2014/04/01 by G. Peter Lepage, Lepage, G. Peter, Paul B. Mackenzie +3
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #hep-lat #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1404.0319
20 pages, 1 figure; v2: minor typo corrections
arxiv created 2015/04/22 · arxiv updated 2015/04/23
We discuss the sources of uncertainty in calculations of the partial widths of the Higgs boson within the Standard Model. The uncertainties come from two sources: the truncation of perturbation theory and the uncertainties in input parameters. We review the current status of perturbative calculations and note that these are already reaching the parts-per-mil level of accuracy for the major decay modes. The main sources of uncertainty will then come from the parametric dependences on alphas, mb, and mc. Knowledge of these parameters is systematically improvable through lattice gauge theory calculations. We estimate the precision that lattice QCD will achieve in the next decade and the corresponding precision of the Standard Model predictions for Higgs boson partial widths.