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20202026
most citedThe PDF4LHC21 combination of global PDF fits for the LHC Run III

193 citations · 293 across the 27 of their papers we have counts for

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32 papers

hep-ph2026

A consistent NRQCD description of decays and high- prompt production of charmonia

Valerio Bertone, Jean-Philippe Lansberg, Kate Lynch +1

We present a global determination of the six long-distance matrix elements (LDMEs) within non-relativistic QCD (NRQCD) appearing in the production of prompt up to $\mathcal{O…

hep-ph2026

PineAPPLv1: fast and flexible theory predictions for present and future colliders

Tomáš Ježo, Emanuele R. Nocera, Tanjona R. Rabemananjara +3

We present PineAPPLv1, a library designed to provide accurate and flexible interpolation tables of partonic cross sections that can be convolved with parton distribution functions…

hep-ph2026

Hyperoptimisation algorithm for the next generation of PDF determinations: ensemble regression with an unbiased selection model

Juan M. Cruz-Martinez, Tommaso Giani, Tanjona R. Rabemananjara

We present a new automated procedure for selecting fitting methodologies in the determination of parton distribution functions (PDFs), based on a hyperoptimisation algorithm using…

hep-ph2026

Parton distribution functions and theory parameters: an NNPDF perspective

Richard D. Ball, Tommaso Giani, Felix Hekhorn +5

Parton Distribution Functions (PDFs) are a key ingredient in theoretical predictions for Large Hadron Collider (LHC) observables and play a central role in the extraction of precis…

hep-ph2025

Parametrisation scale invariance of Parton Distribution Function fits

Ivan A. Godino, Eva D. Z. Groenendijk, Tanjona R. Rabemananjara

In global PDF analyses, parton distribution functions (PDFs) are parametrised at a fixed input scale and evolved to higher scales using the DGLAP equations. Since QCD evoluti…

physics.acc-ph2025★ 2 cited

MuCol Milestone Report No. 7: Consolidated Parameters

Rebecca Taylor, Antoine Chancé, Dario Augusto Giove +459

This document is comprised of a collection of consolidated parameters for the key parts of the muon collider. These consolidated parameters follow on from the October 2024 Prelimin…

hep-ph2025

NeoPDF: A fast interpolation library for collinear and transverse momentum-dependent parton distributions

Tanjona R. Rabemananjara

We present NeoPDF, an interpolation library that supports both collinear and transverse momentum-dependent parton distribution functions. NeoPDF is designed to be fast and reliable…

physics.acc-ph2025★ 1 cited

The Muon Collider

Carlotta Accettura, Simon Adrian, Rohit Agarwal +450

Muons offer a unique opportunity to build a compact high-energy electroweak collider at the 10 TeV scale. A Muon Collider enables direct access to the underlying simplicity of the…

hep-ph2025

NNPDFpol2.0: a global determination of polarised PDFs and their uncertainties at next-to-next-to-leading order

Juan Cruz-Martinez, Toon Hasenack, Felix Hekhorn +6

We present NNPDFpol2.0, a new set of collinear helicity parton distribution functions (PDFs) of the proton based on legacy measurements of structure functions in inclusive neutral-…

hep-ph2025

Parton distributions confront LHC Run II data: a quantitative appraisal

Amedeo Chiefa, Mark N. Costantini, Juan Cruz-Martinez +6

We present a systematic comparison of theoretical predictions and various high-precision experimental measurements, specifically of differential cross sections performed by the LHC…

physics.acc-ph2024

MuCol Milestone Report No. 5: Preliminary Parameters

Carlotta Accettura, Simon Adrian, Rohit Agarwal +391

This document is comprised of a collection of updated preliminary parameters for the key parts of the muon collider. The updated preliminary parameters follow on from the October 2…

hep-ph2024★ 5 cited

Combination of aNLO PDFs and implications for Higgs production cross-sections at the LHC

