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Jet Rates in Higgs Boson Decay at Third Order in QCD

Elliot Fox1, Aude Gehrmann-De Ridder2,3, Thomas Gehrmann3, Nigel Glover1, Matteo Marcoli1, and Christian T. Preuss4

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 251905 – Published 25 June, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/1znh-sm96

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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.

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 251905– Published 25 June, 2025
  • Received 1 March 2025
  • Revised 30 May 2025
  • Accepted 13 June 2025
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