Parton distributions from nonlocal chiral SU(3) effective theory: Flavor asymmetries

Journal Article · 21 November 2019 · Physical Review D

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.094026 · OSTI ID:1607573

Salamu, Y.  ^[1]; Ji, Chueng -Ryong  ^[2]; Melnitchouk, W.  ^[3]; Thomas, A. W.  ^[4]; Wang, P.  ^[5]; Wang, X. G. ^[4]

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1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of High Energy Physics; Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China). School of Physical Sciences
2. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States). Dept. of Physics
3. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
4. Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide (Australia). CoEPP and CSSM, Dept. of Physics
5. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of High Energy Physics and Theoretical Physics Center for Science Facilities

Using recently derived results for one-loop hadronic splitting functions from a nonlocal implementation of chiral effective theory, we study the contributions from pseudoscalar meson loops to flavor asymmetries in the proton. Constraining the parameters of the regulating functions by inclusive production of $$n$$, $$\Delta^{++}$$, $$\Lambda$$ and $$\Sigma^{*+}$$ baryons in $pp$ collisions, we compute the shape of the light antiquark asymmetry $$\bar{d}-\bar{u}$$ in the proton and the strange asymmetry $$s-\bar{s}$$ in the nucleon sea. With these constraints, the magnitude of the $$\bar{d}-\bar{u}$$ asymmetry is found to be compatible with that extracted from the Fermilab E866 Drell-Yan measurement, with no indication of a sign change at large values of $$x$$, and an integrated value in the range $$\langle \bar d-\bar u \rangle \approx 0.09-0.17$$. The $$s-\bar s$$ asymmetry is predicted to be positive at $x > 0$, with compensating negative contributions at $x=0$, and an integrated $$x$$-weighted moment in the range $$\langle x (s-\bar s) \rangle \approx (0.9-2.5) \times 10^{-3}$$.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE
• Grant/Contract Number: 11475186; 11621131001; AC05-06OR23177; FG02-03ER41260; CE110001104; DP151103101; DP180100497
• OSTI ID: 1607573
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 1575204
• Report Number(s): JLAB-THY-19-2996; DOE/OR/23177-4747; arXiv:1907.08551; PRVDAQ; TRN: US2100155
• Journal Information: Physical Review D, Vol. 100, Issue 9; ISSN 2470-0010
• Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English