Fragmentation Functions of Charged Hadrons at Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order and Constraints on the Proton Parton Distribution Functions

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Main Authors: Gao, Jun, Shen, XiaoMin, Xing, Hongxi, Zhao, Yuxiang, Zhou, Bin
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Published: 2025
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author Gao, Jun
Shen, XiaoMin
Xing, Hongxi
Zhao, Yuxiang
Zhou, Bin
author_facet Gao, Jun
Shen, XiaoMin
Xing, Hongxi
Zhao, Yuxiang
Zhou, Bin
contents We present the first global analysis of fragmentation functions (FFs) for light charged hadrons ($π^{\pm}$, $K^{\pm}$) at full next-to-next-to-leading order in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), incorporating world data from both single-inclusive electron-positron annihilation and semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering. The collinear factorization has been tested with low-momentum-transfer data and has demonstrated success at high hadron momenta. Additionally, we study the impact of current global data on hadron production to the parton distribution functions (PDFs), and find they favor a reduced asymmetry in the strange (anti-) quark PDFs, as compared to the asymmetry predicted by state-of-the-art PDFs derived from inclusive data.
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spellingShingle Fragmentation Functions of Charged Hadrons at Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order and Constraints on the Proton Parton Distribution Functions
Gao, Jun
Shen, XiaoMin
Xing, Hongxi
Zhao, Yuxiang
Zhou, Bin
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
We present the first global analysis of fragmentation functions (FFs) for light charged hadrons ($π^{\pm}$, $K^{\pm}$) at full next-to-next-to-leading order in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), incorporating world data from both single-inclusive electron-positron annihilation and semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering. The collinear factorization has been tested with low-momentum-transfer data and has demonstrated success at high hadron momenta. Additionally, we study the impact of current global data on hadron production to the parton distribution functions (PDFs), and find they favor a reduced asymmetry in the strange (anti-) quark PDFs, as compared to the asymmetry predicted by state-of-the-art PDFs derived from inclusive data.
title Fragmentation Functions of Charged Hadrons at Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order and Constraints on the Proton Parton Distribution Functions
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.17837