EPS09: A New Generation of NLO and LO Nuclear Parton Distribution Functions
- K. Eskola, H. Paukkunen, C. Salgado
- Physics
- 24 February 2009
We present a next-to-leading order (NLO) global DGLAP analysis of nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs) and their uncertainties. Carrying out an NLO nPDF analysis for the first time with…
EPPS16: nuclear parton distributions with LHC data
- K. Eskola, Petja Paakkinen, H. Paukkunen, C. Salgado
- PhysicsEuropean Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
- 17 December 2016
A global analysis of collinearly factorized nuclear parton distribution functions (PDFs) including, for the first time, data constraints from LHC proton–lead collisions is introduced including a new set of next-to-leading order nuclear PDFs called EPPS16.
Alignment of the ALICE Inner Tracking System with cosmic-ray tracks
- K. Aamodt, V Chambert, S. Rossegger
- Physics
- 5 January 2010
ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) is the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) experiment devoted to investigating the strongly interacting matter created in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the LHC…
The CEBAF large acceptance spectrometer (CLAS)
- B. Mecking, G. Adams, J. Yun
- Physics
- 11 May 2003
The scale dependent nuclear effects in parton distributions for practical applications
- K. Eskola, V. Kolhinen, C. Salgado
- Physics
- 9 July 1998
Abstract. The scale dependence of the ratios of parton distributions in a proton of a nucleus A and in the free proton, $R_i^A(x,Q^2)=f_{i/A}(x,Q^2)/f_i(x,Q^2)$, is studied within the framework of…
A Large Hadron Electron Collider at CERN: Report on the Physics and Design Concepts for Machine and Detector
- J. Fernandez, C. Adolphsen, F. Zomer
- Physics
- 13 June 2012
This document provides a brief overview of the recently published report on the design of the Large Hadron Electron Collider (LHeC), which comprises its physics programme, accelerator physics,…
Constraints for the nuclear parton distributions from Z and W± production at the LHC
- H. Paukkunen, C. Salgado
- Physics
- 26 October 2010
The LHC is foreseen to finally bring also the nuclear collisions to the TeV scale thereby providing new possibilities for physics studies, in particular related to the electro-weak sector of the…
Impact-parameter dependent nuclear parton distribution functions: EPS09s and EKS98s and their applications in nuclear hard processes
- I. Helenius, K. Eskola, H. Honkanen, C. Salgado
- Physics
- 24 May 2012
A bstractWe determine the spatial (impact parameter) dependence of nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs) using the A-dependence of the spatially independent (averaged) global fits EPS09 and…
Calculating quenching weights
- C. Salgado, U. Wiedemann
- Physics
- 20 February 2003
We calculate the probability (``quenching weight'') that a hard parton radiates an additional energy fraction due to scattering in spatially extended QCD matter. This study is based on an exact…
Upgrade of the ALICE Experiment Letter Of Intent
- B. Abelev, J. Réal, Xiangrong Zhu
- Physics
- 1 August 2014
ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) is studying the physics of strongly interacting matter, and in particular the properties of the Quark–Gluon Plasma (QGP), using proton–proton, proton–nucleus…
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