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The statistical parton distributions: status and prospects

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New experimental results on polarized structure functions, cross sections for \(e^{\pm}p\) neutral and charge current reactions and \(\nu\) (\(\bar{\nu}\)) charge current on isoscalar targets are compared with predictions using the statistical parton distributions, which were previously determined. New data on cross sections for Drell-Yan processes, single-jet data in \(p\bar{p}\) collisions and inclusive \(\pi^0\) production data in pp collisions are also compared with predictions from this theoretical approach. The good agreement which we find with all these tests against experiment strengthens our opinion on the relevance of the role of quantum statistics for parton distributions. We will also discuss the prospects of this physical framework.

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  1. Centre de Physique Théorique, UMR 6207 , CNRS-Luminy Case 907, 13288, Marseille Cedex 9, France

    C. Bourrely & J. Soffer

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Universitá di Napoli, Via Cintia, 80126, Napoli and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Italy

    F. Buccella

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Received: 21 February 2005, Revised: 4 March 2005, Published online: 21 April 2005

UMR 6207 - Unité Mixte de Recherche du CNRS et des Universités Aix-Marseille I, Aix-Marseille II et de l’Université du Sud Toulon-Var - Laboratoire affilié á la FRUMAM

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12.38.-t, 12.40.Ee, 13.10. + q, 13.60.Hb, 13.88. + e

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Bourrely, C., Soffer, J. & Buccella, F. The statistical parton distributions: status and prospects. Eur. Phys. J. C 41, 327–341 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2005-02205-2

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