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We present a model-independent determination of the nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs) using machine learning methods and Monte Carlo techniques based on the NNPDF framework. The neutral-current deep-inelastic nuclear structure…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-10-28 Rabah Abdul Khalek , Jacob J. Ethier , Juan Rojo , Gijs van Weelden

We present a comprehensive new global QCD analysis of unpolarized parton distribution functions (PDFs) based upon proton, deuteron and $A\!=\!3$ data, including the latest inclusive deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) measurements from…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-04 C. Cocuzza , W. Melnitchouk , N. Sato , A. W. Thomas

I present a determination of longitudinally-polarized parton distribution functions of the proton from inclusive deep-inelastic scattering data: NNPDFpol1.0+. This determination, based on the NNPDF methodology, upgrades a previous analysis,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-02-17 Emanuele R. Nocera

Parton distribution functions (PDFs) are important quantities in describing nucleon structures. They are universal and process-independent. As a matter of fact, nucleon PDFs are inevitably affected by nuclear matter during nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-15 W. Yang , C. Li

Double parton distribution functions (dPDFs) represent a tool to explore the 3D partonic structure of the proton. They can be measured in high energy proton-proton and proton nucleus collisions and encode information on how partons inside a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-04-04 Matteo Rinaldi

We quantify the impact of unpolarized lepton-proton and lepton-nucleus inclusive deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) cross section measurements from the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) on the proton and nuclear parton distribution functions…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-05-19 Rabah Abdul Khalek , Jacob J. Ethier , Emanuele R. Nocera , Juan Rojo

Nuclear parton distribution functions (NPDFs) are determined by global analyses of experimental data on structure-function ratios F_2^A/F_2^{A'} and Drell-Yan cross-section ratios \sigma_{DY}^A/\sigma_{DY}^{A'}. The analyses are done in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Hirai , S. Kumano , T. -H. Nagai

The interest into parton distribution functions (PDFs) and fragmentation functions (FFs) in current high energy physics research is twofold. On the one hand, they are fundamental objects to conduct precision phenomenology studies, e.g. at…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-22 Tanishq Sharma

Nuclear parton distribution functions (NPDFs) are determined by a global analysis of experimental measurements on structure-function ratios F_2^A/F_2^{A'} and Drell-Yan cross section ratios \sigma_{DY}^A/\sigma_{DY}^{A'}, and their…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Hirai , S. Kumano , T. -H. Nagai

We present new sets of nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs) at next-to-leading order and next-to-next-to-leading order in perturbative QCD. Our analyses are based on deeply inelastic scattering data with charged-lepton and neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-06-09 Ilkka Helenius , Marina Walt , Werner Vogelsang

This paper investigates the crucial role of parton distribution functions (PDFs) in high-energy physics, particularly their impact on the extraction of generalized parton distributions (GPDs) at zero skewness. To this aim, we perform six…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-23 The MMGPDs Collaboration , Fatemeh Irani , Muhammad Goharipour , K. Azizi

We present recent progress on the study of the deep inelastic structure of nuclei that improves our current understanding of the mechanisms of nuclear modifications of parton distribution functions.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Simonetta Liuti

The parton distributions functions (PDFs) derived from the NNLO QCD analysis of existing light-targets deep-inelastic-scattering data are presented. The NLO and NNLO PDFs are compared in order to analyze perturbative stability of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Alekhin

We present progress towards a unified framework enabling the simultaneous determination of the parton distribution functions (PDFs) of the proton, deuteron, and nuclei up to lead $(^{208}\rm{Pb})$. Our approach is based on the integration…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-07-13 Tanjona Rabemananjara

The presence of nuclear medium and collective phenomena which involve several nucleons modify the parton distribution functions of nuclei (nPDFs) compared to those of a free nucleon. These modifications have been investigated by different…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-11-11 H. Honkanen , M. Strikman , V. Guzey

We review the theoretical foundations, methodological approaches and current status of the determination of nuclear parton distribution functions (PDFs). A large variety of measurements in fixed-target and collider experiments provide…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-07-16 M. Klasen

We perform a \chi^2-analysis of Nuclear Parton Distribution Functions (NPDFs) using neutral current charged-lepton Deeply Inelastic Scattering (DIS) and Drell-Yan data for several nuclear targets. The nuclear A dependence of the NPDFs is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-02-11 I. Schienbein , J. Y. Yu , K. Kovarik , C. Keppel , J. G. Morfin , F. Olness , J. F. Owens

Global perturbative QCD analyses, based on large data sets from e-p and hadron collider experiments, provide tight constraints on the parton distribution function (PDF) in the proton. The extension of these analyses to nuclear parton…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-04-07 Paloma Quiroga-Arias , José Guilherme Milhano , Urs Achim Wiedemann

I explain the current status of parton-distribution-function (PDF) studies and future experimental prospects on their determinations. First, unpolarized PDFs of the nucleon are introduced as a field of precision QCD physics including…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-09-17 S. Kumano

We present an updated global analysis of collinearly factorized nuclear parton distribution functions (PDFs) at next-to-leading order in perturbative QCD. In comparison to our previous fit, EPPS16, the present analysis includes more data…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-05-25 Kari J. Eskola , Petja Paakkinen , Hannu Paukkunen , Carlos A. Salgado