TTH/TH
Gluon fusion
VBF
sl 7: clarification on the table for TH uncertainties for VBF H and ggH in VBF-enriched environment: difference originates from phase-space/kinematics dependency. Uncertainty budget CMS internal scale factors, while ATLAS 2-point systematics plays a large role in uncertainty
sl 10: possible to apply same procedure for VH had? No, need of sample specialisation as resonant part is not included in predictions. Tested VH had with VBF cuts: interference does not seem large, could be neglected. However VH (had) along with boosted vector boson and ISR cannot be distinguished from the VBF topology. Start considering process harmonisation: VH leptonic (main target of VH) and VH hadronic
VH
fraction of negative weights for MC@NLO or Sherpa? Not sure, to be cross-checked
sl 6: uncertainty band for ggZH LO/NLO differential k-factor: internal signal scale variations.
sl 6: Higgs doesn’t recoil to hard jet at LO (Higgs and Z are back-to-back). When there’s additional jet, Higgs recoil against it, this explains large k-factor at high ptH. Using double-differential observables with bins in jet pt/Higgs pt, we might be able to suppress this kinematic region where the Higgs recoils against hard jet to mitigate the LO to NLO k-factor in the high ptH tail
sl 10: elaborate on plan to reduce complexity on V+jets modeling? Consider less generators to compare and potentially reduce the set of 2-point variations for uncertainties in ATLAS? Scale variations? Still to be fully discussed
Offshell
sl 7: polarisation: is there a study which shows longitudinal polarisation components as a function of the 4l mass, i.e. when you go in the high tails of off-shell? How does the fraction change vs m_4l? Public UFO to produce results - results are not in the paper; Rafael and Suman will follow-up offline for UFO models to produce different polarisation states
sl 9: study published a couple of years ago. Is it possible to have it included in YR5? Yes, possible
measuring width in model-independent way by Fabrizio’s group - to be discussed/useful for inclusion for YR5. Propose a summary of current results on off-shell as well