Abstract
We present a complete study of the leading-twist quark Wigner distributions in the nucleon, discussing both the T-even and T-odd sectors, along with all the possible configurations of the quark and nucleon polarizations. We identify the basic multipole structures associated with each distribution in the transverse phase space, providing a transparent interpretation of the spin-spin and spin-orbit correlations of quarks and nucleons encoded in these functions. Projecting the multipole parametrization of the Wigner functions onto the transverse-position and the transverse-momentum spaces, we find a natural link with the corresponding multipole parametrizations for the generalized parton distributions and transverse-momentum dependent parton distributions, respectively. Finally, we show results for all the distributions in the transverse phase space, introducing a representation that allows one to visualize simultaneously the multipole structures in both the transverse-position and transverse-momentum spaces.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 034040 |
| Journal | Physical Review D |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 26 Feb 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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