Abstract: We analyse the associated production of Higgs and Z boson via heavy-quark loops at the LHC in the Standard Model and beyond. We first review the main features of the Born 2 → 2 production, and in particular discuss the high-energy behaviour, angular distributions and Z boson polarisation. We then consider the effects of extra QCD radiation as described by the 2 → 3 loop matrix elements, and find that they dominate at high Higgs transverse momentum. We show how merged samples of 0- and 1-jet multiplicities, matched to a parton shower can provide a reliable description of differential distributions in ZH production. In addition to the Standard Model study, results in a generic two-Higgs-doublet-model are obtained and presented for a set of representative and experimentally viable benchmarks for Zh0, ZH0 and ZA0 production. We observe that various interesting features appear either due to the resonant enhancement of the cross-section or to interference patterns between resonant and non-resonant contributions.
Higgs and Z boson associated production via gluon fusion in the SM and the 2HDM / Hespel, B.; Maltoni, F.; Vryonidou, E.*. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - STAMPA. - 2015:6(2015), pp. 65.1-65.29. [10.1007/JHEP06(2015)065]
Higgs and Z boson associated production via gluon fusion in the SM and the 2HDM
Maltoni, F.;
2015
Abstract
Abstract: We analyse the associated production of Higgs and Z boson via heavy-quark loops at the LHC in the Standard Model and beyond. We first review the main features of the Born 2 → 2 production, and in particular discuss the high-energy behaviour, angular distributions and Z boson polarisation. We then consider the effects of extra QCD radiation as described by the 2 → 3 loop matrix elements, and find that they dominate at high Higgs transverse momentum. We show how merged samples of 0- and 1-jet multiplicities, matched to a parton shower can provide a reliable description of differential distributions in ZH production. In addition to the Standard Model study, results in a generic two-Higgs-doublet-model are obtained and presented for a set of representative and experimentally viable benchmarks for Zh0, ZH0 and ZA0 production. We observe that various interesting features appear either due to the resonant enhancement of the cross-section or to interference patterns between resonant and non-resonant contributions.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.