Mixed QCD-electroweak corrections to $Z$ and $W$ boson production and their impact on the $W$ mass measurements at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper calculates mixed QCD-electroweak corrections to W and Z boson production and assesses their influence on W mass measurements at the LHC, improving the precision of electroweak tests.

Contribution

It provides the first differential predictions of mixed QCD-electroweak corrections for on-shell W and Z production relevant to LHC measurements.

Findings

Quantified the impact of corrections on W mass determination

Enhanced the theoretical precision of W and Z boson production predictions

Provided data to improve future electroweak measurements at the LHC

Abstract

We report on recently computed mixed QCD-electroweak corrections to on-shell $W$ and $Z$ boson production. We use these differential predictions to estimate their impact on the $W$ boson mass determination at the LHC.