Di-vector Boson Production with Jets at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper presents the first NLO QCD calculations for W+W- production with three jets at the LHC, showing improved theoretical predictions and analyzing radiation patterns relevant to vector-boson fusion.

Contribution

It provides the first next-to-leading-order QCD corrections for W+W- plus three jets at the LHC, enhancing accuracy of theoretical predictions.

Findings

Reduced scale dependence of cross sections

Detailed analysis of radiation patterns

Impact of QCD corrections on vector-boson fusion

Abstract

In this talk we present the first calculation of next-to-leading-order QCD corrections for the production of $W^+W^-$ pairs in association with three jets at the LHC. We show the observed improvement in the dependence of total and differential cross sections on the unphysical renormalization and factorization scales. We study the radiation pattern for configurations associated to vector-boson fusion and the impact that the QCD corrections have on them.