3–7 Apr 2017
University of Birmingham
Europe/London timezone

LHC and its impact on nCTEQ15 PDFs

4 Apr 2017, 17:20
17m
Large Lecture Theatre, Poynting Building

Large Lecture Theatre, Poynting Building

WG1) Structure Functions and Parton Densities WG1 Structure Functions and Parton Densities

Speaker

Fred Olness (Southern Methodist University)

Description

We use nCTEQ15 nPDFs with uncertainties to identify measurements which
have a potential impact on nuclear corrections and flavor
differentiation. In particular, recent LHC W/Z vector boson
production data in proton-lead and lead-lead collisions are quite
sensitive to heavier flavors (especially the strange PDF). This
complements the information from neutrino-DIS data. As the proton
flavor determination is dependent on nuclear corrections (from heavy
target DIS, for example), this information may also help improve
proton PDFs.

Primary authors

Aleksander Kusina (LPSC Grenoble) Dr Florian Lyonnet (SMU) David Clark (Southern Methodist University) Eric Godat (Southern Methodist University) Tomas Jezo (University of Zurich) Karol Kovarik Fred Olness (Southern Methodist University) Ingo Schienbein (Universite Joseph Fourier) Dr Ji-Young Yu (SMU)

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