Mellin Moments of the Unpolarized Gluon PDF in the Proton from Nonlocal Operators in Lattice QCD
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| author | Delmar, Joseph Cichy, Krzysztof Constantinou, Martha Zhao, Yong |
| author_facet | Delmar, Joseph Cichy, Krzysztof Constantinou, Martha Zhao, Yong |
| contents | We present a lattice QCD determination of the Mellin moments of the unpolarized gluon parton distribution function in the proton. The analysis is based on matrix elements of nonlocal gluon operators coupled to momentum-boosted proton states. The calculation relies on an $N_f=2+1+1$ ensemble of maximally twisted mass fermions with clover improvement and the Iwasaki-improved gauge action, at a pion mass of approximately 260 MeV. Working within the short-distance operator product expansion (OPE) of the reduced gluon Ioffe-time distribution, we extract ratios of higher-order gluon moments, $\langle x^n\rangle$ with $n>1$, to the gluon momentum fraction, $\langle x\rangle$. We investigate systematic effects associated with the truncation of the order of moment in the OPE, the choice of minimum and maximum Wilson-line separations entering the analysis, and the treatment of mixing with the quark-singlet under perturbative matching. The stability of the extracted moments is further studied under scale evolution using DGLAP equations, allowing us to assess uncertainties related to perturbative truncation by varying the scale. Our work provides a determination of the ratio $\langle x^3\rangle_g/\langle x\rangle_g$ at a scale of 2 GeV, with uncertainties that account for both statistical and the dominant theoretical systematic uncertainties. |
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| spellingShingle | Mellin Moments of the Unpolarized Gluon PDF in the Proton from Nonlocal Operators in Lattice QCD Delmar, Joseph Cichy, Krzysztof Constantinou, Martha Zhao, Yong High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory We present a lattice QCD determination of the Mellin moments of the unpolarized gluon parton distribution function in the proton. The analysis is based on matrix elements of nonlocal gluon operators coupled to momentum-boosted proton states. The calculation relies on an $N_f=2+1+1$ ensemble of maximally twisted mass fermions with clover improvement and the Iwasaki-improved gauge action, at a pion mass of approximately 260 MeV. Working within the short-distance operator product expansion (OPE) of the reduced gluon Ioffe-time distribution, we extract ratios of higher-order gluon moments, $\langle x^n\rangle$ with $n>1$, to the gluon momentum fraction, $\langle x\rangle$. We investigate systematic effects associated with the truncation of the order of moment in the OPE, the choice of minimum and maximum Wilson-line separations entering the analysis, and the treatment of mixing with the quark-singlet under perturbative matching. The stability of the extracted moments is further studied under scale evolution using DGLAP equations, allowing us to assess uncertainties related to perturbative truncation by varying the scale. Our work provides a determination of the ratio $\langle x^3\rangle_g/\langle x\rangle_g$ at a scale of 2 GeV, with uncertainties that account for both statistical and the dominant theoretical systematic uncertainties. |
| title | Mellin Moments of the Unpolarized Gluon PDF in the Proton from Nonlocal Operators in Lattice QCD |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.30193 |