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Gluon skewed generalized parton distributions of proton from a light-front Hamiltonian approach

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-01-20 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We calculate all leading-twist gluon generalized parton distributions (GPDs) inside the proton at nonzero skewness using the basis light-front quantization framework. The proton's light-front wave functions are derived from a light-front quantized Hamiltonian incorporating Quantum Chromodynamics inputs. Our results show that the qualitative behaviors of the GPDs are consistent with those from other theoretical calculations. Additionally, we analyze the GPDs in the boost-invariant longitudinal coordinate, σ=12bP+\sigma=\frac{1}{2} b^- P^+, which serves as the Fourier conjugate of the skewness. The GPDs in σ\sigma-space exhibit diffraction patterns, reminiscent of optical wave diffraction.

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@article{arxiv.2501.10119,
  title  = {Gluon skewed generalized parton distributions of proton from a light-front Hamiltonian approach},
  author = {Pengxiang Zhang and Yiping Liu and Siqi Xu and Chandan Mondal and Xingbo Zhao and James P. Vary},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.10119},
  year   = {2025}
}

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11 pages, 3 figures, and 1 table