Hadron structure from current-current correlation functions in Lattice QCD

ORAL  · Invited

Abstract

It has been shown that a class of matrix elements of two spatially-separated currents, which are computable directly in Lattice QCD, can be factorized into parton distribution functions with calculable hard coefficients [Phys.Rev.Lett. 120 (2018) no.2, 022003]; in the same manner as the parton distribution functions are extracted from the hadronic cross sections measured in an experiment. We will discuss this most generalized method to obtain parton distribution functions from a Lattice QCD calculation.

We also discuss the direct Lattice QCD calculation of hadronic tensor which can shed light on the understanding of parton physics in the deep inelastic scattering (DIS) region and neutrino-nucleus scatterings in the shallow inelastic scattering (SIS) region. In this talk, we will briefly introduce the framework of calculating hadronic tensor on the lattice and present some preliminary results.

*This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under contract DE-AC05-06OR23177. We acknowledge the facilities of the USQCD Collaboration used for this research in part, which are funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy.

Presenters

  • Raza S Sufian

    • Jefferson Lab

Authors

  • Raza S Sufian

    • Jefferson Lab
  • Jian-Wei Qiu

    • Jefferson Lab
  • David G Richards

    • Jefferson Lab
  • Colin P Egerer

    • College of William & Mary
  • Joseph M Karpie

    • College of William & Mary
  • Kostas Orginos

    • College of William & Mary
  • Jian Liang

    • University of Kentucky
  • Keh-Fei Liu

    • University of Kentucky