Transverse momentum distributions inside the nucleon from lattice QCD

Journal Article · Fri Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3601431· OSTI ID:21608246

Musch, B U ^[1]; Haegler, Ph ^[2]; Negele, J W ^[3]; Schaefer, A ^[2]

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1. Theory Center, Jefferson Lab, 12000 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA 23606 (United States)
2. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Universitaet Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg (Germany)
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 (United States)

We study transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions (TMDs) with non-local operators in lattice QCD, using MILC/LHPC lattices. Results obtained with a simplified operator geometry show visible dipole deformations of spin-dependent quark momentum densities.

• OSTI ID: 21608246
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1350, Issue 1; Conference: DIFFRACTION 2010: International workshop on diffraction in high energy physics, Otranto (Italy), 10-15 Sep 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3601431; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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