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Higgs boson decay into photons at four loops

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-10-04 v1

Abstract

Future precision measurements of Higgs boson decays will determine the branching fraction for the decay into two photons with a precision at the one percent level. To fully exploit such measurements, equally precise theoretical predictions need to be available. To this end we compute four-loop QCD corrections in the large top quark mass expansion to the Higgs boson--photon form factor, which enter the two-photon decay width at next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order. Furthermore we obtain corrections to the two-photon decay width stemming from the emission of additional gluons, which contribute for the first time at next-to-next-to-leading order. Finally, we combine our results with other available perturbative corrections and estimate the residual uncertainty due to missing higher-order contributions.

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@article{arxiv.2104.12780,
  title  = {Higgs boson decay into photons at four loops},
  author = {Joshua Davies and Florian Herren},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.12780},
  year   = {2021}
}

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18 pages, 4 figures