TL;DR
This paper reviews the current understanding of nuclear parton distribution functions (PDFs), discusses future research directions, and emphasizes the importance of proton-nucleus collision measurements at the LHC for advancing nuclear PDF knowledge.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive review of nuclear PDFs and advocates for specific experimental measurements at the LHC to improve their determination.
Findings
Current nuclear PDFs are well-studied but still have uncertainties.
Proton-nucleus measurements at the LHC can significantly refine nuclear PDF models.
Future prospects include more precise global analyses of nuclear parton distributions.
Abstract
I review the current status of global analysis of nuclear parton distributions and discuss some near-future prospects. I also advocate proton-nucleus (p-) measurements at the LHC with from the viewpoint of nuclear parton distributions.
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TopicsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Computational Physics and Python Applications · Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions