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Open AccessSMEFT at NNLO+PS: Vh production
In the context of the Standard Model effective field theory (SMEFT) the next-to-next-to-leading (NNLO) QCD corrections to the Higgsstrahlungs (Vh) processes in hadronic collisions are calculated and matched to a ...
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Open AccessnNNPDF3.0: evidence for a modified partonic structure in heavy nuclei
We present an updated determination of nuclear parton distributions (nPDFs) from a global NLO QCD analysis of hard processes in fixed-target lepton-nucleus and proton-nucleus together with collider proton-nucl...
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Open AccessAsymmetric heavy-quark hadroproduction at LHCb: predictions and applications
We present a phenomenological analysis of asymmetric bottom- and charm-quark production within the LHCb acceptance relevant for pp collisions at ...
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Open AccessNeutrino telescopes as QCD microscopes
We present state-of-the-art predictions for the ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrino-nucleus cross-sections in charged- and neutral-current scattering. The calculation is performed in the framework of collinear fa...
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Open AccessUnderstanding forward B hadron production
The LHCb collaboration has recently performed a measurement of the production rate of inclusive B hadron production (pp → BX) at both 7 and 13 TeV centre-of-mass (CoM) energies. As part of this measurement, the r...
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Open AccessOne-loop corrections to h → \( b\overline{b} \) and h → \( \tau \overline{\tau} \) decays in the Standard Model dimension-6 EFT: four-fermion operators and the large-m t limit
We calculate a set of one-loop corrections to h → b ...
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Open AccessThe prompt atmospheric neutrino flux in the light of LHCb
The recent observation of very high energy cosmic neutrinos by IceCube heralds the beginning of neutrino astronomy. At these energies, the dominant background to the astrophysical signal is the flux of ‘prompt...
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Open AccessCharm production in the forward region: constraints on the small-x gluon and backgrounds for neutrino astronomy
The recent observation by the IceCube experiment of cosmic neutrinos at energies up to a few PeV heralds the beginning of neutrino astronomy. At such high energies, the ‘conventional’ neutrino flux is suppress...
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Open AccessFeasibility of top quark measurements at LHCb and constraints on the large-x gluon PDF
The forward LHCb acceptance opens interesting possibilities of studying precision Standard Model hard processes in a kinematical region beyond the reach of ATLAS and CMS. In this paper we perform a feasibility...
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Open AccessAn explicit Z ′-boson explanation of the B → K ∗ μ + μ − anomaly
A global fit to the recent B → K ∗ μ + μ − data shows indications for a large new-physics contribution to the Wilson coefficient of ...
