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We present the first attempt to access the $x$-dependence of the gluon unpolarized parton distribution function (PDF), based on lattice simulations using the large-momentum effective theory (LaMET) approach. The lattice calculation is…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2018-12-19 Zhou-You Fan , Yi-Bo Yang , Adam Anthony , Huey-Wen Lin , Keh-Fei Liu

A future Electron-Ion Collider will enable the gluon contributions to the gravitational form factors of the proton to be constrained experimentally for the first time. Here, the first calculation of these form factors from lattice Quantum…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2019-01-30 P. E. Shanahan , W. Detmold

We obtain the gluon parton distribution functions (PDFs) in the proton within the extended light-front holographic QCD framework, where the proton couples with the spin-two Pomeron in Anti-de Sitter space, together with constraints imposed…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-03-29 Bheemsehan Gurjar , Chandan Mondal , Dipankar Chakrabarti

We report the results on the proton mass decomposition and also on the related quark and glue momentum fractions. The results are based on overlap valence fermions on four ensembles of $N_f = 2+1$ DWF configurations with three lattice…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2018-04-18 Yi-Bo Yang , Ying Chen , Terrence Draper , Jian Liang , Keh-Fei Liu

We present the first calculation of the pion gluon moment from lattice QCD in the continuum-physical limit. The calculation is done using clover fermions for the valence action with three pion masses, 220, 310 and 690 MeV, and three lattice…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2023-10-19 William Good , Kinza Hasan , Allison Chevis , Huey-Wen Lin

A non-uniqueness problem of gauge invariant separation of quark and gluon contributions to nucleon spin is considered. We show that there is a wide number of gauge invariant spin decompositions each of them reduces to the canonical one in a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-06-22 P. M. Zhang , D. G. Pak

We present preliminary results on the proton spin structure function in full QCD. The measurement has been done using 4 flavours of staggered fermions and an improved definition of the lattice topological charge density.

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-09-25 B. Alles , G. Boyd , M. D'Elia , A. Di Giacomo

We present a lattice QCD determination of the Mellin moments of the unpolarized gluon parton distribution function in the proton. The analysis is based on matrix elements of nonlocal gluon operators coupled to momentum-boosted proton…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2026-05-29 Joseph Delmar , Krzysztof Cichy , Martha Constantinou , Yong Zhao

Measuring the spin structure of protons and neutrons tests our understanding of how they arise from quarks and gluons, the fundamental building blocks of nuclear matter. At long distances the coupling constant of the strong interaction…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-01-13 X. Zheng , A. Deur , H. Kang , S. E. Kuhn , M. Ripani , J. Zhang , K. P. Adhikari , S. Adhikari , M. J. Amaryan , H. Atac , H. Avakian , L. Barion , M. Battaglieri , I. Bedlinskiy , F. Benmokhtar , A. Bianconi , A. S. Biselli , S. Boiarinov , M. Bondi , F. Bossu , P. Bosted , W. J. Briscoe , J. Brock , W. K. Brooks , D. Bulumulla , V. D. Burkert , C. Carlin , D. S. Carman , J. C. Carvajal , A. Celentano , P. Chatagnon , T. Chetry , J. -P. Chen , S. Choi , G. Ciullo , L. Clark , P. L. Cole , M. Contalbrigo , V. Crede , A. D'Angelo , N. Dashyan , R. De Vita , M. Defurne , S. Diehl , C. Djalali , V. A. Drozdov , R. Dupre , M. Ehrhart , A. El Alaoui , L. Elouadrhiri , P. Eugenio , G. Fedotov , S. Fegan , R. Fersch , A. Filippi , T. A. Forest , Y. Ghandilyan , G. P. Gilfoyle , K. L. Giovanetti , F. -X. Girod , D. I. Glazier , R. W. Gothe , K. A. Griffioen , M. Guidal , N. Guler , L. Guo , K. Hafidi , H. Hakobyan , M. Hattawy , T. B. Hayward , D. Heddle , K. Hicks , A. Hobart , T. Holmstrom , M. Holtrop , Y. Ilieva , D. G. Ireland , E. L. Isupov , H. S. Jo , K. Joo , S. Joosten , C. D. Keith , D. Keller , A. Khanal , M. Khandaker , C. W. Kim , W. Kim , F. J. Klein , A. Kripko , V. Kubarovsky , L. Lanza , M. Leali , P. Lenisa , K. livingston , E. Long , I. J. D. MacGregor , N. Markov , L. Marsicano , V. Mascagna , B. McKinnon , D. G. Meekins , T. Mineeva , M. Mirazita , V. Mokeev , C. Mullen , P. Nadel-Turonski , K. Neupane , S. Niccolai , M. Osipenko , A. I. Ostrovidov , M. Paolone , L. Pappalardo , K. Park , E. Pasyuk , W. Phelps , S. K. Phillips , O. Pogorelko , J. Poudel , Y. Prok , B. A. Raue , J. Ritman , A. Rizzo , G. Rosner , P. Rossi , J. Rowley , F. Sabatie , C. Salgado , A. Schmidt , R. A. Schumacher , M. L. Seely , Y. G. Sharabian , U. Shrestha , S. Sirca , K. Slifer , N. Sparveris , S. Stepanyan , I. I. Strakovsky , S. Strauch , V. Sulkosky , N. Tyler , M. Ungaro , L. Venturelli , H. Voskanyan , E. Voutier , D. P. Watts , X. Wei , L. B. Weinstein , M. H. Wood , B. Yale , N. Zachariou , Z. W. Zhao

