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Title: Pion and kaon structure at the electron-ion collider

Abstract

Understanding the origin and dynamics of hadron structure and in turn that of atomic nuclei is a central goal of nuclear physics. This challenge entails the questions of how does the roughly 1 GeV mass-scale that characterizes atomic nuclei appear; why does it have the observed value; and, enigmatically, why are the composite Nambu-Goldstone (NG) bosons in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) abnormally light in comparison? In this perspective, we provide an analysis of the mass budget of the pion and proton in QCD; discuss the special role of the kaon, which lies near the boundary between dominance of strong and Higgs mass-generation mechanisms; and explain the need for a coherent effort in QCD phenomenology and continuum calculations, in exa-scale computing as provided by lattice QCD, and in experiments to make progress in understanding the origins of hadron masses and the distribution of that mass within them. We compare the unique capabilities foreseen at the electron-ion collider (EIC) with those at the hadron-electron ring accelerator (HERA), the only previous electron-proton collider; and describe five key experimental measurements, enabled by the EIC and aimed at delivering fundamental insights that will generate concrete answers to the questions of how mass and structure arise inmore » the pion and kaon, the Standard Model’s NG modes, whose surprisingly low mass is critical to the evolution of our Universe.« less

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  1. Univ. of Campinas - UNICAMP, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  2. Univ. of Regina, Regina, SK (Canada)
  3. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
  4. Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, D.C. (United States)
  5. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (United States); CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)
  6. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
  7. Univ. Michoacana de San Nicol ́as de Hidalgo, Michoacan (Mexico)
  8. European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT∗) and Fondazione Bruno Kessler VillaTambosi,Villazzano (Italy)
  9. Nankai Univ., Tianjin (China)
  10. Justus-Liebig-Univ. Gießen, Gießen (Germany)
  11. Univ. Cruzeiro do Sul / Univ. Cidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  12. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
  13. European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT∗) and Fondazione Bruno Kessler VillaTambosi, Villazzano (Italy); Nankai Univ., Tianjin (China)
  14. Inst. Tecnologico de Aeronautica, Sao Jose dos Campos (Brazil)
  15. Univ. Heidelberg, Heidelberg (Germany)
  16. Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)
  17. Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States)
  18. Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX (United States)
  19. Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
  20. Univ. Estadual Paulista, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  21. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
  22. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma (Italy)
  23. Univ. of Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
  24. Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  25. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (United States)
  26. Univ. of Valencia and CSIC, Valencia (Spain)
  27. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (United States)
  28. Chongqing Univ., Chongqing (China)
  29. Nanjing Univ., Jiangsu (China)
  30. Univ. of Huelva, Huelva (Spain)
  31. Forschungszentrum Julich and JARA, Julich (Germany)
  32. Univ. Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla (Spain)
  33. Nanjing Univ. of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing (China)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq); German Research Foundation (DFG); Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
OSTI Identifier:
1574292
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1593121
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-19-3003; DOE/OR/23177-4749; arXiv:1907.08218; NJU-INP 001/19
Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6001; TRN: US2001165
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-06OR23177; AC02-06CH1135; FG02-87ER4037; AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
European Physical Journal. A
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 55; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6001
Publisher:
Springer
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS

