125 research outputs found
Limits on Lorentz Violation from the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays
We place several new limits on Lorentz violating effects, which can modify
particles' dispersion relations, by considering the highest energy cosmic rays
observed. Since these are hadrons, this involves considering the partonic
content of such cosmic rays. We get a number of bounds on differences in
maximum propagation speeds, which are typically bounded at the 10^{-21} level,
and on momentum dependent dispersion corrections of the form v = 1 +-
p^2/Lambda^2, which typically bound Lambda > 10^{21} GeV, well above the Planck
scale. For (CPT violating) dispersion correction of the form v = 1 + p/Lambda,
the bounds are up to 15 orders of magnitude beyond the Planck scale.Comment: 24 pages, no figures. Added references, very slight changes. Version
published in Physical Review
Parton distribution functions from the precise NNLO QCD fit
We report the parton distribution functions (PDFs) determined from the NNLO
QCD analysis of the world inclusive DIS data with account of the precise NNLO
QCD corrections to the evolution equations kernel. The value of strong coupling
constant \alpha_s^{NNLO}(M_Z)=0.1141(14), in fair agreement with one obtained
using the earlier approximate NNLO kernel by van Neerven-Vogt. The intermediate
bosons rates calculated in the NNLO using obtained PDFs are in agreement to the
latest Run II results.Comment: 8 pages, LATEX, 2 figures (EPS
Next-to-next-to-leading order fits to CCFR'97 data and infrared renormalons
We briefly summarize the outcomes of our recent improved fits to the
experimental data of CCFR collaboration for structure function of deep-inelastic scattering at the next-to-next-to-leading order. Special
attention is paid to the extraction of and the parameter of the
infrared renormalon model for -correction at different orders of
perturbation theory. The results can be of interest for planning similar
studies using possible future data of Neutrino Factories.Comment: 3 pages, presented at WG3 of 4th NuFact'02 Workshop, London 1-6 July,
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NNLO corrections to massive lepton-pair production in longitudinally polarized proton-proton collisions
We present the full next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) coefficient
functions for the polarized cross section for the Drell-Yan
process . Here denotes any inclusive hadronic
state and represents the invariant mass of the lepton pair. All QCD
partonic subprocesses have been included provided the lepton pair is created by
a virtual photon, which is a valid approximation for GeV. Unlike the
differential distribution w.r.t. transverse momentum the dominant subprocess
for the integrated cross section is given by and
its higher order corrections so that massive lepton pair production provides us
with an excellent tool to measure the polarized anti-quark densities. Our
calculations are carried out using the method of -dimensional regularization
by making a special choice for the matrix. We give predictions for
double longitudinal spin asymmetry measurements at the RHIC.Comment: 45 pages, 22 figures. Due to a bug in our program the mass
factorization plots in fig. 8-11 are changed. All parton density sets, in
particular the set BB1 (J. Blumlein, H. Bottcher), lead to an improvement in
the scale dependence while going from LO to NLO and then to NNL
The 16th Moment of the Non--Singlet Structure Functions and to
We present the results of an analytic next--to--next--to leading order QCD
calculation of the non--singlet anomalous dimension and
the coefficient functions associated to the deeply inelastic
structure functions and for the Mellin moment N=16.
Comparisons are made with results in the literature.Comment: 11 pages, 1 style file, 1 figur
Parton distributions from deep-inelastic-scattering data
We perform the analysis of existing light-targets deep-inelastic-scattering
(DIS) data in the leading-order (LO), next-to-leading-order (NLO), and
next-to-next-to-leading-order (NNLO) QCD approximations and extract PDFs
simultaneously with the value of the strong coupling constant and
the high-twist contribution to the structure functions. The main theoretical
uncertainties and experimental uncertainties due to all sources of experimental
errors in data are estimated, the latter generally dominate for the obtained
PDFs. The uncertainty in Higgs boson production cross section due to errors in
PDFs is % for the LHC and varies from 2% to 10% for the Fermilab
collider under variation of the Higgs boson mass from to . For the -boson production cross section the uncertainty is % for the both colliders. The value of is obtained, while the high-twist terms do
not vanish up to the NNLO as required by comparison to data
Spin structure of the nucleon: QCD evolution, lattice results and models
The question how the spin of the nucleon is distributed among its quark and
gluon constituents is still a subject of intense investigations. Lattice QCD
has progressed to provide information about spin fractions and orbital angular
momentum contributions for up- and down-quarks in the proton, at a typical
scale \mu^2~4 GeV^2. On the other hand, chiral quark models have traditionally
been used for orientation at low momentum scales. In the comparison of such
model calculations with experiment or lattice QCD, fixing the model scale and
the treatment of scale evolution are essential. In this paper, we present a
refined model calculation and a QCD evolution of lattice results up to
next-to-next-to-leading order. We compare this approach with the Myhrer-Thomas
scenario for resolving the proton spin puzzle.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, equation (9) has been corrected leading to a
revised figure 1b. Revision matches published versio
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