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Bottom-quark effects in Higgs production at intermediate transverse momentum (2018)
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Caola, F., Lindert, J. M., Melnikov, K., Monni, P. F., Tancredi, L., & Wever, C. (2018). Bottom-quark effects in Higgs production at intermediate transverse momentum. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018(9), Article 035. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep09%282018%29035

We provide a precise description of the Higgs boson transverse momentum distribution including top and bottom quark contributions, that is valid for transverse momenta in the range mb ≲ p⊥ ≲ mt, where mb and mt are the bottom and top quark masses. Th... Read More about Bottom-quark effects in Higgs production at intermediate transverse momentum.

The double-soft integral for an arbitrary angle between hard radiators (2018)
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Caola, F., Delto, M., Frellesvig, H., & Melnikov, K. (2018). The double-soft integral for an arbitrary angle between hard radiators. The European Physical Journal C, 78(8), Article 687. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6180-7

We consider the double-soft limit of a generic QCD process involving massless partons and integrate analytically the double-soft eikonal functions over the phasespace of soft partons (gluons or quarks) allowing for an arbitrary relative angle between... Read More about The double-soft integral for an arbitrary angle between hard radiators.

NNLO QCD corrections to associated WH production and H → b¯b decay (2018)
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Caola, F., Luisoni, G., Melnikov, K., & Röntsch, R. (2018). NNLO QCD corrections to associated WH production and H → b¯b decay. Physical Review D, 97(7), Article 074022. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.97.074022

We present a computation of the next-to-next-to-leading-order (NNLO) QCD corrections to the production of a Higgs boson in association with a W boson at the LHC and the subsequent decay of the Higgs boson into a b¯b pair, treating the b quarks as mas... Read More about NNLO QCD corrections to associated WH production and H → b¯b decay.

QCD corrections to vector boson pair production in gluon fusion including interference effects with off-shell Higgs at the LHC (2017)
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Caola, F., Dowling, M., Melnikov, K., Röntsch, R., & Tancredi, L. (2017). QCD corrections to vector boson pair production in gluon fusion including interference effects with off-shell Higgs at the LHC. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(7), Article 87. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep07%282016%29087

We compute next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections to the production of two massive electroweak bosons in gluon fusion. We consider both the prompt production process gg → V V and the production mediated by an exchange of an s-channel Higgs boson... Read More about QCD corrections to vector boson pair production in gluon fusion including interference effects with off-shell Higgs at the LHC.

Nested soft-collinear subtractions in NNLO QCD computations (2017)
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Caola, F., Melnikov, K., & Röntsch, R. (2017). Nested soft-collinear subtractions in NNLO QCD computations. The European Physical Journal C, 77(4), Article 248. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4774-0

We discuss a modification of the next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) subtraction scheme based on the residue-improved sector decomposition that reduces the number of double-real emission sectors from five to four. In particular, a sector where energ... Read More about Nested soft-collinear subtractions in NNLO QCD computations.

ZZ production in gluon fusion at NLO matched to parton shower (2017)
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Alioli, S., Caola, F., Luisoni, G., & Röntsch, R. (2017). ZZ production in gluon fusion at NLO matched to parton shower. Physical Review D, 95(3), Article 034042. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.95.034042

We present a calculation of the next-to-leading order QCD corrections to the hadroproduction process gg→ZZ→e+e−μ+μ−, matched to the parton shower in the POWHEG framework. We take advantage of the POWHEG BOX tool for the implementation and rely on PYT... Read More about ZZ production in gluon fusion at NLO matched to parton shower.

The Higgs transverse momentum spectrum with finite quark masses beyond leading order (2016)
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Caola, F., Forte, S., Marzani, S., Muselli, C., & Vita, G. (2016). The Higgs transverse momentum spectrum with finite quark masses beyond leading order. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(8), Article 150. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep08%282016%29150

We apply the leading-log high-energy resummation technique recently derived by some of us to the transverse momentum distribution for production of a Higgs boson in gluon fusion. We use our results to obtain information on mass-dependent corrections... Read More about The Higgs transverse momentum spectrum with finite quark masses beyond leading order.

Jet-vetoed Higgs cross section in gluon fusion at N3LO+NNLL with small-R resummation (2016)
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Banfi, A., Caola, F., Dreyer, F. A., Monni, P. F., Salam, G. P., Zanderighi, G., & Dulat, F. (2016). Jet-vetoed Higgs cross section in gluon fusion at N3LO+NNLL with small-R resummation. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(4), Article 49. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep04%282016%29049

We present new results for the jet-veto efficiency and zero-jet cross section in Higgs production through gluon fusion. We incorporate the N3LO corrections to the total cross section, the NNLO corrections to the 1-jet rate, NNLL resummation for the j... Read More about Jet-vetoed Higgs cross section in gluon fusion at N3LO+NNLL with small-R resummation.

