CT14 PDF files for LHAPDF v.5 IMPORTANT: compile the LHAPDF library with the patched CTEQ wrapper below to correctly include all 56 CT14 PDF error sets in your calculation Available files ==== CT14nlo.LHgrid -- CT14 NLO, for LHAPDF v. 5 CT14nlo_as.tar.gz -- alpha_s series for CT14 NLO CT14nnlo.LHgrid -- CT14 NNLO, for LHAPDF v. 5 CT14nnlo_as.tar.gz -- alpha_s series for CT14 NNLO CT14additional5.tar.gz -- CT14 LO fits and fits with up to 3, 4, and 6 active flavors wrapct12.f -- a corrected wrapper for LHAPDF v.5; the maximal allowed number of Hessian sets was increased to accommodate 57 sets of CT14 CT14 sets at leading order (LO) and in the fixed-flavor number scheme Two families of LO sets are provided: CT14lo -- obtained with LO DGLAP evolution and two-loop evolution of alpha_s(Q); alpha_s(M_Z) = 0.118; CT14llo -- obtained with LO DGLAP evolution and one-loop evolution of alpha_s(Q); alpha_s(M_Z) = 0.130. By default, CT14 PDFs are obtained in a general-mass scheme SACOT-chi with up to 5 active quark flavors. At each QCD order, we also provide special sets with up to 3, 4, and 6 quark flavors in the PDFs. The 6-flavor PDFs include the top quark as the active flavor at Q > m_top. The 3- and 4-flavor PDF sets are obtained by the following procedure. 1. Take a variable-flavor-number (VFN) set with max Nf=5, such as CT10 NNLO 2. For the boundary conditions, take the PDF parametrization from this set at the initial energy scale Q_0 = 1.295 GeV, and the QCD coupling alpha_s(Q, nf) at the tau-lepton mass m_tau. Evolve alpha_s(M_Z,5)=0.118 down to Q=m_tau including the bottom mass threshold and convert it to alpha_s(m_tau,3) or alpha_s(m_tau,4). 3. Evolve alpha_s(m_tau, nf) and the PDFs to higher scales Q > Q_0 using nf-flavor evolution equations with nf=3 or 4. The value of alpha_s(M_Z) from this evolution will generally be different from 0.118. The following LO and fixed-flavor PDF sets are available. PDF Maximal no. Loops in alpha_s(Q) grid set of flavors beta-function is set to.. file CT14 NNLO 3 3 0.1056 at Q=m_Z CT14nnlo_NF3 0.312 at Q=m_tau CT14 NNLO 4 3 0.113 at Q=m_Z CT14nnlo_NF4 0.319 at Q=m_tau CT14 NNLO 6 3 0.118000 at Q=m_Z CT14nnlo_NF6 CT14 NLO 3 2 0.106 at Q=m_Z CT14nlo_NF3 0.309 at Q=m_tau CT14 NLO 4 2 0.1128 at Q=m_Z CT14nlo_NF4 0.315 at Q=m_tau CT14 NLO 6 2 0.118000 at Q=m_Z CT14nlo_NF6 CT14 LO 3 2 0.106 at Q=m_Z CT14lo_NF3 0.309 at Q=m_tau CT14 LO 4 2 0.1128 at Q=m_Z CT14lo_NF4 0.315 at Q=m_tau CT14 LO 5 2 0.118000 at Q=m_Z CT14lo CT14 LO 6 2 0.118000 at Q=m_Z CT14lo_NF6 CT14 LO 3 1 0.118 at Q=m_Z CT14llo_NF3 0.355 at Q=m_tau CT14 LO 4 1 0.125 at Q=m_Z CT14llo_NF4 0.359 at Q=m_tau CT14 LO 5 1 0.130000 at Q=m_Z CT14llo CT14 LO 6 1 0.130000 at Q=m_Z CT14llo_NF6