scholarly journals Preliminary Examination of Uncertainties due to Parton Distribution Functions in Far-Forward Neutrino Production at the Large Hadron Collider

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 100005
Author(s):  
Fnu Karan Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Large Hadron Collider ◽  
Parton Distribution ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Parton Distribution Functions ◽  
Neutrino Production ◽  
Preliminary Examination

scholarly journals Diffractive $$\gamma \gamma $$ production in pp collisions at the LHC

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. P. Gonçalves ◽  
D. E. Martins ◽  
M. S. Rangel
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Momentum ◽  
Large Hadron Collider ◽  
Invariant Mass ◽  
Parton Distribution ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Pp Collisions ◽  
Parton Distribution Functions ◽  
Momentum Distributions

AbstractIn this letter we estimate the contribution of the double diffractive processes for the diphoton production in pp collisions at the large hadron collider (LHC). The acceptance of the central and forward LHC detectors is taken into account and predictions for the invariant mass, rapidity and, transverse momentum distributions are presented. A comparison with the predictions for the light-by-light (LbL) scattering and exclusive diphoton production is performed. We demonstrate that the events associated to double diffractive processes can be separated and its study can be used to constrain the behavior of the diffractive parton distribution functions.

scholarly journals Lepton-quark fusion at Hadron colliders, precisely

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Admir Greljo ◽  
Nudžeim Selimović
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Parton Distribution ◽  
Opposite Sign ◽  
Production Cross ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Hadron Colliders ◽  
Parton Distribution Functions ◽  
Scalar Leptoquark ◽  
Wide Range

Abstract When a TeV-scale leptoquark has a sizeable Yukawa coupling, its dominant production mechanism at hadron colliders is the partonic-level lepton-quark fusion. Even though the parton distribution functions for leptons inside the proton are minuscule, they get compensated by the resonant enhancement. We present the first computation of higher order radiative corrections to the resonant leptoquark production cross section at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Next-to-leading (NLO) QCD and QED corrections are similar in size but come with the opposite sign. We compute NLO K-factors for a wide range of scalar leptoquark masses, as well as, all possible combinations of quark and lepton flavors and leptoquark charges. Theoretical uncertainties due to the renormalisation and factorisation scale variations and the limited knowledge of parton distribution functions are quantified. We finally discuss how to disentangle the flavor structure of leptoquark interactions by exploiting the interplay between different production channels.

scholarly journals CTEQ-TEA parton distribution functions with intrinsic charm

2018 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 00003
Author(s):  
Marco Guzzi ◽  
Tie-Jiun Hou ◽  
Sayipjamal Dulat ◽  
Jun Gao ◽  
Joey Huston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parton Distribution ◽  
Parton Distribution Function ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Parton Distribution Functions ◽  
Intrinsic Charm ◽  
Standard Candle ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Theoretical Issues

We present a study in which the possibility of a (sizable) nonperturbative contribution to the charm parton distribution function (PDF) in a nucleon is investigated together with theoretical issues arising in its interpretation. The separation of the universal component of the nonperturbative charm from the rest of the radiative contributions is also discussed. We illustrate the potential impact of a nonperturbative charm PDF on LHC scattering processes. An estimate of nonperturbative charm magnitude in the CT14 and CT14HERA2 global QCD analyses at the next-to-next-to leading order (NNLO) in the QCD coupling strength is given by including the latest experimental data from HERA and the Large Hadron Collider. We show a comparison between different models of intrinsic charm and illustrate prospects for standard candle observables at the LHC.

scholarly journals Production of cc¯ and bb¯ Quark Pairs in pp Collisions at Energies of Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Large Hadron Collider ◽  
Heavy Quark ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Event Generator ◽  
Final States ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Parton Distribution Functions

