Uncertainties on parton distribution functions from the ZEUS NLO QCD fit to data on deep inelastic scattering

Abstract

An NLO QCD analysis of the ZEUS data on $e^{+}p$ deep inelastic scattering together with fixed-target data has been performed from which the gluon and quark densities of the proton and the value of the strong coupling parameter, ${\alpha }_s(M_Z^2)$, have been extracted. The study includes a full treatment of the experimental systematic uncertainties, including point-to-point correlations. Different ways of incorporating correlated systematic uncertainties into the fit are discussed and compared.

8 pages, 1 figure. Invited talk at the Conference on Advanced Statistical Techniques in Particle Physics, March 18-22 2002, Durham, UK

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