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We extend the existing leading (LO), next-to-leading (NLO), and next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) NNPDF4.0 sets of parton distribution functions (PDFs) to approximate next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order (aN$^3$LO). We construct an…

Fragmentation functions (FFs) are essential non-perturbative QCD inputs for predicting hadron production cross sections in high energy scatterings. In this study, we present a joint determination of FFs for light charged hadrons through a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-12-20 Jun Gao , ChongYang Liu , XiaoMin Shen , Hongxi Xing , Yuxiang Zhao

We present an event-file format for the dissemination of next-to-leading-order (NLO) predictions for QCD processes at hadron colliders. The files contain all information required to compute generic jet-based infrared-safe observables at…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-17 Z. Bern , L. J. Dixon , F. Febres Cordero , S. Hoeche , H. Ita , D. A. Kosower , D. Maitre

We present a first determination of the nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDF) based on the NNPDF methodology: nNNPDF1.0. This analysis is based on neutral-current deep-inelastic structure function data and is performed up to NNLO in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-07-23 Rabah Abdul Khalek , Jacob J. Ethier , Juan Rojo

We construct a set of parton distribution functions (PDFs) in which fixed-order NLO and NNLO calculations are supplemented with soft-gluon (threshold) resummation up to NLL and NNLL accuracy respectively, suitable for use in conjunction…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-10-13 Marco Bonvini , Simone Marzani , Juan Rojo , Luca Rottoli , Maria Ubiali , Richard D. Ball , Valerio Bertone , Stefano Carrazza , Nathan P. Hartland

We perform a global fit of parton distribution functions (PDFs) together with the strong coupling constant $\alpha_s$ and the quark masses $m_c$, $m_b$ and $m_t$ at next-to-leading order (NLO) in QCD. The analysis applies the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-09-10 S. Alekhin , J. Blümlein , S. Moch

A "meta-analysis" is a method for comparison and combination of nonperturbative parton distribution functions (PDFs) in a nucleon obtained with heterogeneous procedures and assumptions. Each input parton distribution set is converted into a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-18 Jun Gao , Pavel Nadolsky

We present the implementation of several color-singlet final-state processes at Next-to-Next-to Leading Order (NNLO) accuracy in QCD to the publicly available parton-level Monte Carlo program MCFM. Specifically we discuss the processes…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-02-01 Radja Boughezal , John M. Campbell , R. Keith Ellis , Christfried Focke , Walter Giele , Xiaohui Liu , Frank Petriello , Ciaran Williams

Standard methods for higher-order calculations of QCD cross sections in hadron-induced collisions are time-consuming. The fastNLO project uses multi-dimensional interpolation techniques to convert the convolutions of perturbative…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-08-20 Daniel Britzger , Klaus Rabbertz , Fred Stober , Markus Wobisch

We provide an analysis of the x-dependence of the bare unpolarized, helicity and transversity iso-vector parton distribution functions (PDFs) from lattice calculations employing (maximally) twisted mass fermions. The x-dependence of the…

We perform a comprehensive new Monte Carlo analysis of high-energy lepton-lepton, lepton-hadron and hadron-hadron scattering data to simultaneously determine parton distribution functions (PDFs) in the proton and parton to hadron…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-10-20 E. Moffat , W. Melnitchouk , T. C. Rogers , N. Sato

A new ''$\mathtt{SK24}$'' non-singlet QCD analysis of the structure functions at the NNLO approximation is performed, utilizing the global fit of the data from various charged lepton scattering experiments. We extract the valence parton…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-06-07 Javad Shahrzad , Ali Khorramian

We review recent results in precision multiboson+jet phenomenology at the LHC. We discuss strategies how to compute these processes at NLO QCD and examine the impact of the perturbative corrections on the expected phenomenology, especially…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-12-30 Francisco Campanario , Christoph Englert , Michael Rauch , Michael Spannowsky , Dieter Zeppenfeld

Inspired by the recent measurements of the CMS collaboration, we report a QCD study of dijet production in proton+lead collisions at the LHC involving large-transverse-momentum jets, $p_T \gtrsim 100$ GeV. Examining the inherent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-17 Kari J. Eskola , Hannu Paukkunen , Carlos A. Salgado

The detailed comprehension of momentum fraction and energy dependence of proton structure functions is among the major difficulties in high-energy physics. Perturbative quantum chromodynamics (QCD) plays as an extensive foundation for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-25 Akbari Jahan , Diptimonta Neog

In collider physics, parton distribution functions (PDFs) play a crucial role in computing theoretical cross sections for scattering reactions. This study explores how different experimental data sets influence extracted PDFs in CTEQ-TEA…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-06-07 Lucas Kotz

We present Fanto10, a new ensemble of NLO error parton distribution functions (PDFs) in a charged pion that provides the most detailed estimate of uncertainties from experimental, theoretical, and methodological sources in order to enable…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-21 Lucas Kotz , Aurore Courtoy , Pavel Nadolsky , Maximiliano Ponce-Chavez

We present NNPDF3.0, the first set of parton distribution functions (PDFs) determined with a methodology validated by a closure test. NNPDF3.0 uses a global dataset including HERA-II deep-inelastic inclusive cross-sections, the combined…

Nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs) can be determined in a global QCD analysis using a wide range of experimental data. In addition to older fixed-target deep inelastic scattering and Drell-Yan (DY) dilepton production data,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-07-12 Ilkka Helenius , Marina Walt , Werner Vogelsang

We illustrate how electron Parton Distribution Functions (PDFs) with next-to-leading collinear logarithmic accuracy must be employed in the context of perturbative predictions for high-energy $e^+e^-$-collision processes. In particular, we…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-09-23 V. Bertone , M. Cacciari , S. Frixione , G. Stagnitto , M. Zaro , X. Zhao