Nuclear PDF determination using Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods

28.03.2023, 18:15
2h 15m
Stadthalle (Aschaffenburg)

Stadthalle

Aschaffenburg

Schloßpl. 1 63739 Aschaffenburg
Gremium: ET-7
Poster Early time dynamics and nuclear PDFs Poster Session

Sprecher

Nasim Derakhshanian (Institute of nuclear physics PAN)

Beschreibung

Nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs) are an essential part in predictions of heavy-ion collisions. nPDFs have been determined via "global QCD analysis" in which nPDF-dependent prediction of a given process compares with its actual measurement. The challenging part of nPDF extraction is the uncertainty estimation. The most common approach for this purpose is Hessian method which has certain shortcomings, especially in the case of nuclear PDFs. In this presentation I will show a case study for an alternative approach where nPDF uncertainties are estimated using the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods.

Affiliation

Institute of nuclear physics PAN

Experiment/Theory Theory/Phenomenology

Hauptautor

Nasim Derakhshanian (Institute of nuclear physics PAN)

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