An approximate N3LO cross section for Higgs production in gluon fusion

An approximate expression for the inclusive Higgs production cross section in gluon fusion at N3LO in QCD with finite top mass is presented. We argue that an accurate approximation can be constructed combining(and improving) the large- and small-z behaviours of the partonic cross section, which are...

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Main Author: Bonvini Marco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-11-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136012008
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spelling doaj-eff1e17c13dd4705846e2aba626df5d42021-08-02T09:24:12ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2013-11-01601200810.1051/epjconf/20136012008An approximate N3LO cross section for Higgs production in gluon fusionBonvini MarcoAn approximate expression for the inclusive Higgs production cross section in gluon fusion at N3LO in QCD with finite top mass is presented. We argue that an accurate approximation can be constructed combining(and improving) the large- and small-z behaviours of the partonic cross section, which are both known to all orders from soft-gluon (Sudakov) and high-energy (BFKL) resummations, respectively. For a 125 GeV Higgs at LHC at 8 TeV, we find an increase of about 6–13% with respect to the NNLO inclusive cross section for the conventional scale μR = mH/2, suggesting that higher order QCD corrections might be underestimated by presently available results. We also find a significant reduction of the scale uncertainty http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136012008
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An approximate N3LO cross section for Higgs production in gluon fusion
EPJ Web of Conferences
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title An approximate N3LO cross section for Higgs production in gluon fusion
title_short An approximate N3LO cross section for Higgs production in gluon fusion
title_full An approximate N3LO cross section for Higgs production in gluon fusion
title_fullStr An approximate N3LO cross section for Higgs production in gluon fusion
title_full_unstemmed An approximate N3LO cross section for Higgs production in gluon fusion
title_sort approximate n3lo cross section for higgs production in gluon fusion
publisher EDP Sciences
series EPJ Web of Conferences
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publishDate 2013-11-01
description An approximate expression for the inclusive Higgs production cross section in gluon fusion at N3LO in QCD with finite top mass is presented. We argue that an accurate approximation can be constructed combining(and improving) the large- and small-z behaviours of the partonic cross section, which are both known to all orders from soft-gluon (Sudakov) and high-energy (BFKL) resummations, respectively. For a 125 GeV Higgs at LHC at 8 TeV, we find an increase of about 6–13% with respect to the NNLO inclusive cross section for the conventional scale μR = mH/2, suggesting that higher order QCD corrections might be underestimated by presently available results. We also find a significant reduction of the scale uncertainty
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136012008
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