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Intrinsic transverse momentum and parton correlations from nonperturbative short-range interactions

Conference · · Acta Physica Polonica B Suppl. 6(1)
We summarize recent progress in understanding the effects of nonperturbative short-range interactions in QCD on the nucleon's partonic structure at a low scale: (a) Sea quarks have intrinsic transverse momenta up to the chiral symmetry-breaking scale rho^{-1} ~ 0.6 GeV, much larger than those of valence quarks. (b) Sea quarks in the nucleon light-cone wave function exist partly in correlated in pairs of transverse size rho with sigma and pi-like quantum numbers and a distinctive spin structure (L = 1 components). The effects are demonstrated in an effective model of the low-energy dynamics resulting from chiral symmetry breaking in QCD. They have numerous implications for the P_T distribution of hadrons in semi-inclusive DIS and multiparton processes in high-energy pp collisions.
Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-06OR23177
OSTI ID:
1069234
Report Number(s):
JLAB-THY-12-1679; DOE/OR/23177-2403; arXiv:1212.4031
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Acta Physica Polonica B Suppl. 6(1) Journal Issue: 1 Journal Volume: 6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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