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

Author:

S. I. Godunov, E. K. Karkaryan, V. A. Novikov, A. N. Rozanov, M. I. Vysotsky, E. V. Zhemchugov

Keyword:

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)

journal:

date:

2023-08-01 16:00:00

Abstract

Analytical formulas describing the correction due to the $Z$ boson exchange to the cross section of the reaction $pp\rightarrow p\mu^+\mu^- X$ 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%.

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