Triple Vector Boson Production at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper discusses methods for studying vector boson interactions at the LHC, comparing vector boson fusion with triple vector boson production, highlighting their advantages and tradeoffs.

Contribution

It introduces an analysis of triple vector boson production as a complementary approach to vector boson fusion for probing electroweak interactions at the LHC.

Findings

Triple vector boson production has higher cross sections than vector boson fusion.

Tagging techniques differ significantly between the two methods.

Triple production offers a promising alternative for electroweak studies.

Abstract

The interaction among vector bosons is crucial to understanding electroweak symmetry breaking. At the LHC one technique is to use "tag" jets to identify vector boson fusion processes leading to two vector bosons and two "tag" jets in the final state. Another approach is to study the production of three vector bosons in the final state. There is a clear tradeoff since in the latter case clear "tags" are not available, although the cross sections are substantially larger than those for vector boson fusion.