paper

Extraction of Next-to-Next-to-Leading-Order PDFs from Lattice QCD Calculations

arXiv:2006.12370 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.072001

Abstract

We present for the first time complete next-to-next-to-leading-order coefficient functions to match flavor non-singlet quark correlation functions in position space, which are calculable in lattice QCD, to parton distribution functions (PDFs). Using PDFs extracted from experimental data and our calculated matching coefficients, we predict valence-quark correlation functions that can be confronted by lattice QCD calculations. The uncertainty of our predictions is greatly reduced with higher order matching coefficients. By performing Fourier transformation, we also obtain matching coefficients for corresponding quasi-PDFs and pseudo-PDFs. Our method of calculations can be readily generalized to evaluate the matching coefficients for sea-quark and gluon correlation functions, putting the program to extract partonic structure of hadrons from lattice QCD calculations to be comparable with and complementary to that from experimental measurements.

arXiv comment14 pages, 2 figures; analytical matching coefficients for quark correlation functions, quasi-PDFs and pseudo-PDFs added; version to be published in PRL

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