# Uncertainties on αS in global PDF analyses and implications for predicted hadronic cross sections

@article{Martin2009UncertaintiesO,
title={Uncertainties on $\alpha$S in global PDF analyses and implications for predicted hadronic cross sections},
author={A D Martin and William James Stirling and Robert Samuel Thorne and Graeme Watt},
journal={The European Physical Journal C},
year={2009},
volume={64},
pages={653-680}
}
• Published 21 May 2009
• Physics
• The European Physical Journal C
AbstractWe determine the uncertainty on the strong coupling αS due to the experimental errors on the data fitted in global analysis of hard-scattering data, within the standard framework of leading-twist fixed-order collinear factorisation in the $\overline{\mathrm{MS}}$ scheme, finding that αS(MZ2)=0.1202−0.0015+0.0012 at next-to-leading order (NLO) and αS(MZ2)=0.1171−0.0014+0.0014 at next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO). We do not address in detail the issue of the additional theory…
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