Global Analysis of Nuclear PDFs

We present a new global QCD analysis of nuclear parton distribution functions. In addition to the most commonly analyzed data sets for deep inelastic scattering of charged leptons off nuclei and Drell Yan di-lepton production, we include also measurements for neutrinonuclei scattering as well as inc...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: de Florian, Daniel Enrique, Sassot, Rodolfo, Stratmann, Marco, Zurita, María Pía
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2013
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/2461
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/2461
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Parton Distribution Functions
Nuclear Effects
Qcd
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Summary:We present a new global QCD analysis of nuclear parton distribution functions. In addition to the most commonly analyzed data sets for deep inelastic scattering of charged leptons off nuclei and Drell Yan di-lepton production, we include also measurements for neutrinonuclei scattering as well as inclusive pion production in deuteron-gold collisions. The emerging picture is one of consistency, where universal nuclear modification factors for each parton flavor reproduce the main features of all data without any significant tension among the different sets.