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Two-Loop O(alpha_s G_F M_Q^2) Heavy-Quark Corrections to the Interactions between Higgs and Intermediate Bosons

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-17 v1

Abstract

By means of a low-energy theorem, we analyze at O(alpha_s G_F M_Q^2) the shifts in the Standard-Model W^+W^-H and ZZH couplings induced by virtual high-mass quarks, Q, with M_Q >> M_Z, M_H, which includes the top quark. Invoking the improved Born approximation, we then find the corresponding corrections to various four- and five-point Higgs-boson production and decay processes which involve the W^+W^-H and ZZH vertices with one or both of the gauge bosons being connected to light-fermion currents, respectively. This includes e^+e^- -> f anti-f H via Higgs-strahlung, via W^+W^- fusion (with f = nu_e), and via ZZ fusion (with f = e), as well as H -> 2V -> 4f (with V = W, Z).

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9602304,
  title  = {Two-Loop O(alpha_s G_F M_Q^2) Heavy-Quark Corrections to the Interactions between Higgs and Intermediate Bosons},
  author = {Bernd A. Kniehl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9602304},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

20 pages (Latex); Physical Review D (to appear)