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Title: Up, down, and strange nucleon axial form factors from lattice QCD

Journal Article · · Physical Review D
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  1. John von Neumann-Institute for Computing (NIC), Zeuthen (Germany)
  2. Bergische Univ., Wuppertal (Germany); Julich Research Centre (Germany). Inst. for Advanced Simulation (IAS)
  3. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States). Dept. of Physics; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). RIKEN Research Center
  4. New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM (United States). Dept. of Physics
  5. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (United States). Dpet. of Computer Science
  6. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Center for Theoretical Physics
  7. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (United States). Physics Dept. ; Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
  8. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)

Here, we report a calculation of the nucleon axial form factors $$G_A^q(Q^2)$$ and $$G_P^q(Q^2)$$ for all three light quark flavors $$q\in\{u,d,s\}$$ in the range $$0\leq Q^2\lesssim 1.2\text{ GeV}^2$$ using lattice QCD. Our work was done using a single ensemble with pion mass 317 MeV and made use of the hierarchical probing technique to efficiently evaluate the required disconnected loops. We perform nonperturbative renormalization of the axial current, including a nonperturbative treatment of the mixing between light and strange currents due to the singlet-nonsinglet difference caused by the axial anomaly. The form factor shapes are fit using the model-independent $$z$$ expansion. From $$G_A^q(Q^2)$$, we determine the quark contributions to the nucleon spin and axial radii. By extrapolating the isovector $$G_P^{u-d}(Q^2)$$, we obtain the induced pseudoscalar coupling relevant for ordinary muon capture and the pion-nucleon coupling constant. We also found that the disconnected contributions to $$G_P$$ form factors are large, and give an interpretation based on the dominant influence of the pseudoscalar poles in these form factors.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-94ER40818; SC-0011090; FG02-96ER40965; FC02-12ER41890; FG02-04ER41302; AC02-05HC11231; AC05-06OR23177; ACI-1053575; CCF-121834; PHY-1520996; SFB-TRR 55; FG02–94ER40818; SC–0011090; FG02–96ER40965; FC02–12ER41890; FG02–04ER41302; AC02–05HC11231; AC05–06OR23177
OSTI ID:
1364529
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1363979
Report Number(s):
JLAB-THY-17-2498; DOE/OR/23177-4172; arXiv:1703.06703; RBRC 1232; PRVDAQ
Journal Information:
Physical Review D, Vol. 95, Issue 11; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 63 works
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