The NNLO predictions for the rates of the W/Z production in pp and pbar p collisions

Abstract

The NNLO rates of the intermediate vector boson production (IVB) are calculated and found to agree with the preliminary results of Run II at the Fermilab pbar p collider. The estimated uncertainties in NNLO predictions for the IVB rates including the errors in PDFs, ${\alpha }_s$, and the factorization/renormalization scales are about 2% for the Fermilab collider and 3% for the LHC that allows to use these predictions as a competitive benchmark for calibration of the collision luminosity.

7 pages, LATEX, 3 figures (EPS). Contributed to 21th International Symposium on Lepton and Photon Interactions at High Energies (LP 03), 11-16 Aug 2003, Batavia, Illinois