Production of charm and beauty quark–antiquark pairs in proton–proton collisions is simulated with the codes generated in the framework of MadGraph5_aMC@NLO. The tree–level partonic processes are taken into account in first three orders of the perturbative quantum chromodynamics. The considered hard processes have two, three, and four partons in the final states. These final states contain one or two heavy quark–antiquark pairs. The calculations are performed with parton distribution functions (PDF) obtained with neural network methods by NNPDF collaboration. Influence of the multiple partonic interactions (MPI), initial– and final–state showers on the cross sections (CSs) is studied consistently taking advantage of Pythia 8 event generator. The CSs are computed in central and forward rapidity regions under conditions of the ALICE and LHCb experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The studied transverse momentum interval of the heavy quarks spreads up to 30 GeV/c. The CSs calculated at the leading order (LO) with Pythia 8, in the tree approximation with MadGraph5, and within Fixed Order plus Next–to–Leading Logarithms (FONLL) approach agree with each other within bands of the uncertainties inherent to underlying theory and methods. Inclusion of next–to–leading order (NLO) and N2LO partonic processes into calculations in addition to LO ones results in growth of the CSs. This increase reduces to some extent discrepancies with the CSs measured by ALICE and LHCb. Variations of the CSs due to renormalization– and factorization–scale dependence are much larger than the increase of the CSs in NLO and N2LO, than the uncertainties springing in the NNPDF model, and then the accuracy achieved in the ALICE and LHCb cross section measurements. Effects of the MPI, the space– and time–like partonic showers on the heavy quark CSs are found to be not very essential.

PARTON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS AND THE QCD-IMPROVED PARTON MODEL — AN OVERVIEW

1987 ◽  
Vol 02 (04) ◽  
pp. 1369-1387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wu-Ki Tung
Keyword(s):  
Parton Distribution ◽  
Particle Production ◽  
Heavy Particle ◽  
Parton Model ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Collider Physics ◽  
Parton Distribution Functions ◽  
Parton Distributions ◽  
First Order ◽  
Small X

Some non-trivial features of the QCD-improved parton model relevant to applications on heavy particle production and semi-hard (small-x) processes of interest to collider physics are reviewed. The underlying ideas are illustrated by a simple example. Limitations of the naive parton formula as well as first order corrections and subtractions to it are dis-cussed in a quantitative way. The behavior of parton distribution functions at small x and for heavy quarks are discussed. Recent work on possible impact of unconventional small-x behavior of the parton distributions on small-x physics at SSC and Tevatron are summarized. The Drell-Yan process is found to be particularly sensitive to the small x dependence of parton distributions. Measurements of this process at the Tevatron can provide powerful constraints on the expected rates of semi-hard processes at the SSC.

scholarly journals Heavy-flavor hadro-production with heavy-quark masses renormalized in the $$ \overline{\mathrm{MS}} $$, MSR and on-shell schemes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. V. Garzelli ◽  
L. Kemmler ◽  
S. Moch ◽  
O. Zenaiev
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Quark ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Top Quark ◽  
Quark Mass ◽  
Production Cross ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Heavy Flavor ◽  
Parton Distribution Functions ◽  
Heavy Quark Mass

Abstract We present predictions for heavy-quark production at the Large Hadron Collider making use of the $$ \overline{\mathrm{MS}} $$ MS ¯ and MSR renormalization schemes for the heavy-quark mass as alternatives to the widely used on-shell renormalization scheme. We compute single and double differential distributions including QCD corrections at next-to-leading order and investigate the renormalization and factorization scale dependence as well as the perturbative convergence in these mass renormalization schemes. The implementation is based on publicly available programs, MCFM and xFitter, extending their capabilities. Our results are applied to extract the top-quark mass using measurements of the total and differential $$ t\overline{t} $$ t t ¯ production cross-sections and to investigate constraints on parton distribution functions, especially on the gluon distribution at low x values, from available LHC data on heavy-flavor hadro-production.

scholarly journals PDFFlow: Parton distribution functions on GPU

2021 ◽  
Vol 264 ◽  
pp. 107995
Author(s):  
Stefano Carrazza ◽  
Juan M. Cruz-Martinez ◽  
Marco Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Parton Distribution ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Parton Distribution Functions

scholarly journals Delineating the Polarized and Unpolarized Parton Structure of the Nucleon

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 1560053
Author(s):  
Pedro Jimenez-Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Parton Distribution ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Coupling Constant ◽  
Parton Distribution Functions ◽  
Careful Treatment ◽  
Future Data ◽  
The Impact

Reports on our latest extractions of parton distribution functions of the nucleon are given. First an overview of the recent JR14 upgrade of our unpolarized PDFs, including NNLO determinations of the strong coupling constant and a discussion of the role of the input scale in parton distribution analysis. In the second part of the talk recent results on the determination of spin-dependent PDFs from the JAM collaboration are reported, including a careful treatment of hadronic and nuclear corrections, as well as reports on the impact of present and future data in our understanding of the spin of the nucleon.

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