FixedOrder QCD Backgrounds to BFKL Dynamics in Forward Jet Production.pdfVIP

MADPH-96-960 TTP96-40 hep-ph/9609255 September 1996 Fixed-Order QCD Backgrounds to BFKL Dynamics in Forward Jet Production 6 9 9 1 p a b e Erwin Mirkes and Dieter Zeppenfeld S 5 a Institut f¨ur Theoretische Teilchenphysik, Universit¨at Karlsruhe, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany 1 b Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA v 5 5 2 9 Abstract: The production of forward jets of transverse momentum pT (j ) ≈ Q and 0 large momentum fraction xjet ≫ x probes the onset of BFKL dynamics at HERA. 6 2 A full O(α ) calculation of the inclusive forward jet cross section is presented and 9 s / compared to the expected BFKL cross section. h p p- Deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) at HERA provides an ideal place to probe strong interaction e dynamics. One focus of interest has been the small Bjorken-x region, where one would like h : to distinguish BFKL evolution [1], which resums the leading αs ln 1/x terms, from the more v traditional DGLAP evolution equation [2], which resums leading α ln Q2 terms. Unfortunately, i s 2 X the measurement of F (x, Q ) in the HERA range is probably too inclusive to discriminate 2 r a between the two [3].