Publications (76)
TESLA Technical Design Report Part III: Physics at an e+e- Linear Collider
R. -D. Heuer, D. J. Miller, F. Richard +236
The TESLA Technical Design Report Part III: Physics at an e+e- Linear Collider
NLO QCD predictions for W+1 jet and W+2 jet production with at least one b jet at the 7 TeV LHC
F. Caola, J. M. Campbell, F. Febres Cordero +2
We calculate the production of a W boson in association with up to two jets including at least one b-jet to next-to-leading order (NLO) in QCD at the CERN Large Hadron Collider wit…
Electroweak Radiative Corrections to Off-Shell W-Pair Production
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
We briefly describe the RacoonWW approach to calculate radiative corrections to e+ e- -> W W -> 4 fermions and present numerical results for the total W-pair production cross secti…
Les Houches Physics at TeV Colliders 2005, Standard Model and Higgs working group: Summary report
C. Buttar, S. Dittmaier, V. Drollinger +118
This Report summarises the activities of the "SM and Higgs" working group for the Workshop "Physics at TeV Colliders", Les Houches, France, 2-20 May, 2005. On the one hand, we perf…
Precision Studies of Observables in pp->W->l nu and pp->gamma,Z->l+l- processes at the LHC
S. Alioli, A. B. Arbuzov, D. Yu. Bardin +33
This report was prepared in the context of the LPCC "Electroweak Precision Measurements at the LHC WG" and summarizes the activity of a subgroup dedicated to the systematic compari…
Exploring the Hadronic Axion Window via Delayed Neutralino Decay to Axinos at the LHC
C. S. Redino, D. Wackeroth
The addition of the QCD axion to the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) not only solves the strong CP problem but also modifies the dark sector with new dark matter candi…
MSSM Radiative Corrections to the Top Pair Production Processes at Hadron Colliders
W. Hollik, C. Kao, W. M. Moesle +1
We calculate the MSSM corrections to the main production processes of strong top pair production at the upgraded Tevatron and at the LHC. In exploring the potential of futu…
Electroweak Radiative Corrections to W Boson Production at the Tevatron
U. Baur, S. Keller, D. Wackeroth
We present some results of a new calculation of the O(alpha) electroweak radiative corrections to W boson production at hadron colliders with special emphasis on the transverse mas…
Electroweak Radiative Corrections to W and Z Boson Production at Hadron Colliders
U. Baur, D. Wackeroth
For the envisioned high precision measurement of the W boson mass at the Tevatron and LHC it is crucial that the theoretical predictions for the W and Z production processes are un…
THE TOOLS AND MONTE CARLO WORKING GROUP Summary Report from the Les Houches 2009 Workshop on TeV Colliders
J. M. Butterworth, F. Maltoni, F. Moortgat +69
This is the summary and introduction to the proceedings contributions for the Les Houches 2009 "Tools and Monte Carlo" working group.
Associated Higgs production with top quarks at the Large Hadron Collider: NLO QCD corrections
S. Dawson, C. Jackson, L. H. Orr +2
We present in detail the calculation of the O(alpha_s^3) inclusive total cross section for the process pp -> t-tbar-h, in the Standard Model, at the CERN Large Hadron Collider with…
Associated Higgs boson production with heavy quarks
S. Dawson, L. H. Orr, L. Reina +1
The production of a Higgs boson in association with a pair of t-tbar quarks will play a very important role at both hadron and lepton colliders. We review the status of theoretical…
Higgs Production in Association with Bottom Quarks at Hadron Colliders
S. Dawson, C. B. Jackson, L. Reina +1
We review the present status of the QCD corrected cross sections and kinematic distributions for the production of a Higgs boson in association with bottom quarks at the Fermilab T…
On Theoretical Uncertainties of the W Angular Distribution in W-Pair Production at LEP2 Energies
R. Bruneliere, A. Denner, S. Dittmaier +8
We discuss theoretical uncertainties of the distribution in the cosine of the W polar angle projected into a measurement of the anomalous triple gauge-boson coupling λ=λ_γ=λ_Z…
Theoretical Challenges for a Precision Measurement of the W Mass at Hadron Colliders
U. Baur, D. Wackeroth
We summarize the status of calculations of the electroweak radiative corrections to W and Z boson production via the Drell-Yan mechanism at hadron colliders. To fully exploit the p…
Four-fermion production with RACOONWW
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
RACOONWW is an event generator for e+e- --> WW --> 4fermions(+gamma) that includes full tree-level predictions for e+e- --> 4f and e+e- --> 4f+gamma as well as O(alpha) corrections…
