EW corrections to $t\bar{t}$ distributions: the photon PDF effect

Abstract

In this proceeding we present the impact of the EW corrections on $t\bar{t}$ distributions focusing on the effect of the photon PDF. We use the {\sc NNPDF2.3QED} and {\sc CT14QED} PDF sets, which include the photon PDF. We discuss a detailed comparison between the results obtained from these two PDF sets at NLO QCD+EW accuracy for 13 TeV, focusing on the top-quark $p_T$ and the top-quark pair rapidity. We point out the differences between these two PDF sets and we show that the rapidity of the top-quark pair can be used in order to constrain the photon PDF predicted by the {\sc NNPDF2.3QED} set.

arXiv commentpresentation given at 9th International Workshop on Top Quark Physics (TOP 2016), 19-23 September 2016, Olomouc, Czech Republic , to appear in the proceedings; added references

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