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Mechanical properties of proton in the momentum space

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-04-17 v1

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 ΠSq\Pi^q_S and ΠAq\Pi^q_A terms. The corresponding distributions are computed individually for both uu and dd 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