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We outline an approach to calculate the transverse-momentum-dependent distribution of linearly polarized gluons inside an unpolarized hadron on the lattice with the help of large momentum effective theory. To achieve this purpose, we…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-02-02 Shuai Zhao

We study chiral-odd quark-antiquark correlation functions suitable for lattice calculations of twist-three nucleon parton distribution functions $h_L(x)$ and $e(x)$, and also the twist-two transversity distribution $\delta q(x)$. The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-10-15 Vladimir M. Braun , Yao Ji , Alexey Vladimirov

We present results on the lower moments of the nucleon generalized parton distri butions within lattice QCD using two dynamical flavors of degenerate twisted mass fermions. Our simulations are performed on lattices with three different…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2011-07-05 C. Alexandrou , J. Carbonell , M. Constantinou , P. A. Harraud , P. Guichon , K. Jansen , C. Kallidonis , T. Korzec , M. Papinutto

We present the first lattice-QCD calculation of the nucleon isovector unpolarized parton distribution functions (PDFs) at the physical-continuum limit using Large-Momentum Effective Theory (LaMET). The lattice results are calculated using…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2020-12-01 Huey-Wen Lin , Jiunn-Wei Chen , Rui Zhang

We present an initiatory study of quark helicity flip generalized parton distributions (GPDs) in n_f=2 lattice QCD, based on clover-improved Wilson fermions for a large number of coupling constants and pion masses. Quark helicity flip GPDs…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Gockeler , Ph. Hagler , R. Horsley , D. Pleiter , P. E. L. Rakow , A. Schafer , G. Schierholz , J. M. Zanotti

We revise the relation between Parton Distribution Functions (PDFs) and matrix elements computable from lattice QCD, focusing on the quasi-Parton Distribution Functions (qPDFs) approach. We exploit the relation between PDFs and qPDFs in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-01-08 Krzysztof Cichy , Luigi Del Debbio , Tommaso Giani

We evaluate nucleon four-point functions in the framework of lattice QCD in order to extract the first Mellin moment of double parton distributions (DPDs) in the unpolarized proton. In this first study, we employ an nf = 2 + 1 ensemble with…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2021-09-24 Gunnar S. Bali , Markus Diehl , Benjamin Gläßle , Andreas Schäfer , Christian Zimmermann

We compute the Parton Distribution Functions (PDFs) of the unpolarised muon for the leptons, the photon, the light quarks, and the gluon. We discuss in detail the issues stemming from the necessity of evaluating the strong coupling constant…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-14 Stefano Frixione , Giovanni Stagnitto

At large N_c the nucleon can be viewed as a soliton of the effective chiral lagrangian. This picture of nucleons allows a consistent nonperturbative calculation of the leading-twist parton distributions at a low normalization point. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 P. V. Pobylitsa , M. V. Polyakov

The second Mellin moments $\langle x\rangle$ of the nucleon's unpolarized, polarized, and transversity parton distribution functions (PDFs) are computed. Two lattice QCD ensembles at the physical pion mass are used: these were generated…

This talk presents results from the QCDSF-UKQCD collaboration for moments of leading twist generalized parton distributions in two-flavor lattice QCD based on O(a) improved Wilson Fermions. We study helicity independent and helicity flip…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Gockeler , Ph. Hagler , R. Horsley , D. Pleiter , P. E. L. Rakow , A. Schafer , G. Schierholz , J. M. Zanotti

We review recent progress in hadron structure using lattice QCD simulations, with main focus in the evaluation of nucleon quantities such as the axial and tensor charges, and the spin con- tent of the nucleon, using simulations at pion…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2015-11-24 Martha Constantinou

Traditionally, lattice QCD computations of generalized parton distributions (GPDs) have been carried out in a symmetric frame, where the transferred momentum is symmetrically distributed between the incoming and outgoing hadrons. However,…

Recent advances in lattice field theory, in computer technology and in chiral perturbation theory have enabled lattice QCD to emerge as a powerful quantitative tool in understanding hadron structure. I describe recent progress in the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-13 David Richards

We calculate the leading-twist light-cone distribution amplitudes of the light $\Lambda$ baryon using lattice methods within the framework of large momentum effective theory. Our numerical computations are conducted employing $N_f=2+1$…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2025-02-24 Min-Huan Chu , Haoyang Bai , Jun Hua , Jian Liang , Xiangdong Ji , Andreas Schafer , Yushan Su , Wei Wang , Yi-Bo Yang , Jun Zeng , Jian-Hui Zhang , Qi-An Zhang

Transverse parton momentum dependent distribution functions (TMDs) of the nucleon are studied in a covariant model, which describes the intrinsic motion of partons in terms of a covariant momentum distribution. The consistency of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-02 A. V. Efremov , P. Schweitzer , O. V. Teryaev , P. Zavada

A completely new strategy to calculate parton distribution functions on the lattice has recently been proposed. In this method, lattice calculable observables, called quasi distributions, are related to normal distributions. The quasi…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-09-08 Tomomi Ishikawa , Yan-Qing Ma , Jian-Wei Qiu , Shinsuke Yoshida

The generalized parton distributions (GPDs) offer a window on three-dimensional imaging of the nucleon, providing understanding of how the fundamental properties of the nucleon, such as its mass and spin, arise from the underlying quark and…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2021-12-15 Huey-Wen Lin

Following previous works on that topic, we consider Euclidean hadronic matrix elements in position space of two spatially separated local currents on the lattice, in order to extract the $x$ dependence of parton distribution functions…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2024-10-11 Christian Zimmermann , Andreas Schäfer

In this kick-off presentation for the "Recent developments in QCD" session at Baryons 2025 I will tie together the recent progress made on the extraction of parton distribution functions (PDFs) in lattice QCD and the long standing efforts…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2026-04-03 Alexander Rothkopf