The main Higgs production channel at hadron colliders is gluon fusion via heavy-quark loops. We present the results of a fully exclusive simulation of gluon fusion Higgs production based on the matrix elements for h+0, 1, 2 partons including full heavy-quark loop dependence, matched to a parton shower. We consider a Higgs with standard model couplings as well as models where the Higgs has enhanced couplings to bottom quarks (b-philic). We study the most relevant kinematic distributions, such as jet and Higgs pTspectra and find that matched samples provide an accurate description of the final state. For the SM Higgs, we confirm the excellent accuracy of the large heavy-quark-mass approximation also in differential distributions over all phase space, with significant effects arising only at large pT. For a b-philic Higgs however, the loops have a dramatic impact on the kinematics of the Higgs as well as of the jets and need to be accounted for exactly to achieve reliable event simulations. © 2012 American Physical Society.

Alwall, J., Li, Q., Maltoni, F. (2012). Matched predictions for Higgs production via heavy-quark loops in the standard model and beyond. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY, 85(1), 1-7 [10.1103/PhysRevD.85.014031].

Matched predictions for Higgs production via heavy-quark loops in the standard model and beyond

Maltoni, Fabio
2012

Abstract

The main Higgs production channel at hadron colliders is gluon fusion via heavy-quark loops. We present the results of a fully exclusive simulation of gluon fusion Higgs production based on the matrix elements for h+0, 1, 2 partons including full heavy-quark loop dependence, matched to a parton shower. We consider a Higgs with standard model couplings as well as models where the Higgs has enhanced couplings to bottom quarks (b-philic). We study the most relevant kinematic distributions, such as jet and Higgs pTspectra and find that matched samples provide an accurate description of the final state. For the SM Higgs, we confirm the excellent accuracy of the large heavy-quark-mass approximation also in differential distributions over all phase space, with significant effects arising only at large pT. For a b-philic Higgs however, the loops have a dramatic impact on the kinematics of the Higgs as well as of the jets and need to be accounted for exactly to achieve reliable event simulations. © 2012 American Physical Society.
2012
Alwall, J., Li, Q., Maltoni, F. (2012). Matched predictions for Higgs production via heavy-quark loops in the standard model and beyond. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY, 85(1), 1-7 [10.1103/PhysRevD.85.014031].
Alwall, Johan*; Li, Qiang; Maltoni, Fabio
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