Photon Z-boson pair production via gluon fusion

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(88)90722-8

Physics Letters B

Volume 206, Issue 4, 2 June 1988, Pages 701-704

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We study the production of γZ pairs at a 40 TeV pp collider. We calculate both the tree-level process $q q ̄ →γ Z$ and the proces s gg→γZ, which proceeds via quark loops. We find that the gg→γZ contribution is about 15–30% of the $q q ̄ →γ Z$ cross section depending on the top quark mass.

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Photon Z-boson pair production via gluon fusion

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