Published September 6, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Update of parton distributions at NNLO

  • 1. Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, University of Durham, DH1 3LE (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, WC1E 6BT (United Kingdom)

Description

We present a new set of parton distributions obtained at NNLO. These differ from the previous sets available at NNLO due to improvements in the theoretical treatment. In particular we include a full treatment of heavy flavours in the region near the quark mass. In this way, an essentially complete set of NNLO partons is presented for the first time. The improved treatment leads to a significant change in the gluon and heavy quark distributions, and a larger value of the QCD coupling at NNLO, αS(MZ2)=0.1191±0.002(expt.)±0.003(theory). Indirectly this also leads to a change in the light partons at small x and modifications of our predictions for W and Z production at the LHC. As well as the best-fit set of partons, we also provide 30 additional sets representing the uncertainties of the partons obtained using the Hessian approach

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2007.07.040

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.07.040;
arXiv
arXiv:0706.0459v3;
PII
S0370-2693(07)00846-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
652
Journal Issue
5-6
Journal Page Range
p. 292-299
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39051793
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
B QUARKS; C QUARKS; CERN LHC; GLUONS; MASS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; T QUARKS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BEAUTY PARTICLES; BOSONS; CHARM PARTICLES; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARKS; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS; TOP PARTICLES

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Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.