Two relevant points related to the application of the BFKL formalism to
phenomenology are discussed. First, we have presented a set of observables
characterizing multi-jet configurations event by event (average transverse
momentum, average azimuthal angle, average ratio of jet rapidities) which can
be used to find distinct signals of BFKL dynamics at the LHC. A numerical
analysis has been shown using the Monte Carlo event generator BFKLex, modified
to include higher-order collinear corrections in addition to the
transverse-momentum implementation of the NLO kernel. We require to have two
tagged forward/backward jets in the final state. Second, the structure of the
BFKL equation changes if infrared boundary conditions are imposed when
considering the running of the coupling. The cut in the complex angular
momentum plane becomes an infinite series of Regge poles. Integrating along a
contour off the real axis we find a strong dependence of the intercepts and
collinear regions on the choice of the boundary conditions. The mean transverse
scales dominant in the gluon ladder increase. This could have interesting
phenomenological consequences.Comment: 6 pages, presented by A. Sabio Vera at the 25th International
Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering and Related Topics, 3-7 April 2017,
Birmingham, U