Speaker
Dr
Aleksander Kusina
(Southern Methodist University)
Description
A global analysis of the proton PDF requires a combination of DIS, DY,
and jet data. The flavor differentiation depends heavily on the DIS
data, all of which is measured on nuclear targets in neutrino
scattering; hence the nuclear PDFs (nPDFs) come into
play. Additionally, the LHC heavy ion runs with lead beams provide
information in an entirely new kinematic regime; here, the W/Z
production process is particularly enlightening. We study the
compatibility of these data sets in a global nPDF analysis and extract
the nuclear correction factors, and discuss the observed tensions
between the nuclear correction factors in various data sets. We also
quantify the nPDF uncertainty using a set of error PDF functions and
show comparisons with recent nPDF determinations.
Author
Dr
Aleksander Kusina
(Southern Methodist University)
Co-authors
Mr
Benjamin Clark
(SMU)
Cynthia Keppel
(Jefferson Lab)
Prof.
Fred Olness
(Southern Methodist University)
Ingo Schienbein
(Universite Joseph Fourier)
Dr
Ji-Young Yu
(SMU)
Jorge G. Morfin
(Fermilab)
Joseph Owens
(Florida State University)
Karol Kovarik
Dr
Tomas Jezo
(Liverpool)
