scholarly journals Leading and higher twist transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions in the spectator model

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Liu ◽  
Wenjuan Mao ◽  
Xiaoyu Wang ◽  
Bo-Qiang Ma
2015 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 1560022
Author(s):  
M. G. A. Buffing ◽  
P. J. Mulders

In the description of protons, we go beyond the ordinary collinear parton distribution functions (PDFs), by including transverse momentum dependent PDFs (TMDs). As such, we become sensitive to polarization modes of the partons and protons that one cannot probe without accounting for transverse momenta of partons, in particular when looking at azimuthal asymmetries. Hadronic processes require the inclusion of gluon contributions forming the gauge links, which are path-ordered exponentials tracing the color flow. In processes with two hadrons in the initial state, such as Drell-Yan (DY), the gauge links from different parts of the process get entangled. We show that in color disentangling this gauge link structure, one becomes sensitive to this color flow. After disentanglement, particular combinations of TMDs will require a different numerical color factor than one naively might have expected. Such color factors will even play a role for azimuthal asymmetries in the simplest hadronic processes such as DY.


Author(s):  
MIGUEL G. ECHEVARRÍA ◽  
AHMAD IDILBI ◽  
IGNAZIO SCIMEMI

We consider the definition of unpolarized transverse-momentum-dependent parton distribution functions while staying on-the-light-cone. By imposing a requirement of identical treatment of two collinear sectors, our approach, compatible with a generic factorization theorem with the soft function included, is valid for all non-ultra-violet regulators (as it should), an issue which causes much confusion in the whole field. We explain how large logarithms can be resummed in a way which can be considered as an alternative to the use of Collins-Soper evolution equation. The evolution properties are also discussed and the gauge-invariance, in both classes of gauges, regular and singular, is emphasized.


2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (35n37) ◽  
pp. 2913-2923 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. G. STEFANIS ◽  
I. O. CHEREDNIKOV

The ultraviolet and rapidity divergences of transverse-momentum dependent parton distribution functions with lightlike and transverse gauge links is studied, also incorporating a soft eikonal factor. We find that in the light-cone gauge with q--independent pole prescriptions extra divergences appear which amount, at one-loop, to a cusp-like anomalous-dimension. We show that such contributions are absent when the Mandelstam-Leibbrandt prescription is used. In the first case, the soft factor cancels the anomalous dimension defect, while in the second case its ultraviolet-divergent part reduces to unity.


2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (19n20) ◽  
pp. 1750121 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Hosseinkhani ◽  
M. Modarres ◽  
N. Olanj

Transverse momentum dependent (TMD) parton distributions, also referred to as unintegrated parton distribution functions (UPDFs), are produced via the Kimber–Martin–Ryskin (KMR) prescription. The GJR08 set of parton distribution functions (PDFs) which are based on the valence-like distributions is used, at the leading order (LO) and the next-to-leading order (NLO) approximations, as inputs of the KMR formalism. The general and the relative behaviors of the generated TMD PDFs at LO and NLO and their ratios in a wide range of the transverse momentum values, i.e. [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are investigated. It is shown that the properties of the parent valence-like PDFs are imprinted on the daughter TMD PDFs. Imposing the angular ordering constraint (AOC) leads to the dynamical variable limits on the integrals which in turn increase the contributions from the lower scales at lower [Formula: see text]. The results are compared with our previous studies based on the MSTW2008 input PDFs and it is shown that the present calculation gives flatter TMD PDFs. Finally, a comparison of longitudinal structure function [Formula: see text] is made by using the produced TMD PDFs and those that were generated through the MSTW2008-LO PDF from our previous work and the corresponding data from H1 and ZEUS collaborations and a reasonable agreement is found.


2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Engelhardt ◽  
Bernhard Musch ◽  
Philipp Haegler ◽  
John Negele ◽  
Andreas Schafer

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Nematollahi ◽  
P. Abolhadi ◽  
S. Atashbar ◽  
A. Mirjalili ◽  
M. M. Yazdanpanah

AbstractWe extract the polarized parton distribution functions (PPDFs) of proton. To this end we do a global analysis on recent and up-to-dated experimental data of polarized nucleon and deuteron structure functions at the NLO accuracy of perturbative QCD. We use the Jacobi polynomials expansion technique to do the required analyses. To achieve a more realistic estimation of the PPDFs and observable uncertainties we employ the Hessian error propagation. Following that we apply a theoretical approach which is based on imposing Lorentz structure in the parton model to investigate the transverse momentum dependence of these PPDFs. In this approach, the transverse momentum dependent (TMD) polarized parton distributions, which are also called the helicity distributions, are related to the integrated ones. This relation is indicating the priority and importance of data analysis for PPDFs. The results show a convenient general treatment expected for TMD densities which are in fact resulted from data analysis and fitting processes of integrated PPDFs in an adequate and a proper way.


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