PoS - Proceedings of Science
Volume 469 - 31st International Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS2024) - WG1: Structure Functions and Parton Densities
Exact NNLO corrections vs K-factors in PDF fits
T. Sharma
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Pre-published on: December 27, 2024
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Abstract
Parton distribution functions (PDFs) often include datasets corresponding to processes whereby
the theoretical predictions at next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in peturbative QCD have to be
approximated, and this approximation may be performed using K-factors, which in turn depend on
the PDF set used to compute them. In this study, we investigate the impact of K-factors produced
with various PDF sets, namely CT18, MSHT20 and NNPDF4.0 on (differential) cross sections
of top pair production at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Furthermore, we perform a new fit
(otherwise analogous to NNPDF4.0 with MHOUs) where the exact NNLO corrections are used
in the fitting procedure and compare the K-factors obtained from this fit with those obtained from
the above mentioned PDF sets. We find good agreement amongst K-factors obtained from these
different PDF sets.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.469.0043
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