Inclusive Two-Jet Production at HERA: Direct and Resolved Cross Sections in Next-to-Leading Order QCD

Abstract

We have calculated inclusive two-jet cross sections in next-to-leading order QCD for low Q^2 ep collisions superimposing direct and resolved contributions. Infrared and collinear singularities in the virtual and real contributions are cancelled with the phase space slicing method. Various inclusive two-jet distributions have been computed. The results are compared with recent data from the ZEUS collaboration at HERA.

Comments: 16 pages, latex, 10 figures, uses epsfig.sty