Weak interaction corrections to muon pair production via the photon fusion at the LHC

Abstract

Analytical formulas describing the correction due to the $Z$ boson exchange to the cross section of the reaction $pp\to p{\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-}X$ are presented. When the invariant mass of the produced muon pair $W\gtrsim 150\text{GeV}$ and its total transverse momentum is large, the correction is of the order of 20%.

arXiv comment17 pages, 5 figures

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