On the four-loop Higgs–gluon form factor in entire-function quantum field theory
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: In particle physics the virtual N$^3$LO contribution to gluon-fusion Higgs production in the Standard Model requires four-loop multi-scale QCD amplitudes that in dimensional regularization are dominated by singular integral reduction and difficult master-integral evaluations. In this note we show that a nonlocal UV completion makes each fixed-order four-loop Feynman diagram fully convergent in four dimensions while keeping the analytic structure needed for Lehmann-Symanzik-Zimmermann (LSZ) reduction formula. For gluon-fusion $gg\!\to\!H$ we derive a closed form Schwinger-parameter representation where all loop-momentum integrals are performed analytically and thus leaving finite parameter integrals viable for direct numerical evaluation without needing the usual UV subtractions. This method heps to isolate the collider-hard contribution as a convergent four-loop form factor. The strong coupling then is defined by a finite normalization condition in the entire-function regularization scheme and it is related to the $\overline{\mathrm{MS}}$ coupling by finite matching where after this matching, the regulator-dependent corrections decouple in the local limit $E_M\!\to\!\infty$.
Source: Nuclear Physics B
Author: E.J. Thompson
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7201852718