NNLO QCD corrections to weak boson fusion Higgs boson production in the H → b$$ \overline{b} $$ and H → WW* → 4l decay channels
Konstantin Asteriadis, Fabrizio Caola, Kirill Melnikov, Raoul Röntsch
Abstract
A bstract 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 $$ \overline{b} $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mover> <mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:mo>¯</mml:mo> </mml:mover> </mml:math> pair or to a pair of leptonically-decaying 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.
Topics & Concepts
Higgs bosonParticle physicsPhysicsQuantum chromodynamicsBosonVector bosonProduction (economics)Radiative transferFusionStandard Model (mathematical formulation)Nuclear physicsGauge (firearms)Quantum mechanicsLinguisticsArchaeologyMacroeconomicsHistoryEconomicsPhilosophyParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle InteractionsHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research