The role of gluons in the structure of the nucleon and light nuclei is investigated using lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD) calculations. The first moment of the unpolarised gluon distribution is studied in nuclei up to atomic number…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2017-12-06 Frank Winter , William Detmold , Arjun S. Gambhir , Kostas Orginos , Martin J. Savage , Phiala E. Shanahan , Michael L. Wagman

We perform the first global QCD analysis of parton distribution functions (PDFs) in the pion, with lattice-QCD data on gluonic pseudo--Ioffe-time distributions fitted simultaneously with experimental Drell-Yan and leading neutron…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-08-04 William Good , Patrick C. Barry , Huey-Wen Lin , W. Melnitchouk , Alex NieMiera , Nobuo Sato

The masses of pure gauge glueballs are calculated with the use of relativistic string Hamiltonian without fitting parameters. The string tension $\sigma_f=0.184$~GeV$^2$ in fundamental representation is fixed, using the Necco-Sommer lattice…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-18 A. M. Badalian , M. S. Lukashov

Lattice calculations of the proton spin components is reviewed. The lattice results of the quark spin from the axial-vector current matrix element at $\sim 0.3- 0.4$ is smaller than those from the constituent quark models. This is largely…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2022-04-28 Keh-Fei Liu

The proton spin puzzle denotes the challenge of describing the proton's spin in terms of the angular momenta of the quarks and gluons which comprise it. These quarks and gluons carry a fraction $x$ of the proton's momentum. Contributions…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-24 Jeremy Borden

The spin of a glueball is usually taken as coming from the spin (and possibly the orbital angular momentum) of its constituent gluons. In light of the difficulties in accounting for the spin of the proton from its constituent quarks, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Doug Singleton

Transverse-momentum-dependent parton distributions (TMDs) can be calculated from first principles by computing a related set of Euclidean lattice observables and connecting them via a factorization formula. This work focuses on the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-09-19 Stella T. Schindler , Iain W. Stewart , Yong Zhao

Gluon dressing of the light quarks within hadrons is very strong and extremely important in that it dynamically generates most of the observable mass through the breaking of chiral symmetry. The quark and gluon parton densities, $q(x)$ and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-10-13 Adam Freese , Ian C. Cloët , Peter C. Tandy

We present a state-of-the-art calculation of the isovector quark helicity Bjorken-$x$ distribution in the proton using lattice-QCD ensembles at the physical pion mass. We compute quasi-distributions at proton momenta $P_z \in \{2.2, 2.6,…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2019-01-29 Huey-Wen Lin , Jiunn-Wei Chen , Xiangdong Ji , Luchang Jin , Ruizi Li , Yu-Sheng Liu , Yi-Bo Yang , Jian-Hui Zhang , Yong Zhao

In these proceedings we discuss recent progress in nucleon structure using lattice QCD simulations at or near the physical value of the pion mass. Main focus will be given in observables such as the nucleon axial charge and the first…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2017-01-12 Martha Constantinou

A lattice QCD calculation of the proton matrix element of the flavor singlet axial-vector current is reported. Both the connected and disconnected contributions are calculated, for the latter employing the variant method of wall source…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-10-28 M. Fukugita , Y. Kuramashi , M. Okawa , A. Ukawa