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NLO QCD corrections to WZ+jet production with leptonic decays

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We compute the next-to-leading order QCD corrections to WZ+jet production at the Tevatron and the LHC, including decays of the electroweak bosons to light leptons with all off-shell effects taken into account. The corrections are sizable and have significant impact on the differential distributions.

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  1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Francisco Campanario, Christoph Englert & Dieter Zeppenfeld

  2. Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Christoph Englert

  3. Paul Scherrer Institute, Würenlingen and Villigen, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

    Stefan Kallweit

  4. Institute of Theoretical Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403-5203, U.S.A.

    Michael Spannowsky

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Campanario, F., Englert, C., Kallweit, S. et al. NLO QCD corrections to WZ+jet production with leptonic decays. J. High Energ. Phys. 2010, 76 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2010)076

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