Published February 1, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Gluon contributions to the pion mass and light-cone-momentum fraction

  • 1. Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)

Description

We calculate the matrix elements of the gluonic contributions to the energy-momentum tensor for a pion of mass 600<Mπ<1100 MeV in quenched lattice QCD. We find that gluons contribute (37±8±12)% of the pion's light-cone momentum. The bare matrix elements corresponding to the trace anomaly contribution to the pion mass are also obtained. The discretizations of the energy-momentum tensor we use have other promising applications, ranging from calculating the origin of hadron spin to QCD thermodynamics

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
77
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 037501-037501.4
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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