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Photon isolation effects at NLO in γγ+jet final states in hadronic collisions

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We present the NLO QCD corrections to pp → γγj production at hadron colliders. Our calculation includes contributions from the fragmentation of a hadronic jet into a highly energetic photon, and consequently allows the implementation of arbitrary infrared-safe photon isolation definitions. We compare different photon isolation criteria and perform a detailed study of the dependence of the γγj cross section on the photon isolation parameters.

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Gehrmann, T., Greiner, N. & Heinrich, G. Photon isolation effects at NLO in γγ+jet final states in hadronic collisions. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 58 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2013)058

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