Total Gluon Helicity Contribution to the Proton Spin from Lattice QCD

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Auteurs principaux: Zhao, Dian-Jun, Chen, Long, Dong, Hongxin, Ji, Xiangdong, Liu, Liuming, Pang, Zhuoyi, Schäfer, Andreas, Sun, Peng, Yang, Yi-Bo, Zhang, Jian-Hui, Zhong, Shiyi
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author Zhao, Dian-Jun
Chen, Long
Dong, Hongxin
Ji, Xiangdong
Liu, Liuming
Pang, Zhuoyi
Schäfer, Andreas
Sun, Peng
Yang, Yi-Bo
Zhang, Jian-Hui
Zhong, Shiyi
author_facet Zhao, Dian-Jun
Chen, Long
Dong, Hongxin
Ji, Xiangdong
Liu, Liuming
Pang, Zhuoyi
Schäfer, Andreas
Sun, Peng
Yang, Yi-Bo
Zhang, Jian-Hui
Zhong, Shiyi
contents We report a state-of-the-art lattice QCD calculation of the total gluon helicity contribution to the proton spin, $ΔG$. The calculation is done on ensembles with three different lattice spacings $a=\{0.08, 0.09, 0.11\}$ fm. By employing distillation and momentum smearing for proton external states, we extract the bare matrix elements of the topological current $K^μ$ using 5-HYP smeared Coulomb gauge fixing configurations. Furthermore, we apply a non-perturbative $\mathrm{RI/MOM}$ renormalization scheme augmented by the Cluster Decomposition Error Reduction (CDER) technique to determine the renormalization constants of $K^μ$. The results obtained from different components $K^{t,i}$ (with $i$ being the direction of proton momentum or polarization) are consistent with Lorentz covariance within uncertainties. After extrapolating to the continuum limit, $ΔG$ is found to be $ΔG = 0.231(17)^{\mathrm{sta.}}(44)^{\mathrm{sym.}}$ at the $\overline{\mathrm{MS}}$ scale $μ^2=10\ \mathrm{GeV}^2$, which constitutes approximately $46(9)\%$ of the proton spin.
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spellingShingle Total Gluon Helicity Contribution to the Proton Spin from Lattice QCD
Zhao, Dian-Jun
Chen, Long
Dong, Hongxin
Ji, Xiangdong
Liu, Liuming
Pang, Zhuoyi
Schäfer, Andreas
Sun, Peng
Yang, Yi-Bo
Zhang, Jian-Hui
Zhong, Shiyi
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
We report a state-of-the-art lattice QCD calculation of the total gluon helicity contribution to the proton spin, $ΔG$. The calculation is done on ensembles with three different lattice spacings $a=\{0.08, 0.09, 0.11\}$ fm. By employing distillation and momentum smearing for proton external states, we extract the bare matrix elements of the topological current $K^μ$ using 5-HYP smeared Coulomb gauge fixing configurations. Furthermore, we apply a non-perturbative $\mathrm{RI/MOM}$ renormalization scheme augmented by the Cluster Decomposition Error Reduction (CDER) technique to determine the renormalization constants of $K^μ$. The results obtained from different components $K^{t,i}$ (with $i$ being the direction of proton momentum or polarization) are consistent with Lorentz covariance within uncertainties. After extrapolating to the continuum limit, $ΔG$ is found to be $ΔG = 0.231(17)^{\mathrm{sta.}}(44)^{\mathrm{sym.}}$ at the $\overline{\mathrm{MS}}$ scale $μ^2=10\ \mathrm{GeV}^2$, which constitutes approximately $46(9)\%$ of the proton spin.
title Total Gluon Helicity Contribution to the Proton Spin from Lattice QCD
topic High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24315