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We present a set of formulas to extract the longitudinal proton structure function FL(x, Q2) and the reduced cross section σr(x, Q2) by using Dokshitzer–Gribov–Lipatov–Altarelli–Parisi (DGLAP) evolution equations and Altarelli-Martinelli equation at the leading order (LO) and the next-to-leading order (NLO) approximations in perturbative quantum chromodynamics (QCD). These formulas are obtained by the Laplace transform method at the virtualities higher than \({Q_{0}^{2}}\). We show that, the obtained equations for FL and σr depend only on the parton distribution functions (PDF’s) at the initial scale \({Q_{0}^{2}}\). We obtain the corresponding numerical results in a range of the virtuality \({Q_{0}^{2}}\leq Q^{2} \leq 800\) GeV2 and Bjorken scale 10− 4 ≤ x ≤ 1 and compare them with the results achieved by MSTW2008 (Martin et al. Eur. Phys. J 63(2), 189–285, 2009), WT (White and Thorne Phy. Rev. D 75(3), 034005, 2007) and Dipole (b-Sat) model (H. Kowalski, L. Motyka, G. Watt, Phys. Rev. D 74(7), 074016, 2006) predictions and also with data released by the Hadron Electron Ring Accelerator (HERA). Our numerical results show an acceptable agreement with the deep inelastic scattering (DIS) experimental data throughout over a wide range of the Bjorken scale x and the virtuality Q2, and then can be applied in analyses of the Large Hadron Collider and Future Circular Collider projects.
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Here and subsequently, the subscript (1) and (2) denote the LO and NLO approximations, respectively.
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Appendix A: The Coefficients of the Longitudinal Proton Structure Function and their Laplace Transforms
The coefficients \(k_{ij}^{(1)}\) (i, j=f, g) and \(k_{ffns}^{(1)}\) in (17), (18) and (19) are as follows:
where \(T=\sqrt {({\Phi }_{f}^{(1)}-{\Phi }_{g}^{(1)})^{2}+4 {\Phi }_{f}^{(1)} {\Phi }_{g}^{(1)}}\). The coefficients \(K_{L,i}^{(2)}(x,Q^{2}) \) (i = ns, s, g) in (28), are as follows:
And, the Laplace transforms of \(K_{L,i}^{(2)}(x,Q^{2}) \) (i = ns, s, g), which we used in (34) are as:
where ψ(s) is defined by \(\psi (s)=\frac {d}{ds}{\Gamma }(s)\), H(s) is the s-th harmonic number, \(C_{F}=\frac {4}{3}\) and γE is the Euler-Lagrange constant. The coefficients of \(k_{i,j}^{(2)}(s,\tau (Q^{2},{Q^{2}_{0}})) \) (i, j = f, g) in (41) and (42) and the coefficient of \(k_{ffns}^{(2)}(s,\tau (Q^{2},{Q^{2}_{0}})) \) in (43) are as:
Appendix B: The Coefficients of the Proton Structure Function and their Laplace Transforms
The coefficients of \(C^{(j)}_{i}(s,\tau (Q^{2},{Q^{2}_{0}}))\) (i = ns, s, g and j = 1, 2) in (49) and their Laplace transforms in (50) are as:
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Zarrin, S., Dadfar, S. Analytic Derivation of the Longitudinal Proton Structure Function FL(x, Q2) and the Reduced Cross Section σr(x, Q2) at the Leading Order and the Next-to-leading Order Approximations. Int J Theor Phys 60, 3822–3849 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-021-04947-1
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