Calculated valence parton distribution functions (PDFs) of pions (IMAGE)

Research

Calculated valence parton distribution functions (PDFs) of pions

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Combining LaMET with phenomenological modeling using global constraints from SDE can offer accurate state-of-the-art lattice quantum chromodynamics of PDFs, offering a new approach for first-principle calculations of PDFs.

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Professor Xiangdong Ji from University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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