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Parton Distribution Functions (PDFs) are a key ingredient in theoretical predictions for Large Hadron Collider (LHC) observables and play a central role in the extraction of precision Standard Model (SM) and Beyond the SM (BSM) parameters…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-02 Richard D. Ball , Tommaso Giani , Felix Hekhorn , Jaco ter Hoeve , Tanjona R. Rabemananjara , Juan Rojo , Roy Stegeman , Maria Ubiali

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 new parton distribution functions (PDFs) up to next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) from the CTEQ-TEA global analysis of quantum chromodynamics. These differ from previous CT PDFs in several respects, including the use of data…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-03-09 Sayipjamal Dulat , Tie Jiun Hou , Jun Gao , Marco Guzzi , Joey Huston , Pavel Nadolsky , Jon Pumplin , Carl Schmidt , Daniel Stump , C. P. Yuan

We determine the pion parton distribution functions (PDFs) from its light-front wave functions, obtained using the holographic Schr\"odinger equation of light-front chiral QCD combined with the 't Hooft equation in (1+1)-dimensional QCD at…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-15 Jiangshan Lan , Satvir Kaur , Chandan Mondal

Building upon the most recent CT18 global fit, we present a new calculation of the photon content of the proton based on an application of the LUX formalism. In this work, we explore two principal variations of the LUX ansatz. In one…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-02-14 Keping Xie , T. J. Hobbs , Tie-Jiun Hou , Carl Schmidt , Mengshi Yan , C. -P. Yuan

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 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

In this work, we discuss: (i) The ratios of different parton distribution functions (PDFs), i.e., MMHT2014, CJ15, CTEQ6l1, HERAPDF15, MSTW2008, HERAPDF20 and MSHT20, and the corresponding Kimber-Martin-Ryskin (KMR) unintegrated parton…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-06-30 Z. Badieian Baghsiyahi , Majid Modarres , Ramin Kord Valeshabadi

QCD corrections to the QED formula for parton distribution functions of the longitudinal virtual photon are derived in the leading--logarithmic approximation. It is shown that the resulting PDF satisfy the same homogeneous evolution…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Jiri Chyla

We present the main results of our recent papers, where we derived an analytical solution of the QCD evolution equations for parton distribution functions. The valence and non-singlet quark components satisfy the Gross-Llewellyn-Smith and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-24 A. V. Kotikov , A. V. Lipatov

We present a fully analytic computation of the complete electron and photon structure functions, or QED lepton parton distribution functions (PDFs) up to two-loop order. Our computation is performed using modern techniques of reduction to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-23 Marvin Schnubel , Robert Szafron

A precise knowledge of the quark and gluon structure of the proton, encoded by the parton distribution functions (PDFs), is of paramount importance for the interpretation of high-energy processes at present and future lepton-hadron and…

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

We discuss the impact of EW corrections on differential distributions in top-quark pair production at the LHC and future hadron colliders, focusing on the effects of initial-state photons. Performing a calculation at Next-to-Leading Order…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-19 Davide Pagani , Ioannis Tsinikos , Marco Zaro

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

In global PDF analyses, parton distribution functions (PDFs) are parametrised at a fixed input scale $Q_0$ and evolved to higher scales using the DGLAP equations. Since QCD evolution is fully determined within perturbation theory, the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-11-13 Ivan A. Godino , Eva D. Z. Groenendijk , Tanjona R. Rabemananjara

The description of the structure of proton is fundamental in order to describe the standard model processes at the LHC as well as for the searching of New Physics. Quantum fluctuations imply the presence of photons and leptons inside the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-05-10 Victor P. Goncalves , Daniel E. Martins

We present the first global analysis of fragmentation functions (FFs) for light charged hadrons ($\pi^{\pm}$, $K^{\pm}$) at full next-to-next-to-leading order in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), incorporating world data from both…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-28 Jun Gao , XiaoMin Shen , Hongxi Xing , Yuxiang Zhao , Bin Zhou

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

A study is presented of the impact of simulated inclusive Electron Ion Collider Deep Inelastic Scattering data on the determination of the proton and nuclear parton distribution functions (PDFs) at next-to-next-to-leading and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-03-18 Néstor Armesto , Thomas Cridge , Francesco Giuli , Lucian Harland-Lang , Paul Newman , Barak Schmookler , Robert Thorne , Katarzyna Wichmann