3 research outputs found
Generalised parton distributions at small x
We justify the practical use of the Shuvaev integral transform approach to
calculate the skewed distributions, needed to describe diffractive processes,
directly from the conventional diagonal global parton distributions. We address
doubts which have been raised about this procedure. We emphasise that the
approach, on the one hand, satisfies all theoretical reqirements, and, on the
other hand, is consistent with DVCS data at NLO. We construct an easily
accessible package for the computation of these skewed distributions.Comment: 21 pages, 10 figures. New title. Extra Fig. 2 and extra Section 5 to
compare with alternative treatment of GPDs. Numerical results unchanged. To
be published in EPJ
Sum rules and dualities for generalized parton distributions: is there a holographic principle?
To leading order approximation, the physical content of generalized parton
distributions (GPDs) that is accessible in deep virtual electroproduction of
photons or mesons is contained in their value on the cross-over trajectory.
This trajectory separates the t-channel and s-channel dominated GPD regions.
The underlying Lorentz covariance implies correspondence between these two
regions through their relation to GPDs on the cross-over trajectory. This point
of view leads to a family of GPD sum rules which are a quark analogue of finite
energy sum rules and it guides us to a new phenomenological GPD concept. As an
example, we discuss the constraints from the JLab/Hall A data on the dominant
u-quark GPD H. The question arises whether GPDs are governed by some kind of
holographic principle.Comment: 45 pages, 4 figures, Sect. 2 reorganized for clarity. Typos in Eq.
(20) corrected. 4 new refs. Matches published versio
GPD phenomenology and DVCS fitting
We review the phenomenological framework for accessing Generalized Parton
Distributions (GPDs) using measurements of Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering
(DVCS) from a proton target. We describe various GPD models and fitting
procedures, emphasizing specific challenges posed both by the internal
structure and properties of the GPD functions and by their relation to
observables. Bearing in mind forthcoming data of unprecedented accuracy, we
give a set of recommendations to better define the pathway for a precise
extraction of GPDs from experiment.Comment: 32 pages, 10 figures, contribution to the EPJA topical issue on 3D
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