Published September 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

A comparison of new MC-adapted parton densities

  • 1. Lund University, Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund (Sweden)

Description

A selection of the latest and most frequently used parton distribution functions (PDFs) is incorporated in Pythia8, including the Monte Carlo-adapted PDFs from the MSTW and CTEQ collaborations. This article examines the differences in PDFs as well as the effect they have on results of simulations and compare with data collected by the CDF experiment. Monte Carlo-adapted PDFs do a better job than leading- and next-to-leading order PDFs for many observables, but there is room for further improvements. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1391-6

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C
Journal Volume
69
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 19-29
ISSN
1434-6044