Eikonalised minijet model predictions for cross-sections of photon induced processes

In this talk I present the results of an analysis of total and inelastic hadronic cross-sections for photon induced processes in the framework of an eikonalised minijet model(EMM). We fix the various input parameters to the EMM calculations by using the data on photoproduction cross-sections and then make predictions for σ(γγ → hadrons) using same values of the parameters. We then compare our predictions with the recent measurements of σ(γγ → hadrons) from LEP. We also show that in the framework of the EMM the rise with √ s of the total/inelastic cross-sections will be faster for photon induced processes than for the processes induced by hadrons like protons. PACS13.60.Hb,13.85.Lg Presented by the first author at the Workshop on photon interactions and the photon structure, in Lund, September 10-13, 1998.