Large-x power laws of parton distributions remain inconclusive

Authors

  • Aurore Courtoy Instituto de Física, UNAM
  • Pavel M. Nadolsky Southern Methodist University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31349/SuplRevMexFis.3.0308085

Keywords:

parton distribution functions, hadron structure, quark counting rules

Abstract

Focusing on hadron scattering at large partonic momentum fractions x, we compare nonperturbative QCD predictions for the asymptotic behavior of DIS structure functions and parton distribution functions (PDFs) to the x and Q dependence of phenomenological PDFs. In the CT18 NNLO global QCD analysis, higher-order radiative contributions and functional mimicry of PDF parametrizations result in about one unit of uncertainty in the effective powers of (1 − x) falloff of nucleon PDFs. Similar uncertainties are present in the case of the pion PDF, an object of growing interest in phenomenology.

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2022-07-08

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Courtoy A, Nadolsky PM. Large-x power laws of parton distributions remain inconclusive. Supl. Rev. Mex. Fis. [Internet]. 2022 Jul. 8 [cited 2024 Dec. 21];3(3):0308085 1-5. Available from: https://rmf.smf.mx/ojs/index.php/rmf-s/article/view/6153

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Vol. 3 No. 3 (2022): Suplemento de la Revista Mexicana de Física. 19th International conference on hadron spectroscopy and structure in memoriam Simon Eidelman

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QCD and hadron structure

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