QCD corrections to jet correlations in weak boson fusion

Higgs boson production via weak boson fusion is sensitive to the tensor structure of the HVV (V = W, Z) couplings, which distinguishes loop induced vertices from SM expectations. At the CERN large hadron collider this information shows up most clearly in the azimuthal angle correlations of the two forward and backward quark jets which are typical for weak boson fusion. We calculate the next-to-leading order QCD corrections to this process, in the presence of anomalous HVV couplings. Gluon emission does not significantly change the azimuthal jet correlations. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.