QCD angular momentum in N → Δ transitions
N → Δ transitions offer new possibilities for exploring the isovector component of the QCD quark angular momentum (AM) operator causing the $$J^{u - d}$$ flavor asymmetry in the nucleon. We extend the concept of QCD AM to transitions between baryon states, using light-front densities of the energy-momentum tensor in transversely localized states. We calculate the N → Δ transition AM in the 1/Nc expansion, connect it with the $$J^{u - d}$$ flavor asymmetry in the nucleon, and estimate the values using lattice QCD results. In the same setup we connect the transition AM to the transition GPDs sampled in hard exclusive electroproduction processes with N → Δ transitions, enabling experimental study of the transition AM.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF); Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Korea (MEST)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-06OR23177; PHY 1913562; 2021R1A2C2093368; 2018R1A5A1025563
- OSTI ID:
- 1993114
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1990015
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-THY-23-3795; arXiv:2304.08575; DOE/OR/23177-6037; S0370269323004173; 138083; PII: S0370269323004173
- Journal Information:
- Physics Letters. B, Journal Name: Physics Letters. B Vol. 844 Journal Issue: C; ISSN 0370-2693
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- Netherlands
- Language:
- English
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