Jet Rates in Higgs Boson Decay at Third Order in QCD
We compute the production rates for two, three, four, and five jets in the hadronic decay of a Higgs boson in its two dominant decay modes to bottom quarks and gluons to third order in the QCD coupling constant. The five-, four-, and three-jet rates are obtained from a next-to-next-to-leading order calculation of Higgs decay to three jets, while the two-jet rate is inferred at next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order from the inclusive decay rate. Our results show distinct differences in the dependence of the jet rates on the jet resolution parameter between the two decay modes, supporting the aim of discriminating different Higgs boson decay channels via classic QCD observables.
Authors
- Aude Gehrmann-De Ridder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2686-9658)
- E. W. N. Glover (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-4175)
- T. Gehrmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7009-432X)
- Christian T. Preuss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1254-0250)
- Matteo Marcoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9405-1399)
- Karl J. Friston
Institutions
- University of Wuppertal (DE)
- Durham University (GB)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Institute of Particle Physics (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2025-06-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/1znh-sm96
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 14.96
Funders
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
- Science and Technology Facilities Council
- European Research Council
- Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara