Published January 3, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Are all Boer-Mulders functions alike?

  • 1. Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001 (United States)

Description

Chirally odd generalized parton distributions (GPDs) and the Boer-Mulders function provide valuable information about spin-orbit correlations for quarks in nucleons and other hadrons. We compare results for the relevant GPD E-barTq from a variety of phenomenological models as well as recent lattice results, which all find that E-bar Tq>0 for nucleons as well as the pion and for both u and d quark. As a result, the corresponding Boer-Mulders functions are all expected to be negative. We investigate the physical origin of the sign of E-barTq

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2007.09.064

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.09.064;
arXiv
arXiv:0705.1573v2;
PII
S0370-2693(07)01114-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
658
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 130-137
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39052056
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CORRELATIONS; D QUARKS; DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEONS; PIONS; SPIN; U QUARKS
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BARYONS; BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; MESONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; QUARKS

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Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.