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Title: Chiral and trace anomalies in deeply virtual Compton scattering

Journal Article · · Physical Review D

Inspired by recent work by Tarasov and Venugopalan, we calculate the one-loop quark box diagrams relevant to polarized and unpolarized deep inelastic scattering (DIS) by introducing off-forward momentum lμ as an infrared regulator. In the polarized case, we rederive the pole 1/l2 related to the axial (chiral) anomaly. In addition, we obtain the usual logarithmic term and the DIS coefficient function. We interpret the result in terms of the generalized parton distributions (GPDs) $$\tilde{H}$$ and $$\tilde{E}$$ and discuss the possible violation of QCD factorization for the Compton scattering amplitude. Remarkably, we also find poles in the unpolarized case which are remnants of the trace anomaly. We argue that these poles are canceled by the would-be massless glueball poles in the GPDs H and E as well as in their moments, the nucleon gravitational form factors A, B and D. This mechanism sheds light on the connection between the gravitational form factors and the gluon condensate operator FμνFμν.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR). Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC); German Research Foundation (DFG)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1922530
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1969923
Report Number(s):
BNL-224236-2023-JAAM; PRVDAQ; 014026
Journal Information:
Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D Vol. 107 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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