Studying the information content of TMDs using Monte Carlo generators

Journal Article · Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/42/3/034015· OSTI ID:1169584

Avakian, H. ^[1]; Matevosyan, H. ^[2]; Pasquini, B. ^[3]; Schweitzer, P. ^[4]

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1. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
2. The Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide (Australia)
3. Univ. of Pavia, Pavia (Italy)
4. Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)

Theoretical advances in studies of the nucleon structure have been spurred by recent measurements of spin and/or azimuthal asymmetries worldwide. One of the main challenges still remaining is the extraction of the parton distribution functions, generalized to describe transverse momentum and spatial distributions of partons from these observables with no or minimal model dependence. In this topical review we present the latest developments in the field with emphasis on requirements for Monte Carlo event generators, indispensable for studies of the complex 3D nucleon structure, and discuss examples of possible applications.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-06OR23177
• OSTI ID: 1169584
• Report Number(s): JLAB-PHY-15-2; DOE/OR/23177-3200
• Journal Information: Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 42, Issue 3; ISSN 0954-3899
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

3D nucleon structure
transverse momentum distributions
parton models
azimuthal asymmetries in SIDIS