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The kaon off-shell generalized parton distributions and transverse momentum dependent parton distributions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-11-04 v2

Abstract

We investigate the off-shell generalized parton distributions (GPDs) {and transverse momentum dependent parton distributions (TMDs)} of kaons within the framework of the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model, employing proper time regularization. {Compared to the pion case, the off-shell effects in kaons are of similar magnitude, modifying the GPDs by about 10%10\%--25%25\%, which is notable. The absence of crossing symmetry leads to odd powers in the xx-moments of the off-shell GPDs, giving rise to new off-shell form factors.} We analyze the relations among these kaon off-shell form factors by analogy with electromagnetic form factors. Our results extend the off-shell GPDs from pions to kaons and simultaneously address the associated off-shell form factors. We also compare the off-shell and on-shell gravitational form factors of the kaon. In addition, the off-shell kaon TMD shows a stronger dependence on the momentum fraction xx than its on-shell counterpart.

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@article{arxiv.2509.01854,
  title  = {The kaon off-shell generalized parton distributions and transverse momentum dependent parton distributions},
  author = {Jin-Li Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.01854},
  year   = {2025}
}

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11 pages, 12 figures; accepted by Particles