We present the calculation of the decay H→bbj at next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) accuracy. We consider contributions in which the Higgs boson couples directly to bottom quarks, i.e. our predictions are accurate to order O(αs3yb2) . We calculate the various components needed to construct the NNLO contribution, including an independent calculation of the two-loop amplitudes. We compare our results for the two-loop amplitudes to an existing calculation finding agreement. We present multiple checks on our two-loop expression using the known infrared factorization properties as the emitted gluon becomes soft or collinear. We use our results to construct a Monte Carlo implementation of H→bbj and present jet rates and differential distributions in the Higgs rest frame using the Durham jet algorithm.
@article{arxiv.1904.08961,
title = {$H \rightarrow b\overline{b}j$ at Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order Accuracy},
author = {Roberto Mondini and Ciaran Williams},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.08961},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
42 pages, 5 figures. v3: matches published version, attached supplementary file with two-loop amplitudes