Higgs Boson Production in Association with a Jet at Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order

Boughezal, Radja; Caola, Fabrizio; Melnikov, Kirill; Petriello, Frank; Schulze, Markus

Abstract

We present precise predictions for Higgs boson production in association with a jet. We work in the Higgs effective field theory framework and compute next-to-next-to-leading order QCD corrections to the gluon-gluon and quark-gluon channels, which is sufficient for reliable LHC phenomenology. We present fully differential results as well as total cross sections for the LHC. Our next-to-next-to-leading order predictions reduce the unphysical scale dependence by more than a factor of 2 and enhance the total rate by about twenty percent compared to next-to-leading order QCD predictions. Our results demonstrate for the first time satisfactory convergence of the perturbative series.

Citation

Boughezal, R., Caola, F., Melnikov, K., Petriello, F., & Schulze, M. (2015). Higgs Boson Production in Association with a Jet at Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order. Physical Review Letters, 115(8), Article 082003. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.115.082003

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Aug 21, 2015
• Publication Date: Aug 21, 2015
• Deposit Date: Nov 24, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 24, 2018
• Journal: Physical Review Letters
• Print ISSN: 0031-9007
• Electronic ISSN: 1079-7114
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 115
• Issue: 8
• Article Number: 082003
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.115.082003
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1339404