Determination of Proton Parton Distribution Functions using ATLAS Data

Abstract

Using differential cross-section data of inclusive $W$ and $Z/\gamma^\ast$ boson production and of their production in association with jets, and differential cross-section data of top-quark pair production in the lepton + jets and dilepton channels in proton$-$proton collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider at center-of-mass energies of $\sqrt{s}=7$ and 8 TeV, together with deep inelastic scattering data from electron$-$proton collisions at the HERA collider, several determinations of parton distribution functions of the proton have been performed by the ATLAS experiment. The results are presented here. The emphasis is given to the determination of the strange sea quark distribution and its evolution over time.