NLO QCD corrections to tW' and tZ' production in forward-backward asymmetry models

Abstract

We consider Z' and W' models recently proposed to explain the top forward-backward asymmetry at the Tevatron. We present the next-to-leading order QCD corrections to associated production of such vector bosons together with top quarks at the Large Hadron Collider, for centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The corrections are significant, modifying the total production cross-section by 30-50%. We consider the effects of the corrections on the top and vector-boson kinematics. The results are directly applicable to current experimental searches, for both the ATLAS and CMS collaborations.

62 pages, 13 figures, 36 tables. v3 Updated to correspond to Journal version and incorporate supplementary material

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