Impact of future HERA data on the determination of proton parton distribution functions
Abstract
The high precision and large kinematic coverage of the data from the HERA-I running period (1994-2000) have already allowed precise extractions of proton parton distribution functions. The HERA-II running program is now underway and is expected to provide a substantial increase in the luminosity collected at HERA. In this paper, a study is presented which investigates the potential impact of future HERA data on the proton PDF uncertainties, within the currently planned running scenario. Next-to-leading order QCD predictions for inclusive jet cross sections at the LHC centre-of-mass energy are presented using the estimated PDFs. Finally, the effect of a possible future measurement of the longitudinal structure function, F_L, on the gluon distribution is investigated.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0509220,
title = {Impact of future HERA data on the determination of proton parton distribution functions},
author = {C. Gwenlan and A. Cooper-Sarkar and C. Targett-Adams},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0509220},
year = {2009}
}
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9 pages, 5 figures, prepared for the HERA-LHC workshop