Theory Uncertainties for Higgs and Other Searches Using Jet Bins

Abstract

Bounds on the Higgs mass from the Tevatron and LHC are determined using exclusive jet bins to maximize sensitivity. Scale variation in exclusive fixed-order predictions underestimates the perturbative uncertainty for these cross sections, due to cancellations between the perturbative corrections leading to large K factors and those that induce logarithmic sensitivity to the jet-bin boundary. To account for this, we propose that scale variation in the fixed-order calculations should be used to determine theory uncertainties for inclusive jet cross sections, whose differences yield exclusive jet cross sections. This yields a theory correlation matrix for the jet bins such that the additional uncertainty from large logarithms due to the jet boundary cancels when neighboring bins are added. This procedure is tested for H + 0, 1 jets, WW + 0 jets, and W + 0, 1, 2 jets, and found to be generally applicable. For a case where the higher-order resummation of the jet boundary corrections is known, we show that this procedure yields fixed-order uncertainties which are theoretically consistent with those obtained in the resummed calculation.

13 pages, 4 figures; v2: journal version

References in corpus (17)

• Parton distributions for the LHC
• An NNLO subtraction formalism in hadron collisions and its application to Higgs boson production at the LHC
• Vector boson pair production at the LHC
• NNLO predictions for the Higgs boson signal in the H->WW->lnu lnu and H->ZZ->4l decay channels
• Higgs Production with a Central Jet Veto at NNLL+NNLO
• The Quark Beam Function at NNLL
• Measurement of WW Production and Search for the Higgs Boson in pp Collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV
• The Beam Thrust Cross Section for Drell-Yan at NNLL Order
• Addendum to: Predictions for Higgs production at the Tevatron and the associated uncertainties
• Parton distribution function dependence of benchmark Standard Model total cross sections at the 7 TeV LHC
• Perturbative QCD effects and the search for a H->WW->l nu l nu signal at the Tevatron
• NNLO Benchmarks for Gauge and Higgs Boson Production at TeV Hadron Colliders
• PDF dependence of Higgs cross sections at the Tevatron and LHC: response to recent criticism
• Measurement of the WW cross section in sqrt(s) = 7 TeV pp collisions with ATLAS
• The Tevatron Higgs exclusion limits and theoretical uncertainties: a critical appraisal
• Higher order constraints on the Higgs production rate from fixed-target DIS data
• Feasibility of Searches for a Higgs Boson using H->WW->ll+MET and High PT Jets at the Tevatron

Cited by in corpus (144)

• Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
• Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
• Measurements of the Higgs boson production and decay rates and constraints on its couplings from a combined ATLAS and CMS analysis of the LHC $pp$ collision data at $\sqrt{s}=$ 7 and 8 TeV
• Precise determination of the mass of the Higgs boson and tests of compatibility of its couplings with the standard model predictions using proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV
• Combined results of searches for the standard model Higgs boson in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV
• QCD and strongly coupled gauge theories: challenges and perspectives
• Combined search for the Standard Model Higgs boson using up to 4.9 fb-1 of pp collision data at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
• Measurements of Higgs boson production and couplings in diboson final states with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
• Observation of the diphoton decay of the Higgs boson and measurement of its properties
• Measurement of Higgs boson production in the diphoton decay channel in $pp$ collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Measurement of Higgs boson production and properties in the WW decay channel with leptonic final states
• Evidence for the Higgs-boson Yukawa coupling to tau leptons with the ATLAS detector
• Measurements of Higgs boson production and couplings in the four-lepton channel in $pp$ collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Precise QCD predictions for the production of Higgs+jet final states
• Observation of the Higgs boson decay to a pair of tau leptons with the CMS detector
• Measurements of Higgs boson properties in the diphoton decay channel with 36 fb${}^{-1}$ of $pp$ collision data at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Search for an additional, heavy Higgs boson in the $H\to ZZ$ decay channel at $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV in $pp$ collision data with the ATLAS detector
• Observation and measurement of Higgs boson decays to $W{W}^{\ast }$ with the ATLAS detector
• Les Houches 2015: Physics at TeV Colliders Standard Model Working Group Report
• Combination of searches for invisible Higgs boson decays with the ATLAS experiment
• Search for the $b\bar{b}$ decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson in associated $(W/Z)H$ production with the ATLAS detector
• Jet p_T Resummation in Higgs Production at NNLL'+NNLO
• Two-Loop QCD Corrections to the Helicity Amplitudes for $H\to$ 3 partons
• Higgs Boson Studies at the Tevatron
• NLL+NNLO predictions for jet-veto efficiencies in Higgs-boson and Drell-Yan production
• A search for the dimuon decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector
• Evidence for the $H\to b\bar{b}$ decay with the ATLAS detector
• Factorization and NNLL Resummation for Higgs Production with a Jet Veto
• Measurement of the production cross section of jets in association with a Z boson in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Factorization and N^3LL_p+NNLO Predictions for the Higgs Cross Section with a Jet Veto
• Cross-section measurements of the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of tau-leptons in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Measurement of W^+W^- production in pp collisions at sqrt{s}=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector and limits on anomalous WWZ and WWgamma couplings
• Search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying to a W pair in the fully leptonic final state in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV
• Inclusive jet spectrum for small-radius jets
• Search for heavy resonances decaying into $WW$ in the $e\nu \mu \nu$ final state in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Measurement of the Higgs boson coupling properties in the $H\to Z{Z}^{\ast }\to 4\ell$ decay channel at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Search for a high-mass Higgs boson decaying to a $W$ boson pair in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Measurements of Wgamma and Zgamma production in pp collisions at sqrt{s}= 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
• Jet Mass Spectra in Higgs + One Jet at NNLL
• Resummation of Transverse Momentum Distributions in Distribution Space
• Measurements of Higgs boson properties in the diphoton decay channel in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV
• Higgs boson production cross-section measurements and their EFT interpretation in the $4\ell$ decay channel at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
• W-boson plus jet differential distributions at NNLO in QCD
• Search for invisible decays of a Higgs boson using vector-boson fusion in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Search for supersymmetric partners of electrons and muons in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV
• Measurement of the cross-section for W boson production in association with b-jets in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Higher-order QCD effects for associated WH production and decay at the LHC
