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We provide an analysis of the x-dependence of the bare unpolarized, helicity and transversity iso-vector parton distribution functions (PDFs) from lattice calculations employing (maximally) twisted mass fermions. The x-dependence of the…

Transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions (TMDPDFs) provide a unique probe of the three-dimensional spin structure of hadrons. We construct spin-dependent quasi-TMDPDFs that are amenable to lattice QCD calculations and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-10-02 Markus A. Ebert , Stella T. Schindler , Iain W. Stewart , Yong Zhao

We present a detailed Lattice QCD study of the unpolarized isovector quark Parton Distribution Function (PDF) using large-momentum effective theory framework. We choose a quasi-PDF defined by a spatial correlator which is free from mixing…

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

As a sequel of our preceding work [1] we carry out a comprehensive comparative study between the quasi parton distribution functions (PDFs), distribution amplitudes (DAs) and their light-cone counterparts for various flavor-neutral mesons,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-19 Yu Jia , Shuangran Liang , Xiaonu Xiong , Rui Yu

We discuss the current developments by the European Twisted Mass Collaboration in extracting parton distribution functions from the quasi-PDF approach. We concentrate on the non-perturbative renormalization prescription recently developed…

The recently proposed large momentum effective theory (LaMET) of Ji has led to a burst of activity among lattice practitioners to perform and control the first pioneering calculations of the quasi-PDFs of the nucleon. These calculations…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-03-28 T. J. Hobbs

The partons' transverse momentum can be explored with QCD lattice simulations by studying the quasi-transverse-momentum-dependent parton distribution functions (qTMDPDFs), which are factorized in terms of physical TMDPDFs and soft factors…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-19 Óscar del Río , Alexey Vladimirov

Recently the concept of quasi parton distributions (quasi-PDFs) for hadrons has been proposed. Quasi-PDFs are defined through spatial correlation functions and as such can be computed numerically using quantum chromodynamics on a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-12-26 Shohini Bhattacharya , Christopher Cocuzza , Andreas Metz

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

The perturbative procedure of matching was proposed to connect parton quasi-distributions that are calculable in lattice QCD to the corresponding light-cone distributions which enter physical processes. Such a matching procedure has so far…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-12-22 Shohini Bhattacharya , Krzysztof Cichy , Martha Constantinou , Andreas Metz , Aurora Scapellato , Fernanda Steffens

The pseudo- and the quasi-PDFs defined through space-like separated bilocal operators allow direct access to the parton distribution functions (PDFs) from first principles within lattice gauge theory. This formalism, however, leaves the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-05-04 Giovanni Antonio Chirilli

Parton distribution functions (PDFs) at large $x$ are poorly constrained by high-energy experimental data, but extremely important for probing physics beyond standard model at colliders. We study the calculation of PDFs at large-$x$ through…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-08-05 Xiangdong Ji , Yizhuang Liu , Yushan Su

In this paper, we develop an approach to calculate the valence-quark quasi parton distribution amplitude (quasi-PDA) and quasi parton distribution function (quasi-PDF) for the pion with a large longitudinal momentum with the functional…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-02-24 Dao-yu Zhang , Chuang Huang , Wei-jie Fu

We complete the procedure of extracting parton distribution functions (PDFs) using large momentum effective theory (LaMET) at leading power accuracy in the hadron momentum. We derive a general factorization formula for the quasi PDFs in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-11-11 Wei Wang , Jian-Hui Zhang , Shuai Zhao , Ruilin Zhu

We present a lattice quantum chromodynamics calculation of the $x$-dependent isovector quark helicity parton distribution function (PDF) of the proton in the large momentum effective theory (LaMET) framework. Through operator product…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2026-04-06 Xiang Gao , Andrew D. Hanlon , Swagato Mukherjee , Peter Petreczky , Hai-Tao Shu , Fei Yao , Rui Zhang , Yong Zhao

We study isovector unpolarized and helicity parton distribution functions (PDF) of the proton within the framework of Large Momentum Effective Theory. We use a gauge ensemble, generated by the MILC Collaboration, with a superfine lattice…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2020-10-19 Zhouyou Fan , Xiang Gao , Ruizi Li , Huey-Wen Lin , Nikhil Karthik , Swagato Mukherjee , Peter Petreczky , Sergey Syritsyn , Yi-Bo Yang , Rui Zhang

We study the leading-twist quasi parton distribution function (quasi-PDF) and quasi generalize parton distribution (quasi-GPD) of the pion meson by using a spectator model. We consider the case the quasi functions are defined via inserting…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-07-01 Zhi-Lei Ma , Jia-Qing Zhu , Zhun Lu

A recent study by Wang {\it et al.}(arXiv:2309.01417) proposed a novel connection between the nature of the parton distribution function (PDF) and the characteristics of its moments. In this study, we apply these findings to analyze the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-07-16 Xiaobin Wang , Zexin Wu , Minghui Ding , Lei Chang

Lattice QCD offers the possibility of computing parton distributions from first principles, although not in the usual $\overline{MS}$ factorization scheme. We study in this paper the evolution of non-singlet parton distribution functions…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2023-11-01 H. Dutrieux , J. Karpie , C. Monahan , K. Orginos , S. Zafeiropoulos