Finite-width effects in the near-threshold ZZZ and ZWW production at ILC

Abstract

We calculate the cross-section of the near-threshold off-shell $ZZZ$ and $Z{W}^{+}{W}^{-}$ production at the International Linear Collider taking into account their instability and the principal part of NLO corrections. The calculations are performed in the framework of the model of unstable particles with smeared mass-shell. We show that the contribution of the finite $Z/W$ and $H$ widths (their instability) is large in the Higgs resonance range and should be taken into account in the Higgs boson searches at future colliders.

Comments: 5 pages, 6 figures