Predictions for e+ e- -> WW -> 4f(gamma) at a future linear collider
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
We describe the salient features of precise predictions for the processes e+ e- -> WW -> 4f(gamma) as obtained with the Monte Carlo generator RacoonWW, including the complete O(alp…
Radiative corrections to e^+e^- -> WW -> 4 fermions
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
The structure of the double-pole approximation for the O(alpha) corrections to e^+e^- -> WW -> 4 fermions is described, and some results are presented. Moreover, results on full tr…
Present and Future Electroweak Precision Measurements and the Indirect Determination of the Mass of the Higgs Boson
U. Baur, R. Clare, A. Denner +16
We discuss the experimental and theoretical uncertainties on precision electroweak observables and their relationship to the indirect constraints on the Higgs-boson mass, $\MH$, in…
Electroweak Precision Physics at e+ e- Colliders with RacoonWW
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
We present precise predictions for the processes e+ e- -> WW -> 4f(gamma) at LEP2 and future Linear-Collider (LC) energies obtained with the Monte Carlo generator RacoonWW. The pro…
Loop-induced SUSY Effects in Strong Top Pair Production
D. Wackeroth
We present some results of the calculation of MSSM one-loop contributions to strong production in hadronic collisions. Here we concentrate on the MSSM electroweak-like O…
Higgs Boson Production with Bottom Quarks at Hadron Colliders
S. Dawson, C. B. Jackson, L. Reina +1
We present results for the production cross section of a Higgs Boson with a pair of bottom/anti-bottom quarks, including next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections.
Tevatron-for-LHC Report: Higgs
U. Aglietti, A. Belyaev, S. Berge +40
The search for Higgs bosons in both the standard model and its extensions is well under way at the Tevatron. As the integrated luminosity collected increases into the multiple inve…
Probing anomalous quartic gauge-boson couplings via e+e- --> 4fermions+gamma
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
All lowest-order amplitudes for e+e- --> 4f+gamma are calculated including five anomalous quartic gauge-boson couplings that are allowed by electromagnetic gauge invariance and the…
QCD and High Energy Interactions: MORIOND 2019 Theory Summary
D. Wackeroth
Highlights of recent theory developments are summarized relevant to precision Standard Model (SM) studies and searches for Beyond-the-SM (BSM) phenomena at present and future high-…
The Higgs Working Group: Summary Report 2003
K. A. Assamagan, M. Narain, A. Nikitenko +81
Theoretical progress in Higgs boson production and background processes is discussed with particular emphasis on QCD corrections at and beyond next-to-leading order as well as next…
Studies of Vector Boson Scattering And Triboson Production with DELPHES Parametrized Fast Simulation for Snowmass 2013
C. Degrande, J. L. Holzbauer, S. -C. Hsu +9
Multiboson production provides a unique way to probe Electroweak Symmetry Breaking (EWSB) and physics beyond the Standard Model (SM). With the discovery of the Higgs boson, the def…
O(alpha) corrections to e+e- --> WW --> 4fermions(+gamma): first numerical results from RACOONWW
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
First numerical results of the Monte Carlo generator RACOONWW for e+e- --> WW --> 4fermions(+gamma) in the electroweak Standard Model are presented. This event generator is the fir…
Electroweak radiative corrections to e+e- --> WW --> 4fermions in double-pole approximation -- the RACOONWW approach
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
We calculate the complete O(alpha) electroweak radiative corrections to e+e- --> WW --> 4f in the electroweak Standard Model in the double-pole approximation. We give analytical re…
Precision studies of vector-boson production with heavy quarks at the LHC: the case of Z+b jet
D. Figueroa, S. Honeywell, S. Quackenbush +3
After a brief introduction to the state of the art of theoretical predictions for electroweak vector-boson production with both top and bottom quarks at the LHC, we review the case…
Electroweak Radiative Corrections to Weak Boson Production at Hadron Colliders
U. Baur, D. Wackeroth
We summarize the status of calculations of the electroweak radiative corrections to W and Z boson production via the Drell-Yan mechanism at hadron colliders. To fully exploit the p…
Top Quark Physics
M. Beneke, I. Efthymiopoulos, M. L. Mangano +75
We review the prospects for studies of the top quark at the LHC.
