ChiliPDF: Chebyshev Interpolation for Parton Distributions
Markus Diehl, Riccardo Nagar, Frank J. Tackmann

TL;DR
ChiliPDF introduces a Chebyshev polynomial-based interpolation method for parton distribution functions, achieving higher accuracy and lower computational costs than traditional spline methods, especially for complex numerical operations in collider physics.
Contribution
The paper presents a novel Chebyshev interpolation approach for PDFs, improving accuracy and efficiency over local methods like splines, and provides a C++ library implementation.
Findings
Higher numerical accuracy with Chebyshev interpolation
Reduced computational cost compared to spline methods
Accurate and fast numerical operations including DGLAP evolution
Abstract
Parton distribution functions (PDFs) are an essential ingredient for theoretical predictions at colliders. Since their exact form is unknown, their handling and delivery for practical applications relies on approximate numerical methods. We discuss the implementation of PDFs based on a global interpolation in terms of Chebyshev polynomials. We demonstrate that this allows for significantly higher numerical accuracy at lower computational cost compared with local interpolation methods such as splines. Whilst the numerical inaccuracy of currently used local methods can become a nontrivial limitation in high-precision applications, in our approach it is negligible for practical purposes. This holds in particular for differentiation and for Mellin convolution with kernels that have end point singularities. We illustrate our approach for these and other important numerical operations,…
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