We present a detailed study of Higgs boson production in association with a single top quark at the LHC, at next-to-leading order accuracy in QCD. We consider total and differential cross sections, at the parton level as well as by matching short distance events to parton showers, for both t-channel and s-channel production. We provide predictions relevant for the LHC at 13 TeV together with a thorough evaluation of the residual uncertainties coming from scale variation, parton distributions, strong coupling constant and heavy quark masses. In addition, for t-channel production, we compare results as obtained in the 4-flavour and 5-flavour schemes, pinning down the most relevant differences between them. Finally, we study the sensitivity to a non-standard-model relative phase between the Higgs couplings to the top quark and to the weak bosons.

Demartin, F., Maltoni, F., Mawatari, K., Zaro, M. (2015). Higgs production in association with a single top quark at the LHC. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 75(6), 1-18 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3475-9].

Higgs production in association with a single top quark at the LHC

Maltoni, Fabio;
2015

Abstract

We present a detailed study of Higgs boson production in association with a single top quark at the LHC, at next-to-leading order accuracy in QCD. We consider total and differential cross sections, at the parton level as well as by matching short distance events to parton showers, for both t-channel and s-channel production. We provide predictions relevant for the LHC at 13 TeV together with a thorough evaluation of the residual uncertainties coming from scale variation, parton distributions, strong coupling constant and heavy quark masses. In addition, for t-channel production, we compare results as obtained in the 4-flavour and 5-flavour schemes, pinning down the most relevant differences between them. Finally, we study the sensitivity to a non-standard-model relative phase between the Higgs couplings to the top quark and to the weak bosons.
2015
Demartin, F., Maltoni, F., Mawatari, K., Zaro, M. (2015). Higgs production in association with a single top quark at the LHC. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 75(6), 1-18 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3475-9].
Demartin, Federico*; Maltoni, Fabio; Mawatari, Kentarou; Zaro, Marco
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