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Twist-3 transverse momentum dependent gluon distributions in a spectator model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-05-05 v1

Abstract

We study the twist-3 transverse momentum dependent distributions of gluons in a nucleon within a spectator model framework. In this model, the nucleon is described as emitting a virtual (time-like) gluon and an on-shell spectator particle, with the spectator mass treated continuously via a spectral function. The twist-3 gluon-gluon correlators, Φ+i;+\Phi^{+i;+-} and Φij;l+\Phi^{ij;l+}, are parameterized by a set of complex functions, whose real and imaginary parts correspond to T-even and T-odd components, respectively. We numerically check the equation of motion relation for these distributions and find that relation holds fairly well in the spectator model.

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@article{arxiv.2605.01952,
  title  = {Twist-3 transverse momentum dependent gluon distributions in a spectator model},
  author = {Xiupeng Xie and Zhun Lu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.01952},
  year   = {2026}
}

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34 pages, 7 figures