Next-to-leading order QCD predictions for W+2 jet and Z+2 jet production at the CERN LHC -: art. no. 094021

We present cross sections and differential distributions for QCD radiative corrections to the QCD processes pp-->W+2 jets and pp-->Z+2 jets at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Calculations are performed with the Monte Carlo program MCFM. Cross section dependence on the renormalization and factorization scales is greatly reduced, except for the heavy-flavor case of W(+/-)b (b) over bar, which has new features at next-to-leading order at the LHC. We also present cross sections for W(+/-)b (b) over bar and Z+2 jets in kinematic configurations relevant for Higgs boson searches.