x [in angle brackets] and x2 [in angle brackets] of the pion PDF from lattice QCD with Nf =2+1+1 dynamical quark flavors

Using Nf=2+1+1 lattice QCD, we determine the fermionic connected contributions to the first and second moments of the pion parton distribution function. Based on gauge configurations from the European Twisted Mass Collaboration, chiral and continuum extrapolations are performed using pion masses in...

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Main Authors: Oehm, Maximilian (Author) , Zafeiropoulos, Savvas (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 14 January 2019
In: Physical review
Year: 2019, Volume: 99, Issue: 1
ISSN:2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.014508
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.014508
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Author Notes:M. Oehm, C. Alexandrou, M. Constantinou, K. Jansen, G. Koutsou, B. Kostrzewa, F. Steffens, C. Urbach, and S. Zafeiropoulos (ETM Collaboration)
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Summary:Using Nf=2+1+1 lattice QCD, we determine the fermionic connected contributions to the first and second moments of the pion parton distribution function. Based on gauge configurations from the European Twisted Mass Collaboration, chiral and continuum extrapolations are performed using pion masses in the range of 230 to 500 MeV and three values of the lattice spacing. Finite volume effects are investigated using different volumes. In order to avoid mixing under renormalization for the second moment, we use an operator with two nonzero spatial components of momentum. Momenta are injected using twisted boundary conditions. Our final values read ⟨x⟩physR=0.2075(106) and ⟨x2⟩physR=0.163(33), determined at 2 GeV in the ¯¯¯¯¯¯MS scheme and with systematic and statistical uncertainties summed in quadrature.
Item Description:Im Titel ist die Zahl "2" hochgestellt, der Buchstabe "f" tiefgestellt
Im Titel stehen x und x2 jeweils in spitzen Klammern
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Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.014508