Parton distribution functions in nuclei


3rd version (2007)

Determination of nuclear parton distribution functions and their uncertainties at next-to-leading order
M. Hirai, S. Kumano, T.-H. Nagai,
Phys. Rev. C76 (2007) 065207 (arXiv:0709.3038)

For getting the 2007 version (note: ed=1 version) of our nuclear parton distributions (npdf07-v1_1.tar.gz: The above bug (1) is fixed.),
please click here. The ed=free version could be obtained upon email request.

    The file npdf07-v1_1.tar.gz contains the following files.
  • npdf07e.f: FORTRAN subroutine source file.
    For uncertainty studies by the Hessian method, the inverse matrix of Hessian (error matrix)
    can be used by declaring a common block: COMMON/ERRM/EM(12,12).
  • sample_npdf07e.f: Grid-data-table file for NLO set of the gradient terms in Ca
  • EM.inc: Include file called in npdf07e.f. It indiates the error matrix.
  • ...
  • npdfCa_LO.grd: Grid-data-table file for LO set of the PDFs in Ca
  • gradCa_LO.grd: Grid-data-table file for LO set of the gradient terms in Ca
  • npdfCa_NLO.grd: Grid-data-table file for NLO set of the PDFs in Ca
  • gradCa_NLO.grd: Grid-data-table file for NLO set of the gradient terms in Ca
  • ...
  • Grid files for other nuclei
  • ...


2nd version (2004)

Nuclear parton distribution functions and their uncertainties,
M. Hirai, S. Kumano, T.-H. Nagai,
Phys. Rev. C70 (2004) 044905 (hep-ph/0404093).

For getting the 2004 version of our nuclear parton distributions (npdf04.tar.gz),
please click here.


1st version (2001)

Determination of nuclear parton distributions,
M. Hirai, S. Kumano, M. Miyama,
Phys. Rev. D64 (2001) 034003 (hep-ph/0103208).

For getting the 2001 version of our nuclear parton distributions (saga01.tar.gz),
please click here.

From the enclosed FORTRAN program, one can obtain nuclear parton distribution functions
(xuv, xdv, xqbar, xg) for a specified nucleus at a given x and Q^2 point within the range,
10^(-9)<=x<=1, 1<=Q^2<10^5 GeV^2. See the enclosed "Readme" file and the Appendix section
of the Phys. Rev. D paper for the details.