The 3-D Structure of the Pion From Pion-induced Drell-Yan Scattering

ORAL

Abstract

We present a phenomenological study of the transverse momentum distribution (TMD) parton distribution fuction (PDF) of the pion, from pion-induced Drell-Yan (DY) lepton-pair production with existing pion DY data. We describe the matching of the high-transverse momentum (pT) collinear fixed order perturbative QCD pT spectrum, with the low-pT TMD spectrum using using the state-of-the-art Collins-Soper-Sterman (CSS) TMD factorization formalism. Within the global QCD analysis framework of the JAM (Jefferson Lab Angular Momentum) Collaboration, we extract the pion TMD PDF using Bayesian inference. This setup will allow us to perform a simultaneous and self-consistent determination of pion and nucleon TMD PDFs from hard processes and map out the 3-D structure of pions.

Authors

  • Leonard Gamberg

    Penn State Berks, Pennsylvania State University, Division of Science, Penn State Berks

  • Patrick Barry

    Jefferson Lab

  • Astrid Hiller Blin

    Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Jefferson Lab

  • Wally Melnitchouk

    Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Jefferson Lab, Jefferson Laboratory

  • Nobuo Sato

    Jefferson Lab, Jefferson Laboratory