Global QCD analysis and the CTEQ parton distributions
Abstract
The CTEQ program for the determination of parton distributions through a global QCD analysis of data for various hard scattering processes is fully described. A new set of distributions, CTEQ3, incorporating several new types of data is reported and compared to the two previous sets of CTEQ distributions. A comparison with current data is discussed in some detail. The remaining uncertainties in the parton distributions and methods to further reduce them are assessed. Comparisons with the results of other global analyses are also presented.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- May 1995
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.51.4763
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-ph/9410404
- Bibcode:
- 1995PhRvD..51.4763L
- Keywords:
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- 13.60.Hb;
- 12.38.Bx;
- 13.15.+g;
- 13.85.Qk;
- Total and inclusive cross sections;
- Perturbative calculations;
- Neutrino interactions;
- Inclusive production with identified leptons photons or other nonhadronic particles;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
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