Fragmentation Functions of light charged hadrons
Fragmentation Functions of light charged hadrons
- Event time: 2:00pm
- Event date: 8th November 2017
- Speaker: Emanuele Roberto Nocera (Formerly School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
- Location: Higgs Centre Seminar Room, Room 4305, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
I discuss the determination of the fragmentation functions (FFs) of light charged hadrons from a wide set of single-inclusive electron-positron annihilation cross section measurements. Specifically, I focus on the recent effort made by the NNPDF collaboration, using a methodology based on Monte Carlo sampling of experimental uncertainties and Neural Networks for parton parametrisation. I discuss the quality of the NNPDF determination, including its stability upon inclusion of higher-order corrections, and some of its implications in the investigation of the spin structure of the nucleon and in the description of the hadron spectra measured at the LHC.
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The Particle Physics Theory seminar is a weekly series of talks reflecting the diverse interests of the group. Topics include analytic and numerical calculations based on the Standard Model of elementary particle physics, theories exploring new physics, as well as more formal developments in gauge theories and gravity..