Conclusions

To understand the underlying QCD processes in DIS it is necessary to study the hadronic final state. At the current level of understanding, QCD works well and describes the HERA data. As the precision of the HERA data improves and the NLO QCD calculations become available the framework of QCD is being tested more thoroughly. As yet it is not possible to say conclusively whether the effects of BFKL dynamics are being observed in the HERA data, much theoretical and experimental work is in progress to define and measure variables that will allow a definitive statement.

Acknowledgements

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