Higgs pair production at next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy at the LHC

Abstract: We perform the threshold resummation for Higgs pair production in the dominant gluon fusion channel to next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic (NNLL) accuracy. The calculation includes the matching to the next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) cross section obtained in the heavy top-quark limit,...

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Autores principales: de Florian, D., Mazzitelli, J.
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_11266708_v2015_n9_p_deFlorian
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Sumario:Abstract: We perform the threshold resummation for Higgs pair production in the dominant gluon fusion channel to next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic (NNLL) accuracy. The calculation includes the matching to the next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) cross section obtained in the heavy top-quark limit, and results in an increase of the inclusive cross section up to 7% at the LHC with centre-of-mass energy E<inf>cm</inf> = 14 TeV, for the choice of factorization and renormalization scales μ<inf>F</inf> = μ<inf>R</inf> = Q, being Q the invariant mass of the Higgs pair system. After the resummation is implemented, we estimate the theoretical uncertainty from the perturbative expansion to be reduced to about ±5.5%, plus ∼ 10% from finite top-mass effects. The resummed cross section turns out to be rather independent of the value chosen for the central factorization and renormalization scales in the usual range (Q/2, Q). © 2015, The Author(s).