Simultaneous Extraction of Unpolarized PDFs and Nuclear Effects

Abstract

We present a new global QCD analysis of unpolarized parton distribution functions (PDFs) and nuclear effects including for the first time data from the SeaQuest and Marathon experiments in addition to high-energy weak-boson-production data from the Tevatron and Large Hadron Collider. Simultaneously extracting the PDFs and nuclear effects, we examine the impact of the SeaQuest and Marathon data on the light-quark sea asymmetry and the EMC ratios of deuterium, helium, and tritium.