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Structure analysis of the generalized correlator of quark and gluon for a spin-1/2 target

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-16 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We analyze the structure of generalized off-diagonal and transverse-momentum dependent quark-quark and gluon-gluon correlators for a spin-1/2 hadron. Using the light-front formalism, we provide a parametrization in terms of the parton generalized transverse-momentum dependent distributions that emphasizes the multipole structure of the correlator. The results for the quark-quark correlation functions are consistent with an alternative parametrization given in terms of Lorentz covariant structures. The parametrization for the gluon-gluon generalized correlator is presented for the first time and allows one to introduce new correlation functions which can be relevant for phenomenological applications.

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@article{arxiv.1307.4497,
  title  = {Structure analysis of the generalized correlator of quark and gluon for a spin-1/2 target},
  author = {C. Lorcé and B. Pasquini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.4497},
  year   = {2015}
}

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30 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables