Search for the Higgs Boson in the Process $pp \to Hqq$, $H \to WW$ with the ATLAS Detector

The discovery potential of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider has been evaluated for Standard Model Higgs boson production in vector- boson fusion with subsequent decay into two W bosons. The impact of additional inelastic proton-proton interactions on the discovery potential has b een studied and methods have been developed in order to decrease these pile-up effects by exploiting tracking and vertexing information to associate particles to the primary interaction.