Wigner distributions and quark orbital angular momentum

Aug, 2012
8 pages
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  • Int.J.Mod.Phys.Conf.Ser. 20 (2012) 84-91
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Abstract: (World Scientific)
We discuss the quark phase-space or Wigner distributions of the nucleon which combine in a single picture all the information contained in the generalized parton distributions and the transverse-momentum dependent parton distributions. In particular, we present results for the distribution of unpolarized quarks in a longitudinally polarized nucleon obtained in a light-front constituent quark model. We show how the quark orbital angular momentum can be extracted from the Wigner distributions and compare it with alternative definitions.
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  • 8 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, contribution to the proceedings of the QCD Evolution workshop 2012, May 14-17, JLab
  • 25.30.Dh
  • 25.30.Fj
  • High-energy processes
  • Parton distributions
  • Orbital angular momentum
  • parton: distribution function
  • quark: phase space
  • quark model: constituent
  • angular momentum
  • nucleon