====== TTP96-40 Fixed-Order QCD Backgrounds to BFKL Dynamics in Forward Jet Production ====== The production of forward jets of transverse momentum $p_T(j)\approx Q$ and large momentum fraction $x_{jet}\gg x$ probes the onset of BFKL dynamics at HERA. A full ${\cal O}(\alpha_s^2)$ calculation of the inclusive forward jet cross section is presented and compared to the expected BFKL cross section. |**Erwin Mirkes and Dieter Zeppenfeld** | |** Proceedings of the 1996 HERA Physics Workshop ** | | {{preprints:1996:ttp96-40.pdf|PDF}} {{preprints:1996:ttp96-40.ps|PostScript}} [[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9609255|arXiv]] | | |