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

Impact of CMS measurements on Proton Structure and QCD parameters

4 Apr 2017, 09:22
17m
Large Lecture Theatre, Poynting Building

Large Lecture Theatre, Poynting Building

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

Speaker

Katerina Lipka (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

Description

The sensitivity of CMS measurements to Parton Distribution Functions, strong coupling constant and treatment of heavy flavours in QCD analyses is presented. CMS data collected at various center-of-mass energies and their impact on the PDFs are presented. Measurements of cross sections of jet and to-quark pair production are in particular sensitive to the gluon distribution in the proton and the strong coupling, while the electroweak boson production - inclusive or associated with charm or beauty quarks give insight into the flavour separation of the proton sea and give hints to the treatment of heavy quarks in PDF-related studies.

Primary author

Katerina Lipka (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

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