The isoscalar axial-vector form factor of the nucleon plays a key role in understanding the electroweak interaction of nucleons. For the interpretation of the spin structure of the nucleon the non-singlet isoscalar axial charge is indispensable. Moreover, GAu+d−2s(Q2) together with the isovector and singlet isoscalar form factors are needed for the flavor-decomposition of the axial-vector form factor. Detailed knowledge of the flavor decomposition facilitates extractions of Standard Model (SM) parameters from low energy experiments such as the electroweak charge of the proton in the P2 experiment. Here we present a lattice determination of GAu+d−2s(Q2) on Nf=2+1O(a) improved Wilson fermions, with a full error budget concerning extrapolations and interpolations to the continuum and infinite volume and physical quark masses.
@article{arxiv.2503.18848,
title = {The isoscalar octet axial form factor of the nucleon from lattice QCD},
author = {Alessandro Barone and Dalibor Djukanovic and Georg von Hippel and Jonna Koponen and Harvey B. Meyer and Konstantin Ottnad and Hartmut Wittig},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.18848},
year = {2025}
}
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17 pages, 10 figures, 17 tables. v2: version accepted for publication in PRD