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nNNPDF3.0: evidence for a modified partonic structure in heavy nuclei
| العنوان: | nNNPDF3.0: evidence for a modified partonic structure in heavy nuclei |
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| المؤلفون: | Rabah Abdul Khalek, Rhorry Gauld, Tommaso Giani, Emanuele R. Nocera, Tanjona R. Rabemananjara, Juan Rojo |
| المصدر: | European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol 82, Iss 6, Pp 1-52 (2022) |
| بيانات النشر: | SpringerOpen, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Astrophysics LCC:Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798 |
| الوصف: | Abstract We present an updated determination of nuclear parton distributions (nPDFs) from a global NLO QCD analysis of hard processes in fixed-target lepton-nucleus and proton-nucleus together with collider proton-nucleus experiments. In addition to neutral- and charged-current deep-inelastic and Drell–Yan measurements on nuclear targets, we consider the information provided by the production of electroweak gauge bosons, isolated photons, jet pairs, and charmed mesons in proton-lead collisions at the LHC across centre-of-mass energies of 5.02 TeV (Run I) and 8.16 TeV (Run II). For the first time in a global nPDF analysis, the constraints from these various processes are accounted for both in the nuclear PDFs and in the free-proton PDF baseline. The extensive dataset underlying the nNNPDF3.0 determination, combined with its model-independent parametrisation, reveals strong evidence for nuclear-induced modifications of the partonic structure of heavy nuclei, specifically for the small-x shadowing of gluons and sea quarks, as well as the large-x anti-shadowing of gluons. As a representative phenomenological application, we provide predictions for ultra-high-energy neutrino-nucleon cross-sections, relevant for data interpretation at neutrino observatories. Our results provide key input for ongoing and future experimental programs, from that of heavy-ion collisions in controlled collider environments to the study of high-energy astrophysical processes. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1434-6052 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1434-6052 |
| DOI: | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10417-7 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/26ab9d8db30b4b61a69f148bfb0a29d6 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.26ab9d8db30b4b61a69f148bfb0a29d6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 14346052 |
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| DOI: | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10417-7 |