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Evolution equations of the truncated moments of the parton densities. A possible application

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-20 v2

Abstract

A possible application of the evolution equation for the truncated Mellin moments to determination of the parton distributions in the nucleon is presented. We find that the reconstruction of the initial parton densities at scale Q02Q_0^2 from their truncated moments at a given scale Q2Q^2 is exact and unique for small number of free parameters (3\leq 3), even for the limited xx-region of experimental data. For larger number of adjustable parameters the obtained fits are not unique and one needs an additional knowledge of the small-xx behaviour of the parton densities to make the reconstruction procedure reliable. We apply successfully our method to HERMES and COMPASS spin-dependent valence quark data.

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@article{arxiv.0906.0879,
  title  = {Evolution equations of the truncated moments of the parton densities. A possible application},
  author = {Dorota Kotlorz and Andrzej Kotlorz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.0879},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages, 5 figures