Quark and Gluon Momentum Fractions in the Pion and in the Kaon.
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: We present the full decomposition of the momentum fraction carried by quarks and gluons in the pion and the kaon. We employ three gauge ensembles generated with N_{f}=2+1+1 Wilson twisted-mass clover-improved fermions at the physical quark masses. For both mesons we perform a continuum extrapolation directly at the physical pion mass, which allows us to determine for the first time the momentum decomposition at the physical point. We find that the total momentum fraction carried by quarks is 0.575(79) and 0.683(50) and by gluons 0.402(53) and 0.422(67) in the pion and in the kaon, respectively, in the MS[over ¯] scheme and at the renormalization scale of 2 GeV. Having computed both the quark and gluon contributions in the continuum limit, we find that the momentum sum is 0.984(89) for the pion and 1.13(11) for the kaon, verifying the momentum sum rule.
DOI: 10.48620/87798
Authors: Alexandrou, Constantia, Bacchio, Simone, Constantinou, Martha, Delmar, Joseph, Finkenrath, Jacob, Kostrzewa, Bartosz, Petschlies, Marcus, Chacon, Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Spanoudes, Gregoris, Steffens, Fernanda, Urbach, Carsten, Wenger, Urs
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6910834702
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