https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-15019-7
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Higher-order soft and virtual corrections in 
production at the LHC
1
Department of Physics, Kennesaw State University, 30144, Kennesaw, GA, USA
2
Department of Chemistry and Physics, Florida Gulf Coast University, 33965, Fort Myers, FL, USA
Received:
4
August
2025
Accepted:
1
November
2025
Published online:
9
November
2025
We study higher-order QCD corrections beyond NLO for the associated production of a photon with a W boson (
and 
production) at the Large Hadron Collider. We calculate the NNLO soft-plus-virtual QCD corrections as well as the 
LO soft-gluon corrections to the total production cross section and the photon transverse-momentum distribution in single-particle-inclusive kinematics. The higher-order corrections provide a significant enhancement to the cross section. This is the first calculation of the complete soft-gluon corrections at LO in single-particle-inclusive kinematics for a Standard Model process.
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