HIGGS-BOSON PRODUCTION AT THE LHC

Gluon fusion is the main production mechanism for Higgs particles at t he LHC. We present the QCD corrections to the fusion cross sections fo r the Higgs boson in the Standard Model, and for the neutral Higgs bos ons in the minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model. The QCD corrections are in general large and they increase the cross sect ions significantly, In two steps preceding the calculation of the prod uction processes, we determine the QCD radiative corrections to Higgs decays into two photons and gluons.