Extraction of Spin-Averaged PDFs and Nuclear Effects at High $x$

13 Apr 2021, 12:00
18m
Virtual (Stony Brook, NY)

Virtual

Stony Brook, NY

Online
Contributed Talk Structure Functions and Parton Densities Structure function and parton densities

Speaker

Christopher Cocuzza (Temple University)

Description

We present a new global QCD analysis of inclusive DIS data, using a Monte Carlo approach to extract the spin-averaged PDFs. We focus on the high-$x$, low-$W$ region, where effects from power corrections, such as target mass corrections (TMCs) and higher twists, are important. We focus in particular on the quantification of the nuclear corrections, including Fermi motion, binding and nucleon off-shell effects, in the deuterium nucleus. We quantify the effects on the extracted PDFs and the nuclear corrections from various theoretical treatments of the power corrections and nuclear wave functions.

Primary authors

Christopher Cocuzza (Temple University) Dr Jacob Ethier (Nikhef) Mr Wally Melnitchouk (Jefferson Lab) Andreas Metz (Temple University) Mr Nobuo Sato-Gonzalez (Jefferson Lab)

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