Oct 8 – 10, 2025
Stony Brook University/Online
America/New_York timezone

Nucleon PDFs from Boosted Correlations in the Coulomb Gauge

Oct 9, 2025, 11:25 AM
25m
CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building (Stony Brook University/Online)

CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building

Stony Brook University/Online

Speaker

Jinchen He (University of Maryland, College Park)

Description

Recently, a novel approach has been suggested to compute parton distributions through the use of boosted correlators fixed in the Coulomb gauge from lattice QCD, within the framework of Large-Momentum Effective Theory (LaMET). This approach circumvents the need for Wilson lines, potentially enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of lattice QCD calculations significantly. In this study, we implement the Coulomb gauge method to calculate the unpolarized, helicity, and transversity parton distribution functions (PDFs) of nucleons. Following a careful investigation of the excited state contamination and various systematic uncertainties, we provide final results of the nucleon PDFs obtained from lattice calculations, which show compatibility with global fits. This research also serves as a benchmark for future broader applications of the Coulomb gauge method, particularly in the computation of transverse-momentum-dependent distributions.

Authors

Jinchen He (University of Maryland, College Park) Rui Zhang (argonne national laboratory) XIANG Gao Yong Zhao (Argonne National Laboratory)

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