Parton Distribution Uncertainties using Smoothness Prior

Abstract

A study of the parameterization uncertainty at low Bjorken $x\le 0.1$ for the parton distribution functions of the proton is presented. The study is based on the HERA I combined data using a flexible parameterization form based on Chebyshev polynomials with and without an additional regularization constraint. The accuracy of the data allows to determine the gluon density in the kinematic range of $0.0005\le x\le 0.05$ with a small parameterization uncertainty. An additional regularization prior leads to a significantly reduced uncertainty for $x\le 0.0005$.

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