Higher-order QCD in the Higgs decay to bottom quarks

• Grant number: 18/21050-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: November 01, 2019
• End date: February 28, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Principal Investigator: Diogo Rodrigues Boito
• Grantee: Cristiane Yumi Mise London
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/20689-9 - Precise determination of fundamental QCD parameters, AP.JP

Abstract

In the absence of direct observation of physics beyond the standard model in LHC, precise tests of the theory require higher precision. The decay width of the Higgs boson into bottom quarks is known up to fourth order in the strong coupling, alpha_s. In this work, using the knowledge of renormalons of the perturbative series and the method of Padé approximants, we will study the higher terms of the perturbative series in alpha_s for this process. The goal is to accurately predict these contributions and thus reliably obtain the error due to the truncation of the perturbative series, contributing to the precise knowledge of the decay width of the Higgs into bottom quarks in the standard model. (AU)

Scientific publications

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BOITO, DIOGO; LONDON, CRISTIANE Y.; MASJUAN, PERE. Higher-order QCD corrections to H -> b(b)over-bar from rational approximants. Journal of High Energy Physics, n. 1, JAN 12 2022. (15/20689-9, 18/21050-0, 20/15532-1)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

LONDON, Cristiane Yumi Mise. Higher-order perturbative QCD in the Higgs decay to bottom quarks. 2021. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC/BT) São Carlos.