Global Fits of Parton Distributions
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The fundamental quantities one requires in the calculation of scattering processes involving hadronic particles are the parton distributions. Global fits [1]-[7] use all available data, largely structure functions, and the most up-todate QCD calculations, currently NLO–in–αs(Q ), to best determine these parton distributions and their consequences. In the global fits input partons are parameterized as, e.g.
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