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Introduction {#sec:Introduction}
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The discovery of a Higgs boson () was announced in 2012 by the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations[@Aad:2012tfa; @Chatrchyan:2012ufa; @Chatrchyan:2013lba] based on proton-proton () collision data collected at the CERN LHC at center-of-mass energies of $7$ and $8$. Since its discovery, an extensive campaign of measurements [@Aad2016] has been underway to characterize the new particle and test its properties against those predicted by the standard model (SM) of particle physics. By comparing measured cross sections with predictions, as functions of the kinematic properties of the diphoton system and of the particles produced in association with the Higgs boson, it is possible to investigate the dynamics of Higgs boson production, decay, and accompanying jet activity.

These investigations are expected to give insights into the nature of the Higgs boson and enable testing of the perturbative quantum chromodynamics (QCD) predictions for Higgs boson production. Both the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations have presented results on the measurement of inclusive and differential cross sections 