QCD corrections to triboson production

Abstract

We present a computation of the next-to-leading order QCD corrections to the production of three $Z$ bosons at the Large Hadron Collider. We calculate these corrections using a completely numerical method that combines sector decomposition to extract infrared singularities with contour deformation of the Feynman parameter integrals to avoid internal loop thresholds. The NLO QCD corrections to $pp\ensuremath{\rightarrow}ZZZ$ are approximately 50% and are badly underestimated by the leading order scale dependence. However, the kinematic dependence of the corrections is minimal in phase space regions accessible at leading order.