Higher-order perturbative calculations find destructive signal-background interference in gg to H to gamma gamma and Z gamma, lowering the resonant production rate by approximately 1.6% and 3%.
Transverse-momentum resummation for the signal-background interference in the $H \to \gamma\gamma$ channel at the LHC
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We present an upgraded calculation of the effects of resonance-continuum interference for the Higgs boson decaying to two photons at the Large Hadron Collider, at next-to-leading order in the strong coupling $\alpha_S$, $O(\alpha_S^3)$, and including transverse-momentum ($q_T$) resummation at next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy. We study the importance of the interference contribution in different transverse-momentum regions, with a particular focus on the low $q_T$ region $q_T^2 << Q^2$ (with $Q^2$ being the invariant diphoton mass) where resummation becomes essential for a reliable calculation.
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Interference effects in gluon-fusion Higgs boson production
Higher-order perturbative calculations find destructive signal-background interference in gg to H to gamma gamma and Z gamma, lowering the resonant production rate by approximately 1.6% and 3%.