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CT18 LO

Additional figures and results


On this page, we collect figures of CT18 LO in the comparison with CT18 NLO, MHST20 LO, and NNPDF4.0 LO. We do not present the error set for the CT18 LO, due to the large theoretical uncertainty in a LO PDF analysis.

If you use the results from this website, please kindly cite:
A CT18 global PDF fit at the leading order in QCD Mengshi Yan, Tie-Jiun Hou, Pavel Nadolsky, and C.-P. Yuan [arXiv:2205.00137]
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CT18 LO v.s. CT18 NLO

Q = 1.3 GeV

./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_glu_1.3GeV.png
gluon at Q=1.3 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_uqk_1.3GeV.png
u quark at Q=1.3 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_dqk_1.3GeV.png
d quark at Q=1.3 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_str_1.3GeV.png
s quark at Q=1.3 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_uvl_1.3GeV.png
u valence at Q=1.3 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_dvl_1.3GeV.png
d valence at Q=1.3 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_ubr_1.3GeV.png
anti-u quark at Q=1.3 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_dbr_1.3GeV.png
anti-d quark at Q=1.3 GeV

Q = 100.0 GeV

./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_glu_100GeV.png
gluon at Q=100.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_uqk_100GeV.png
u quark at Q=100.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_dqk_100GeV.png
d quark at Q=100.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_str_100GeV.png
s quark at Q=100.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_uvl_100GeV.png
u valence at Q=100.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_dvl_100GeV.png
d valence at Q=100.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_ubr_100GeV.png
anti-u quark at Q=100.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_NLO/png/pdfs_dbr_100GeV.png
anti-d quark at Q=100.0 GeV

CT18 LO v.s. MSHT20 LO v.s. NNPDF4.0 LO

Q = 2.0 GeV

./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_2.0GeV_glu.png
gluon at Q = 2.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_2.0GeV_uqk.png
u quark at Q = 2.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_2.0GeV_dqk.png
d quark at Q = 2.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_2.0GeV_str.png
s quark at Q = 2.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_2.0GeV_uvl.png
u valence at Q = 2.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_2.0GeV_dvl.png
d valence at Q = 2.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_2.0GeV_ubr.png
anti-u quark at Q = 2.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_2.0GeV_dbr.png
anti-d quark at Q = 2.0 GeV

mu = 100.0 GeV

./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_100.0GeV_glu.png
gluon at Q = 100.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_100.0GeV_uqk.png
u quark at Q = 100.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_100.0GeV_dqk.png
d quark at Q = 100.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_100.0GeV_str.png
s quark at Q = 100.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_100.0GeV_uvl.png
u valence at Q = 100.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_100.0GeV_dvl.png
d valence at Q = 100.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_100.0GeV_ubr.png
anti-u quark at Q = 100.0 GeV
./plots_CT18LO_vs_otherPDFs/png/other_PDF_100.0GeV_dbr.png
anti-d quark at Q = 100.0 GeV