• Fiducial and differential cross sections of Higgs boson production measured in the four-lepton decay channel in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Measurement of total and differential $W^{+}{W}^{-}$ production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector and limits on anomalous triple-gauge-boson couplings
• The couplings of the Higgs boson and its CP properties from fits of the signal strengths and their ratios at the 7+8 TeV LHC
• Search for invisible Higgs-boson decays in events with vector-boson fusion signatures using 139 ${\text{fb}}^{-1}$ of proton-proton data recorded by the ATLAS experiment
• Resummation Properties of Jet Vetoes at the LHC
• Resummation and Matching of $b$-quark Mass Effects in $b\bar{b}H$ Production
• Next-to-Leading Order Predictions for Dark Matter Production at Hadron Colliders
• An Explanation of the WW Excess at the LHC by Jet-Veto Resummation
• Jet-vetoed Higgs cross section in gluon fusion at N3LO+NNLL with small-R resummation
• Measurements of $Z\gamma$ and $Z\gamma \gamma$ production in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Measurement of fiducial and differential $W^{+}{W}^{-}$ production cross-sections at $\sqrt{s}=$13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
• A search for the $Z\gamma$ decay mode of the Higgs boson in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Resummation of jet-veto logarithms in hadronic processes containing jets
• Combining Resummed Higgs Predictions Across Jet Bins
• Measurements of the Higgs boson inclusive and differential fiducial cross sections in the 4$\ell$ decay channel at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV
• Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the H to tau+ tau- decay mode in sqrt(s) = 7 TeV pp collisions with ATLAS
• Search for invisible Higgs boson decays in vector boson fusion at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Searches for the $Z\gamma$ decay mode of the Higgs boson and for new high-mass resonances in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Higgs Physics: It ain't over till it's over
• Reducing theoretical uncertainties for exclusive Higgs plus one-jet production at the LHC
• Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the H -> WW(*) -> l nu l nu decay mode with 4.7 /fb of ATLAS data at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV
• Search for Higgs boson off-shell production in proton-proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV and derivation of constraints on its total decay width
• Searches for lepton-flavour-violating decays of the Higgs boson in $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV $pp$ collisions with the ATLAS detector
• Measurement of the properties of Higgs boson production at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV in the $H\to \gamma \gamma$ channel using $139$ fb${}^{-1}$ of $pp$ collision data with the ATLAS experiment
• The apparent excess in the Higgs to di-photon rate at the LHC: New Physics or QCD uncertainties?
• Parton Shower Uncertainties with Herwig 7: Benchmarks at Leading Order
• NLO Uncertainties in Higgs + 2 jets from Gluon Fusion
• Measurement of the production cross section for a W boson and two b jets in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV
• Improving the sensitivity of Higgs boson searches in the golden channel
• The 1-Jettiness DIS event shape: NNLL + NLO results
• Jet-veto in bottom-quark induced Higgs production at next-to-next-to-leading order
• Rapidity-Dependent Jet Vetoes
• Wgamma and Zgamma production at the LHC in NNLO QCD
• Measurement of Higgs boson decay into $b$-quarks in associated production with a top-quark pair in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Measurements of Higgs boson production cross-sections in the $H\to {\tau }^{+}{\tau }^{-}$ decay channel in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13\text{TeV}$ with the ATLAS detector
• Measurements of differential cross sections for associated production of a W boson and jets in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV
• Measurements of the ZZ production cross sections in the 2 l 2 nu channel in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 and 8 TeV and combined constraints on triple gauge couplings
• Jet Vetoes Interfering with H->WW
• Combination of searches for the Higgs boson using the full CDF data set
• Evidence for the Higgs boson decay to a $Z$ boson and a photon at the LHC
• Combined search for the Higgs boson with the D0 experiment
• Measurement of fiducial differential cross sections of gluon-fusion production of Higgs bosons decaying to $W{W}^{\ast }\to e\nu \mu \nu$ with the ATLAS detector at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV
• Measurement of the differential cross sections for the associated production of a W boson and jets in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV
• Measurement of the $W^{+}{W}^{-}$ production cross section in $pp$ collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV with the ATLAS experiment
• Probing nuclear dynamics in jet production with a global event shape
• Measurement of the Z gamma production cross section in pp collisions at 8 TeV and search for anomalous triple gauge boson couplings
• Measurement of the transverse momentum spectrum of the Higgs boson produced in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV using H to WW decays