QCD corrections to W + W − production through gluon fusion (2016)
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Caola, F., Melnikov, K., Röntsch, R., & Tancredi, L. (2016). QCD corrections to W + W − production through gluon fusion. Physics Letters B, 754, 275-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.01.046

We compute the next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections to the gg→W+W−→l1+ν1l2−ν¯2 process, mediated by a massless quark loop, at the LHC. This process first contributes to the hadroproduction of W+W− at O(αs2), but, nevertheless, has a sizable im... Read More about QCD corrections to W + W − production through gluon fusion.

QCD corrections to ZZ production in gluon fusion at the LHC (2015)
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Caola, F., Melnikov, K., Röntsch, R., & Tancredi, L. (2015). QCD corrections to ZZ production in gluon fusion at the LHC. Physical Review D, 92(9), Article 094028. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.92.094028

We compute the next-to-leading-order QCD corrections to the production of two Z -bosons in the annihilation of two gluons at the LHC. Being enhanced by a large gluon flux, these corrections provide a distinct and, potentially, the dominant part of th... Read More about QCD corrections to ZZ production in gluon fusion at the LHC.

Fiducial cross sections for Higgs boson production in association with a jet at next-to-next-to-leading order in QCD (2015)
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Caola, F., Melnikov, K., & Schulze, M. (2015). Fiducial cross sections for Higgs boson production in association with a jet at next-to-next-to-leading order in QCD. Physical Review D, 92(7), Article 074032. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.92.074032

We extend the recent computation of Higgs boson production in association with a jet through next-tonext-to-leading order in perturbative QCD by including decays of the Higgs boson to electroweak vector bosons. This allows us to compute fiducial cros... Read More about Fiducial cross sections for Higgs boson production in association with a jet at next-to-next-to-leading order in QCD.

Higgs Boson Production in Association with a Jet at Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order (2015)
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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

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... Read More about Higgs Boson Production in Association with a Jet at Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order.

Two-loop helicity amplitudes for the production of two off-shell electroweak bosons in gluon fusion (2015)
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Caola, F., Henn, J. M., Melnikov, K., Smirnov, A. V., & Smirnov, V. A. (2015). Two-loop helicity amplitudes for the production of two off-shell electroweak bosons in gluon fusion. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(6), Article 129. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06%282015%29129

We compute the part of the two-loop virtual amplitude for the process gg→V1V2→(l1l¯′2)(l2l¯′2)gg→V1V2→(l1l¯2′)(l2l¯2′) , where V 1,2 are arbitrary electroweak gauge bosons, that receives contributions from loops of massless quarks. Invariant masses o... Read More about Two-loop helicity amplitudes for the production of two off-shell electroweak bosons in gluon fusion.

Two-loop helicity amplitudes for the production of two off-shell electroweak bosons in quark-antiquark collisions (2014)
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Caola, F., Henn, J. M., Melnikov, K., Smirnov, A. V., & Smirnov, V. A. (2014). Two-loop helicity amplitudes for the production of two off-shell electroweak bosons in quark-antiquark collisions. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(11), Article 041. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep11%282014%29041

Knowledge of two-loop QCD amplitudes for processes qq′→V1V2→(l1l¯′1)(l2l¯′2)qq′→V1V2→(l1l¯1′)(l2l¯2′) is important for improving the theoretical description of four-lepton production in hadron collisions. In this paper we compute these helicity ampli... Read More about Two-loop helicity amplitudes for the production of two off-shell electroweak bosons in quark-antiquark collisions.

Non-planar master integrals for the production of two off-shell vector bosons in collisions of massless partons (2014)
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Caola, F., Henn, J. M., Melnikov, K., & Smirnov, V. A. (2014). Non-planar master integrals for the production of two off-shell vector bosons in collisions of massless partons. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(9), Article 043. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep09%282014%29043

We present the calculation of all non-planar master integrals that are needed to describe production of two off-shell vector bosons in collisions of two massless partons through NNLO in perturbative QCD. The integrals are computed analytically using... Read More about Non-planar master integrals for the production of two off-shell vector bosons in collisions of massless partons.

On the NNLO QCD corrections to single-top production at the LHC (2014)
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Brucherseifer, M., Caola, F., & Melnikov, K. (2014). On the NNLO QCD corrections to single-top production at the LHC. Physics Letters B, 736, 58-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.06.075

We present a fully-differential calculation of the NNLO QCD corrections to the t-channel mechanism for producing single top quarks at the LHC. We work in the structure function approximation, computing QCD corrections to the light- and heavy-quark li... Read More about On the NNLO QCD corrections to single-top production at the LHC.