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Higgs Decay to Top Quarks at O(\alpha_s^2)

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-17 v1

Abstract

Three-loop corrections to the scalar and pseudo-scalar current correlator are calculated. By applying the large momentum expansion mass terms up to order (m^2/q^2)^4 are evaluated analytically. As an application O(\alpha_s^2) corrections to the decay of a scalar and pseudo-scalar Higgs boson into top quarks are considered. It is shown that for a Higgs mass not far above the ttˉt\bar{t} threshold these higher order mass corrections are necessary to get reliable results.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9704436,
  title  = {Higgs Decay to Top Quarks at O(\alpha_s^2)},
  author = {R. Harlander and M. Steinhauser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9704436},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

Latex, 20 pages, 14 ps-figures. The complete paper, including figures, is also available via anonymous ftp at ftp://ttpux2.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/ , or via www at http://www-ttp.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/cgi-bin/preprints/