• Next-to-leading order predictions for Z gamma+jet and Z gamma gamma final states at the LHC
• Interference effects for Higgs-mediated Z-pair plus jet production
• Measurement of the $ZZ$ production cross section in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV using the $ZZ\to {\ell }^{-}{\ell }^{+}{\ell }^{\prime -}{\ell }^{\prime +}$ and $ZZ\to {\ell }^{-}{\ell }^{+}\nu \bar{\nu }$ channels with the ATLAS detector
• QCD and Jets at Hadron Colliders
• Measurements of differential production cross sections for a Z boson in association with jets in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV
• Search for scalar resonances decaying into ${\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-}$ in events with and without $b$-tagged jets produced in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Jet vetoes versus giant K-factors in the exclusive Z+1-jet cross section
• Decoupling Theoretical Uncertainties from Measurements of the Higgs Boson
• $W^{+}{W}^{-}$ production at NNLO+PS with MiNNLO${}_{\mathrm{PS}}$
• Measurement of $WW/WZ\to \ell \nu q{q}^{\prime }$ production with the hadronically decaying boson reconstructed as one or two jets in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV with ATLAS, and constraints on anomalous gauge couplings
• Exploiting jet binning to identify the initial state of high-mass resonances
• Matched predictions for Higgs production via heavy-quark loops in the SM and beyond
• NLO QCD and electroweak corrections to $WWW$ production at the LHC
• Measurements of Higgs boson production by gluon-gluon fusion and vector-boson fusion using $H\to W{W}^{\ast }\to e\nu \mu \nu$ decays in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
• The Higgs Boson in the Standard Model - From LEP to LHC: Expectations, Searches, and Discovery of a Candidate
• Search for heavy resonances decaying into a $Z$ or $W$ boson and a Higgs boson in final states with leptons and $b$-jets in $139$fb${}^{-1}$ of $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Establishing Jet Scaling Patterns with a Photon
• NLO electroweak corrections to doubly-polarized $W^{+}{W}^{-}$ production at the LHC
• Kinematical correlations for Higgs boson plus High Pt Jet Production at Hadron Colliders
• Search for a Higgs boson in the diphoton final state using the full CDF data set from proton-antiproton collisions at \surds = 1.96 TeV
• QCD radiation in WH and WZ production and anomalous coupling measurements
• Measurement of W${}^{\pm }\gamma$ differential cross sections in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV and effective field theory constraints
• Test of CP-invariance of the Higgs boson in vector-boson fusion production and its decay into four leptons
• Integrated and Differential Accuracy in Resummed Cross Sections
• Precise predictions for $\mathrm{WH}$+jet production at the LHC
• Measurement of $W^{+}{W}^{-}$ production in association with one jet in proton--proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Improving Higgs plus Jets analyses through Fox--Wolfram Moments
• The single-jet inclusive cross-section and its definition
• Search for a Higgs boson in diphoton final states with the D0 detector in 9.6 fb-1 of p-pbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV
• Electroweak Gauge-Boson Production in Association with b Jets at Hadron Colliders
• Search for Higgs boson production in oppositely charged dilepton and missing energy final states in 9.7 fb-1 of ppbar collisions at sqrts = 1.96 TeV
• Measurement of the $\mathrm{t}\bar{\mathrm{t}}$H and tH production rates in the H $\to$ $\mathrm{b}\bar{\mathrm{b}}$ decay channel using proton-proton collision data at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV
• Jet vetoes for Higgs production at future hadron colliders
• Searches for the Higgs boson decaying to W^{+} W^{-} -> l^{+}nu l^{-}nubar with the CDF II detector
• The DIS 1-Jettiness Event Shape at N${}^3$LL+$\mathcal{O}({\alpha }_s^2)$
• Higgs plus one jet production at NNLO
• Jet veto resummation for STXS $H+$1-jet bins at aNNLL${}^{\prime }$+NNLO
• Studies of Quantum Chromodynamics at the LHC
• $ZZ\gamma$ production in the NLO QCD+EW accuracy at the LHC
• Review of Physics Results from the Tevatron: Higgs Boson Physics
• Search for Higgs boson production in oppositely charged dilepton and missing energy events in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$1.96 TeV}
• Measurements of differential cross sections of Higgs boson production through gluon fusion in the $H\to W{W}^{\ast }\to e\nu \mu \nu$ final state at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Next-to-leading order QCD corrections for single top-quark production in association with two jets
• Diboson Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV
• Measurements of Higgs boson production via gluon-gluon fusion and vector-boson fusion using $H\to W{W}^{\ast }\to \ell \nu \ell \nu$ decays in $pp$ collisions with the ATLAS detector and their effective field theory interpretations
• Effective Field Theories for the LHC
• QCD and Collider Processes
• NLO corrections to WWZ production at the LHC
• Observation and Measurement of a Standard Model Higgs Boson-like Diphoton Resonance with the CMS Detector
• $VH+\text{jet}$ production in hadron-hadron collisions up to order ${\alpha }_s^3$ in perturbative QCD