Uncertainties on alpha_S in global PDF analyses and implications for predicted hadronic cross sections

Details Uncertainties on alpha_S in global PDF analyses and implications for predicted hadronic cross sections Uncertainties on alpha_S in global PDF analyses and implications for predicted hadronic cross sections

2009-05-21

arxiv.org/abs/0905.3531v2

Eur.Phys.J.C64:653-680,2009

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

45 pages, 17 figures. Grids can be found at http://projects.hepforge.org/mstwpdf/ and in LHAPDF V5.7.1. v2: version to appea

Scientific paper

10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1164-2

We determine the uncertainty on the strong coupling alpha_S due to the experimental errors on the data fitted in global analysis of hard-scattering data, within the standard framework of leading-twist fixed-order collinear factorisation in the MSbar scheme, finding that alpha_S(M_Z^2) = 0.1202^{+0.0012}_{-0.0015} at next-to-leading order (NLO) and alpha_S(M_Z^2) = 0.1171^{+0.0014}_{-0.0014} at next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO). We do not address in detail the issue of the additional theory uncertainty on alpha_S(M_Z^2), but an estimate is +/-0.003 at NLO and at most +/-0.002 at NNLO. We investigate the interplay between uncertainties on alpha_S and uncertainties on parton distribution functions (PDFs). We show, for the first time, how both these sources of uncertainty can be accounted for simultaneously in calculations of cross sections, and we provide eigenvector PDF sets with different fixed alpha_S values to allow further studies by the general user. We illustrate the application of these PDF sets by calculating cross sections for W, Z, Higgs boson and inclusive jet production at the Tevatron and LHC.

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