Precise predictions for e+e- --> 4f(+gamma) with anomalous couplings
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
The relevance of radiative corrections to 4f production at LEP2 and future e+e- colliders is emphasized, and their treatment in the event generator RacoonWW is briefly discussed. I…
Off-shell W-pair production - universal versus non-universal corrections
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
Electroweak radiative corrections to e+e- scattering processes typically amount to O(10%) at LEP energies. Their logarithmic increase with energy renders them even more important a…
NLO QCD corrections to hadronic Higgs production with heavy quarks
S. Dawson, C. B. Jackson, L. H. Orr +2
The production of a Higgs boson in association with a pair of top-antitop or bottom-antibottom quarks plays a very important role at both the Tevatron and the Large Hadron Collider…
NLO QCD corrections to Z b anti-b production with massive bottom quarks at the Fermilab Tevatron
F. Febres Cordero, L. Reina, D. Wackeroth
We calculate the Next-to-Leading Order (NLO) QCD corrections to Z b anti-b production in hadronic collisions including full bottom-quark mass effects. We present results for the to…
Challenges in W-pair production
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
The investigation of W-pair production offers unique precision tests of the electroweak theory at future e+e- colliders, including precise determinations of cross sections, the W-b…
Tevatron-for-LHC Report: Top and Electroweak Physics
C. E. Gerber, P. Murat, T. M. P. Tait +59
The top quark and electroweak bosons (W and Z) represent the most massive fundamental particles yet discovered, and as such refer directly to the Standard Model's greatest remainin…
Predictions for all processes e^+e^- -> 4 fermions + gamma
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
The complete matrix elements for e^+ e^- -> 4f and e^+ e^- -> 4f + gamma are calculated in the Electroweak Standard Model for polarized massless fermions. The matrix elements for a…
W-pair production at future e+e- colliders: precise predictions from RACOONWW
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
We present numerical results for total cross sections and various distributions for e+e- --> WW --> 4f(+gamma) at a future 500GeV linear collider, obtained from the Monte Carlo gen…
QCD corrections to Associated t-tbar-H production at the Tevatron
L. Reina, S. Dawson, D. Wackeroth
We present in detail the calculation of the O(alpha_s^3)inclusive total cross section for the process (p pbar-> t tbar h) in the Standard Model, at the Tevatron center-of-mass ener…
Electroweak Radiative Corrections to pp/ppbar -> W+/- -> l+/- nu Beyond the Pole Approximation
U. Baur, D. Wackeroth
We present a calculation of the complete electroweak O(alpha) corrections to pp/ppbar -> W+/- -> l+/- nu (l=e, mu) in the Standard Model of electroweak interactions, focusing on th…
Four-Fermion Production in Electron-Positron Collisions
Martin W. Gruenewald, Giampiero Passarino, E. Accomando +37
This report summarises the results of the four-fermion working group of the LEP2-MC workshop, held at CERN from 1999 to 2000. Recent developments in the calculation of four-fermion…
Physics Interplay of the LHC and the ILC
LC Study Group, G. Weiglein, T. Barklow +120
Physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the International e+e- Linear Collider (ILC) will be complementary in many respects, as has been demonstrated at previous generations…
Electroweak Radiative Corrections to Neutral-Current Drell-Yan Processes at Hadron Colliders
U. Baur, O. Brein, W. Hollik +2
We calculate the complete electroweak O(alpha) corrections to pp, pbar p -> l+l- X (l=e, mu) in the Standard Model of electroweak interactions. They comprise weak and photonic virt…
Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 3. Higgs Properties
The LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group, S. Heinemeyer, C. Mariotti +155
This Report summarizes the results of the activities in 2012 and the first half of 2013 of the LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group. The main goal of the working group was to pres…
Precise predictions for W-pair production at LEP2 with RACOONWW
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
RACOONWW is the first Monte Carlo generator for e+e- --> WW --> 4f(+gamma) that includes the electroweak O(alpha) radiative corrections in the double-pole approximation completely.…
