This thesis contains new research in both experimental and theoretical particle physics, making important contributions in each. As the first observation of VBF at a hadron collider, this measurement demonstrated new techniques to reliably extract VBF processes and paved the way for future VBF Higgs measurements.

This thesis contains new research in both experimental and theoretical particle physics, making important contributions in each. As the first observation of VBF at a hadron collider, this measurement demonstrated new techniques to reliably extract VBF processes and paved the way for future VBF Higgs measurements.