Photoproduction of jets at HERA in next-to-leading order QCD

Abstract

A new next-to-leading order Monte Carlo program for the calculation of jet cross sections in photoproduction is described. The contributions from both resolved and direct components are included to O(\alpha \alpha_s^2). Properties of the predictions for various inclusive jet and dijet observables are discussed and comparisons with HERA data are presented.

Comments: 16 pages, Latex, uses Revtex and psfig macros. References added. Discussion of dijet production extended. Submitted to Phys. Rev. D