ON THE RELEVANCE OF THE BFKL EQUATION TO DEEP-INELASTIC SCATTERING ATHERA

We study the theoretical uncertainties which arise from the presence o f both very large and very small momenta in the BFKL approach to small -x physics. We present a modification to the BFKL equation which incor porates an ultra-violet limit suggested by energy conservation. The so lution of this equation results in a gluon distribution which has a sl ower growth at small x and low Q2 than that of the traditional BFKL eq uation.