https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2005-02205-2
theoretical physics
The statistical parton distributions: status and prospects
1
Centre de Physique Théorique, UMR 6207 , CNRS-Luminy Case 907, 13288, Marseille Cedex 9, France
2
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Universitá di Napoli, Via Cintia, 80126, Napoli and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Italy
New experimental results on polarized structure functions, cross sections for 
neutral and charge current reactions and 
(
) charge current on isoscalar targets are compared with predictions using the statistical parton distributions, which were previously determined. New data on cross sections for Drell-Yan processes, single-jet data in 
collisions and inclusive 
production data in pp collisions are also compared with predictions from this theoretical approach. The good agreement which we find with all these tests against experiment strengthens our opinion on the relevance of the role of quantum statistics for parton distributions. We will also discuss the prospects of this physical framework.
© Springer-Verlag, 2005
