title: Next-to-leading-order QCD corrections to Higgs boson production plus three jets in gluon fusion.
abstract: We report on the calculation of the cross section for Higgs boson production in association with three jets via gluon fusion, at next-to-leading-order (NLO) accuracy in QCD, in the infinite top-mass approximation. After including the complete NLO QCD corrections, we observe a strong reduction in the scale dependence of the result, and an increased steepness in the transverse momentum distributions of both the Higgs boson and the leading jets. The results are obtained with the combined use of GOSAM, SHERPA, and the MADDIPOLE-MADEVENT framework.
authors.affiliation: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cullen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Deurzen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Greiner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Luisoni
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mastrolia
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mirabella
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ossola
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Peraro
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authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tramontano