Insights into Meson and Baryon Structure using Continuum Schwinger Function Methods
Abstract
The bulk of visible mass is supposed to emerge from nonperturbative dynamics within quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Following years of development and refinement, continuum and lattice Schwinger function methods have recently joined in revealing the three pillars that support this emergent hadron mass (EHM); namely, a nonzero gluon mass-scale, a process-independent effective charge, and dressed-quarks with running masses that take constituent-like values at infrared momenta. One may argue that EHM and confinement are inextricably linked; and theory is now working to expose their manifold expressions in hadron observables and highlight the types of measurements that can be made in order to validate the paradigm. This contribution sketches these ideas via the unified explanation of pion and proton electromagnetic and gravitational form factors.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2601.08046,
title = {Insights into Meson and Baryon Structure using Continuum Schwinger Function Methods},
author = {Daniele Binosi and Craig D. Roberts and Zhao-Qian Yao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.08046},
year = {2026}
}
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10 pages, 6 figures. Summary of a Plenary Presentation at the 2025 International Conference on the Structure of Baryons (Baryons 2025), International Convention Center, Jeju Island, South Korea, 2025 November 10 - 14