Forward jet production at HERA in the low x regime in next-to-leading order

Aug, 1996
14 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 78 (1997) 428-431
e-Print:
Report number:
  • MADPH-96-957,
  • TTP-96-38,
  • TTP96-38

Citations per year

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Abstract: (arXiv)
The production of forward jets of transverse momentum pT(j)Qp_T(j)\approx Q and large momentum fraction xjetxx_{jet}\gg x probes the onset of BFKL dynamics at HERA. A full O(αs2){\cal O}(\alpha_s^2) calculation of the inclusive forward jet cross section is presented and compared to the expected BFKL cross section. The kinematical region populated by these events and the scale dependence of the fixed order perturbative QCD cross sections are discussed.
Note:
  • Latex, 14 pages, 4 figures. The complete paper, including figures, is also available via anonymous ftp at ftp://ttpux2.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/ , or via www at http://www-ttp.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/cgi-bin/preprints/
  • electron p: deep inelastic scattering
  • small-x
  • jet: electroproduction
  • quantum chromodynamics
  • perturbation theory: higher-order
  • Lipatov equation
  • transverse momentum: spectrum
  • rapidity spectrum
  • cross section: small-angle
  • cross section: x-dependence