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Higher-order QCD corrections to $H\to b\bar b$ from rational approximants

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-02-02 v2

Abstract

We use rational approximants to study missing higher orders in the massless scalar-current quark correlator. We predict the yet unknown six-loop coefficient of its imaginary part, related to Γ(Hbbˉ)\Gamma(H\to b \bar b), to be c5=6900±1400c_5=-6900\pm 1400. With this result, the perturbative series becomes almost insensitive to renormalization scale variations and the intrinsic QCD truncation uncertainty is tiny. This confirms the expectation that higher-order loop computations for this quantity will not be required in the foreseeable future, as the uncertainty in Γ(Hbbˉ)\Gamma(H\to b \bar b) will remain largely dominated by the Standard Model parameters.

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@article{arxiv.2110.09909,
  title  = {Higher-order QCD corrections to $H\to b\bar b$ from rational approximants},
  author = {Diogo Boito and Cristiane Y. London and Pere Masjuan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.09909},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

21 pages, 3 figures. Significantly shorter than v1. Results unchanged. Changes in presentation and discussions. Accepted by JHEP