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We present the first calculation of the full next-to-leading-order electroweak and QCD corrections for vector-boson scattering (VBS) into a pair of Z bosons at the LHC. We consider specifically the process pp → e+e−μ+μ−jj + X at orders \( \mathcal{O} \)(α7) and \( \mathcal{O} \)(αsα6) and take all off-shell and interference contributions into account. Owing to the presence of enhanced Sudakov logarithms, the electroweak corrections amount to −16% of the leading-order electroweak fiducial cross section and induce significant shape distortions of differential distributions. The QCD corrections on the other hand are larger (+24%) than typical QCD corrections in VBS. This originates from considering the full computation including tri-boson contributions in a rather inclusive phase space. We also provide a leading-order analysis of all contributions to the cross section for pp → e+e−μ+μ−jj + X in a realistic setup.
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Denner, A., Franken, R., Pellen, M. et al. NLO QCD and EW corrections to vector-boson scattering into ZZ at the LHC. J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 110 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2020)110
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