We compare predictions of nCTEQ15 nuclear parton distribution functions with proton-lead vector boson production data from the LHC. We select data sets that are most sensitive to nuclear PDFs and have potential to constrain them. We identify the kinematic regions and flavours where these data can bring new information and will have largest impact on the nuclear PDFs. Finally, we estimate the effect of including these data in a global analysis using a reweighting method.
@article{arxiv.1705.06704,
title = {LHC lead data and nuclear PDFs},
author = {A. Kusina and F. Lyonnet and D. B. Clark and E. Godat and T. Jezo and K. Kovarik and F. I. Olness and I. Schienbein and J. Y. Yu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.06704},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
Presented at the Cracow Epiphany Conference, 9-12 January 2017, Krakow, Poland