Finite top-mass effects in gluon-induced Higgs production with a jet-veto at NNLO

Aug 28, 2014
22 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 11 (2014) 150
  • Published: Nov 26, 2014
e-Print:
Report number:
  • ZU-TH-30-14,
  • WUB-14-09,
  • LPN14-107

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Abstract: (Springer)
Effects from a finite top quark mass on the H+n-jet coss section through gluon fusion are studied for n = 0/n ≥ 1 at NNLO/NLO QCD. For this purpose, sub-leading terms in 1/mt_{t} are calculated. We show that the asymptotic expansion of the jet-vetoed cross section at NNLO is very well behaved and that the heavy-top approximation is valid at the five permille level up to jet-veto cuts of 300 GeV. For the inclusive Higgs+jet rate, we introduce a matching procedure that allows for a reliable prediction of the top-mass effects using the expansion in 1/mt_{t} . The quality of the effective field theory to evaluate differential K-factors for the distribution of the hardest jet is found to be better than 1-2% as long as the transverse momentum of the jet is integrated out or remains below about 150 GeV.
Note:
  • 22 pages, 14 figures
  • QCD Phenomenology
  • Jets
  • gluon: fusion
  • Higgs particle: production
  • quantum chromodynamics: correction
  • correction: higher-order
  • higher-order: 2
  • top: mass
  • mass: effect
  • mass: finite