Poster

PUBDB-2015-00061

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Towards precise predictions for Higgs-boson production in the MSSM

Bagnaschi, E. (Corresponding Author)DESY*

2014

Abstract: We study the production of scalar and pseudoscalar Higgs bosons via gluon fusion and bottom-quark annihilation in the MSSM. Relying on the NNLO-QCD calculation implemented in the public code SusHi, we provide precise predictions for the Higgs-production cross section in six benchmark scenarios compatible with the LHC searches. We also provide a detailed discussion of the sources of theoretical uncertainty in our calculation. We examine the dependence of the cross section on the renormalization and factorization scales, on the precise definition of the Higgs-bottom coupling and on the choice of PDFs, as well as the uncertainties associated to our incomplete knowledge of the SUSY contributions through NNLO. In particular, a potentially large uncertainty originates from uncomputed higher-order QCD corrections to the bottom-quark contributions to gluon fusion.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Theorie-Gruppe (T)

Research Program(s):

1. 514 - Theoretical Particle Physics (POF2-514) (POF2-514)
2. LHCPHENONET - Advanced Particle Phenomenology in the LHC era (264564) (264564)
3. MCNETITN - Training Network for Monte Carlo Event Generators for LHC Physics (315877) (315877)
4. HIGGSTOOLS - The Higgs quest - exploring electroweak symmetry breaking at the LHC (316704) (316704)
5. HIGGS@LHC - Search and study of the Higgs bosons at the LHC (321133) (321133)

Experiment(s):

1. No specific instrument

Appears in the scientific report 2014

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