Thomas Cridge, Lucian A. Harland-Lang, Jamie McGowan +14

We discuss how the two existing approximate NLO (aNLO) sets of parton distributions (PDFs) from the MSHT20 and NNPDF4.0 series can be combined for LHC phenomenology, both i…

hep-ph2024

Hyperparameter Optimisation in Deep Learning from Ensemble Methods: Applications to Proton Structure

Juan Cruz-Martinez, Aaron Jansen, Gijs van Oord +4

Deep learning models are defined in terms of a large number of hyperparameters, such as network architectures and optimiser settings. These hyperparameters must be determined separ…

hep-ph2024

FPF@FCC: Neutrino, QCD, and BSM Physics Opportunities with Far-Forward Experiments at a 100 TeV Proton Collider

Roshan Mammen Abraham, Jyotismita Adhikary, Jonathan L. Feng +7

Proton-proton collisions at energy-frontier facilities produce an intense flux of high-energy light particles, including neutrinos, in the forward direction. At the LHC, these part…

physics.acc-ph2024

Interim report for the International Muon Collider Collaboration (IMCC)

C. Accettura, S. Adrian, R. Agarwal +383

The International Muon Collider Collaboration (IMCC) [1] was established in 2020 following the recommendations of the European Strategy for Particle Physics (ESPP) and the implemen…

hep-ph2024

LO, NLO, and NNLO Parton Distributions for LHC Event Generators

Juan Cruz-Martinez, Stefano Forte, Niccolo Laurenti +2

We present NNPDF4.0MC, a variant of the NNPDF4.0 set of parton distributions (PDFs) at LO, NLO and NNLO, with and without inclusion of the photon PDF, suitable for use with Monte C…

hep-ph2024

Heavy Quarks in Polarised Deep-Inelastic Scattering at the Electron-Ion Collider

Felix Hekhorn, Giacomo Magni, Emanuele R. Nocera +4

We extend the FONLL general-mass variable-flavour-number scheme to the case of longitudinally polarised DIS structure functions, accounting for perturbative corrections up to $\mat…

hep-ph2024★ 2 cited

The Path to NLO Parton Distributions

The NNPDF Collaboration, Richard D. Ball, Andrea Barontini +16

We extend the existing leading (LO), next-to-leading (NLO), and next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) NNPDF4.0 sets of parton distribution functions (PDFs) to approximate next-to-ne…

hep-ph2024★ 14 cited

Yadism: Yet Another Deep-Inelastic Scattering Module

Alessandro Candido, Felix Hekhorn, Giacomo Magni +2

We present yadism, a library for the evaluation of both polarized and unpolarized deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) structure functions and cross sections up to NLO in perturbati…

hep-ph2024★ 2 cited

Determination of the theory uncertainties from missing higher orders on NNLO parton distributions with percent accuracy

The NNPDF Collaboration, Richard D. Ball, Andrea Barontini +16

We include uncertainties due to missing higher order corrections to QCD computations (MHOU) used in the determination of parton distributions (PDFs) in the recent NNPDF4.0 set of P…

hep-ph2024★ 1 cited

Photons in the proton: implications for the LHC

The NNPDF Collaboration, Richard D. Ball, Andrea Barontini +16

We construct a set of parton distribution functions (PDFs), based on the recent NNPDF4.0 PDF set, that also include a photon PDF. The photon PDF is constructed using the LuxQED for…

hep-ex2023★ 5 cited

Post-LS3 Experimental Options in ECN3

C. Ahdida, G. Arduini, K. Balazs +47

The Experimental Cavern North 3 (ECN3) is an underground experimental cavern on the CERN Prévessin site. ECN3 currently hosts the NA62 experiment, with a physics programme devoted…

hep-ph2023

The LHC as a Neutrino-Ion Collider

Juan M. Cruz-Martinez, Max Fieg, Tommaso Giani +4

Proton-proton collisions at the LHC generate a high-intensity collimated beam of neutrinos in the forward (beam) direction, characterised by energies of up to several TeV. The rece…

hep-ph2023

QCD effective charges from low-energy neutrino structure functions

Tanjona Rabemananjara

We present a new perspective on the study of the behavior of the strong coupling -- the fundamental coupling underlying the interactions between quarks and gluons as des…