MRST Global Fit Update

Abstract

We discuss the impact of the most recent data on the MRST global analysis - in particular the new high-E_T jet data and their implications for the gluon and the new small x structure function data. In the light of these new data we also consider the uncertainty in predictions for physical quantities depending on parton distributions, concentrating on the W cross-section at hadron colliders.

Comments: Talk given by R.S. Thorne at DIS 2001 9th International Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering, 27th April-1st May 2001, to be published in the proceedings. 4 pages, 3 figures as .eps files, uses ws-ps-50x6-00.cls