Anomalous triple-gauge-boson interactions in vector-boson pair production with Recola2

Diboson production at the LHC is a process of great importance both in the context of tests of the SM and for direct searches for new physics. In this paper we present a phenomenological study of W W ( → e + ν e μ - ν ¯ μ ), W Z ( → e - ν ¯ e μ + μ - ), and Z Z ( → e + e - μ + μ - ) production considering event selections of interest for the anomalous triple-gauge-boson-coupling searches at the LHC: we provide theoretical predictions within the Standard Model at NLO QCD and NLO EW accuracy and study the effect of the anomalous triple-gauge-boson interactions at NLO QCD. For W W and Z Z the contribution of the loop-induced g g → W + W - and g g → Z Z processes is included. Anomalous triple-gauge-boson interactions are parametrized in the EFT framework. This paper is the first application of Recola2 in the EFT context.