Testing the lepton content of the proton at HERA and EIC
Abstract Although protons are baryons with an overall vanishing lepton number, they possess a non-trivial leptonic content arising from quantum fluctuations which can be described by lepton parton distribution functions (PDFs) of the proton. These PDFs have been recently computed and can be used to...
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| author | Leandro Da Rold Anibal D. Medina Subhojit Roy Carlos E. M. Wagner |
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| description | Abstract Although protons are baryons with an overall vanishing lepton number, they possess a non-trivial leptonic content arising from quantum fluctuations which can be described by lepton parton distribution functions (PDFs) of the proton. These PDFs have been recently computed and can be used to define lepton-induced processes at high-energy colliders. In this article, we propose a novel way to test the computation of lepton PDFs of the proton by analyzing both non-resonant di-lepton and resonant Z gauge boson production processes induced by leptons within the proton at proton-electron colliders like HERA and EIC. Despite the fact that lepton PDFs of the proton are known to be small, this work demonstrates that both processes imply a measurable yield of events at HERA and EIC, which could be used to test these PDFs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8c3b9728a20d446d919e244934b687e42025-02-09T12:07:20ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-01-012025111810.1007/JHEP01(2025)121Testing the lepton content of the proton at HERA and EICLeandro Da Rold0Anibal D. Medina1Subhojit Roy2Carlos E. M. Wagner3Centro Atómico Bariloche, Instituto Balseiro and CONICETIFLP, CONICET — Dpto. de Física, Universidad Nacional de La PlataHEP Division, Argonne National LaboratoryHEP Division, Argonne National LaboratoryAbstract Although protons are baryons with an overall vanishing lepton number, they possess a non-trivial leptonic content arising from quantum fluctuations which can be described by lepton parton distribution functions (PDFs) of the proton. These PDFs have been recently computed and can be used to define lepton-induced processes at high-energy colliders. In this article, we propose a novel way to test the computation of lepton PDFs of the proton by analyzing both non-resonant di-lepton and resonant Z gauge boson production processes induced by leptons within the proton at proton-electron colliders like HERA and EIC. Despite the fact that lepton PDFs of the proton are known to be small, this work demonstrates that both processes imply a measurable yield of events at HERA and EIC, which could be used to test these PDFs.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2025)121Parton DistributionsDeep Inelastic Scattering or Small-x PhysicsElectroweak Precision Physics |
| spellingShingle | Leandro Da Rold Anibal D. Medina Subhojit Roy Carlos E. M. Wagner Testing the lepton content of the proton at HERA and EIC Journal of High Energy Physics Parton Distributions Deep Inelastic Scattering or Small-x Physics Electroweak Precision Physics |
| title | Testing the lepton content of the proton at HERA and EIC |
| title_full | Testing the lepton content of the proton at HERA and EIC |
| title_fullStr | Testing the lepton content of the proton at HERA and EIC |
| title_full_unstemmed | Testing the lepton content of the proton at HERA and EIC |
| title_short | Testing the lepton content of the proton at HERA and EIC |
| title_sort | testing the lepton content of the proton at hera and eic |
| topic | Parton Distributions Deep Inelastic Scattering or Small-x Physics Electroweak Precision Physics |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2025)121 |
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