Parton physics from a heavy-quark operator product expansion: Dynamical lattice QCD calculation of moments of the pion and kaon light-cone distribution amplitudes

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Main Authors: Chang, S. -P. Alex, Detmold, William, Grebe, Anthony V., Gutiérrez-Escobari, Matías, Kanamori, Issaku, Lin, C. -J. David, Perry, Robert J., Zhao, Yong
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Published: 2026
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author Chang, S. -P. Alex
Detmold, William
Grebe, Anthony V.
Gutiérrez-Escobari, Matías
Kanamori, Issaku
Lin, C. -J. David
Perry, Robert J.
Zhao, Yong
author_facet Chang, S. -P. Alex
Detmold, William
Grebe, Anthony V.
Gutiérrez-Escobari, Matías
Kanamori, Issaku
Lin, C. -J. David
Perry, Robert J.
Zhao, Yong
contents The light-cone distribution amplitude (LCDA) is a fundamental non-perturbative quantity for understanding hadron structure and exclusive scattering processes. We report on our calculation of the pion and kaon LCDAs using the heavy-quark operator product expansion (HOPE) framework. This method employs an OPE analysis of hadronic amplitudes through the inclusion of a fictitious valence heavy quark. In these proceedings, we report progress on the determination of the first three nontrivial Mellin moments of the kaon LCDAs from dynamical lattice QCD calculations, and we summarize the recently published continuum-limit result for the pion fourth Mellin moment obtained in the quenched approximation, thereby demonstrating the feasibility of the HOPE method for accessing higher moments.
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spellingShingle Parton physics from a heavy-quark operator product expansion: Dynamical lattice QCD calculation of moments of the pion and kaon light-cone distribution amplitudes
Chang, S. -P. Alex
Detmold, William
Grebe, Anthony V.
Gutiérrez-Escobari, Matías
Kanamori, Issaku
Lin, C. -J. David
Perry, Robert J.
Zhao, Yong
High Energy Physics - Lattice
The light-cone distribution amplitude (LCDA) is a fundamental non-perturbative quantity for understanding hadron structure and exclusive scattering processes. We report on our calculation of the pion and kaon LCDAs using the heavy-quark operator product expansion (HOPE) framework. This method employs an OPE analysis of hadronic amplitudes through the inclusion of a fictitious valence heavy quark. In these proceedings, we report progress on the determination of the first three nontrivial Mellin moments of the kaon LCDAs from dynamical lattice QCD calculations, and we summarize the recently published continuum-limit result for the pion fourth Mellin moment obtained in the quenched approximation, thereby demonstrating the feasibility of the HOPE method for accessing higher moments.
title Parton physics from a heavy-quark operator product expansion: Dynamical lattice QCD calculation of moments of the pion and kaon light-cone distribution amplitudes
topic High Energy Physics - Lattice
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.03688