Parton distributions and lattice QCD calculations: a community white paper

HW Lin, ER Nocera, F Olness, K Orginos, J Rojo… - Progress in Particle and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the framework of quantum chromodynamics (QCD), parton distribution functions (PDFs)
quantify how the momentum and spin of a hadron are divided among its quark and gluon …

The spin structure of the nucleon

CA Aidala, SD Bass, D Hasch, GK Mallot - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2013 - APS
This article reviews our present understanding of QCD spin physics: the proton spin puzzle
and new developments aimed at understanding the transverse structure of the nucleon …

The QCD axion, precisely

GG Di Cortona, E Hardy, JP Vega… - Journal of High Energy …, 2016 - Springer
A bstract We show how several properties of the QCD axion can be extracted at high
precision using only first principle QCD computations. By combining NLO results obtained in …

First simultaneous extraction of spin-dependent parton distributions and fragmentation functions from a global QCD analysis

JJ Ethier, N Sato, W Melnitchouk… - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
We perform the first global QCD analysis of polarized inclusive and semi-inclusive deep-
inelastic scattering and single-inclusive e+ e-annihilation data, simultaneously fitting the …

QCD and strongly coupled gauge theories: challenges and perspectives

N Brambilla, S Eidelman, P Foka, S Gardner… - The European Physical …, 2014 - Springer
We highlight the progress, current status, and open challenges of QCD-driven physics, in
theory and in experiment. We discuss how the strong interaction is intimately connected to a …

Probing exotic phenomena at the interface of nuclear and particle physics with the electric dipole moments of diamagnetic atoms: A unique window to hadronic and …

N Yamanaka, BK Sahoo, N Yoshinaga, T Sato… - The European Physical …, 2017 - Springer
The current status of electric dipole moments of diamagnetic atoms which involves the
synergy between atomic experiments and three different theoretical areas, ie particle …

Octet baryon isovector charges from lattice QCD

GS Bali, S Collins, S Heybrock, M Löffler, R Rödl… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
We determine the axial, scalar and tensor isovector charges of the nucleon, sigma and
cascade baryons as well as the difference between the up and down quark masses, mu-md …

Nucleon spin and momentum decomposition using lattice QCD simulations

C Alexandrou, M Constantinou, K Hadjiyiannakou… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
We determine within lattice QCD the nucleon spin carried by valence and sea quarks and
gluons. The calculation is performed using an ensemble of gauge configurations with two …

From quarks to nucleons in dark matter direct detection

F Bishara, J Brod, B Grinstein, J Zupan - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017 - Springer
A bstract We provide expressions for the nonperturbative matching of the effective field
theory describing dark matter interactions with quarks and gluons to the effective theory of …

A viable QCD axion in the MeV mass range

DSM Alves, N Weiner - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 - Springer
A bstract The QCD axion is one of the most compelling solutions of the strong CP problem.
There are major current efforts into searching for an ultralight, invisible axion, which is …