HAWK 2.0: A Monte Carlo program for Higgs production in vector-boson fusion and Higgs strahlung at hadron colliders

TL;DR

HAWK 2.0 is a Monte Carlo program that offers precise predictions for Higgs production via vector-boson fusion and Higgs strahlung at hadron colliders, incorporating full NLO QCD and electroweak corrections.

Contribution

This paper introduces HAWK 2.0, a new version of the Monte Carlo program with enhanced capabilities for accurate Higgs production simulations including higher-order corrections.

Findings

Provides fully differential NLO QCD and electroweak predictions

Calculates integrated cross sections and distributions

Improves precision for Higgs production modeling

Abstract

The Monte Carlo integrator HAWK provides precision predictions for Higgs production at hadron colliders in vector-boson fusion and Higgs strahlung, i.e. in production processes where the Higgs boson is Attached to WeaK bosons. The fully differential predictions include the full QCD and electroweak next-to-leading-order corrections. Results are computed as integrated cross sections and as binned distributions for important hadron-collider observables.