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EPS09 - Global NLO analysis of nuclear PDFs
Kari J. EskolaHannu PaukkunenCarlos A. Salgadosubject
PhysicsParticle physicsHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)High Energy Physics::PhenomenologyNuclear TheoryDrell–Yan processFOS: Physical sciencesStatistical analysisHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentDeep inelastic scatteringNuclear Experimentdescription
In this talk, we present our recent work on next-to-leading order (NLO) nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs), which we call EPS09. As an extension to earlier NLO analyses, we complement the deep inelastic scattering and Drell-Yan dilepton data by inclusive midrapidity pion production measurements from RHIC to reduce the otherwize large freedom of the nuclear gluon densities. In addition, our Hessian-type error analysis leading to a collection of nPDF error sets, is the first of its kind among the nPDF analyses.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-06-16 |