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We combine NLO predictions with full top-quark mass dependence with approximate NNLO predictions for Higgs-boson pair production in gluon fusion, including the possibility to vary coupling parameters within a non-linear Effective Field Theory framework containing five anomalous couplings for this process. We study the impact of the anomalous couplings on various observables, and present Higgs-pair invariant-mass distributions at seven benchmark points characterising different mhh shape types. We also provide numerical coefficients for the approximate NNLO cross section as a function of the anomalous couplings at \( \sqrt{s} \) = 14 TeV.
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de Florian, D., Fabre, I., Heinrich, G. et al. Anomalous couplings in Higgs-boson pair production at approximate NNLO QCD. J. High Energ. Phys. 2021, 161 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2021)161
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