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Higgs transverse momentum with a jet veto: a double-differential resummation

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2020-12-24 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We consider the simultaneous measurement of the Higgs (pt\mboxHp_t^{\tiny{\mbox{H}}}) and the leading jet (pt\mboxJp_t^{\tiny{\mbox{J}}}) transverse momentum in hadronic Higgs-boson production, and perform the resummation of the large logarithmic corrections that originate in the limit pt\mboxH,pt\mboxJm\mboxHp_t^{\tiny{\mbox{H}}}\,,p_t^{\tiny{\mbox{J}}} \ll m_{\tiny{\mbox{H}}} up to next-to-next-to-leading-logarithmic order. This work constitutes the first simultaneous (double differential) resummation for two kinematic observables of which one involves a jet algorithm in hadronic collisions, and provides an important milestone in the theoretical understanding of joint resummations. As an application, we provide precise predictions for the Higgs transverse-momentum distribution with a veto pt\mboxJpt\mboxJ,vp_t^{\tiny{\mbox{J}}} \leq p_{t}^{\tiny{\mbox{J,v}}} on the accompanying jets, whose accurate description is relevant to the Higgs precision programme at the Large Hadron Collider.

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@article{arxiv.1909.04704,
  title  = {Higgs transverse momentum with a jet veto: a double-differential resummation},
  author = {Pier Francesco Monni and Luca Rottoli and Paolo Torrielli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.04704},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

Fixed typo in one equation of the main text and supplemental material. No consequences on physical results