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Probing proton PDFs at high x with LHCb

LHCb is a forward spectrometer at the LHC covering the pseudorapidity region $2<\eta<5$. Because of this forward coverage, LHCb can probe the proton parton distribution functions (PDFs) in previously unexplored kinematic regimes, in particular at very high and low Bjorken-$x$. This contributio...

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Autor principal: Boettcher, Thomas
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.8.093
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2859826
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Sumario:LHCb is a forward spectrometer at the LHC covering the pseudorapidity region $2<\eta<5$. Because of this forward coverage, LHCb can probe the proton parton distribution functions (PDFs) in previously unexplored kinematic regimes, in particular at very high and low Bjorken-$x$. This contribution presents LHCb measurements that can be used to constrain the proton PDFs, with a focus on the high-$x$ and high-$Q^2$ regime.