期刊
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
卷 82, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.054021
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- U.S. National Science Foundation [PHY-0855561, PHY-0705862]
- National Science Council of Taiwan [NSC-98-2112-M-133-002-MY3, NSC-99-2918-I-133-001]
- Lightner-Sams Foundation
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Physics [705682, 757758] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Physics [0855561] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
We examine the dependence of parton distribution functions (PDFs) on the value of the QCD coupling strength alpha(s)(M-Z). We explain a simple method that is rigorously valid in the quadratic approximation normally applied in PDF fitting, and fully reproduces the correlated dependence of theoretical cross sections on alpha(s) and PDF parameters. This method is based on a statistical relation that allows one to add the uncertainty produced by alpha(s), computed with some special PDF sets, in quadrature with the PDF uncertainty obtained for the fixed alpha(s) value (such as the CTEQ6.6 PDF set). A series of four CTEQ6.6AS PDFs realizing this approach, for alpha(s) values in the interval 0: 116 <= alpha(s)(M-Z) <= 0.120, is presented. Using these PDFs, the combined alpha(s) and PDF uncertainty is assessed for theoretical predictions at the Fermilab Tevatron and Large Hadron Collider.
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