Measurements of Proton Structure Functions, alpha_s and Parton Distribution Functions at HERA
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The measurement and QCD analysis of neutral and charged current cross sections at HERA are presented. For the kinematic range of four-momentum transfer Q^2 between approx. 1 GeV^2 and 30000 GeV^2 and Bjorken x between 0.0013 and 0.65 the data are compared to NLO QCD predictions. In dedicated NLO QCD analyses the extraction of the parton distribution functions of the proton is performed. Results for the measurement of the strong coupling constant alpha_s are presented.
4 pages, 5 figures, talk given at 38th Rencontres de Moriond (QCD and High Energy Hadronic Interactions), Les Arcs, March 22nd-29th, 2003
4 pages, 5 figures, talk given at 38th Rencontres de Moriond (QCD and High Energy Hadronic Interactions), Les Arcs, March 22nd-29th, 2003