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We present analytical results for the leading top-Yukawa and QCD contribution to the $\beta$-function for the Higgs self-coupling $\lambda$ of the Standard Model at four-loop level, namely the part $\propto y_t^4 g_s^6$ independently confirming a result given in [1].
- We also give the contribution $\propto y_t^2 g_s^6$ of the anomalous dimension of the Higgs field as well as the terms $\propto y_t g_s^8$ to the top-Yukawa $\beta$-function which can also be derived from the anomalous dimension of the top quark mass.
- We compare the results with the RG functions of the correlators of two and four scalar currents in pure QCD and find a new relation between the anomalous dimension $\gamma_0$ of the QCD vacuum energy and the anomalous dimension $\gamma_m^{SS}$ appearing in the RG equation of the correlator of two scalar currents.
- Together with the recently computed top-Yukawa and QCD contributions to $\beta_{g_s}$ [2,3] the $\beta$-functions presented here constitute the leading four-loop contributions to the evolution of the Higgs self-coupling.