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Dynamic imaging of quarks and gluons inside the proton

ORAL

Abstract

We can gain insight into matter, charge, and radial distributions of the partons inside the nucleon using two-dimensional Fourier transforms of generalized parton distributions (GPDs). We perform such Fourier transforms in a dynamic scenario, including overlap of partons, which incorporates two-body densities, highlighting the possibility of gluon hotspots. Calculations were performed for several values of the momentum fraction X and the skewness ζ, which plays a significant role in shaping these distributions, and evolved using perturbative QCD from the initial scale Q0 to the scale of the data at 10 GeV2.

Publication: Z. Panjsheeri, J. Bautista, A. Khawaja, B. Kriesten, S. Liuti, and P. Velie, "Coordinate Space Representation of Quark and Gluon Generalized Parton Distribution Functions," in preparation.

Presenters

  • Zaki Panjsheeri

    University of Virginia

Authors

  • Zaki Panjsheeri

    University of Virginia

  • Joshua Beethoven P Bautista

    University of Virginia

  • Adil Khawaja

    University of Virginia

  • Brandon Kriesten

    Center for Nuclear Femtography, University of Virginia

  • Simonetta Liuti

    University of Virginia

  • Philip Velie

    University of Virginia