26 July 2026 to 1 August 2026
University of Maryland, College Park
US/Eastern timezone

Computing the Gluon Momentum Fraction of Nucleons on the Lattice through the Gradient Flow

28 Jul 2026, 16:10
20m
Benjamin Banneker A (Adele H. Stamp Student Union)

Benjamin Banneker A

Adele H. Stamp Student Union

3972 Campus Dr, College Park, MD 20742
Contributed talk Structure of hadrons and nuclei Structure of hadrons and nuclei

Speaker

Alex Sturzu (William and Mary)

Description

We present our recent results for the gluon momentum fraction of the nucleon using lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD), with a nonperturbative renormalization technique based on the gradient flow. Various techniques are used to reduce statistical and systematic uncertainties. The variational method is used to reduce excited-state contamination. Distillation is employed to reduce the costs arising from a large operator basis. To reduce systematic uncertainties, we apply Bayesian model averaging to all fit procedures. The momentum fraction is computed on gradient-flowed ensembles. We apply matching coefficients to the flow-time dependent lattice results to recover the gluon momentum fraction in the MS-bar scheme at 2 GeV. Our final result is $\langle x \rangle_g(\mu = 2 \; \mathrm{GeV}) = 0.482(35)$ computed at a single lattice spacing and pion mass.

Author

Alex Sturzu (William and Mary)

Co-authors

Chris Monahan (Colorado College) David Richards (Jefferson Lab) Joseph Karpie Kostas Orginos (William and Mary - Jlab) Lorenzo Maio (University of Rome "Tor Vergata" and INFN Sezione di "Roma Tor Vergata") Robert Edwards Savvas ZAFEIROPOULOS

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