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Title: Pressure Distribution and Shear Forces inside the Proton

Abstract

The distributions of pressure and shear forces inside the proton are investigated using lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD) calculations of the energy momentum tensor, allowing the first model-independent determination of these fundamental aspects of proton structure. This is achieved by combining recent LQCD results for the gluon contributions to the energy momentum tensor with earlier calculations of the quark contributions. The utility of LQCD calculations in exploring, and supplementing, the assumptions in a recent extraction of the pressure distribution in the proton from deeply virtual Compton scattering is also discussed. Based on this study, the target kinematics for experiments aiming to determine the pressure and shear distributions with greater precision at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and a future electron ion collider are investigated.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Center for Theoretical Physics; Perimeter Inst. for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON (Canada)
  2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Center for Theoretical Physics
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
OSTI Identifier:
1542461
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1495853; OSTI ID: 1635365
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; SC0010495; SC0011090; SC0018121
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 122; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; lattice QCD; quantum chromodynamics; strong interaction; protons

Citation Formats

Shanahan, P. E., and Detmold, W. Pressure Distribution and Shear Forces inside the Proton. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.072003.
Shanahan, P. E., & Detmold, W. Pressure Distribution and Shear Forces inside the Proton. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.072003
Shanahan, P. E., and Detmold, W. Fri . "Pressure Distribution and Shear Forces inside the Proton". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.072003. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1542461.
@article{osti_1542461,
title = {Pressure Distribution and Shear Forces inside the Proton},
author = {Shanahan, P. E. and Detmold, W.},
abstractNote = {The distributions of pressure and shear forces inside the proton are investigated using lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD) calculations of the energy momentum tensor, allowing the first model-independent determination of these fundamental aspects of proton structure. This is achieved by combining recent LQCD results for the gluon contributions to the energy momentum tensor with earlier calculations of the quark contributions. The utility of LQCD calculations in exploring, and supplementing, the assumptions in a recent extraction of the pressure distribution in the proton from deeply virtual Compton scattering is also discussed. Based on this study, the target kinematics for experiments aiming to determine the pressure and shear distributions with greater precision at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and a future electron ion collider are investigated.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.072003},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 7,
volume = 122,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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