Constraints on the s - s asymmetry of the proton in chiral effective theory

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2016.09.014zbMATH Open1390.81727arXiv1602.06646OpenAlexW2280851215WikidataQ57429715 ScholiaQ57429715MaRDI QIDQ1636090FDOQ1636090

Authors: Y. Aharonov 

Publication date: 4 June 2018

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We compute the $$ asymmetry in the proton in chiral effective theory, using phenomenological constraints based upon existing data. Unlike previous meson cloud model calculations, which accounted for kaon loop contributions with on-shell intermediate states alone, this work includes off-shell terms and contact interactions, which impact the shape of the $$ difference. We identify a valence-like component of $s(x)$ which is balanced by a $delta$-function contribution to $$ at $x=0$, so that the integrals of $s$ and $$ over the experimentally accessible region $x>0$ are not equal. Using a regularization procedure that preserves chiral symmetry and Lorentz invariance, we find that existing data limit the integrated value of the second moment of the asymmetry to the range $$ at a scale of $Q^2=1$GeV${}^2$. This is too small to account for the NuTeV anomaly and of the wrong sign to enhance it.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.06646

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zbMATH Keywords

chiral symmetrykaon loopsstrange asymmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nuclear physics (81V35) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

Cites Work

• Chiral corrections to matrix elements of twist-2 operators

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