First simultaneous analysis of transverse momentum dependent \\ and collinear parton distributions in the proton

Oral-In-person

Abstract

We present the first simultaneous global QCD analysis of unpolarized transverse momentum dependent (TMD) and collinear parton distribution functions (PDFs) in the proton. 

Our study incorporates data from deep-inelastic scattering, Drell-Yan, inclusive weak boson, W+charm, and jet production involving PDFs, as well as TMD Drell-Yan and Z-boson production data from fixed target and collider experiments sensitive to both TMD and collinear distributions.

The analysis is performed at next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy for QCD resummation in TMD observables and next-to-leading order for observables described in collinear factorization. 

The combined analysis improves knowledge of both TMD and collinear PDFs, particularly in the sea-quark sector, providing a consistent simultaneous description of the aforementioned observables.

Presenters

  • Alexei Prokudin

    • Penn State Berks

Authors

  • Alexei Prokudin

    • Penn State Berks
  • Patrick Barry

    • Argonne National Laboratory
  • Trey Anderson

    • College of William & Mary
  • Christina Cocuzza

    • College of William & Mary
  • Leonard Gamberg

    • Pennsylvania State University
  • Wally Melnitchouk

    • Jefferson Lab/Jefferson Science Associates
  • Eric Moffat

    • Argonne National Laboratory
  • Daniel Pitonyak

    • Lebanon Valley College
  • Jianwei Qiu

    • Jefferson Lab/Jefferson Science Associates
  • Nobuo Sato

    • Jefferson Lab/Jefferson Science Associates
  • Alexey Vladimirov

    • UCM
  • Richard Whitehill

    • ODU