# Vector-Boson Fusion Higgs Production at Three Loops in QCD

Dreyer, Frédéric A; Karlberg, Alexander (2016). Vector-Boson Fusion Higgs Production at Three Loops in QCD. Physical Review Letters, 117(7):072001.

## Abstract

We calculate the next-to-next-to-next-to-leading-order (${\mathrm{N}}^{3}\mathrm{LO}$) QCD corrections to inclusive vector-boson fusion Higgs production at proton colliders, in the limit in which there is no color exchange between the hadronic systems associated with the two colliding protons. We also provide differential cross sections for the Higgs transverse momentum and rapidity distributions. We find that the corrections are at the 1‰-2‰ level, well within the scale uncertainty of the next-to-next-to-leading-order calculation. The associated scale uncertainty of the ${\mathrm{N}}^{3}\mathrm{LO}$ calculation is typically found to be below the 2‰ level. We also consider theoretical uncertainties due to missing higher order parton distribution functions, and provide an estimate of their importance.

## Abstract

We calculate the next-to-next-to-next-to-leading-order (${\mathrm{N}}^{3}\mathrm{LO}$) QCD corrections to inclusive vector-boson fusion Higgs production at proton colliders, in the limit in which there is no color exchange between the hadronic systems associated with the two colliding protons. We also provide differential cross sections for the Higgs transverse momentum and rapidity distributions. We find that the corrections are at the 1‰-2‰ level, well within the scale uncertainty of the next-to-next-to-leading-order calculation. The associated scale uncertainty of the ${\mathrm{N}}^{3}\mathrm{LO}$ calculation is typically found to be below the 2‰ level. We also consider theoretical uncertainties due to missing higher order parton distribution functions, and provide an estimate of their importance.

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Item Type: Journal Article, refereed, original work 07 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute 530 Physics English 2016 30 Dec 2016 07:24 02 Feb 2018 11:11 American Physical Society 0031-9007 Hybrid https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.072001 1606.00840v1