Diphoton + jets at NLO

Abstract

We present the next-to-leading order QCD corrections to the production of a photon pair in association with one or two jets. This class of processes constitutes an important background for Higgs physics at the LHC. For the one jet process we include photon fragmentation contributions and perform a comparison between different photon isolation criteria and various isolation parameters. The two jet calculation has been performed using a smooth cone isolation criterion. We find that the NLO QCD corrections are substantial and can lead to distortions of differential distributions.

9 pages, 8 figures, Presented at the 11th International Symposium on Radiative Corrections, RADCOR 2013, 22.-27. September 2013, Lumley Castle, Durham, UK

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