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Higher-twist transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions (TMDs) are a valuable probe of the quark-gluon dynamics in the nucleon, and play a vital role for the explanation of sizable azimuthal asymmetries in hadron production…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-23 C. Lorcé , B. Pasquini , P. Schweitzer

Transverse-momentum-dependent distributions (TMDs) are central in high-energy physics from both theoretical and phenomenological points of view. In this manual we introduce the library, TMDlib, of fits and parameterisations for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-22 F. Hautmann , H. Jung , M. Krämer , P. J. Mulders , E. R. Nocera , T. C. Rogers , A. Signori

I review lattice-QCD calculations of the electromagnetic and generalized form factors (GFFs), which determine the transverse structure of the nucleon, and briefly comment on recent calculations related to transverse-momentum dependent…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2010-11-19 Harvey B. Meyer

We outline in detail the properties of generalized parton distributions (GPDs), which contain new information on the structure of the nucleon and which enter the description of hard exclusive reactions. We highlight the physics content of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-06 K. Goeke , M. V. Polyakov , M. Vanderhaeghen

Nuclear Generalized Parton Distributions (GPDs), a unique tool to access several crucial features of nuclear structure, could be measured in the coherent channel of hard exclusive processes, such as deep electroproduction of photons and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergio Scopetta

The Parton Branching (PB) Method describes the evolution of transverse momentum dependent parton densities (TMDs). The obtained TMDs can be used in Monte Carlo generators to describe physical observables. We give an overview of recent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-11-04 Lissa Keersmaekers , Sara Taheri Monfared

We present a calculation of the twist-3 generalized parton distributions (GPDs) for gluons in the proton. Our analysis is performed within a light-front constituent model where the proton is treated as a two-body state of a spin-1 gluon and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-07 Parashmani Thakuria , Madhurjya Lalung , Jayanta Kumar Sarma

In this article, we review recent lattice calculations on the $x$-dependence of parton distributions, with the latter providing information on hadron structure. These calculations are based on matrix elements of boosted hadrons coupled to…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2021-03-17 Martha Constantinou

The strong force which binds hadrons is described by the theory of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). Determining the character and manifestations of QCD is one of the most important and challenging outstanding issues necessary for a…

The measurement of nuclear Generalized Parton Distributions (GPDs) represents a valuable tool to understand the structure of bound nucleons and the phenomenology of hard scattering off nuclei. By using a realistic, non-relativistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-04-22 S. Scopetta

Parton distributions in impact parameter space, which are obtained by Fourier transforming GPDs, exhibit a significant deviation from axial symmetry when target and/or quark are transversely polarized. In combination with the final state…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-01-15 Matthias Burkardt

The concepts and methods of factorization using transverse-momentum-dependent (TMD) parton densities and/or fragmentation functions are summarized.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-16 John Collins

This talk provides a short overview of the phenomenology of transverse momentum depedent distribution and fragmention functions, focussing on the most recent phenomenological developments in the study of their scale evolution and energy…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-17 M. Boglione

We revisit the connection between generalized parton distributions in impact parameter space and T-odd effects in single spin asymmetries of the semi-inclusive deep inelastic process. We show that nontrivial relations can be established…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-02 B. Pasquini , S. Rodini , A. Bacchetta

Transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions are a key ingredient in the description of spin and azimuthal asymmetries in deep-inelastic scattering processes. Recent results from non-perturbative calculations in effective…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-02-04 H. Avakian , A. V. Efremov , P. Schweitzer , O. V. Teryaev , F. Yuan , P. Zavada

In a high-energy scattering process with hadrons in the initial state, color is involved. Transverse momentum dependent distribution functions (TMDs) describe the quark and gluon distributions in these hadrons in momentum space with the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-23 M. G. A. Buffing , A. Mukherjee , P. J. Mulders

We present the chiral odd generalized parton distributions (GPDs) for non-zero skewness $\zeta$ in transverse and longitudinal position spaces by taking Fourier transform with respect to the transverse and longitudinal momentum transfer…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-07-14 A. Mukherjee , R. Manohar , D. Chakrabarti

While twist-2 GPDs allow for a determination of the distribution of partons on the transverse plane, twist-3 GPDs contain quark-gluon correlations that provide information about the average transverse color Lorentz force acting on quarks.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-01-17 Fatma P. Aslan , Matthias Burkardt , Marc Schlegel

We study generalized parton distributions in the impact parameter representation, including the case of nonzero skewness xi. Using Lorentz invariance, and expressing parton distributions in terms of impact parameter dependent wave…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-01-07 M. Diehl

Using our formalism of parton virtuality distribution functions (VDFs) we establish a connection between the transverse momentum dependent distributions (TMDs) ${\cal F} (x, k_\perp^2)$ and quasi-distributions $Q(y,P_z)$ introduced recently…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-02-15 Anatoly Radyushkin