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The generalized parton distribution functions and the nucleon spin sum rules in the chiral quark soliton model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

The theoretical predictions are given for the forward limit of the unpolarized spin-flip isovector generalized parton distribution function (EuEd)(x,ξ,t)(E^u - E^d)(x, \xi, t) within the framework of the chiral quark soliton model, with full inclusion of the polarization of Dirac sea quarks. We observe that [(HuHd)+(EuEd)](x,0,0)[(H^u - H^d) + (E^u - E^d)](x,0,0) has a sharp peak around x=0x=0, which we interpret as a signal of the importance of the pionic qqˉq \bar{q} excitation with large spatial extension in the transverse direction. Another interesting indication given by the predicted distribution in combination with Ji's angular momentum sum rule is that the dˉ\bar{d}-quark carries more angular momentum than the uˉ\bar{u}-quark in the proton, which may have some relation with the physics of the violation of the Gottfried sum rule.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0502030,
  title  = {The generalized parton distribution functions and the nucleon spin sum rules in the chiral quark soliton model},
  author = {M. Wakamatsu and H. Tsujimoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0502030},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

23 pages, 2 figures, revised final version to appear in Phys. Rev. D