Parton physics from a heavy-quark operator product expansion: Lattice QCD calculation of the second moment of the pion distribution amplitude

Abstract

The pion light-cone distribution amplitude (LCDA) is a central non-perturbative object of interest for high-energy exclusive processes in quantum chromodynamics. In this article, the second Mellin moment of the pion LCDA is determined as a proof-of-concept calculation for the first numerical implementation of the heavy-quark operator product expansion (HOPE) method. The resulting value for the second Mellin moment, determined in quenched QCD at a pion mass of $m_{\pi }=550$ MeV at a factorization scale of 2 GeV is $⟨{\xi }^2⟩=0.210\pm 0.013\text{ (stat.)}\pm 0.034\text{ (sys.)}$. This result is compatible with those from previous determinations of this quantity.

30 pages, 16 figures

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