6–8 May 2013
University of Pittsburgh
US/Eastern timezone

nCTEQ nuclear PDFs for the LHC

6 May 2013, 15:15
15m
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA 15260
parallel talk NLO & QCD NLO & QCD

Speaker

Dr Aleksander Kusina (Southern Methodist University)

Description

We update nCTEQ global analysis of Parton Distribution Functions (PDFs). We use global Chi2 minimization and Hessian formalism to determine the best fit and the PDF error set. The fit is performed at next-to-leading order (NLO) using neutral current deeply inelastic scattering (DIS), and Drell-Yan data for several nuclear targets. The results are also ready to be used in analysis of the recent LHC heavy ion data.

Author

Dr Aleksander Kusina (Southern Methodist University)

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