Status and Prospects of Theoretical Predictions for Weak Gauge Boson Production Processes at Lepton and Hadron Colliders
U. Baur, A. Denner, S. Dittmaier +3
For the envisioned precision measurement of the W-boson mass at present and future lepton and hadron colliders it is crucial that the theoretical predictions for the underlying pro…
NLO QCD corrections to W boson production with a massive b-quark jet pair at the Fermilab Tevatron p-pbar collider
F. Febres Cordero, L. Reina, D. Wackeroth
We calculate the Next-to-Leading Order (NLO) QCD corrections to W-b-bbar production including full bottom-quark mass effects. We study the impact of NLO QCD corrections on the tota…
Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 2. Differential Distributions
LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group, S. Dittmaier, C. Mariotti +118
This Report summarises the results of the second year's activities of the LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group. The main goal of the working group was to present the state of the…
Associated Production of a W Boson and One b Jet
J. Campbell, R. Keith Ellis, F. Febres Cordero +4
We calculate the production of a W boson and a single b jet to next-to-leading order in QCD at the Fermilab Tevatron and the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Both exclusive and inclusiv…
Electroweak Radiative Corrections to W Boson Production in Hadronic Collisions
U. Baur, S. Keller, D. Wackeroth
The O(α) electroweak radiative corrections to the process pp, ppbar\to W \to\ell^\pmν(\ell=e,μ) are calculated. The O(α) corrections can be decomposed into separately gauge inv…
W- and Z-boson production with a massive bottom-quark pair at the Large Hadron Collider
F. Febres Cordero, L. Reina, D. Wackeroth
We present total and differential cross sections for W b anti-b and Z b anti-b production at the CERN Large Hadron Collider with a center-of-mass energy of 14 TeV, including Next-t…
Theoretical progress for the associated production of a Higgs boson with heavy quarks at hadron colliders
S. Dawson, C. B. Jackson, L. H. Orr +2
The production of a Higgs boson in association with a pair of top-antitop or bottom-antibottom quarks plays a very important role at both the Tevatron and the Large Hadron Collider…
Combining NLO QCD and Electroweak Radiative Corrections to W boson Production at Hadron Colliders in the POWHEG Framework
C. Bernaciak, D. Wackeroth
The precision measurement of the mass of the boson is an important goal of the Fermilab Tevatron and the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It requires accurate theoretical calc…
Top Pair Production at Hadron Colliders in non-minimal Standard Models
W. Hollik, W. M. Moesle, D. Wackeroth
The cross section of top pair production in hadronic collisions to O(alpha α_s^2) is calculated within the General 2-Higgs-Doublet Model and the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Mo…
Associated Higgs boson production with heavy quarks at Hadron Colliders: impact of NLO results
L. Reina, S. Dawson, D. Wackeroth
We emphasize the role that the associated production of a Higgs boson with a pair of top-antitop quarks can play at present and future hadron colliders. Results of recent calculati…
Top quark theory review for the Tevatron, LHC, and ILC
D. Wackeroth
I will briefly review the status of higher-order calculations for top-quark observables, comment on the need for improvements, discuss some of the recent theoretical advances, and…
Les Houches 2013: Physics at TeV Colliders: Standard Model Working Group Report
J. Butterworth, G. Dissertori, S. Dittmaier +76
This Report summarizes the proceedings of the 2013 Les Houches workshop on Physics at TeV Colliders. Session 1 dealt primarily with (1) the techniques for calculating standard mode…
Higgs boson production with one bottom quark jet at hadron colliders
S. Dawson, C. B. Jackson, L. Reina +1
We present total rates and kinematic distributions for the associated production of a single bottom quark and a Higgs boson at the Tevatron and the LHC. We include next-to-leading…
Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 4. Deciphering the Nature of the Higgs Sector
D. de Florian, C. Grojean, F. Maltoni +373
This Report summarizes the results of the activities of the LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group in the period 2014-2016. The main goal of the working group was to present the sta…
