$ZZ$ production at nNNLO+PS with MiNNLO${}_{\text{PS}}$

Abstract

We consider $ZZ$ production in hadronic collisions and present state-of-the-art predictions in QCD perturbation theory matched to parton showers. Next-to-next-to-leading order corrections to the quark-initiated channel are combined with parton showers using the MiNNLO${}_{\text{PS}}$ method, while next-to-leading order corrections to the loop-induced gluon fusion channel are matched using the POWHEG method. Their combination, dubbed nNNLO+PS, constitutes the best theoretical description of $ZZ$ events to date. Spin correlations, interferences and off-shell effects are included by calculating the full process $pp\to {\ell }^{+}{\ell }^{-}{\ell }^{(\prime )+}{\ell }^{(\prime )-}$. We show the crucial impact of higher-order corrections for both quark- and gluon-initiated processes as well as the relevance of the parton shower in certain kinematical regimes. Our predictions are in very good agreement with recent LHC data.

arXiv comment32 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables

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