Renormalization-group improved Higgs to two gluons decay rate

TL;DR

This paper analyzes the decay rate of Higgs to two gluons at high perturbative orders, examining renormalization scheme dependence and employing advanced approximation methods to predict higher-order contributions.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed study of the $H ightarrow gg$ decay rate at N$^4$LO and N$^5$LO, utilizing renormalization-group summed perturbation theory and Padé approximant methods for improved predictions.

Findings

Decay rate predictions at N$^5$LO with quantified uncertainties.

Agreement between Padé and Padé-Borel approximation methods.

Explicit decay rate values in different renormalization schemes.

Abstract

We investigate the renormalization-group scale and scheme dependence of the $H \rightarrow gg$ decay rate at the order N$^4$LO in the renormalization-group summed perturbative theory, which employs the summation of all renormalization-group accessible logarithms including the leading and subsequent four sub-leading logarithmic contributions to the full perturbative series expansion. Moreover, we study the higher-order behaviour of the $H \rightarrow gg$ decay width using the asymptotic Pad\'e approximant method in four different renormalization schemes. Furthermore, the higher-order behaviour is independently investigated in the framework of the asymptotic Pad\'e-Borel approximant method where generalized Borel-transform is used as an analytic continuation of the original perturbative expansion. The predictions of the asymptotic Pad\'e-Borel approximant method are found to be in agreement with that of the asymptotic Pad\'e approximant method. Finally, we provide the $H \rightarrow gg$ decay rate at the order N$^5$LO in the fixed-order $ \Gamma_{\rm N^5LO} \,=\, \Gamma_0 (1.8375 \pm 0.047 _{\alpha_s(M_Z),1\%}\pm 0.0004_{M_t} \pm 0.0066_{M_H} \pm 0.0036_{\rm P} \pm 0.007_{\text{s}} \pm 0.0005_{sc} ),$ and $\Gamma_{\rm RGSN^5LO} \,=\, \Gamma_0 (1.841 \pm 0.047 _{\alpha_s(M_Z),1\%} \pm 0.0005_{M_t}\pm 0.0066_{M_H} \pm 0.0002_{\mu} \pm 0.0027_{\rm P} \pm 0.001_{sc} )$ in the renormalization-group summed perturbative theories.