Higgs Boson Production in Association with Bottom Quarks
J. Campbell, S. Dawson, S. Dittmaier +7
In the Standard Model, the coupling of the Higgs boson to b quarks is weak, leading to small cross sections for producing a Higgs boson in association with b quarks. However, Higgs…
Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 1. Inclusive Observables
LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group, S. Dittmaier, C. Mariotti +62
This Report summarizes the results of the first 10 months' activities of the LHC Higgs Cross Sections Working Group. The main goal of the working group was to present the status-of…
Physics at the e+ e- Linear Collider
G. Moortgat-Pick, H. Baer, M. Battaglia +60
A comprehensive review of physics at an e+e- Linear Collider in the energy range of sqrt{s}=92 GeV--3 TeV is presented in view of recent and expected LHC results, experiments from…
Study of Electroweak Interactions at the Energy Frontier
M. Baak, A. Blondel, A. Bodek +46
With the discovery of the Higgs boson, the spectrum of particles in the Standard Model (SM) is complete. It is more important than ever to perform precision measurements and to tes…
Theoretical and Experimental Status of the Indirect Higgs Boson Mass Determination in the Standard Model
U. Baur, R. Clare, J. Erler +4
The impact of theoretical and experimental uncertainties on the indirect determination of the Higgs boson mass, MH, in the Standard Model (SM) is discussed. Special emphasis is put…
Standard Model Handles and Candles Working Group: Tools and Jets Summary Report
C. Buttar, J. D'Hondt, M. Kramer +54
This report summarizes the activity on comparisons of existings tools for the standard model and on issues in jet physics by the SMHC working group during and subsequent to the Wor…
RacoonWW1.3: A Monte Carlo program for four-fermion production at e^+ e^- colliders
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
We present the Monte Carlo generator RacoonWW that computes cross sections to all processes e^+ e^- -> 4f and e^+ e^- -> 4f + gamma and calculates the complete O(alpha) electroweak…
Planning the Future of U.S. Particle Physics (Snowmass 2013): Chapter 3: Energy Frontier
R. Brock, M. E. Peskin, K. Agashe +24
These reports present the results of the 2013 Community Summer Study of the APS Division of Particles and Fields ("Snowmass 2013") on the future program of particle physics in the…
Hadronic Higgs Production with Heavy Quarks at the Tevatron and the LHC
S. Dawson, C. B. Jackson, L. Reina +1
We review the status of the QCD corrected cross sections and kinematic distributions for the production of a Higgs boson in association with top quark or bottom quark pairs at the…
QCD corrections to associated t anti-t h production at hadron colliders
S. Dawson, L. Orr, L. Reina +1
We briefly present the status of QCD corrections to the inclusive total cross section for the production of a Higgs boson in association with a top-quark pair within the Standard M…
NLO QCD Predictions for associated t-tbar-h production in Hadronic Collisions
S. Dawson, L. H. Orr, L. Reina +1
We present the next-to-leading-order (NLO) QCD corrections to the inclusive total cross section for the production of a Higgs boson in association with a top anti-top quark pair wi…
Radiative corrections to e+e- --> WW --> 4f with RACOONWW
A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, M. Roth +1
RACOONWW is the first Monte Carlo generator for e+e- --> WW --> 4f(+gamma) that includes the electroweak O(alpha) radiative corrections in the double-pole approximation completely.…
Exclusive Higgs Boson Production with bottom quarks at Hadron Colliders
S. Dawson, C. B. Jackson, L. Reina +1
We present the next-to-leading order QCD corrected rate for the production of a scalar Higgs boson with a pair of high p_T bottom and anti-bottom quarks at the Tevatron and at the…
Electroweak Radiative Corrections to and Boson Production in Hadronic Collisions
U. Baur, S. Keller, W. Sakumoto +1
Some results of a calculation of electroweak radiative corrections to and boson production in hadronic collisions are presented.
Associated Top Quark-Higgs Boson Production at the LHC
S. Dawson, L. H. Orr, L. Reina +1
We compute the O(alpha_s^3) inclusive cross section for the process pp -> t-tbar-h in the Standard Model, at sqrt(s)=14 TeV. The next-to-leading order corrections drastically reduc…