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PDF benchmarking with LHC data
Catalog of Plots

Richard Ball, Stefano Carrazza, Luigi Del Debbio, Stefano Forte, Nathan P. Hartland,
Joey Huston, Pavel Nadolsky, Jun Gao, Juan Rojo, Daniel Stump, Robert Thorne, C.-P. Yuan.

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References

[1] R. Ball, S. Carrazza, L. Del Debbio, S. Forte, N. P. Hartland, et al., ‘‘Parton distribution benchmarking with LHC data’’, arXiv:1211.5142 [hep-ph].

1 PDFs comparison at $\alpha_{s}=0.118$

1.1 NLO at $Q^{2}=25\,\text{GeV}^{2}$

1.1.1 Evolution basis

1.1.2 Flavor basis

1.2 NNLO at $Q^{2}=25\,\text{GeV}^{2}$

1.2.1 Evolution basis

1.2.2 Flavor basis

1.3 NNLO ratios at $Q^{2}=10^{4}\,\text{GeV}^{2}$

1.3.1 Evolution basis

1.3.2 Flavor basis

2 PDFs comparison at $\alpha_{s}=0.119$

2.1 NLO at $Q^{2}=2\,\text{GeV}^{2}$

2.1.1 Evolution basis

2.1.2 Flavor basis

2.2 NNLO at $Q^{2}=2\,\text{GeV}^{2}$

2.2.1 Evolution basis

2.2.2 Flavor basis

2.3 NNLO ratios at $Q^{2}=10^{4}\,\text{GeV}^{2}$

2.3.1 Evolution basis

2.3.2 Flavor basis

3 PDFs comparison at $\alpha_{s}=0.117$

3.1 NLO at $Q^{2}=2\,\text{GeV}^{2}$

3.1.1 Evolution basis

3.1.2 Flavor basis

3.2 NNLO at $Q^{2}=2\,\text{GeV}^{2}$

3.2.1 Evolution basis

3.2.2 Flavor basis

3.3 NNLO ratios at $Q^{2}=10^{4}\,\text{GeV}^{2}$

3.3.1 Evolution basis

3.3.2 Flavor basis

4 Parton luminosities

4.1 At $\alpha_{s}=0.119$

4.2 At $\alpha_{s}=0.118$

4.3 At $\alpha_{s}=0.117$

4.4 At default $\alpha_{s}$

4.5 Relative PDF uncertainty

5 The LHC data

5.1 Predictions at $\alpha_{s}=0.119$

5.1.1 ATLAS inclusive jet data with predictions

5.1.2 ATLAS and CMS gauge boson production data with predictions

5.1.3 LHCb electroweak gauge boson production data with predictions

5.2 Predictions at $\alpha_{s}=0.118$

5.2.1 ATLAS inclusive jet data with predictions

5.2.2 ATLAS and CMS gauge boson production data with predictions

5.2.3 LHCb electroweak gauge boson production data with predictions

5.3 Predictions at $\alpha_{s}=0.117$

5.3.1 ATLAS inclusive jet data with predictions

5.3.2 ATLAS and CMS gauge boson production data with predictions

5.3.3 LHCb electroweak gauge boson production data with predictions

6 Phenomenology

6.1 Higgs

6.2 Top

6.3 W, Z bosons

7 ATLAS inclusive jet production at NLO

7.1 Comparison of NLO theoretical predictions

7.2 Distribution of residuals and best-fit nuisance parameters