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Title: Scalar, vector, and tensor form factors for the pion and kaon from lattice QCD

Abstract

We present a calculation of the scalar, vector and tensor form factors for the pion and kaon in lattice QCD. We use an ensemble of two degenerate light, a strange and a charm quark (Nf = 2 + 1 + 1) of maximally twisted mass fermions with clover improvement. The corresponding pion and kaon masses are about 265 MeV and 530 MeV, respectively. The calculation is done in both rest and boosted frames obtaining data for four-vector momentum transfer squared up to –q2 = 2.5 GeV2 for the pion and 3 GeV2 for the kaon. The excited-states effects are studied by analyzing six values of the source-sink time separation for the rest frame (1.12 – 2.23 fm) and for four values for the boosted frame (1.12 – 1.67 fm). The lattice data are renormalized non-perturbatively and the results for the scheme- and scale-dependent scalar and tensor form factors are presented in the $$\overline{MS}$$ scheme at a scale of 2 GeV. We apply different parametrizations to describe q2-dependence of the form factors to extract the scalar, vector and tensor radii, as well as the tensor anomalous magnetic moment. We compare the pion and kaon form factors to study SU(3) flavor symmetry breaking effects. By combining the data for the vector and tensor form factors we also obtain the lowest moment of the densities of transversely polarized quarks in the impact parameter space. Finally, we give an estimate for the average transverse shift in the y direction for polarized quarks in the x direction.

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Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF); European Union (EU)
Contributing Org.:
ETM Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1847174
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1902150
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0020405; AC02-06CH11357; POST-DOC/0718/0100; CULTURE/AWARDYR/0220; 951732; 82376; PHY17-19626; PHY20-13064; 765048
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review D
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 105 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

Citation Formats

Alexandrou, Constantia, Bacchio, Simone, Cloët, Ian, Constantinou, Martha, Delmar, Joseph, Hadjiyiannakou, Kyriakos, Koutsou, Giannis, Lauer, Colin, Vaquero, Alejandro, and ETM Collaboration. Scalar, vector, and tensor form factors for the pion and kaon from lattice QCD. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.105.054502.
Alexandrou, Constantia, Bacchio, Simone, Cloët, Ian, Constantinou, Martha, Delmar, Joseph, Hadjiyiannakou, Kyriakos, Koutsou, Giannis, Lauer, Colin, Vaquero, Alejandro, & ETM Collaboration. Scalar, vector, and tensor form factors for the pion and kaon from lattice QCD. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.054502
Alexandrou, Constantia, Bacchio, Simone, Cloët, Ian, Constantinou, Martha, Delmar, Joseph, Hadjiyiannakou, Kyriakos, Koutsou, Giannis, Lauer, Colin, Vaquero, Alejandro, and ETM Collaboration. Thu . "Scalar, vector, and tensor form factors for the pion and kaon from lattice QCD". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.054502.
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title = {Scalar, vector, and tensor form factors for the pion and kaon from lattice QCD},
author = {Alexandrou, Constantia and Bacchio, Simone and Cloët, Ian and Constantinou, Martha and Delmar, Joseph and Hadjiyiannakou, Kyriakos and Koutsou, Giannis and Lauer, Colin and Vaquero, Alejandro and ETM Collaboration},
abstractNote = {We present a calculation of the scalar, vector and tensor form factors for the pion and kaon in lattice QCD. We use an ensemble of two degenerate light, a strange and a charm quark (Nf = 2 + 1 + 1) of maximally twisted mass fermions with clover improvement. The corresponding pion and kaon masses are about 265 MeV and 530 MeV, respectively. The calculation is done in both rest and boosted frames obtaining data for four-vector momentum transfer squared up to –q2 = 2.5 GeV2 for the pion and 3 GeV2 for the kaon. The excited-states effects are studied by analyzing six values of the source-sink time separation for the rest frame (1.12 – 2.23 fm) and for four values for the boosted frame (1.12 – 1.67 fm). The lattice data are renormalized non-perturbatively and the results for the scheme- and scale-dependent scalar and tensor form factors are presented in the $\overline{MS}$ scheme at a scale of 2 GeV. We apply different parametrizations to describe q2-dependence of the form factors to extract the scalar, vector and tensor radii, as well as the tensor anomalous magnetic moment. We compare the pion and kaon form factors to study SU(3) flavor symmetry breaking effects. By combining the data for the vector and tensor form factors we also obtain the lowest moment of the densities of transversely polarized quarks in the impact parameter space. Finally, we give an estimate for the average transverse shift in the y direction for polarized quarks in the x direction.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.105.054502},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 5,
volume = 105,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2022},
month = {Thu Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2022}
}

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