DGLAP evolution at N$^3$LO with the $\texttt{Candia}$ algorithm
Abstract
We present a generalization of the -space algorithm to next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order (NLO) accuracy in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) for solving the DGLAP evolution equations for unpolarized parton densities in the nucleon. The algorithm is based on logarithmic expansions of the solution and can be extended to all orders in QCD. An expansion equivalent to the exact solution of the DGLAP equation at NLO is presented in the non-singlet sector. Results for approximate NLO PDFs, evolved using the most recent approximations to the NLO DGLAP splitting functions, are provided for benchmarking. The new version of the code, , is publicly available at https://github.com/champso1/candia-v2.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2512.22667,
title = {DGLAP evolution at N$^3$LO with the $\texttt{Candia}$ algorithm},
author = {Casey Hampson and Marco Guzzi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.22667},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
26 pages, 2 figures, regular article. Version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D