Precision tools for the simulation of double-Higgs production via vector-boson fusion

Abstract We present two precision tools for the simulation of Higgs-pair production via vector-boson fusion in the kappa framework for the parameterization of non-standard Higgs couplings. A new implementation of the process is developed in the framework of the POWHEG BOX program that can be used to...

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Main Authors: Barbara Jäger, Alexander Karlberg, Simon Reinhardt
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Published: SpringerOpen 2025-06-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2025)022
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description Abstract We present two precision tools for the simulation of Higgs-pair production via vector-boson fusion in the kappa framework for the parameterization of non-standard Higgs couplings. A new implementation of the process is developed in the framework of the POWHEG BOX program that can be used to provide predictions at the next-to-leading order (NLO) of QCD matched to parton showers (PS). In addition, the existing proVBFHH program for the computation of next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) QCD and next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order QCD corrections is extended to account for values of the Higgs couplings different from the expectation of the Standard Model. We systematically compare and analyse predictions obtained with the two programs and find that the NLO+PS predictions provide a good approximation of the NNLO results for observables of the tagging jets and Higgs bosons. The results turn out to be very sensitive to the values of the modified Higgs couplings. Finally we study the non-factorizable NNLO QCD corrections to the process in the presence of anomalous couplings. We find that the size of the non-factorizable corrections is very sensitive to the anomalous couplings.
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spelling doaj-art-16738b415ccd4eef963d60e6f44b5e3d2025-08-20T03:04:21ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-06-012025612110.1007/JHEP06(2025)022Precision tools for the simulation of double-Higgs production via vector-boson fusionBarbara Jäger0Alexander Karlberg1Simon Reinhardt2Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of TübingenCERN, Theoretical Physics DepartmentInstitute for Theoretical Physics, University of TübingenAbstract We present two precision tools for the simulation of Higgs-pair production via vector-boson fusion in the kappa framework for the parameterization of non-standard Higgs couplings. A new implementation of the process is developed in the framework of the POWHEG BOX program that can be used to provide predictions at the next-to-leading order (NLO) of QCD matched to parton showers (PS). In addition, the existing proVBFHH program for the computation of next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) QCD and next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order QCD corrections is extended to account for values of the Higgs couplings different from the expectation of the Standard Model. We systematically compare and analyse predictions obtained with the two programs and find that the NLO+PS predictions provide a good approximation of the NNLO results for observables of the tagging jets and Higgs bosons. The results turn out to be very sensitive to the values of the modified Higgs couplings. Finally we study the non-factorizable NNLO QCD corrections to the process in the presence of anomalous couplings. We find that the size of the non-factorizable corrections is very sensitive to the anomalous couplings.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2025)022Higher-Order Perturbative CalculationsParton ShowerHiggs Production
spellingShingle Barbara Jäger
Alexander Karlberg
Simon Reinhardt
Precision tools for the simulation of double-Higgs production via vector-boson fusion
Journal of High Energy Physics
Higher-Order Perturbative Calculations
Parton Shower
Higgs Production
title Precision tools for the simulation of double-Higgs production via vector-boson fusion
title_full Precision tools for the simulation of double-Higgs production via vector-boson fusion
title_fullStr Precision tools for the simulation of double-Higgs production via vector-boson fusion
title_full_unstemmed Precision tools for the simulation of double-Higgs production via vector-boson fusion
title_short Precision tools for the simulation of double-Higgs production via vector-boson fusion
title_sort precision tools for the simulation of double higgs production via vector boson fusion
topic Higher-Order Perturbative Calculations
Parton Shower
Higgs Production
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2025)022
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