Strong and electroweak corrections to the production of Higgs+2jets via weak interactions at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper calculates next-to-leading order strong and electroweak corrections for Higgs plus two jets production via weak interactions at the LHC, revealing electroweak corrections reduce cross sections by 5%.

Contribution

First comprehensive calculation of electroweak corrections for Higgs+2jets production via weak interactions at the LHC.

Findings

Electroweak corrections decrease cross sections by about 5%.

QCD corrections related to interference effects are small.

Includes all weak-boson fusion and quark-antiquark diagrams.

Abstract

Radiative corrections of strong and electroweak interactions are presented at next-to-leading order for the production of a Higgs boson plus two hard jets via weak interactions at the LHC. The calculation includes all weak-boson fusion and quark-antiquark annihilation diagrams as well as the corresponding interferences. The electroweak corrections, which are discussed here for the first time, reduce the cross sections by 5%, and thus are of the same order of magnitude as the QCD corrections. As argued in previous papers, where s-channel diagrams and interferences were neglected, the QCD corrections connected to interference effects are small.