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Chapter 1: Introduction and Theoretical Overview 28 than the ZM approach 10 . The CTEQ6.5M PDFs were the first ones derived using the GM formalism[106]. The impact of the new formalism is prominent for u and d quark distributions in the low-x region, for x
Chapter 1: Introduction and Theoretical Overview 29 ΣtotppZ 0 {{ X nb 2.2 2.15 2.1 2.05 2. 1.95 1.9 W & Z cross sections at the LHC NNLLNLO ResBos NLO PDF’s NNLO PDF’s 22. 18.5 19. 19.5 20. 20.5 21. 21.5 22. ΣtotppW {ΝX nb H1 MRST’04 MRST’02 MSTW’06 CTEQ6.6 AMP’06 Alekhin’02 ZEUSZM ZEUSTR ZEUSZJ Figure 1.9: Comparison of W and Z production cross-sections at the LHC calculated with ResBos using PDF sets from CTEQ, MSTW (MRST) and various other groups. The CTEQ6.6 90% confidence limit band is shown. PDF constraining potential of some of these processes in ATLAS. Z rapidity distribution: At rapidity y ≈ 0, the colliding partons have small momentum fractions x. At larger values of |y|, one parton is typically at larger x and the other one at smaller x. However, over the measurable rapidity region in ATLAS (|y|
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