Theoretical predictions for $t{\bar t}W$ cross sections at approximate N$^3$LO
We present theoretical calculations of higher-order QCD and electroweak corrections for the associated production of a top-antitop quark pair and a $W$ boson ($t{\bar t}W$ production) at LHC energies. We show predictions for cross sections at approximate N$^3$LO (aN$^3$LO) which include second-order and third-order soft-gluon corrections added to the exact NLO QCD+electroweak result. We compare our results to recent measurements from the LHC, and we find that our predictions provide improved agreement with the data. We also calculate the top-quark transverse momentum and rapidity distributions in $t{\bar t}W$ production. We find significant enhancements from the higher-order corrections to the total and differential cross sections for this process.
Authors
- Nikolaos Kidonakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7302-6242)
- Christopher Foster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7827-2485)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.22323/1.469.0162
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation