The photon parton distribution function: updates and applications
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| author | Manohar, Aneesh Nason, Paolo Salam, Gavin Zanderighi, Giulia |
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| contents | The photon parton distribution function (PDF) of the proton is crucial for precise comparisons of LHC cross sections with theoretical predictions. However, it was previously affected by very large uncertainties of around ${\cal O}(100\%)$ or dependent upon phenomenologically inspired models. In the paper~\cite{Manohar:2016nzj}, we demonstrated how the photon PDF could be determined using the proton structure functions $F_2$ and $F_L$ measured in electron--proton scattering experiments. We provided an explicit formula for the PDF, which can be systematically improved order by order in perturbation theory. We obtained a photon PDF with errors $\lesssim 2$\% for $10^{-4} < x < 0.1$. Here, we recall the underlying idea and method used to obtain this result, as well as the progress made since then. |
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| spellingShingle | The photon parton distribution function: updates and applications Manohar, Aneesh Nason, Paolo Salam, Gavin Zanderighi, Giulia High Energy Physics - Phenomenology The photon parton distribution function (PDF) of the proton is crucial for precise comparisons of LHC cross sections with theoretical predictions. However, it was previously affected by very large uncertainties of around ${\cal O}(100\%)$ or dependent upon phenomenologically inspired models. In the paper~\cite{Manohar:2016nzj}, we demonstrated how the photon PDF could be determined using the proton structure functions $F_2$ and $F_L$ measured in electron--proton scattering experiments. We provided an explicit formula for the PDF, which can be systematically improved order by order in perturbation theory. We obtained a photon PDF with errors $\lesssim 2$\% for $10^{-4} < x < 0.1$. Here, we recall the underlying idea and method used to obtain this result, as well as the progress made since then. |
| title | The photon parton distribution function: updates and applications |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12719 |