Electroweak and non-resonant corrections to top-pair production near threshold at NNLO

Abstract

The top-quark mass can be determined with very high precision from a scan of the total $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to b\bar{b}{W}^{+}{W}^{-}X$ cross section near the top-pair production threshold. We present the full calculation of electroweak and non-resonant corrections to this process at NNLO. We discuss the size of the new contributions and estimate the theory uncertainty on the top-quark mass in the PS mass scheme.

8 pages, 4 figures. contribution to the 13th International Symposium on Radiative Corrections (RADCOR 2017)

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