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Asymptotic Pade-approximant methods are utilized to estimate the order $\alpha_s^5$ contribution to the $H\to gg$ rate and the order $\alpha_s^4$ contribution to the $H \to b \bar{b}$ rate. The former process is of particular interest…
We investigate the renormalization-group scale and scheme dependence of the $H \rightarrow gg$ decay rate at the order N$^4$LO in the renormalization-group summed perturbative theory, which employs the summation of all renormalization-group…
We present an asymptotic Pade-approximant estimate for the four-loop coefficients within the linear combination of correlators entering the recently calculated decay rate of a CP-odd Higgs boson, with an assumed mass $m_A = 100 GeV$, into…
Known perturbative expressions for the decay rates of 115 GeV Higgs particle into either two gluons or a $b\bar{b}$ pair are shown to exhibit renormalization-scale-($\mu$)-dependence that is largely removed via…
The decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson in the intermediate-mass range into gluons is considered where special emphasis is put on the influence of the leading electroweak corrections proportional to G_F m_t^2. An effective Lagrangian…
Utilizing asymptotic Pade-approximant methods, we estimate the three-loop order MS-bar coefficients of alpha_s^3[\log(\mu^2/m^2_b(\mu)]^k terms [k = {0,1,2,3}] within the $b \to u\ell^-\bar{\nu}_\ell$ decay rate. Except for the coefficient…
The rare decay $H\to \gamma\gamma$ is a promising detection channel for an intermediate mass Higgs boson. We compute its two-loop $O(\alpha^2 G_F m_t^2)$ correction in the standard model and find that the relative correction to the decay…
We compute the decay rate of the Standard Model Higgs boson to bottom quarks to order $\alpha\alpha_s$. We apply the optical theorem and calculate the imaginary part of three-loop corrections to the Higgs boson propagator using asymptotic…
We calculate the $O(\alpha_s)$ corrections to the charged Higgs mediated inclusive semi-tauonic $B$ decay. By working in the Landau gauge, we demonstrate how to obtain the charged Higgs contributions (both direct and interference terms)…
We calculate the Higgs decay rate of $h\to Z\gamma$ by including the contributions from new scalars with arbitrary quantum numbers of the weak isospin ($T$) and hypercharge ($Y$) in the standard model. We find that our general formula for…
We report on a recent calculation of the top decay rate up to order \alpha_s^2. It is based on asymptotic expansions of the off-shell top propagator, followed by a Pad\'e approximation in order to reach the physically relevant point…
The detailed investigation of the Higgs sector at present and future colliders necessitates from the theory side as precise predictions as possible, including higher order corrections. An important ingredient for the computation of higher…
We present in analytic form the O(alpha_s^5) correction to the H->gg partial width of the standard-model Higgs boson with intermediate mass M_H<2M_t. Its knowledge is useful because the O(alpha_s^4) correction is sizeable (around 20%). For…
We utilize asymptotic Pade-approximant methods to estimate the three-loop order MS bar-scheme coefficients within the inclusive semileptonic b to u decay rate for four and five active quark flavours. The estimates we obtain for the three…
The charged-Higgs contributions to the decay \bar{B} -> X_s gamma are discussed in the minimal supersymmetric standard model at large tan beta. These contributions receive two-loop O(alpha_s tan beta) corrections by squark-gluino subloops,…
We consider in detail various theoretical uncertainties of the perturbative predictions for the decay width of $H^0\rightarrow b\overline{b}$ process in the region $50\ GeV< M_H\leq 2M_W$. We calculate the order…
We discuss Pad\'e-improvement of known four-loop order results based upon an asymptotic three-parameter error formula for Pad\'e-approximants. We derive an explicit formula estimating the next-order coefficient $R_4$ from the previous…
Using the newly available $\alpha_s^6$-order QCD correction to the Higgs decay channel $H\to gg$, we make a detailed discussion on the perturbative properties of the decay width $\Gamma(H\to gg)$ by using the principle of maximum…
The two--loop ${\cal O}(\alpha_s G_F m_t^2)$ corrections to the $b\bar b$ decay rate of the Standard Model Higgs boson as well as its production via $e^+e^- \to ZH$ will be presented. These QCD corrections are obtained by using a low-energy…
The radiative Higgs decays h -> gamma l+l- with l=e,mu and tau are analyzed in the standard model using m_h=125 GeV. Both tree and one-loop diagrams for the processes are evaluated. In addition to their decay rates and dilepton invariant…