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P. Paakkinen

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The EPPS16 nuclear PDFs

2017

We report on EPPS16 - the first analysis of NLO nuclear PDFs where LHC p-Pb data (Z, W, dijets) have been directly used as a constraint. In comparison to our previous fit EPS09, also data from neutrino-nucleus deeply-inelastic scattering and pion-nucleus Drell-Yan process are now included. Much of the theory framework has also been updated from EPS09, including a consistent treatment of heavy quarks in deeply-inelastic scattering. However, the most notable change is that we no longer assume flavour-blind nuclear modifications for valence and sea quarks. This significantly reduces the theoretical bias. All the analysed data are well reproduced and the analysis thereby supports the validity o…

Drell-Yan processHeavy-quarkHigh Energy Physics::LatticeNuclear TheoryHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyElementary particlesFOS: Physical sciencesSea quarks Inelastic scatteringHigh-energy collisions114 Physical sciencesHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)nuclear PDFsHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)Lead Deeply inelastic scatteringsLeadInelastic ScatteringHeavy nucleusHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNuclear modificationHigh energy physicsNuclear ExperimentPartonsNucleons
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EPPS16 - First nuclear PDFs to include LHC data

2017

We present results of our recent EPPS16 global analysis of NLO nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs). For the first time, dijet and heavy gauge boson production data from LHC proton-lead collisions have been included in a global fit. Especially, the CMS dijets play an important role in constraining the nuclear effects in gluon distributions. With the inclusion of also neutrino-nucleus deeply-inelastic scattering and pion-nucleus Drell-Yan data and a proper treatment of isospin-corrected data, we were able to free the flavor dependence of the valence and sea quark nuclear modifications for the first time. This gives us less biased, yet larger, flavor by flavor uncertainty estimates. …

Uncertainty estimates Uncertainty analysisHigh Energy Physics::LatticeLead collisionsNuclear TheoryHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyFOS: Physical sciencesNuclear parton distribution functions114 Physical sciencesHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)Production dataHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNuclear modificationNuclear ExperimentNuclear effectsBosonsDistribution functionsGlobal analysisInelastic scattering Deeply inelastic scatterings
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Report from Working Group 5: Future physics opportunities for high-density QCD at the LHC with heavy-ion and proton beams

2019

The future opportunities for high-density QCD studies with ion and proton beams at the LHC are presented. Four major scientific goals are identified: the characterisation of the macroscopic long wavelength Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) properties with unprecedented precision, the investigation of the microscopic parton dynamics underlying QGP properties, the development of a unified picture of particle production and QCD dynamics from small (pp) to large (nucleus--nucleus) systems, the exploration of parton densities in nuclei in a broad (x, Q2) kinematic range and the search for the possible onset of parton saturation. In order to address these scientific goals, high-luminosity Pb-Pb and p-Pb p…

kinematicsHigh Energy Physics::Phenomenologyquantum chromodynamicsNuclear Experiment
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