1996/09/05 by Davison E. Soper · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-lat #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0920-5632(96)00600-7
published as Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 53 (1997) 69-80 · Talk at Lattice 96 Conference, St. Louis, June 1996. 12 pages including 15 figures; Latex with epsf.tex and Elsevier style esprc2.sty
arxiv created 1996/09/05 · openalex publication_date 1997/02/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Parton distribution functions give the probability to find partons (quarks and gluons) in a hadron as a function of the fraction x of the proton's momentum carried by the parton. They are conventionally defined in terms of matrix elements of certain operators. They are determined from experimental results on short distance scattering of the partons. Integrals of these functions weighted with xn are calculable using lattice QCD. Some simple models for their behavior have implications that could also be tested in lattice QCD.