Nuclear parton distribution functions after the first decade of LHC data

M Klasen, H Paukkunen - Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
We present a review of the conceptual basis, current knowledge, and recent progress
regarding global analysis of nuclear parton distribution functions (PDFs). After introducing …

Direct real photons in relativistic heavy ion collisions

G David - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Direct real photons are arguably the most versatile tools to study relativistic heavy ion
collisions. They are produced, by various mechanisms, during the entire space-time history …

nNNPDF3. 0: evidence for a modified partonic structure in heavy nuclei

R Abdul Khalek, R Gauld, T Giani, ER Nocera… - The European Physical …, 2022 - Springer
We present an updated determination of nuclear parton distributions (nPDFs) from a global
NLO QCD analysis of hard processes in fixed-target lepton-nucleus and proton-nucleus …

nNNPDF2. 0: quark flavor separation in nuclei from LHC data

RA Khalek, JJ Ethier, J Rojo, G van Weelden - Journal of High Energy …, 2020 - Springer
A bstract We present a model-independent determination of the nuclear parton distribution
functions (nPDFs) using machine learning methods and Monte Carlo techniques based on …

NNLO nuclear parton distribution functions with electroweak-boson production data from the LHC

I Helenius, M Walt, W Vogelsang - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
We present new sets of nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs) at next-to-leading
order and next-to-next-to-leading order in perturbative QCD. Our analyses are based on …

Hot QCD white paper

M Arslandok, SA Bass, AA Baty, I Bautista… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Hot QCD physics studies the nuclear strong force under extreme temperature and densities.
Experimentally these conditions are achieved via high-energy collisions of heavy ions at the …

Reweighted nuclear PDFs using heavy-flavor production data at the LHC

A Kusina, JP Lansberg, I Schienbein, HS Shao - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
We present the reweighting of two sets of nuclear parton distribution functions (PDFs),
nCTEQ15 and EPPS16, using a selection of experimental data on heavy-flavor meson [D 0 …

Jet charge modification in finite QCD matter

HT Li, I Vitev - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
Jet production and jet substructure modification in heavy-ion collisions have played an
essential role in revealing the in-medium evolution of parton showers and the determination …

Contribution to differential and modification in small systems from color fluctuation effects

DV Perepelitsa - Physical Review C, 2024 - APS
A major complication in the search for jet quenching in proton-or deuteron-nucleus collision
systems is the presence of physical effects which influence the experimental determination …

Prompt photon production in high-energy collisions at forward rapidity

G Sampaio dos Santos, G Gil da Silveira… - Physical Review C, 2020 - APS
Prompt photon production in hadronic collisions at energies available at RHIC and at the
LHC is investigated within the QCD color dipole approach. Predictions for the nuclear …