Heavy-flavor contributions at NNLO in CTEQ PDF analysis
Marco Guzzi, Pavel M. Nadolsky, Hung-Liang Lai, C.-P. Yuan

TL;DR
This paper presents a next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) implementation of a scheme for accurately calculating heavy-flavor contributions in deep-inelastic scattering, improving precision in parton distribution functions.
Contribution
It introduces a practical NNLO realization of the S-ACOT-χ scheme for heavy-flavor production in DIS, with detailed implementation and example calculations.
Findings
Successful implementation of NNLO calculations for heavy-flavor structure functions
Enhanced precision in modeling heavy-flavor contributions in DIS
Practical framework for future PDF analyses
Abstract
We discuss an NNLO realization of the general mass scheme S-ACOT- for treatment of heavy-flavour production in neutral current deep-inelastic scattering. Practical implementation of the NNLO calculation is illustrated on the example of semi-inclusive structure functions and .
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Taxonomy
TopicsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers · Superconducting Materials and Applications
