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The Effects of combined HERA and recent Tevatron W - > l $\nu$ charge asymmetry data on the MSTW PDFs

We examine the effect of including the `combined' HERA structure function data in the MSTW global fit for parton distribution functions (PDFs). The combined neutral-current HERA data have a significant, if not dramatic, effect, of up to 2--3% at NLO for Z boson and Higgs production at the Tevat...

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Autores principales: Thorne, R.S., Martin, A.D., Stirling, W.J., Watt, G.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.106.0052
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1272087
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author Thorne, R.S.
Martin, A.D.
Stirling, W.J.
Watt, G.
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Martin, A.D.
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Watt, G.
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description We examine the effect of including the `combined' HERA structure function data in the MSTW global fit for parton distribution functions (PDFs). The combined neutral-current HERA data have a significant, if not dramatic, effect, of up to 2--3% at NLO for Z boson and Higgs production at the Tevatron and LHC, and a generally slightly smaller effect, particularly on LHC processes, at NNLO. This is an amount comparable, or less than, the typical PDF uncertainties, and hence we do not intend to release an imminent update to the MSTW 2008 fit. We also investigate the consistency with the recent D0 data on electron and muon charge asymmetry from W decays and the direct CDF measurement of the W charge asymmetry. The D0 lepton charge asymmetry data imply a fairly large change to the down-quark distribution and/or large nuclear corrections to be applied when fitting to deuterium structure function data, while the CDF W charge asymmetry data are more consistent with the existing PDFs. However, it is difficult to reconcile all of the Tevatron W -> lepton neutrino charge asymmetry data sets with the fit, and to some extent, with each other.
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spelling cern-12720872023-03-14T18:05:44Zdoi:10.22323/1.106.0052http://cds.cern.ch/record/1272087engThorne, R.S.Martin, A.D.Stirling, W.J.Watt, G.The Effects of combined HERA and recent Tevatron W - > l $\nu$ charge asymmetry data on the MSTW PDFsParticle Physics - PhenomenologyWe examine the effect of including the `combined' HERA structure function data in the MSTW global fit for parton distribution functions (PDFs). The combined neutral-current HERA data have a significant, if not dramatic, effect, of up to 2--3% at NLO for Z boson and Higgs production at the Tevatron and LHC, and a generally slightly smaller effect, particularly on LHC processes, at NNLO. This is an amount comparable, or less than, the typical PDF uncertainties, and hence we do not intend to release an imminent update to the MSTW 2008 fit. We also investigate the consistency with the recent D0 data on electron and muon charge asymmetry from W decays and the direct CDF measurement of the W charge asymmetry. The D0 lepton charge asymmetry data imply a fairly large change to the down-quark distribution and/or large nuclear corrections to be applied when fitting to deuterium structure function data, while the CDF W charge asymmetry data are more consistent with the existing PDFs. However, it is difficult to reconcile all of the Tevatron W -> lepton neutrino charge asymmetry data sets with the fit, and to some extent, with each other.We examine the effect of including the `combined' HERA structure function data in the MSTW global fit for parton distribution functions (PDFs). The combined neutral-current HERA data have a significant, if not dramatic, effect, of up to 2--3% at NLO for Z boson and Higgs production at the Tevatron and LHC, and a generally slightly smaller effect, particularly on LHC processes, at NNLO. This is an amount comparable, or less than, the typical PDF uncertainties, and hence we do not intend to release an imminent update to the MSTW 2008 fit. We also investigate the consistency with the recent D0 data on electron and muon charge asymmetry from W decays and the direct CDF measurement of the W charge asymmetry. The D0 lepton charge asymmetry data imply a fairly large change to the down-quark distribution and/or large nuclear corrections to be applied when fitting to deuterium structure function data, while the CDF W charge asymmetry data are more consistent with the existing PDFs. However, it is difficult to reconcile all of the Tevatron W -> lepton neutrino charge asymmetry data sets with the fit, and to some extent, with each other.arXiv:1006.2753IPPP-10-44CAVENDISH-HEP-10-12CERN-PH-TH-2010-135IPPP-10-44CAVENDISH-HEP-10-12CERN-PH-TH-2010-135oai:cds.cern.ch:12720872010-06-15
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Phenomenology
Thorne, R.S.
Martin, A.D.
Stirling, W.J.
Watt, G.
The Effects of combined HERA and recent Tevatron W - > l $\nu$ charge asymmetry data on the MSTW PDFs
title The Effects of combined HERA and recent Tevatron W - > l $\nu$ charge asymmetry data on the MSTW PDFs
title_full The Effects of combined HERA and recent Tevatron W - > l $\nu$ charge asymmetry data on the MSTW PDFs
title_fullStr The Effects of combined HERA and recent Tevatron W - > l $\nu$ charge asymmetry data on the MSTW PDFs
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of combined HERA and recent Tevatron W - > l $\nu$ charge asymmetry data on the MSTW PDFs
title_short The Effects of combined HERA and recent Tevatron W - > l $\nu$ charge asymmetry data on the MSTW PDFs
title_sort effects of combined hera and recent tevatron w - > l $\nu$ charge asymmetry data on the mstw pdfs
topic Particle Physics - Phenomenology
url https://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.106.0052
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1272087
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