25th International Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering and Related Topics

Constraints on large-x behavior of spin-dependent PDFs

4 Apr 2017, 10:12

18m

Nuffield Building G13

WG6) Spin and 3D Structure WG6 Spin and 3D Structure

Speaker

Wally Melnitchouk

Description

A new combined analysis of spin-averaged and spin-dependent PDFs reveals for the first time the x dependence of helicity PDFs in the x ~ 1 region, free from assumptions about the behavior of unpolarized PDFs that have been inherent in all previous global QCD analyses of spin data.

Presentation materials

melnitchouk-WG6.pdf