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The gauge-invariant canonical energy-momentum tensor

  • Université Paris-Saclay

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Abstract

The canonical energy-momentum tensor is often considered as a purely academic object because of its gauge dependence. However, it has recently been realized that canonical quantities can in fact be defined in a gauge-invariant way provided that strict locality is abandoned, the non-local aspect being dictacted in high-energy physics by the factorization theorems. Using the general techniques for the parametrization of non-local parton correlators, we provide for the first time a complete parametrization of the energy-momentum tensor (generalizing the purely local parametrizations of Ji and Bakker-Leader-Trueman used for the kinetic energy-momentum tensor) and identify explicitly the parts accessible from measurable two-parton distribution functions (TMDs and GPDs). As by-products, we confirm the absence of model-independent relations between TMDs and parton orbital angular momentum, recover in a much simpler way the Burkardt sum rule and derive three similar new sum rules expressing the conservation of transverse momentum.

Original languageEnglish
Article number01013
JournalEPJ Web of Conferences
Volume112
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Mar 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event6th International Conference on Physics Opportunities at an Electron-Ion Collider, POETIC 2015 - Palaiseau, France
Duration: 7 Sept 201511 Sept 2015

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