TY - JOUR A1 - Denner, Ansgar A1 - Lang, Jean-Nicolas A1 - Pellen, Mathieu A1 - Uccirati, Sandro T1 - Higgs production in association with off-shell top-antitop pairs at NLO EW and QCD at the LHC JF - Journal of High Energy Physics N2 - We present NLO electroweak corrections to Higgs production in association with off-shell top-antitop quark pairs. The full process pp → e +νeµ −ν¯µbb¯H is considered, and hence all interference, off-shell, and non-resonant contributions are taken into account. The electroweak corrections turn out to be below one per cent for the integrated cross section but can exceed 10% in certain phase-space regions. In addition to its phenomenological relevance, the computation constitutes a major technical achievement as the full NLO virtual corrections involving up to 9-point functions have been computed exactly. The results of the full computation are supported by two calculations in the double-pole approximation. These also allow to infer the effect of off-shell contributions and emphasise their importance especially for the run II of the LHC. Finally, we present combined predictions featuring both NLO electroweak and QCD corrections in a common set-up that will help the experimental collaborations in their quest of precisely measuring the aforementioned process. KW - high energy physics KW - NLO computations Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-171871 IS - 2 ER - TY - THES A1 - Lang, Jean-Nicolas Olivier T1 - Automation of electroweak NLO corrections in general models T1 - Automatisierung von elektroschwachen NLO Korrekturen in allgemeinen Modellen N2 - The thesis deals with the automated generation and efficient evaluation of scattering amplitudes in general relativistic quantum field theories at one-loop order in perturbation theory. At the present time we lack signals beyond the Standard Model which, in the past, have guided the high-energy physics community, and ultimately led to the discovery of new physics phenomena. In the future, precision tests could acquire this guiding role by systematically probing the Standard Model and constraining Beyond the Standard Model theories. As current experimental constraints strongly favour Standard Model-like theories, only small deviations with respect to the Standard Model are expected which need to be studied in detail. The required precision demands one-loop corrections in all future analyses, ideally in a fully automated way, allowing to test a variety of observables in different models and in an effective field theory approach. In the process of achieving this goal we have developed an enhanced version of the tool Recola and on this basis the generalization Recola2. These tools represent fully automated tree- and one-loop-amplitude providers for the Standard Model, or in the case of Recola2 for general models. Concerning the algorithm, we use a purely numerical and fully recursive approach allowing for extreme calculations of yet unmatched complexity. Recola has led to the first computation involving 9-point functions. Beyond the Standard Model theories and Effective Field theories are integrated into the Recola2 framework as model files. Renormalized model files are produced with the newly developed tool Rept1l, which can perform the renormalization in a fully automated way, starting from nothing but Feynman rules. In view of validation, we have extended Recola2 to new gauges such as the Background-Field Method and the class of Rxi gauges. In particular, the Background-Field Method formulation for new theories serves as an automated validation, and is very useful in practical calculations and the formulation of renormalization conditions. We have applied the system to produce the first results for Higgs-boson production in Higgs strahlung and vector-boson fusion in the Two-Higgs-Doublet Model and the Higgs-Singlet Extension of the Standard Model. All in all, we have laid the foundation for an automated generation and computation of one-loop amplitudes within a large class of phenomenologically interesting theories. Furthermore, we enable the use of our system via a very flexible and dynamic control which does not require any intermediate intervention. N2 - In dieser Arbeit behandeln wir die automatisierte Generierung und effiziente Auswertung von Streuamplituden in allgemeinen relativistischen Quantenfeldtheorien auf Einschleifen-Niveau. Gegenwärtig gibt es keine konkreten Hinweise auf Physik jenseits des Standard Models und daher auch keine Möglichkeit, gezielt nach neuer Physik in Teilchenbeschleuniger-Experimenten zu suchen. In der Zukunft könnten Präzisionstests eine richtungsweisende Rolle übernehmen und Aufschluss über Abweichungen zum Standard Model geben, und dabei möglicherweise erlauben, indirekt auf neue Physik zu schließen. Nach dem derzeitigen experimentellen Stand werden Standard-Model-artige Theorien deutlich bevorzugt. Infolgedessen werden nur