2021/11/05 by Alessandro Bacchetta, Bacchetta, Alessandro, Francesco Giovanni Celiberto +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2111.03567
We present preliminary results on the leading-twist transverse-momentum-dependent (TMD) gluon linearity function, which is directly connected to nucleon transverse-spin asymmetries originating from the density of linearly-polarized gluons. The function is calculated in a spectator-model framework for the parent proton and for the f-type gauge-link structure. Our work represents a further step toward the definition of a complete set of gluon TMD distributions at twist-2 that can be used to access the gluon dynamics inside nucleons and nuclei at new-generation colliders.