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W. Placzek

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arXiv2000

Four-Fermion Production in Electron-Positron Collisions

This report summarises the results of the four-fermion working group of the LEP2-MC workshop, held at CERN from 1999 to 2000. Recent developments in the calculation of four-fermion processes in electron-positron collisions at LEP-2 centre-of-mass energies are presented, concentrating on predictions for four main reactions: W-pair production, visible photons in four-fermion events, single-W production and Z-pair production. Based on a comparison of results derived within different approaches, theoretical uncertainties on these predictions are established.

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arXiv2000

Final State Radiative Effects for the Exact O(alpha) YFS Exponentiated (Un)Stable W+W- Production At and Beyond LEP2 Energies

We present the LL final state radiative effects for the exact O(alpha) YFS exponentiated (un)stable WW pair production at LEP2/NLC energies using Monte Carlo event generator methods. The respective event generator, version 1.12 of the program YFSWW3, wherein both Standard Model and anomalous triple gauge boson couplings are allowed, generates n(γ) radiation both from the initial state and from the intermediate W+ W- and generates the LL final state W decay radiative effects. Sample Monte Carlo data are illustrated.

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arXiv1999

Monte Carlo Program KoralW 1.42 for All Four-Fermion Final States in e+e- Collisions

The Monte Carlo program KoralW version 1.42 is presented. It generates all four-fermion final states with multibranch dedicated Monte Carlo pre-samplers and complete, massive, Born matrix elements. The presamplers cover the entire phase space. Multiphoton bremsstrahlung is implemented in the ISR approximation within the YFS formulation with the O(alpha**3) leading-log matrix element. The anomalous WWV couplings are implemented in CC03 approximation. The standard decay libraries (JETSET, PHOTOS, TAUOLA) are interfaced. The semi-analytical CC03-type code KorWan for differential and total cross-sections is included.

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arXiv1999

Precision Calculation of Bhabha Scattering at LEP

For the small-angle Bhabha-scattering process, we consider the error budget for the calculation of the LEP/SLC luminosity in the Monte Carlo event generator BHLUMI 4.04, from the standpoint of new calculations of exact results for the respective O(alpha**2) photonic corrections in the context of the Yennie-Frautchi-Suura exponentiation. We find that an over-all precision tag for the currently available program BHLUMI 4.04 can be reduced from 0.11% to 0.061% at LEP1 and from 0.25% to 0.122% at LEP2. For the large-angle Bhabha process, we present the Monte Carlo program BHWIDE and compare its predictions with predictions of other Monte Carlo programs as well as semi-analytical calculations.

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arXiv1997

Event Generators for WW Physics

The report summarizes the results of the activities of the Working Group on Event Generators for WW Physics at CERN during 1995.

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arXiv1997

Exact $O(α)$ Gauge Invariant YFS Exponentiated Monte Carlo for (Un)Stable for (Un)Stable $W^+W^-$ Production At and Beyond LEP2 Energies

We realize, by Monte Carlo event generator methods, the exact O}(α)$ YFS exponentiated calculation of $e^+e^- \to W^+ W^- (\to f_1\bar f'_1 + \bar f_2 f'_2)$ at and beyond LEP2 energies, where the left-handed parts of $f_i$ and $f'_i$ are the respective upper and lower components of an $SU_{2L}$ doublet, $i=1,2$. Our calculation is gauge invariant from the standpoint of its radiative effects and the respective YFS Monte Carlo event generator YFSWW3, wherein both Standard Model and anomalous triple gauge boson couplings are allowed, generates $n(γ)$ radiation both from the initial state and from the final $W^+ W^-$. Sample Monte Carlo data are illustrated.

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arXiv1997

Gauge Invariant YFS Exponentiation of (Un)stable $Z$-Pair Production At and Beyond LEP2 Energies

We present the theoretical basis and sample Monte Carlo data for the YFS exponentiated calculation of $e^+e^- \to Z Z \to f_1\bar f_1 + \bar f_2 f_2$ at and beyond LEP2 energies, where the left-handed part of $f_i$ is a component of an $SU_{2L}$ doublet, $i=1,2$. The calculation is performed for both SM couplings and for anomalous $ZZV$ triple gauge boson couplings in the conventions of Hagiwara et al.. Our formulas, which are gauge invariant, are illustrated in a proto-typical YFS Monte Carlo event generator YFSZZ.

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arXiv1997

e^+ (Anti)Quark Scattering in the Presence of the Anomalous HERA Positron-Jet Event Phenomenon

We discuss the leptoquark interpretation of the anomalous HERA positron-jet events in the context of the YFS exponentiated Monte Carlo event generator treatment of the attendant multiple photon radiative effects for both the would-be signal and the SM background, wherein finite-$p_T$ photon effects are properly taken into account and wherein infrared singularities are cancelled to all orders in $α$. We show that H1 and ZEUS data are consistent with such an interpretation for a leptoquark coupling $\lesssim 0.3g_W$, mass $\sim 200$ GeV, and width $\lesssim 2$GeV. Possible future tests are proposed.

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arXiv1996

BHWIDE 1.00: O(alpha) YFS Exponentiated Monte Carlo for Bhabha Scattering at Wide Angles for LEP1/SLC and LEP2

We present O(alpha) YFS exponentiated results for wide angle Bhabha scattering at LEP/SLC energies using a new Monte Carlo event generator BHWIDE 1.xx. Our calculations include two options for the pure weak corrections, as presented in Beenakker et al. and in Bohm et al. From comparison with the results of Beenakker et al., Montagna et al. and Cacciari et al., we conclude that the total precision of our BHWIDE results is 0.3% (0.5%) in the LEP1/SLC regime within +-100 MeV (+2.75/-2.5 GeV) of the Z peak. For LEP2, the corresponding precision is currently estimated at 1.5%; the latter could be improved if the data in LEP2 so require. Both precision tags represent clear improvements over what is currently available in the literature.

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arXiv1996

Gauge Invariant YFS Exponentiation of (Un)stable $W^+W^-$ Production At and Beyond LEP2 Energies

We present the theoretical basis and sample Monte Carlo data for the YFS exponentiated calculation of $e^+e^- \rightarrow W^+ W^- \rightarrow f_1\bar f'_1 + \bar f_2 f'_2$ at and beyond LEP2 energies, where the left-handed parts of $f_i$ and $f'_i$ are the respective upper and lower components of an $SU_{2L}$ doublet, $i=1,2$. The problem of gauge invariance of the radiation from the unstable charged spin~1 $W^{\pm}$ is solved in an entirely physical manner. Our formulas are illustrated in a proto-typical YFS Monte Carlo event generator YFSWW2, wherein both Standard Model and anomalous triple gauge boson couplings are allowed.

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