kleine Abweichungen zum Standard Model erwartet, die mit hoher Präzision untersucht werden müssen. Auf der theoretischen Seite erfordert die nötige Präzision die Berechnung von Einschleifen-Korrekturen in allen zukünftigen Analysen, die, idealerweise, vollautomatisiert durchgeführt werden, um alle grundsätzlich zugänglichen Observablen in verschiedensten Theorien testen zu können. Um dieses Ziel schrittweise zu erreichen, haben wir das Programm Recola weiterentwickelt, und auf dieser Basis die Verallgemeinerung Recola2 entwickelt. Die Programme erlauben eine vollautomatisierte Erzeugung und Auswertung von Baumgraphen- und Einschleifen-Amplituden für das Standard Model, beziehungsweise, im Falle von Recola2, für allgemeine Theorien. Der zugrundeliegende numerische Algorithmus arbeitet vollständig rekursiv und erlaubt die Berechnung von Prozessen mit bislang unerreichter Komplexität. Beispielsweise hat Recola zur ersten Berechnung mit 9-Punkt Funktionen geführt. In Recola2 werden neue Theorien durch spezifische Recola2 Modelfiles in das System integriert. Die Renormierung wird mit dem neu entwickelten Programm Reptil vollautomatisch durchgeführt, wobei lediglich die Feynman Regeln als externe Abhängigkeit benötigt werden. Zur Validierung des Systems wurden zum einen Vergleiche mit unabhängigen Rechnungen durchgeführt, und zum anderen Recola2 soweit verallgemeinert, dass dessen Konsistenz in verschiedenen Eichungen getestet werden kann. Besonders die Background-Field Formulierung erlaubt es neue Theorien automatisch zu validieren und ist darüberhinaus sehr nützlich für praktische Rechnungen, sowie für die Formulierung von Renormierungsbedingungen. Mit diesem System haben wir die ersten Berechnungen zur Higgs-Boson-Produktion in Higgs-Strahlung und Vektor-Boson-Fusion im Zwei-Higgs-Doublet Model und der Higgs-Singlet Erweiterung des Standard Models durchgeführt. Alles in allem wurden die Voraussetzungen geschaffen, Einschleifen-Amplituden in einer großen Klasse von phänomenologisch interessanten Theorien automatisiert erzeugen zu können. Darüberhinaus ermöglichen wir die Nutzung für andere durch eine sehr flexible und dynamische Bedienung, die keinerlei Zwischenschritte benötigt. KW - Standardmodell KW - Feynman diagrams KW - One-loop corrections KW - Beyond the Standard Model KW - Atomphysik KW - Molekularphysik KW - Kernphysik KW - Elementarteilchen Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-154426 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Denner, Ansgar A1 - Lang, Jean-Nicolas A1 - Uccirati, Sandro T1 - NLO electroweak corrections in extended Higgs sectors with RECOLA2 JF - Journal of High Energy Physics N2 - We present the computer code RECOLA2 along with the first NLO electroweak corrections to Higgs production in vector-boson fusion and updated results for Higgs strahlung in the Two-Higgs-Doublet Model and Higgs-Singlet extension of the Standard Model. A fully automated procedure for the generation of tree-level and one-loop matrix elements in general models, including renormalization, is presented. We discuss the application of the Background-Field Method to the extended models. Numerical results for NLO electroweak cross sections are presented for different renormalization schemes in the Two-Higgs-Doublet Model and the Higgs-Singlet extension of the Standard Model. Finally, we present distributions for the production of a heavy Higgs boson. KW - NLO computations KW - phenomenological models KW - Higgs boson Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-170673 VL - 7 IS - 87 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Denner, Ansgar A1 - Jenniches, Laura A1 - Lang, Jean-Nicolas A1 - Sturm, Christian T1 - Gauge-independent (MS)over-bar renormalization in the 2HDM JF - Journal of High Energy Physics N2 - We present a consistent renormalization scheme for the CP-conserving Two-Higgs-Doublet Model based on (MS)over-bar renormalization of the mixing angles and the soft-Z 2-symmetry-breaking scale M sb in the Higgs sector. This scheme requires to treat tadpoles fully consistently in all steps of the calculation in order to provide gauge-independent S-matrix elements. We show how bare physical parameters have to be defined and verify the gauge independence of physical quantities by explicit calculations in a general R ξ -gauge. The procedure is straightforward and applicable to other models with extended Higgs sectors. In contrast to the proposed scheme, the (MS)over-bar renormalization of the mixing angles combined with popular on-shell renormalization schemes gives rise to gauge-dependent results already at the one-loop level. We present explicit results for electroweak NLO corrections to selected processes in the appropriately renormalized Two-Higgs-Doublet Model and in particular discuss their scale dependence. KW - NLO Computations Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-166402 VL - 09 IS - 115 ER -