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The hadronic tensor from four-point functions on the lattice

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2026-02-27 v1

Abstract

The hadronic tensor is the central non-perturbative object in the calculation of the cross section of lepton-hadron interactions like neutrino-nucleon scattering. It is usually parameterized in terms of structure functions, which encode all necessary information for all kinematic regions. Moreover, the structure functions can be factorized in terms of parton distribution functions (PDFs) and contains information on hadron resonances. On the lattice, we can calculate the corresponding matrix element of two quark-bilinear currents with a relative Euclidean time separation. The reconstruction of the hadronic tensor in Minkowski space requires appropriate dealing with the corresponding inverse problem. In our current work, we extend previous calculations on the nucleon by considering a much larger range of momentum transfers, which is inevitable in the context of structure functions. This can be achieved by using stochastic sources, which allows us to calculate the required four-point functions in a broad kinematic region. We employ a clover fermion ensemble at pion mass mπ=223 MeVm_\pi = 223~\mathrm{MeV} and lattice spacing a=0.085 fma=0.085~\mathrm{fm}. In these proceedings, we will give an overview of our simulation and present some first preliminary results.

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@article{arxiv.2602.22379,
  title  = {The hadronic tensor from four-point functions on the lattice},
  author = {Christian Zimmermann and Terrence Draper and Jian Liang and Keh-Fei Liu and Raza Sabbir Sufian and Bigeng Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.22379},
  year   = {2026}
}

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10 pages, 3 figures, LATTICE2025 conference proceedings, submitted to PoS

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