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NNLO QCD predictions for tbar t W production at hadron colliders

Matteo Becchetti , Dhimiter Canko , Xiang Chen , Vsevolod Chestnov , Maximilian Delto , Sara Ditsch , Massimiliano Grazzini , Stefan Kallweit
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NNLO QCD predictions for ttbar W production at hadron colliders are now based on direct two-loop amplitude computation in the generalised leading-colour limit.

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This paper computes next-to-next-to-leading-order QCD predictions for top-antitop pair production with a W boson. Earlier NNLO results used approximations for the two-loop amplitudes because of their complexity. The new calculation performs a direct evaluation of those amplitudes in the generalised leading-colour limit. A reader would care because LHC measurements have exceeded prior theory predictions, and removing the approximation step yields more reliable cross sections and distributions for comparison.

Core claim

The central claim is that NNLO QCD predictions for ttW production follow from a direct computation of the required two-loop amplitudes in the generalised leading-colour limit, providing the first such results without dynamical approximations for the double-virtual correction.

What carries the argument

Direct computation of the two-loop amplitudes in the generalised leading-colour limit, which supplies the double-virtual contribution to the NNLO cross section and differential distributions.

Load-bearing premise

The generalised leading-colour limit supplies a sufficiently accurate representation of the full two-loop contribution for the NNLO cross section and differential distributions.

What would settle it

A complete-color two-loop amplitude calculation or higher-precision LHC data that deviates substantially from these predictions would show whether the limit is accurate enough.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.09503 by Chiara Savoini, Dhimiter Canko, Lorenzo Tancredi, Massimiliano Grazzini, Matteo Becchetti, Mattia Pozzoli, Maximilian Delto, Sara Ditsch, Simone Zoia, Stefan Kallweit, Tiziano Peraro, Vsevolod Chestnov, Xiang Chen.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Results for ∆σNLO,H (upper panel) and ∆σNNLO,H (lower panel) in the case of ttW¯ − production, computed using the various approximations (SA, MA and LCA), for different cuts applied to the transverse momenta of the top quarks. At NLO the approximations are normalised to the exact result, while at NNLO to the best result (SA+MA) from Ref. [32]. The uncertainties assigned to each approximation at NNLO are di… view at source ↗
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The production of a top-antitop quark pair in association with a $W$ boson constitutes one of the heaviest final states currently studied at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Measurements of its production rate have consistently exceeded Standard Model predictions. Owing to the complexity of the two-loop amplitudes entering the double-virtual correction, next-to-next-to-leading-order (NNLO) QCD calculations for this process have so far employed dynamical approximations for the two-loop contribution. We present NNLO QCD predictions based, for the first time, on a direct computation of the required two-loop amplitudes in the generalised leading-colour limit.

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Summary. The manuscript presents NNLO QCD predictions for t t-bar W production at hadron colliders. It claims to be the first work to obtain these from a direct computation of the two-loop amplitudes in the generalised leading-colour limit, rather than relying on dynamical approximations for the double-virtual contribution.

Significance. If the generalised leading-colour approximation holds to sufficient accuracy, the results would supply improved theoretical predictions for a process whose measured rate at the LHC has exceeded Standard Model expectations. The direct two-loop computation in this limit constitutes a clear methodological advance over prior approximations and supplies a concrete step toward fully differential NNLO calculations for heavy final states.

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  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The central claim is that the work supplies NNLO predictions based on a direct two-loop computation. This claim is load-bearing on the assertion that the generalised leading-colour limit furnishes a sufficiently accurate representation of the full two-loop contribution. No numerical estimate or bound is supplied on the size of the neglected colour-suppressed terms relative to the NNLO correction itself, either for the inclusive cross section or for the differential distributions that are presented. Without such a quantification the reliability of the reported predictions cannot be assessed.

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for the constructive comment. We respond to the major comment below.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The central claim is that the work supplies NNLO predictions based on a direct two-loop computation. This claim is load-bearing on the assertion that the generalised leading-colour limit furnishes a sufficiently accurate representation of the full two-loop contribution. No numerical estimate or bound is supplied on the size of the neglected colour-suppressed terms relative to the NNLO correction itself, either for the inclusive cross section or for the differential distributions that are presented. Without such a quantification the reliability of the reported predictions cannot be assessed.

    Authors: We agree that the manuscript does not supply a numerical estimate of the colour-suppressed terms. The predictions presented are NNLO QCD within the generalised leading-colour approximation; the manuscript does not claim to deliver the complete-colour result. The direct two-loop computation in this limit is the methodological advance relative to earlier dynamical approximations. A quantitative bound on the neglected terms would require the subleading-colour two-loop amplitudes, which are not yet available. In the revised manuscript we will add an explicit statement clarifying the scope of the approximation and will include references to existing assessments of its numerical accuracy in related processes (e.g. ttbar production). revision: partial

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  • A precise numerical bound on the size of the colour-suppressed terms, which requires the full-colour two-loop amplitudes not computed in this work.

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No circularity; derivation rests on direct two-loop computation

full rationale

The paper presents NNLO QCD predictions obtained via a direct computation of the two-loop amplitudes in the generalised leading-colour limit. This is a methodological choice within standard perturbative QCD, with no evidence of self-definitional steps, fitted inputs renamed as predictions, load-bearing self-citations, or ansatze smuggled via prior work. The central claim does not reduce to its own inputs by construction and remains self-contained against external QCD benchmarks.

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Abstract-only; no explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities listed. The central claim implicitly rests on the validity of the leading-colour approximation and standard QCD perturbation theory.

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  • domain assumption Perturbative QCD expansion remains valid at NNLO for ttW production.
    Implicit in any NNLO QCD calculation for collider processes.

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