Speaker
Amedeo Chiefa
(The University of Edinburgh)
Description
We present a new determination of the helicity-dependent parton distribution functions (PDFs) of the proton from a set of longitudinally polarised inclusive deep-inelastic scattering and semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering data. The determination includes, for the first time, next-to-next-to-leading order QCD corrections to both processes, and is carried out in a framework that combines a neural-network parametrisation of PDFs with a Monte Carlo representation of their uncertainties. We discuss the quality of the determination, in particular its dependence on higher-order corrections, on theoretical constraints, and on the choice of data set.
Author
Amedeo Chiefa
(The University of Edinburgh)
