Rapidity-Dependent Spin Decomposition of the Nucleon

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Main Authors: Hechenberger, Florian, Mamo, Kiminad A., Zahed, Ismail
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author Hechenberger, Florian
Mamo, Kiminad A.
Zahed, Ismail
author_facet Hechenberger, Florian
Mamo, Kiminad A.
Zahed, Ismail
contents We show that the two-dimensional Fourier transform of the generalized parton distributions (GPDs) has two distinct interpretations: at zero skewness ($η=0$) it yields the familiar impact-parameter density, while at finite skewness ($η\neq 0$) it encodes a genuine parton-nucleon correlation whose norm decreases predictably with the rapidity gap $Δy = 2\mathrm{artanh} η$. This rapidity dependence produces universal rapidity-modified Ji identities linking helicity, orbital, and total angular momenta analytically. Using linear open- and closed string Regge trajectories constrained by empirical PDFs, spectroscopy and form factor data, we obtain the leading twist GPDs $H,E,\widetilde{H}$ across the full $(x,η,t)$ range. Numerical Mellin Barnes inversion agrees with existing lattice data and yields rapidity resolved predictions for Jefferson Lab 12 GeV, the Electron Ion Collider, and forthcoming lattice studies.
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spellingShingle Rapidity-Dependent Spin Decomposition of the Nucleon
Hechenberger, Florian
Mamo, Kiminad A.
Zahed, Ismail
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
We show that the two-dimensional Fourier transform of the generalized parton distributions (GPDs) has two distinct interpretations: at zero skewness ($η=0$) it yields the familiar impact-parameter density, while at finite skewness ($η\neq 0$) it encodes a genuine parton-nucleon correlation whose norm decreases predictably with the rapidity gap $Δy = 2\mathrm{artanh} η$. This rapidity dependence produces universal rapidity-modified Ji identities linking helicity, orbital, and total angular momenta analytically. Using linear open- and closed string Regge trajectories constrained by empirical PDFs, spectroscopy and form factor data, we obtain the leading twist GPDs $H,E,\widetilde{H}$ across the full $(x,η,t)$ range. Numerical Mellin Barnes inversion agrees with existing lattice data and yields rapidity resolved predictions for Jefferson Lab 12 GeV, the Electron Ion Collider, and forthcoming lattice studies.
title Rapidity-Dependent Spin Decomposition of the Nucleon
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18615