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How well can we guess theoretical uncertainties?

The problem of estimating the effect of missing higher orders in perturbation theory is analyzed with emphasis in the application to Higgs production in gluon-gluon fusion. Well-known mathematical methods for an approximated completion of the perturbative series are applied with the goal to not trun...

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Autores principales: David, André, Passarino, Giampiero
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2013.08.025
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1560672
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Sumario:The problem of estimating the effect of missing higher orders in perturbation theory is analyzed with emphasis in the application to Higgs production in gluon-gluon fusion. Well-known mathematical methods for an approximated completion of the perturbative series are applied with the goal to not truncate the series, but complete it in a well-defined way, so as to increase the accuracy - if not the precision - of theoretical predictions. The uncertainty arising from the use of the completion procedure is discussed and a recipe for constructing a corresponding probability distribution function is proposed.