We report on results for the NLO corrected differential distributions dσ/dpT and dσ/dy for the process p+p→H+′X′, where pT and y are the transverse momentum and rapidity of the Higgs-boson H respectively and X denotes the inclusive hadronic state. All QCD partonic subprocesses have been included. The computation is carried out in the limit that the top-quark mass mt→∞. Our calculations reveal that the dominant subprocess is given by g+g→H+′X′ but the reaction g+q(qˉ)→H+′X′ is not negligible. Also the K-factor representing the ratio between the next-to-leading order and leading order differential distributions varies from 1.4 to 1.7 depending on the kinematic region and choice of parton densities.
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0209367,
title = {NLO distributions for Higgs production at the LHC},
author = {J. Smith},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0209367},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, Latex, 4 postscript figures, Contribution to Radcor02