%0 Journal Article %A Abt, I. %A Cooper-Sarkar, A. M. %A Foster, B. %A Myronenko, V. %A Wichmann, K. %A Wing, M. %T Study of HERA ep data at low Q<sup>2</sup> and low x<sub>Bj</sub> and the need for higher-twist corrections to standard perturbative QCD fits %J Physical review / D %V 94 %N 3 %@ 2470-0010 %C Woodbury, NY %I Inst. %M PUBDB-2016-04400 %M DESY-16-064 %M arXiv:1604.02299 %P 034032 %D 2016 %X A detailed comparison of HERA data at low Bjorken-x and low four-momentum-transfer squared, Q<sup>2</sup>, with predictions based on lnQ<sup>2</sup> evolution (DGLAP) in perturbative quantum chromodynamics suggests inadequacies of this framework. The standard DGLAP evolution was augmented by including an additional higher-twist term in the description of the longitudinal structure function, F<sub>L</sub>. This additional term, F<sub>L</sub>A<sub>L</sub><sup>HT</sup>/Q<sup>2</sup>, improves the description of the reduced cross sections significantly. The resulting predictions for F<sub>L</sub> suggest that further corrections are required for Q<sup>2</sup> less than about 2 GeV<sup>2</sup>. %K DESY HERA Stor (INSPIRE) %K electron p: scattering (INSPIRE) %K DGLAP equation (INSPIRE) %K quantum chromodynamics: perturbation theory (INSPIRE) %K quantum chromodynamics: small-x (INSPIRE) %K momentum transfer: low (INSPIRE) %K structure function: longitudinal (INSPIRE) %F PUB:(DE-HGF)29 ; PUB:(DE-HGF)16 %9 ReportJournal Article %U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000381603800002 %R 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.034032 %U https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/310726