Parton Distributions and LHC data

Abstract

In this contribution we briefly report on the progress and open problems in parton distribution functions (PDFs), with emphasis on their implications for LHC phenomenology. Then we study the impact of the recent ATLAS and CMS W lepton asymmetry data on the NNPDF2.1 parton distributions. We show that these data provide the first constrains on PDFs from LHC measurements.

Comments: 8 pages, 9 figures, proceedings of the "Rencontres de physique de la Vallee d'Aoste", La Thuile, March 2011