Angular correlations in the double Drell-Yan process

Abstract

We study the impact of parton correlations on the double Drell-Yan process, i.e. on the production of two electroweak gauge bosons by double parton scattering in a single proton-proton collision. Spin correlations between two partons in a proton are shown to change the overall rate of the process and to induce characteristic angular correlations between the decay leptons of the two gauge bosons.

23 pages, 2 figures; v2: minor corrections and clarifications, corrected discussion of flavor interference

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