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We present a detailed analysis of the factorization and all-order resummation of the double-logarithmic radiative corrections which determine the asymptotic behavior of the gauge theory amplitudes suppressed by the leading power of the fermion mass in the limit of high-energy fixed-angle scattering. The result is applied to estimate the bottom quark mediated contribution to the Higgs boson production in gluon fusion.
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Liu, T., Penin, A. High-energy limit of mass-suppressed amplitudes in gauge theories. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 158 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2018)158
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