Production of electroweak bosons at hadron colliders: theoretical aspects

TL;DR

This paper reviews the theoretical aspects of electroweak boson production at hadron colliders, emphasizing the importance of these processes for understanding fundamental particles, interactions, and searching for new physics beyond the Standard Model.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive theoretical overview of electroweak boson production, including insights into proton structure, top quark, Higgs, and beyond Standard Model searches at hadron colliders.

Findings

Enhanced understanding of proton structure impacts electroweak boson predictions.

Theoretical frameworks support precision measurements of gauge bosons.

Guidance for future collider experiments and new physics searches.

Abstract

Since the W and Z discovery, hadron colliders have provided a fertile ground, in which continuously improving measurements and theoretical predictions allow to precisely determine the gauge boson properties, and to probe the dynamics of electroweak and strong interactions. This article will review, from a theoretical perspective, the role played by the study, at hadron colliders, of electroweak boson production properties, from the better understanding of the proton structure, to the discovery and studies of the top quark and of the Higgs, to the searches for new phenomena beyond the Standard Model.