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Correlations with Z, tT If two cross sections are very correlated, then cosf~1 …uncorrelated, then cosf~0 …anti-correlated, then cosf~-1 Note that correlation curves to Z and to tT are mirror images of each other By knowing the pdf correlations, can reduce the uncertainty for a given cross section in ratio to a benchmark cross section iff cos f 0;e.g. D(sW+/sZ)~1% If cos f 0, pdf uncertainty for one cross section normalized to a benchmark cross section is larger So, for gg-H(500 GeV); pdf uncertainty is 4%; D(sH/sZ)~8% Define a correlation cosine between two quantities Z tT Summary PDF4LHC/Les Houches benchmarking exercise has provided useful understanding of commonalities/differences among the different PDF groups and hopefully we can continue towards more standardization Benchmark cross sections will be made available in a reference document, with predictions from all participating PDF groups see https://wiki.terascale.de/index.phptitle?=PDF4LHC_WIKI …and recommendations on how to estimate PDF/as uncertainties for LHC cross sections where such uncertainties are critical/non-critical gg-Higgs is one case for NNLO corrections are large, so NNLO cross sections are necessary Available from only a few groups to date Since most of the impact arises from the matrix element and not the change in PDF’s, I’ve suggested providing approximate NNLO predictions in cases where NNLO PDFs are not available NNLO ME + NLO PDF Mod LO PDFs, as series available now CT10, CT10W soon EXTRA SLIDES Now consider W + 3 jets Consider a scale of mW for W + 1,2,3 jets. We see the K-factors for W + 1,2 jets in the table below, and recently the NLO corrections for W + 3 jets have been calculated, allowing us to estimate the K-factors for that process. Is the K-factor (at mW) at the LHC surprising? Is the K-factor (at mW) at the LHC surprising? The K-factors for W + jets (pT30 GeV/c) fall near a straight line, as do the K-factors for the Tevatron. By definition, the K-factors