CT25: Progress toward next-generation PDFs for precision phenomenology at the LHC

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Autori principali: Ablat, A., Courtoy, A., Dulat, S., Fu, Y., Guzzi, M., Hobbs, T. J., Huston, J., Mohan, K., Nadolsky, P., Ponce-Chavez, M., Stump, D., Xie, K., Yuan, C. -P.
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author Ablat, A.
Courtoy, A.
Dulat, S.
Fu, Y.
Guzzi, M.
Hobbs, T. J.
Huston, J.
Mohan, K.
Nadolsky, P.
Ponce-Chavez, M.
Stump, D.
Xie, K.
Yuan, C. -P.
author_facet Ablat, A.
Courtoy, A.
Dulat, S.
Fu, Y.
Guzzi, M.
Hobbs, T. J.
Huston, J.
Mohan, K.
Nadolsky, P.
Ponce-Chavez, M.
Stump, D.
Xie, K.
Yuan, C. -P.
contents We summarize recent progress toward the next generation of CTEQ-TEA parton distribution functions, CT25, based on a global NNLO analysis that incorporates a significant sample of newly included LHC data. We present a baseline fit within the forthcoming full CT25 fit, which includes new Drell-Yan, top-pair, and inclusive-jet data at 8 and 13 TeV, and exhibits non-trivial pulls on the high-$x$ gluon and the flavor structure of the quark sea. In the context of progress toward CT25, we also summarize several recent and ongoing studies of the interplay between phenomenological PDFs and lattice-QCD calculations, simultaneous extractions of $α_s(M_Z)$ within the CT framework, and an expanded program of uncertainty quantification that treats parametrization dependence as an explicit source of epistemic uncertainty, among other issues. We also briefly highlight CT efforts to understand the effects of partial implementations of N$^3$LO corrections into PDF fits, which include benchmark calculations for Higgs and vector-boson processes. We comment on the implications of recent improvements to the CT analysis for precision phenomenology at the LHC and future facilities.
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spellingShingle CT25: Progress toward next-generation PDFs for precision phenomenology at the LHC
Ablat, A.
Courtoy, A.
Dulat, S.
Fu, Y.
Guzzi, M.
Hobbs, T. J.
Huston, J.
Mohan, K.
Nadolsky, P.
Ponce-Chavez, M.
Stump, D.
Xie, K.
Yuan, C. -P.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Theory
We summarize recent progress toward the next generation of CTEQ-TEA parton distribution functions, CT25, based on a global NNLO analysis that incorporates a significant sample of newly included LHC data. We present a baseline fit within the forthcoming full CT25 fit, which includes new Drell-Yan, top-pair, and inclusive-jet data at 8 and 13 TeV, and exhibits non-trivial pulls on the high-$x$ gluon and the flavor structure of the quark sea. In the context of progress toward CT25, we also summarize several recent and ongoing studies of the interplay between phenomenological PDFs and lattice-QCD calculations, simultaneous extractions of $α_s(M_Z)$ within the CT framework, and an expanded program of uncertainty quantification that treats parametrization dependence as an explicit source of epistemic uncertainty, among other issues. We also briefly highlight CT efforts to understand the effects of partial implementations of N$^3$LO corrections into PDF fits, which include benchmark calculations for Higgs and vector-boson processes. We comment on the implications of recent improvements to the CT analysis for precision phenomenology at the LHC and future facilities.
title CT25: Progress toward next-generation PDFs for precision phenomenology at the LHC
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19779