Diffractive $Z$ boson pair production at LHC in the large extra dimensions scenario

Abstract

In this paper we study the diffractive $Z$ boson pair production mediated by the Kaluza-Klein graviton in the large extra dimensions scenario at the CERN Large Hadron Collider energies. Considering the Durham model we estimate the total cross section for the central inclusive and exclusive diffractive production of a $Z$ boson pair in $pp/pPb/PbPb$ collisions. Our results indicate that the experimental analysis of the central inclusive production in $pp$ collisions is feasible at CERN LHC.

Comments: 15 pages, 7 figures, 1 table. Published in Phys. Rev. D89, 076003 (2014)