Distribution Functions of $Λ$ and $Σ^0$ Baryons

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Main Authors: Yu, Yang, Cheng, Peng, Xing, Hui-Yu, Binosi, Daniele, Roberts, Craig D.
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Published: 2025
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author Yu, Yang
Cheng, Peng
Xing, Hui-Yu
Binosi, Daniele
Roberts, Craig D.
author_facet Yu, Yang
Cheng, Peng
Xing, Hui-Yu
Binosi, Daniele
Roberts, Craig D.
contents Treating baryons as quark + interacting-diquark bound states, a symmetry-preserving formulation of a vector$\,\times\,$vector contact interaction (SCI) is used to deliver an extensive, coherent set of predictions for $Λ, Σ^0$ baryon unpolarised and polarised distribution functions (DFs) -- valence, glue, and four-flavour separated sea -- and compare them with those of a like-structured nucleon. $Λ, Σ^0$ baryons are strangeness negative-one isospin partners within the SU$(3)$-flavour baryon octet. This makes such structural comparisons significant. The study reveals impacts of diquark correlations and SU$(3)$-flavour symmetry breaking on $Λ$, $Σ^0$ structure functions, some of which are significant. For instance, were it not for the presence of axialvector diquarks in the $Σ^0$ at the hadron scale, the $s$ quark could carry none of the $Σ^0$ spin. The discussion canvasses issues that include helicity retention in hard scattering processes; the sign and size of polarised gluon DFs; and the origin and decomposition of baryon spins. Interpreted judiciously, the SCI analysis delivers an insightful explanation of baryon structure as expressed in DFs.
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spellingShingle Distribution Functions of $Λ$ and $Σ^0$ Baryons
Yu, Yang
Cheng, Peng
Xing, Hui-Yu
Binosi, Daniele
Roberts, Craig D.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Lattice
Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
Treating baryons as quark + interacting-diquark bound states, a symmetry-preserving formulation of a vector$\,\times\,$vector contact interaction (SCI) is used to deliver an extensive, coherent set of predictions for $Λ, Σ^0$ baryon unpolarised and polarised distribution functions (DFs) -- valence, glue, and four-flavour separated sea -- and compare them with those of a like-structured nucleon. $Λ, Σ^0$ baryons are strangeness negative-one isospin partners within the SU$(3)$-flavour baryon octet. This makes such structural comparisons significant. The study reveals impacts of diquark correlations and SU$(3)$-flavour symmetry breaking on $Λ$, $Σ^0$ structure functions, some of which are significant. For instance, were it not for the presence of axialvector diquarks in the $Σ^0$ at the hadron scale, the $s$ quark could carry none of the $Σ^0$ spin. The discussion canvasses issues that include helicity retention in hard scattering processes; the sign and size of polarised gluon DFs; and the origin and decomposition of baryon spins. Interpreted judiciously, the SCI analysis delivers an insightful explanation of baryon structure as expressed in DFs.
title Distribution Functions of $Λ$ and $Σ^0$ Baryons
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Lattice
Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10663