Search for the VBF Production of SM Higgs Boson at the LHC

Prospective analyses are presented with the CMS experiment at the LHC for the search of the Standard Model Higgs boson produced in vector boson fusion processes, p p -> qqH, where the Higgs boson is accompanied by two high rapidity, jets. Results are discussed for the H -> gamma gamma, H -> WW and H -> tau tau decay channels for an integrated LHC luminosity of 30 fb(-1). For a Higgs boson mass M-H in the range 115 to 140 GeV/c(2), an observation with a significance above 2 standard deviations is expected in the H -> gamma gamma channel, and above 3 standard deviations in the H -> tau tau channel. The H -> WW channel offers a discovery reach above 5 sigma in the range 140 < M-H < 200 GeV/c(2). A new complete strategy is presented for the control of systematics and early searches at very low luminosities of O(1 fb(-1)).