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Parton Distribution Uncertainties using Smoothness Prior

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-04-28 v1

Abstract

A study of the parameterization uncertainty at low Bjorken x0.1x \le 0.1 for the parton distribution functions of the proton is presented. The study is based on the HERA I combined data using a flexible parameterization form based on Chebyshev polynomials with and without an additional regularization constraint. The accuracy of the data allows to determine the gluon density in the kinematic range of 0.0005x0.050.0005 \le x \le 0.05 with a small parameterization uncertainty. An additional regularization prior leads to a significantly reduced uncertainty for x0.0005x \le 0.0005.

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@article{arxiv.1009.6170,
  title  = {Parton Distribution Uncertainties using Smoothness Prior},
  author = {Alexander Glazov and Sven Moch and Voica Radescu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.6170},
  year   = {2011}
}

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