We construct an accurate approximation to the exact NNLO cross section for Higgs production in gluon-gluon fusion by matching the dominant finite top mass corrections recently computed by us to the known result in the infinite mass limit. The ensuing corrections to the partonic cross section are very large when the center of mass energy of the partonic collision is much larger than the Higgs mass, but lead to a moderate correction at the percent level to the total Higgs production cross section at the LHC. Our computation thus reduces the uncertainty related to these corrections at the LHC from the percent to the per mille level.

Finite-top-mass effects in NNLO Higgs production / S. Marzani, R. D. Ball, V. Del Duca, S. Forte, A. Vicini. - In: NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS. - ISSN 0920-5632. - 186:C(2009), pp. 98-101. ((Intervento presentato al 14. convegno High energy physics international conference on quantum chromodynamics tenutosi a Montpellier nel 2008 [10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2008.12.019].

Finite-top-mass effects in NNLO Higgs production

S. Forte
Penultimo
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A. Vicini
Ultimo
2009

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We construct an accurate approximation to the exact NNLO cross section for Higgs production in gluon-gluon fusion by matching the dominant finite top mass corrections recently computed by us to the known result in the infinite mass limit. The ensuing corrections to the partonic cross section are very large when the center of mass energy of the partonic collision is much larger than the Higgs mass, but lead to a moderate correction at the percent level to the total Higgs production cross section at the LHC. Our computation thus reduces the uncertainty related to these corrections at the LHC from the percent to the per mille level.
LHC ; Higgs ; radiative correction ; top mass
Settore FIS/02 - Fisica Teorica, Modelli e Metodi Matematici
2009
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