Strong Coupling Constant Determination from the new CTEQ-TEA Global QCD Analysis

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Autores principales: Ablat, Alim, Dulat, Sayipjamal, Guzzi, Marco, Huston, Joey, Mohan, Kirtimaan, Nadolsky, Pavel, Stump, Dan, Yuan, C. -P.
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author Ablat, Alim
Dulat, Sayipjamal
Guzzi, Marco
Huston, Joey
Mohan, Kirtimaan
Nadolsky, Pavel
Stump, Dan
Yuan, C. -P.
author_facet Ablat, Alim
Dulat, Sayipjamal
Guzzi, Marco
Huston, Joey
Mohan, Kirtimaan
Nadolsky, Pavel
Stump, Dan
Yuan, C. -P.
contents We present a new determination of the strong coupling constant $α_s$ from a global QCD analysis CT25 of parton distribution functions (PDFs) that incorporates high-precision experimental measurements from the Run-2 of the Large Hadron Collider together with a large sample of other measurements over a wide interval of energies. This work addresses two objectives: providing an up-to-date determination of $α_s$ using NNLO calculations and a sensitive nucleon data set within a self-consistent framework, and critically assessing the robustness of the $α_s(M_Z)$ extraction in light of systematic uncertainties as well as correlations of $α_s(M_Z)$ with the functional forms of PDFs and other model parameters. In regard to the uncertainty assessment, we demonstrate that some commonly used criteria, including the dynamical tolerance and Bayesian hierarchical models, may produce significantly different or even unstable estimates for the net $α_s$ uncertainty, and we introduce a concept of \textit{data-clustering safety} that the replicable uncertainty estimates must satisfy. Based on this in-depth examination of the CT25 global hadronic data set using a combination of analysis methods, and after demonstrating a weak correlation between $α_s$ and the functional forms of CT25 PDF parametrizations, we find $α_s(M_Z)=0.1183^{+0.0023}_{-0.0020}$ at the 68\% credibility level.
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spellingShingle Strong Coupling Constant Determination from the new CTEQ-TEA Global QCD Analysis
Ablat, Alim
Dulat, Sayipjamal
Guzzi, Marco
Huston, Joey
Mohan, Kirtimaan
Nadolsky, Pavel
Stump, Dan
Yuan, C. -P.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We present a new determination of the strong coupling constant $α_s$ from a global QCD analysis CT25 of parton distribution functions (PDFs) that incorporates high-precision experimental measurements from the Run-2 of the Large Hadron Collider together with a large sample of other measurements over a wide interval of energies. This work addresses two objectives: providing an up-to-date determination of $α_s$ using NNLO calculations and a sensitive nucleon data set within a self-consistent framework, and critically assessing the robustness of the $α_s(M_Z)$ extraction in light of systematic uncertainties as well as correlations of $α_s(M_Z)$ with the functional forms of PDFs and other model parameters. In regard to the uncertainty assessment, we demonstrate that some commonly used criteria, including the dynamical tolerance and Bayesian hierarchical models, may produce significantly different or even unstable estimates for the net $α_s$ uncertainty, and we introduce a concept of \textit{data-clustering safety} that the replicable uncertainty estimates must satisfy. Based on this in-depth examination of the CT25 global hadronic data set using a combination of analysis methods, and after demonstrating a weak correlation between $α_s$ and the functional forms of CT25 PDF parametrizations, we find $α_s(M_Z)=0.1183^{+0.0023}_{-0.0020}$ at the 68\% credibility level.
title Strong Coupling Constant Determination from the new CTEQ-TEA Global QCD Analysis
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.23792