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This preprint has been superseded by (A. Courtoy, A. S. Miramontes, H. Avakian, M. Mirazita, and S. Pisano, Phys. Rev. D 106, 014027 (2022), 2203.14975). The latter should be consulted and referred to for the extraction of the $e(x)$ PDF.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-10-07 A. Courtoy

We present the first lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD) calculation of the pion valence-quark transverse-momentum-dependent parton distribution function (TMDPDF) within the framework of large-momentum effective theory (LaMET). Using…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2025-10-09 Dennis Bollweg , Xiang Gao , Jinchen He , Swagato Mukherjee , Yong Zhao

Generalized parton distributions (GPDs) are key quantities for the description of a hadron's three-dimensional structure. They are the current focus of all areas of hadronic physics -- phenomenological, experimental, and theoretical,…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2024-09-05 Shohini Bhattacharya , Krzysztof Cichy , Martha Constantinou , Andreas Metz , Niilo Nurminen , Fernanda Steffens

We study the semi-classical interpretation of the $x^3$ and $x^4$ moments of twist-3 parton distribution functions (PDFs). While no semi-classical interpretation for the higher moments of $g_T(x)$ and $e(x)$ was find, the $x^3$ moment of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-12-21 Manal Abdallah , Matthias Burkardt

We critically examine uncertainties in parton distribution functions (PDFs) at large x arising from nuclear effects in deuterium F2 structure function data. Within a global PDF analysis, we assess the impact on the PDFs from uncertainties…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-08-17 A. Accardi , W. Melnitchouk , J. F. Owens , M. E. Christy , C. E. Keppel , L. Zhu , J. G. Morfin

We present a new global determination of the helicity-dependent parton distribution functions (PDFs) of the proton, based on inclusive deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) and semi-inclusive DIS (SIDIS) data within a consistent next-to-leading…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-20 Hamzeh Khanpour , Maryam Soleymaninia , Majid Azizi , Michael Klasen , Hadi Hashamipour , Maral Salajegheh , Ulf-G. Meißner

The quasi parton distribution is a spatial correlation of quarks or gluons along the $z$ direction in a moving nucleon which enables direct lattice calculations of parton distribution functions. It can be defined with a nonperturbative…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-03-28 Iain W. Stewart , Yong Zhao

A new ''$\mathtt{SK24}$'' non-singlet QCD analysis of the structure functions at the NNLO approximation is performed, utilizing the global fit of the data from various charged lepton scattering experiments. We extract the valence parton…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-06-07 Javad Shahrzad , Ali Khorramian

A short review of problems with parton distribution functions in nucleons, non-polarized and polarized, is given. The main part is devoted to the transversity distribution its possible measurement and its first experimental probe via spin…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 A. V. Efremov

Focusing on hadron scattering at large partonic momentum fractions $x$, we compare nonperturbative QCD predictions for the asymptotic behavior of DIS structure functions and parton distribution functions (PDFs) to the $x$ and $Q$ dependence…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-12-30 Aurore Courtoy , Pavel M. Nadolsky

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

New experiments to measure neutrinos in the far-forward region at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are under design or already in preparation. Two of them, FASER$\nu$ and SND@LHC, are expected to be active during Run 3 and have the potential…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-07-04 Weidong Bai , Milind Diwan , Maria Vittoria Garzelli , Yu Seon Jeong , Fnu Karan Kumar , Mary Hall Reno

We present the first physical-continuum limit $x$-dependent nucleon gluon distribution from lattice QCD using the pseudo-PDF approach, on lattice ensembles with $2+1+1$ flavors of highly improved staggered quarks (HISQ), generated by MILC…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2023-08-02 Zhouyou Fan , William Good , Huey-Wen Lin

We discuss the determination of the parton substructure of hadrons by casting it as a peculiar form of pattern recognition problem in which the pattern is a probability distribution, and we present the way this problem has been tackled and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-08-31 Stefano Forte , Stefano Carrazza

Studying the structure of nucleons is not only important to understanding the strong interactions of quarks and gluons, but also to improving the precision of new-physics searches. Since a broad class of experiments, including the LHC and…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2017-01-02 Huey-Wen Lin

In this work, we calculate a broad class of parton distributions - including parton distribution functions (PDFs), transverse-momentum-dependent distributions (TMDs), generalized parton distributions (GPDs), generalized…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-29 Shohini Bhattacharya , Chuan-Qi He , Zhong-Bo Kang , Diego Padilla , Jani Penttala

We derive the complete set of positivity bounds for the leading-twist parton distribution functions (PDFs) of a spin-3/2 hadron for the first time. This work generalizes the Soffer bound, a fundamental constraint for spin-1/2 nucleons, to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-13 Dongyan Fu , Yubing Dong , S. Kumano , Ju-Jun Xie

The determination of the parton distribution functions (PDFs) is crucial for a complete understanding of the protons and neutrons that make most of the visible matter in the universe. Years of dedicated studies have yielded a quite precise…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-10-02 Pia Zurita

We present MAPPDFpol1.0, a new determination of the helicity-dependent parton distribution functions (PDFs) of the proton from a set of longitudinally polarised inclusive and semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering data. The determination…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-23 MAP , Collaboration , : , Valerio Bertone , Amedeo Chiefa , Emanuele R. Nocera

We construct a set of parton distribution functions (PDFs) in which fixed-order NLO and NNLO calculations are supplemented with soft-gluon (threshold) resummation up to NLL and NNLL accuracy respectively, suitable for use in conjunction…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-10-13 Marco Bonvini , Simone Marzani , Juan Rojo , Luca Rottoli , Maria Ubiali , Richard D. Ball , Valerio Bertone , Stefano Carrazza , Nathan P. Hartland