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Pion Structure at Large x in Spectral Function Approach

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Abstract

We present the result of our calculation of pion partonic distribution at large x within the spectral function approach. In this approach, the pion structure is modeled as a convolution of q\bar q valence quark cluster embedded in the residual mean field of the pion. The parameters of the residual field are evaluated by comparing the calculated PDF with the soft component of q \bar q cluster with the peaking properties of x-weighted valence quark distribution at 0.3 < x < 0.5. For the high x domain (0.6-1), we included the contribution from hard q\bar q interaction which is generated through the hard-gluon exchange. We present the comparison of our calculations with the recent extraction of pion PDFs at large x and discuss the role of the hard interaction in the generation of the high x part of the pion PDF.

Publication: The Pion Valence Structure in the Residual Field Model <br>Christopher Leon, Joseph Maerovitz, Misak Sargsian (Current Work)<br><br><br>Residual Mean Field Model of Valence Quarks in the Nucleon<br>Christopher Leon (Florida Intl. U.), Misak Sargsian (Florida Intl. U.)<br>arxiv:2012.14030

Presenters

  • Joseph E Maerovitz

    Florida International University

Authors

  • Joseph E Maerovitz

    Florida International University