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Tomography of pions and kaons in the QCD vacuum: Transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions

  • Stony Brook University

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Abstract

We evaluate the pion and kaon transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions in the instanton liquid model, a model of the QCD vacuum at low resolution. The relevant transverse momentum distributions (TMDs) are factored into a constituent quark distribution times a rapidity dependent soft factor from staple-shaped Wilson lines, for fixed parton longitudinal momentum and transverse separation. The results are evolved to higher rapidities using the Collins-Soper kernel and higher resolution using renormalization group evolution. The comparison to existing extractions of pion TMDs from Drell-Yan data is briefly discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number034039
Pages (from-to)1-17
Number of pages17
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume112
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 29 2025

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