Chiral-odd generalized parton distributions, transversity decomposition of angular momentum, and tensor charges of the nucleon

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2009 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.79.014033· OSTI ID:21254716

Wakamatsu, M ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043 (Japan)

The forward limit of the chiral-odd generalized parton distributions (GPDs) and their lower moments are investigated within the framework of the chiral quark soliton model (CQSM), with particular emphasis on the transversity decomposition of nucleon angular momentum proposed by Burkardt. A strong correlation between quark spin and orbital angular momentum inside the nucleon is manifest in the derived second moment sum rule within the CQSM, thereby providing an additional support to the qualitative connection between chiral-odd GPDs and Boer-Mulders effects. We further confirm isoscalar dominance of the corresponding first moment sum rule, which indicates that the Boer-Mulders functions for the u and d quarks have roughly equal magnitude with the same sign. Also made are some comments on the recent empirical extraction of the tensor charges of the nucleon by Anselmino et al. We demonstrate that a comparison of their result with any theoretical predictions must be done with great care, in consideration of fairly strong scale dependence of tensor charges, especially at the lower renormalization scale.

• OSTI ID: 21254716
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 79; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CHIRALITY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CORRELATIONS
D QUARKS
DECOMPOSITION
DISTRIBUTION
FORECASTING
GLUONS
NUCLEONS
ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM
RENORMALIZATION
SPIN
SUM RULES