The PDF4LHC Working Group Interim Recommendations

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Authors

M. Botje · National Institute for Subatomic Physics

J. M. Butterworth · University College London

A. M. Cooper-Sarkar · University of Oxford

A. De Roeck · European Organization for Nuclear Research

Joël Feltesse · CEA Paris-Saclay - Etablissement de Saclay

Stefano Forte · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano

Alexander Glazov

Abstract

This note provides an interim summary of the current recommendations of the PDF4LHC working group for the use of parton distribution functions (PDFs) and of PDF uncertainties at the LHC, for cross section and cross section uncertainty calculations. It also contains a succinct user guide to the computation of PDF uncertainties and correlations using available PDF sets. A companion note (the PDF4LHC Working Group Interim Report) summarizes predictions for benchmark cross sections at the LHC (7 TeV) at NLO using modern PDFs currently available from 6 PDF fitting groups.

Topics & Keywords

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

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Publication Details

Published in: arXiv (Cornell University)

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1101.0538