The x-dependence of hadronic parton distributions: A review on the progress of lattice QCD

Abstract

In this article, we review recent lattice calculations on the $x$-dependence of parton distributions, with the latter providing information on hadron structure. These calculations are based on matrix elements of boosted hadrons coupled to non-local operators and can be related to the standard, light-cone distribution functions via an appropriate factorization formalism. There is significant progress in several directions, including calculations of flavor singlet parton distribution functions (PDFs), first calculations of generalized parton distributions (GPDs), as well as the implementation of some of the approaches for the transverse-momentum-dependent PDFs (TMD PDFs). This new direction of lattice calculations is particularly interesting for phenomenological fits on experimental data sets, as the lattice results can help to improve the constraints on the distribution functions.

Invited article in lieu of a plenary talk at the 38th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice 2020). Prepared for the EPJA special issue "Lattice Field Theory during the COVID-19 pandemic". (25 pages)

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