the Run II of the LHC.
2016
Associated production of a top-quark pair with vector bosons at NLO in QCD: impact on tt¯H searches at the LHC / Maltoni, Fabio; Pagani, Davide*; Tsinikos, Ioannis. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - STAMPA. - 2016:2(2016), pp. 113.1-113.43. [10.1007/JHEP02(2016)113]
Maltoni, Fabio; Pagani, Davide*; Tsinikos, Ioannis
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