Parton Distributions: Progress and Challenges
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2007-07-30 v1
Abstract
We briefly discuss recent research on the spin-averaged parton densities of the proton, focusing on some aspects relevant to hard processes at the LHC. Specifically, after recalling the basic framework and the need for higher-order calculations, we address the evolution equations governing the scale dependence of the parton distributions and their solution, schemes for initial conditions and the inclusion of heavy quarks, recent progress on fits to data, and future high-precision constraints from LHC measurements.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0707.4106,
title = {Parton Distributions: Progress and Challenges},
author = {Andreas Vogt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.4106},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
12 pages, LaTeX, 12 figures. Plenary talk presented at DIS 2007, Munich, April 2007. To appear in the proceedings