VERY HIGH Q(2) PHYSICS AT HERA

Recent measurements from the H1 and ZEUS experiments at HERA in deep-i nelastic ep scattering at very high values of the squared 4-momentum t ransfer Q(2) are discussed and compared to predictions of the Standard Model. Both experiments observe a large excess of events in neutral c urrent (NC) scattering, ep --> eX, at values of Q(2) > 15000 GeV2 and a small excess of events in charged current (CC) scattering, ep --> nu X. The probability that the observed event rates correspond to a stat istical fluctuation compatible with the Standard Model cross sections is about 1% for NC reactions. This observation has driven speculations about possible physics beyond the Standard Model.