Flavour anti-kT algorithm applied to Wbb¯ production at the LHC

Flavour anti-kT algorithm applied to Wbb¯ production at the LHC

Authors: Heribertus Bayu Hartanto, Rene Poncelet, Andrei Popescu, Simone Zoia

Abstract: We apply the recently proposed flavoured anti-kT jet algorithm to Wbb¯ production at the Large Hadron Collider at s√=8 TeV. We present results for the total cross section and differential distributions at the next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in QCD. We discuss the effects of the remaining parametric freedom in the flavoured anti-kT prescription, and compare it against the standard flavour-kT algorithm. We compare the total cross section results against the CMS data, finding good agreement. The NNLO QCD corrections are significant, and their inclusion substantially improves the agreement with the data.

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