===== Gluon Fusion Background to VBF ===== == Topic Ideas == * Study top mass dependence at [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.06953|NLO_FTapprox]] * Compare to impact of [[https://indico.ph.ed.ac.uk/event/118/contributions/2401/attachments/1273/1802/RADCOR23_Jaskiewicz_talk.pdf|HEJ]] (see slide 6) * in HH, the effects were more sizeable [https://arxiv.org/pdf/1803.02463.pdf]; can we understand what differs for H+2j? * A possible simple prescription for Powheg: use LO ratio (exact/HTL) evaluated on Born-projected kinematics as a first approximation. == Setup == Input parameters and settings * $\sqrt{s} = 13.6\,\mathrm{TeV}$ * PDF set: ''PDF4LHC21_40'' * $M_\mathrm{H} = 125.09\,\mathrm{GeV}$ * $m_\mathrm{t} = 172.5\,\mathrm{GeV}$ * $M_\mathrm{Z} = 91.1876\,\mathrm{GeV}$, $\Gamma_\mathrm{Z} = 2.4952\,\mathrm{GeV}$ * $M_\mathrm{W} = 80.379\,\mathrm{GeV}$, $\Gamma_\mathrm{W} = 2.085\,\mathrm{GeV}$ * G-mu scheme with $\alpha_{G_\mu} = 0.75652103079904\ldots \times 10^{-2}$ (from $G_\mu = 1.16638 \times 10^{-5}\,\mathrm{GeV}^{-2}$) * central scale choice: $\mu_0^2 = (M_\mathrm{H}/2) \, \sqrt{ (M_\mathrm{H}/2)^2 + p_\mathrm{T,H}^2 }$ (Eq.(2) of 1506.02660) == Cuts/Binning == Event definition/selection: * jets: anti-kT with $R=0.4$ * $p_{\mathrm{T},j} > 30\,\mathrm{GeV}$ * $|\eta_j| < 4.7$ * $m_{jj} > 300\,\mathrm{GeV}$ * $|\Delta y_{jj}| > 2$ * no rapidity selection on Higgs Histograms and binning: * double-differential ($m_{jj} \times p_\mathrm{T,H}$): ''[300, 500, 700, 900, 1100, ∞] × [0, 80, 120 ,260, 500, 850, ∞]'' * double-differential ($m_{jj} \times \Delta\phi_{jj}$): ''[300, 500, 700, 900, 1100, ∞] × [0, π/4, π/2, 3π/4, π]'' * double-differential ($m_{jj} \times \Delta y_{jj}$): ''[300, 500, 700, 900, 1100, ∞] × [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, ∞]'' * double-differential ($p_\mathrm{T,H} \times \Delta y_{jj}$): ''[0, 80, 120 ,260, 500, 850, ∞] × [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, ∞]'' Underlying event tunes in CMS: *'Tune:preferLHAPDF = 2', *'Main:timesAllowErrors = 10000', *'Check:epTolErr = 0.01', *'Beams:setProductionScalesFromLHEF = off', *'SLHA:minMassSM = 1000.', *'ParticleDecays:limitTau0 = on', *'ParticleDecays:tau0Max = 10', *'ParticleDecays:allowPhotonRadiation = on', *'Tune:pp 14', *'MultipartonInteractions:ecmPow=0.03344', *'MultipartonInteractions:bProfile=2', *'MultipartonInteractions:pT0Ref=1.41', *'MultipartonInteractions:coreRadius=0.7634', *'MultipartonInteractions:coreFraction=0.63', *'ColourReconnection:range=5.176', *'SigmaTotal:zeroAXB=off', *'SpaceShower:alphaSorder=2', *'SpaceShower:alphaSvalue=0.118', *'SigmaProcess:alphaSvalue=0.118', *'SigmaProcess:alphaSorder=2', *'MultipartonInteractions:alphaSvalue=0.118', *'MultipartonInteractions:alphaSorder=2', *'TimeShower:alphaSorder=2', *'TimeShower:alphaSvalue=0.118', *'SigmaTotal:mode = 0', *'SigmaTotal:sigmaEl = 22.08', *'SigmaTotal:sigmaTot = 101.037', *'PDF:pSet=LHAPDF6:NNPDF31_nnlo_as_0118',