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We present an implementation of Higgs boson production via vector-boson fusion in association with three jets at hadron colliders in the POWHEG BOX, a framework for the matching of NLO-QCD calculations with parton-shower programs. Our work provides the means to precisely describe the properties of extra jet activity in vector-boson fusion reactions that are used for the suppression of QCD backgrounds by central jet veto techniques. For a representative setup at the CERN LHC we verify that uncertainties related to parton-shower effects are mild for distributions related to the third jet, in contrast to what has been observed in calculations based on vector-boson fusion induced Higgs production in association with two jets.
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Jäger, B., Schissler, F. & Zeppenfeld, D. Parton-shower effects on Higgs boson production via vector-boson fusion in association with three jets. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 125 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2014)125
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