Valence parton distribution of the pion from lattice QCD: Approaching the continuum limit
Abstract
We present a high-statistics lattice QCD determination of the valence parton distribution function (PDF) of the pion, with a mass of 300 MeV, using two very fine lattice spacings of a = 0.06 fm and 0.04 fm. We reconstruct the x-dependent PDF, as well as infer the first few even moments of the PDF using leading-twist 1-loop perturbative matching framework. Our analyses use both RI-MOM and ratio-based schemes to renormalize the equal-time bi-local quark-bilinear matrix elements of pions boosted up to 2.4 GeV momenta. We use various model-independent and model-dependent analyses to infer the large-x behavior of the valence PDF. We also present technical studies on lattice spacing and higher-twist corrections present in the boosted pion matrix elements.
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- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR). Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1716541
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1732155
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-220677-2020-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 094513
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704; 16-37; PHY-1847893; SC0010339; FG02-04ER41302; AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 102 Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
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Gao, Xiang, Jin, Luchang, Kallidonis, Christos, Karthik, Nikhil, Mukherjee, Swagato, Petreczky, Peter, Shugert, Charles, Syritsyn, Sergey, and Zhao, Yong. Valence parton distribution of the pion from lattice QCD: Approaching the continuum limit. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.094513.
Gao, Xiang, Jin, Luchang, Kallidonis, Christos, Karthik, Nikhil, Mukherjee, Swagato, Petreczky, Peter, Shugert, Charles, Syritsyn, Sergey, & Zhao, Yong. Valence parton distribution of the pion from lattice QCD: Approaching the continuum limit. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.094513
Gao, Xiang, Jin, Luchang, Kallidonis, Christos, Karthik, Nikhil, Mukherjee, Swagato, Petreczky, Peter, Shugert, Charles, Syritsyn, Sergey, and Zhao, Yong. Tue .
"Valence parton distribution of the pion from lattice QCD: Approaching the continuum limit". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.094513.
@article{osti_1716541,
title = {Valence parton distribution of the pion from lattice QCD: Approaching the continuum limit},
author = {Gao, Xiang and Jin, Luchang and Kallidonis, Christos and Karthik, Nikhil and Mukherjee, Swagato and Petreczky, Peter and Shugert, Charles and Syritsyn, Sergey and Zhao, Yong},
abstractNote = {We present a high-statistics lattice QCD determination of the valence parton distribution function (PDF) of the pion, with a mass of 300 MeV, using two very fine lattice spacings of a = 0.06 fm and 0.04 fm. We reconstruct the x-dependent PDF, as well as infer the first few even moments of the PDF using leading-twist 1-loop perturbative matching framework. Our analyses use both RI-MOM and ratio-based schemes to renormalize the equal-time bi-local quark-bilinear matrix elements of pions boosted up to 2.4 GeV momenta. We use various model-independent and model-dependent analyses to infer the large-x behavior of the valence PDF. We also present technical studies on lattice spacing and higher-twist corrections present in the boosted pion matrix elements.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.102.094513},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 9,
volume = 102,
place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {11}
}
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