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Aguilar, Arlene C., Ahmed, Zafir, Aidala, Christine, Ali, Salina, Andrieux, Vincent, Arrington, John, Bashir, Adnan, Berdnikov, Vladimir, Binosi, Daniele, Chang, Lei, Chen, Chen, Chen, Muyang, de Melo, João Pacheco B. C., Diefenthaler, Markus, Ding, Minghui, Ent, Rolf, Frederico, Tobias, Gao, Fei, Gothe, Ralf W., Hattawy, Mohammad, Hobbs, Timothy J., Horn, Tanja, Huber, Garth M., Jia, Shaoyang, Keppel, Cynthia, Krein, Gastão, Lin, Huey-Wen, Mezrag, Cédric, Mokeev, Victor, Montgomery, Rachel, Moutarde, Hervé, Nadolsky, Pavel, Papavassiliou, Joannis, Park, Kijun, Pegg, Ian L., Peng, Jen-Chieh, Platchkov, Stephane, Qin, Si-Xue, Raya, Khépani, Reimer, Paul, Richards, David G., Roberts, Craig D., Rodríguez-Quintero, Jose, Sato, Nobuo, Schmidt, Sebastian M., Segovia, Jorge, Tadepalli, Arun, Trotta, Richard, Ye, Zhihong, Yoshida, Rikutaro, and Xu, Shu-Sheng. Pion and kaon structure at the electron-ion collider. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1140/epja/i2019-12885-0.
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Aguilar, Arlene C., Ahmed, Zafir, Aidala, Christine, Ali, Salina, Andrieux, Vincent, Arrington, John, Bashir, Adnan, Berdnikov, Vladimir, Binosi, Daniele, Chang, Lei, Chen, Chen, Chen, Muyang, de Melo, João Pacheco B. C., Diefenthaler, Markus, Ding, Minghui, Ent, Rolf, Frederico, Tobias, Gao, Fei, Gothe, Ralf W., Hattawy, Mohammad, Hobbs, Timothy J., Horn, Tanja, Huber, Garth M., Jia, Shaoyang, Keppel, Cynthia, Krein, Gastão, Lin, Huey-Wen, Mezrag, Cédric, Mokeev, Victor, Montgomery, Rachel, Moutarde, Hervé, Nadolsky, Pavel, Papavassiliou, Joannis, Park, Kijun, Pegg, Ian L., Peng, Jen-Chieh, Platchkov, Stephane, Qin, Si-Xue, Raya, Khépani, Reimer, Paul, Richards, David G., Roberts, Craig D., Rodríguez-Quintero, Jose, Sato, Nobuo, Schmidt, Sebastian M., Segovia, Jorge, Tadepalli, Arun, Trotta, Richard, Ye, Zhihong, Yoshida, Rikutaro, & Xu, Shu-Sheng. Pion and kaon structure at the electron-ion collider. United States. doi:10.1140/epja/i2019-12885-0.
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Aguilar, Arlene C., Ahmed, Zafir, Aidala, Christine, Ali, Salina, Andrieux, Vincent, Arrington, John, Bashir, Adnan, Berdnikov, Vladimir, Binosi, Daniele, Chang, Lei, Chen, Chen, Chen, Muyang, de Melo, João Pacheco B. C., Diefenthaler, Markus, Ding, Minghui, Ent, Rolf, Frederico, Tobias, Gao, Fei, Gothe, Ralf W., Hattawy, Mohammad, Hobbs, Timothy J., Horn, Tanja, Huber, Garth M., Jia, Shaoyang, Keppel, Cynthia, Krein, Gastão, Lin, Huey-Wen, Mezrag, Cédric, Mokeev, Victor, Montgomery, Rachel, Moutarde, Hervé, Nadolsky, Pavel, Papavassiliou, Joannis, Park, Kijun, Pegg, Ian L., Peng, Jen-Chieh, Platchkov, Stephane, Qin, Si-Xue, Raya, Khépani, Reimer, Paul, Richards, David G., Roberts, Craig D., Rodríguez-Quintero, Jose, Sato, Nobuo, Schmidt, Sebastian M., Segovia, Jorge, Tadepalli, Arun, Trotta, Richard, Ye, Zhihong, Yoshida, Rikutaro, and Xu, Shu-Sheng. Thu . "Pion and kaon structure at the electron-ion collider". United States. doi:10.1140/epja/i2019-12885-0. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1574292.
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@article{osti_1574292,
title = {Pion and kaon structure at the electron-ion collider},
author = {Aguilar, Arlene C. and Ahmed, Zafir and Aidala, Christine and Ali, Salina and Andrieux, Vincent and Arrington, John and Bashir, Adnan and Berdnikov, Vladimir and Binosi, Daniele and Chang, Lei and Chen, Chen and Chen, Muyang and de Melo, João Pacheco B. C. and Diefenthaler, Markus and Ding, Minghui and Ent, Rolf and Frederico, Tobias and Gao, Fei and Gothe, Ralf W. and Hattawy, Mohammad and Hobbs, Timothy J. and Horn, Tanja and Huber, Garth M. and Jia, Shaoyang and Keppel, Cynthia and Krein, Gastão and Lin, Huey-Wen and Mezrag, Cédric and Mokeev, Victor and Montgomery, Rachel and Moutarde, Hervé and Nadolsky, Pavel and Papavassiliou, Joannis and Park, Kijun and Pegg, Ian L. and Peng, Jen-Chieh and Platchkov, Stephane and Qin, Si-Xue and Raya, Khépani and Reimer, Paul and Richards, David G. and Roberts, Craig D. and Rodríguez-Quintero, Jose and Sato, Nobuo and Schmidt, Sebastian M. and Segovia, Jorge and Tadepalli, Arun and Trotta, Richard and Ye, Zhihong and Yoshida, Rikutaro and Xu, Shu-Sheng},
abstractNote = {Understanding the origin and dynamics of hadron structure and in turn that of atomic nuclei is a central goal of nuclear physics. This challenge entails the questions of how does the roughly 1 GeV mass-scale that characterizes atomic nuclei appear; why does it have the observed value; and, enigmatically, why are the composite Nambu-Goldstone (NG) bosons in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) abnormally light in comparison? In this perspective, we provide an analysis of the mass budget of the pion and proton in QCD; discuss the special role of the kaon, which lies near the boundary between dominance of strong and Higgs mass-generation mechanisms; and explain the need for a coherent effort in QCD phenomenology and continuum calculations, in exa-scale computing as provided by lattice QCD, and in experiments to make progress in understanding the origins of hadron masses and the distribution of that mass within them. We compare the unique capabilities foreseen at the electron-ion collider (EIC) with those at the hadron-electron ring accelerator (HERA), the only previous electron-proton collider; and describe five key experimental measurements, enabled by the EIC and aimed at delivering fundamental insights that will generate concrete answers to the questions of how mass and structure arise in the pion and kaon, the Standard Model’s NG modes, whose surprisingly low mass is critical to the evolution of our Universe.},
doi = {10.1140/epja/i2019-12885-0},
journal = {European Physical Journal. A},
number = 10,
volume = 55,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {10}
}
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