An update from the MAP Collaboration on the latest advancements in TMD Phenomenology

ORAL  · Invited

Abstract

In this talk, I will provide an update on recent advancements in the phenomenology of Transverse Momentum Distributions (TMDs), with a particular focus on the latest work from the MAP Collaboration. TMDs play a crucial role in understanding the three-dimensional structure of hadrons and are essential for describing processes such as semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering (SIDIS) and hadron-hadron collisions. I will highlight global fit results and the incorporation of novel techniques, such as neural networks, to model the non-perturbative part of the TMDs.

Different phenomenological frameworks employed to obtain TMDs will be discussed, highlighting the successes and challenges of current approaches. Building on these developments, significant advancements have also been made in recent years in extracting polarized TMDs, like the Sivers function, transversity and the helicity TMD. These advancements deepen our understanding of spin-dependent phenomena and the internal spin structure of hadrons, bringing us closer to a comprehensive picture of hadron dynamics in momentum space.

*Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) funding from Argonne National Laboratory, provided by the Director, Office of Science, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357

Publication: "Neural-Network Extraction of Unpolarized Transverse-Momentum-Dependent Distributions", arXiv: 2502.04166, https://doi.org/10.1103/csc2-bj91

"Flavor dependence of unpolarized quark transverse momentum distributions from a global fit", arXiv: 2405.13833, 10.1007/JHEP08(2024)232

"Exploring the Three-Dimensional Momentum Distribution of Longitudinally Polarized Quarks in the Proton", arXiv: 2409.18078, 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.121901

Presenters

  • Chiara Bissolotti

    • Argonne National Laboratory

Authors

  • Chiara Bissolotti

    • Argonne National Laboratory
  • Alessandro Bacchetta

    • University of Pavia
  • Valerio Bertone

    • IRFU, CEA-Saclay
  • Matteo Cerutti

    • Christopher Newport University and Jefferson Lab
  • Marco Radici

    • INFN - Pavia
  • Simone Rodini

    • DESY
  • Lorenzo Rossi

    • University of Pavia