Mechanical properties of proton in the momentum space
Abstract
We study the parametrization of the energy-momentum tensor for the case of a proton in momentum space in terms of gravitational transverse momentum-dependent distributions (TMDs). These gravitational TMDs are investigated with the inclusion of higher-twist contributions to predict the mechanical properties, specifically the transverse pressure and shear force distributions, along with the polarization-dependent and terms. The corresponding distributions are computed individually for both and quark flavors. The calculations have been performed in the light-cone framework using the spectator diquark model. A strong binding contribution to the transverse pressure is observed in the low-momentum space for both quark flavors of the proton.
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@article{arxiv.2604.14625,
title = {Mechanical properties of proton in the momentum space},
author = {Navpreet Kaur and Shubham Sharma and Abi Jebarson A and Harleen Dahiya},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.14625},
year = {2026}
}
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7 pages and 4 figures