IMPLICATIONS OF HADRON COLLIDER OBSERVABLES ON PARTON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION UNCERTAINTIES - ART. NO. 094023

Standard parton distribution function sets do not have rigorously quan tified uncertainties. In recent years it has become apparent that thes e uncertainties play an important role in the interpretation of hadron collider data. In this paper, using the framework of statistical infe rence, we illustrate a technique that can be used to efficiently propa gate the uncertainties to new observables, assess the compatibility of new data with an initial fit, and, in case the compatibility is good, include the new data in the fit. [S0556-2821(98)02019-0]