Orbital Angular Momentum Distribution of Gluons at Small-$x$ : Analytic interpolation between Ji and Jaffe-Manohar

Abstract

In this work, we first introduced a generalized Wilson line gauge link that reproduces both staple and near straight links along the light cone in different parameter limits. We then studied the gauge-invariant bi-local orbital angular momentum operator with such a general gauge link, in the framework of Chen et. al. decomposition of gauge fields. At the appropriate combination of limits, the operator reproduces both Jaffe-Manohar and Ji's operator structure and offers a continuous analytical interpolation between the two.

arXiv comment13 pages, 3 figures, version to appear in Physical Review D

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