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Light MSSM Higgs boson mass to three-loop accuracy

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The light CP even Higgs boson mass, M h , is calculated to three-loop accuracy within the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The result is expressed in terms of \( \overline {\text{DR}} \) parameters and implemented in the computer program H3m. The calculation is based on the proper approximations and their combination in various regions of the parameter space. The three-loop effects to M h are typically of the order of a few hundred MeV and opposite in sign to the two-loop corrections. The remaining theory uncertainty due to higher order perturbative corrections is estimated to be less than 1 GeV.

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Kant, P., Harlander, R.V., Mihaila, L. et al. Light MSSM Higgs boson mass to three-loop accuracy. J. High Energ. Phys. 2010, 104 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2010)104

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