Full tree-level calculation of the qq-->qqWZ electroweak process at hadron supercolliders.

Abstract

We present a full standard model calculation of the $\mathrm{qq}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\mathrm{qqWZ}$ electroweak process in $\mathrm{pp}$ collisions at the Superconducting Super Collider, including $W$ and $Z$ leptonic decay correlations. We also analyze the backgrounds to this signal from $\mathrm{Zt}\overline{t}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}ZW+\mathrm{jets}$ and $q\overline{q}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}WZ+\mathrm{jets}$. Single forward jet tagging and vetoing of events with \ensuremath{\ge} 2 central jets can suppress the backgrounds with little effect on the signal. With 10 ${\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ integrated luminosity we expect 50 signal events and 30 background events.