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.2007.07.040Additional 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
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.