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We present preliminary results on the determination of spin-dependent, or polarised, Parton Distribution Functions (PDFs) from all relevant inclusive polarised DIS data. The analysis is performed within the NNPDF approach, which provides a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-06-26 Emanuele R. Nocera , Stefano Forte , Giovanni Ridolfi , Juan Rojo

We summarize the renormalization-group properties of transverse-momentum dependent (TMD) parton distribution functions (PDF)s arguing that in the light-cone gauge the overlapping ultraviolet and rapidity divergences cannot be solely…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-02-03 N. G. Stefanis , I. O. Cherednikov , A. I. Karanikas

We present the first unbiased determination of spin-dependent, or polarized, Parton Distribution Functions (PDFs) of the proton. A statistically sound representation of the corresponding uncertainties is achieved by means of the NNPDF…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-03-04 Emanuele Roberto Nocera

The procedure for calculation of the QCD evolution of transverse momentum dependent distributions within the covariant approach is suggested. The standard collinear QCD evolution together with the requirements of relativistic invariance and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-02-17 A. V. Efremov , O. V. Teryaev , P. Zavada

We examine the dependence of parton distribution functions (PDFs) on the value of the QCD coupling strength $\alpha_{s}(M_{Z})$. We explain a simple method that is rigorously valid in the quadratic approximation normally applied in PDF…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-20 Hung-Liang Lai , Joey Huston , Zhao Li , Pavel Nadolsky , Jon Pumplin , Daniel Stump , C. -P. Yuan

Azimuthal asymmetries in high-energy processes, most pronounced showing up in combination with single or double (transverse) spin asymmetries, can be understood with the help of transverse momentum dependent (TMD) parton distribution and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-11 M. G. A. Buffing , P. J. Mulders

We present a review of current Transverse Momentum Dependent (TMD) phenomenology focusing our attention on the unpolarized TMD parton distribution function and the Sivers function. The paper introduces and comments about the new…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-23 Stefano Melis

In this contribution TMD evolution of azimuthal asymmetries, in particular of the Sivers and double Collins asymmetries, is addressed. A comparison of the scale dependence is made between asymmetries described with TMD factorization at low…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-16 Daniel Boer

The impact of the inclusion of TMD shape functions on the transverse momentum spectrum in $J/\psi$ production at the EIC is investigated by considering the matching of the TMD factorization description at low transverse momentum with the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-15 Luca Maxia , Daniël Boer , Jelle Bor

The cross section for transverse momentum dependent double parton scattering involves transverse momentum dependent double parton distributions (DTMDs). In the region of perturbative transverse momentum the DTMDs can be matched onto…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-11-02 Maarten G. A. Buffing , Markus Diehl , Tomas Kasemets

We compute the contribution of twist-2 and twist-3 parton distribution functions to the small-$b$ expansion for transverse momentum dependent (TMD) distributions at all powers of $b$. The computation is done by the twist-decomposition…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-08-06 Valentin Moos , Alexey Vladimirov

We study angular distributions in the Drell-Yan process using an extended transverse momentum dependent (TMD) factorization framework that includes kinematic power corrections. This approach allows the description of observables previously…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-19 Alexey Vladimirov

We present a global analysis of Sivers functions, transversity distribution functions, and Collins fragmentation functions within the transverse momentum dependent factorization. This analysis encompasses the latest data from semi-inclusive…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-12-25 Chunhua Zeng , Hongxin Dong , Tianbo Liue , Peng Sun , Yuxiang Zhao

Parton branching methods underlie the Monte Carlo (MC) generators, being therefore of key importance for obtaining high energy physics predictions. We construct a new parton branching algorithm which for the first time incorporates the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-01-02 Aleksandra Lelek

We examine the QCD evolution of the helicity and transversity parton distribution functions when including also their dependence on transverse momentum. Using an appropriate definition of these polarized transverse momentum distributions…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-15 Alessandro Bacchetta , Alexei Prokudin

The transverse-momentum-dependent distributions (TMDs), which are defined by gauge-invariant 3D parton correlators with staple-shaped lightlike Wilson lines, can be calculated from quark and gluon correlators fixed in the Coulomb gauge on a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-12-04 Yong Zhao

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

In this study, we extend our previous global analysis of nuclear-modified transverse momentum distribution functions (nTMDs) to also consider the nuclear-modified collinear fragmentation function. Our methodology incorporates the global set…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-15 Mishary Alrashed , Zhong-Bo Kang , John Terry , Hongxi Xing , Congyue Zhang

We explore the possibility to include small-$x$ dynamics effects in the parton branching (PB) approach to transverse momentum dependent (TMD) parton distribution functions. To this end, we first revisit the PB method at leading order,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-08-06 Sara Taheri Monfared , Francesco Hautmann , Hannes Jung , Melanie Schmitz

Twist-3 collinear parton distribution functions (PDFs) are matrix elements of quark-gluon-quark or three-gluons light-cone operators. They depend on three momentum fraction variables, which are restricted to a hexagon region, and the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-07-10 Simone Rodini , Lorenzo Rossi , Alexey Vladimirov