Higgs boson production at the LHC: Transverse momentum resummation effects in the H → γγ, H → WW → lνlν and H → ZZ → 4l decay modes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  De Florian, Daniel ^a,b   Ferrera, Giancarlo ^b,c   Grazzini, Massimiliano ^b,d   Tommasini, Damiano ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Higgs physics; Resummation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864200057     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2012)132     Document Type: Article

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