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Title: NNLO QCD corrections to weak boson fusion Higgs boson production in the $$H → b \overline{b}$$ and $$\textit{H → WW* →}$$ 4$$\textit{l}$$ decay channels

Abstract

We compute the next-to-next-to-leading order QCD corrections to Higgs boson production in weak boson fusion followed by its decay to a $$b\bar{b}$$ pair or to a pair of leptonically-decaying $$\textit{W}$$ bosons. Our calculation allows us to compute realistic fiducial cross sections and assess the impact of fiducial cuts applied to the Higgs boson decay products on the magnitude of QCD radiative corrections in weak boson fusion.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  2. Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Clarendon Lab.; Wadham College, Oxford (United Kingdom)
  3. Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) (Germany)
  4. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland); Univ. di Milano (Italy); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Milano (Italy)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); German Research Foundation (DFG); European Research Council (ERC); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
OSTI Identifier:
1847162
Report Number(s):
BNL-222805-2022-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479; TRN: US2303075
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012704; 396021762 — TRR 257; 804394 hipQCD; ST/T000864/1
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2022; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Nature
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; QCD Phenomenology

Citation Formats

Asteriadis, Konstantin, Caola, Fabrizio, Melnikov, Kirill, and Röntsch, Raoul. NNLO QCD corrections to weak boson fusion Higgs boson production in the $H → b \overline{b}$ and $\textit{H → WW* →}$ 4$\textit{l}$ decay channels. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1007/jhep02(2022)046.
Asteriadis, Konstantin, Caola, Fabrizio, Melnikov, Kirill, & Röntsch, Raoul. NNLO QCD corrections to weak boson fusion Higgs boson production in the $H → b \overline{b}$ and $\textit{H → WW* →}$ 4$\textit{l}$ decay channels. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02(2022)046
Asteriadis, Konstantin, Caola, Fabrizio, Melnikov, Kirill, and Röntsch, Raoul. Mon . "NNLO QCD corrections to weak boson fusion Higgs boson production in the $H → b \overline{b}$ and $\textit{H → WW* →}$ 4$\textit{l}$ decay channels". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02(2022)046. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1847162.
@article{osti_1847162,
title = {NNLO QCD corrections to weak boson fusion Higgs boson production in the $H → b \overline{b}$ and $\textit{H → WW* →}$ 4$\textit{l}$ decay channels},
author = {Asteriadis, Konstantin and Caola, Fabrizio and Melnikov, Kirill and Röntsch, Raoul},
abstractNote = {We compute the next-to-next-to-leading order QCD corrections to Higgs boson production in weak boson fusion followed by its decay to a $b\bar{b}$ pair or to a pair of leptonically-decaying $\textit{W}$ bosons. Our calculation allows us to compute realistic fiducial cross sections and assess the impact of fiducial cuts applied to the Higgs boson decay products on the magnitude of QCD radiative corrections in weak boson fusion.},
doi = {10.1007/jhep02(2022)046},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 2,
volume = 2022,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2022},
month = {Mon Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2022}
}

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