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Genuine empirical pressure within the proton

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-08-04 v1 Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

A phenomenological extraction of pressure within the proton has recently been performed using JLab CLAS data (arXiv:2104.02031 [nucl-ex]). The extraction used a 3-dimensional Breit frame description in which the initial and final proton states have different momenta. Instead, we obtain the two-dimensional transverse light front pressure densities that incorporate relativistic effects arising from the boosts that cause the initial and final states to differ. The mechanical radius is then determined to be 0.518 ±0.062fit±0.126sys fm0.518~ \pm 0.062_{\mathrm{fit}} \pm 0.126_{\mathrm{sys}}~\mathrm{fm}, which is smaller than the electric charge radius and larger than the light front momentum radius. The forces within the proton are shown to be predominantly repulsive at distances less than 0.43 ±0.12 fm0.43~\pm 0.12~\mathrm{fm} from the center, and predominantly attractive further out.

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@article{arxiv.2104.03213,
  title  = {Genuine empirical pressure within the proton},
  author = {Adam Freese and Gerald A. Miller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.03213},
  year   = {2021}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures

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