  Inclusive associated production of a light Higgs boson (m_H < m_t) with one
jet in pp collisions is studied in next-to-leading order QCD. Transverse
momentum (p_T < 30 GeV) and rapidity distributions of the Higgs boson are
calculated for the LHC in the large top-quark mass limit. It is pointed out
that, as much as in the case of inclusive Higgs production, the K-factor of
this process is large (~1.6) and depends weakly on the kinematics in a wide
range of transverse momentum and rapidity intervals. Our result confirms
previous suggestions that the production channel p+p -> H+jet ->
gamma+gamma+jet gives a measurable signal for Higgs production at the LHC in
the mass range 100-140 GeV, crucial also for the ultimate test of the Minimal
Supersymmetric Standard Model.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology