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The Strong Force and the Internal Structure of Neutrons and Protons Open ques9ons for the field: • What are the internal structural proper9es of protons and neutrons and how do those proper9es arise from the mo9ons and proper9es of their cons9tuents? • How do those proper9es change when protons and neutrons are combined into complex nuclei? • Can QCD describe the full spectrum of hadrons in both their ground and excited states? Figure 2.27 (top) from page 107 of Exploring the Heart of Ma2er A virtual photon interac9ng with a target. When an electron beam interacts with a target, it gives off a photon whose energy is propor9on to the momentum transferred (Q) from the electron to the target. Higher Q means shorter wavelength photons and beSer resolu9on. Figure 2.28 from page 114 of Exploring the Heart of Ma2er FIGURE 2.28 The ratio of the electric to magnetic form factors for the proton as a function of the momentum transferred (Q) from the electron to the target. Before 2000, which largely corresponds to the diamond data points in the figure, it was generally believed that the electric form factor was nearly equal to the magnetic form factor. These “unpolarized” scattering data ignored the contributions from the exchange of two photons, which affects the polarization data in a much more subtle way. Polarization experiments performed after 2000 (the circles) revealed that the electric form factor falls off much more rapidly with Q, indicating that quarks could be undergoing orbital motion in the proton. SOURCE: Courtesy of K. Orginos, College of William and Mary; data courtesy of J. Arrington, Argonne National Laboratory. Figure 2.29 from page 115 of Exploring the Heart of Ma2er FIGURE 2.29 The transverse charge distributions of a proton (left) and neutron (right) polarized in the x-direction, as a function of the radial distance from the center of the nucleon. These transverse charge densities are shown in a reference frame in which the observer is riding along with the photon (the Breit frame). For the left panel, the bright color corresponds to high positive charge density. For the right panel the bright color corresponds to high positive charge density while the dark color corresponds to high negative charge density. In both cases the charge distribution has an electric dipole component in the y-direction. This effect is entirely due to the interplay of special relativity and the internal structure of the nucleon. SOURCE: Courtesy of JLAB, M. Vanderhaeghen, and C.E. Carlson. 2-30_right_top_lu_ld_figure.eps γ 1 Figure 2.30 from p. 118 of Exploring the Heart of Ma2er −0.5 HERMES DD (VGG) JLab DD (VGG) 0.51 ? ? ? HERMES DD (VGG) Ju LHPC p 0 q QCDSF 0.5 LHPC Ju −0.5 QCDSF JLab DD (VGG) 0 −1 −1 −0.5 −0.5 0 Jd −1 −1 g ? ? ? p −0.5 q 0.5 p 1 2-30_right_top_lu_ld_figure.eps γ p 0.5 1 2-30_right_top_lu_ld_figure.eps γ q ? ? ? g ? ? ? p q JLab DD (VGG) −1 −1 0 Jd 2-30_right_bottom drawn.eps ? ? −0.5 q g ? ? ? ? 0 Jd p 0.5 1 2-30_right_bottom FIGURE 2.30 Left: An accounting of the components of the proton drawn.eps q 2-30_right_top_lu_ld_figure.eps γ spin. Upper right: Model-dependent constraints on the total angular FIGURE 2.30 Left: An accounting of the components of the proton momentum, Ju and Jd, of the up and down quarks theModel-dependent proton. Theconstraints on the total angular spin. Upperinright: momentum, Ju and Jd, of themodel up and down quarks in the proton. The constraints from the HERMES data use a double-distribution ? ? ? constraints from the HERMES data use a double-distribution model 2-30_right_bottom drawn.eps of generalized parton word “parton” to word “parton” referring to p p q gdistributions—the of generalized partonreferring distributions—the ? ? the quarks gluons. additional band (JLAB DD) is derived and gluons. Theofadditional band (JLABandDD) isThe derived ? FIGUREthe 2.30 quarks Left: An accounting of the components the proton from the same model applied to neutron data. The red and black spin. Upper right: Model-dependent constraints on the total angular from the same model applied to neutron data. The red and black points are calculations from lattice QCD. Lower right: A cartoon of momentum, Ju and Jd, of the up and down quarks in the proton. The q constraints from the HERMES data use a double-distribution model the process of polarized proton-proton points are calculations from lattice QCD. Lower right: A cartoon of scattering, showing the interof generalized parton distributions—the word “parton” referring to action of a polarized quark with a gluon. SOURCES: (Left) Courtesy theand process polarized proton-proton scattering, showing interthe quarks gluons. Theofadditional band (JLAB DD) is derived of J.G. Rubin, Argonne the National Laboratory; (upper right) Courtesy from the same model applied to neutron data. The red and black of K. Orginos, College ofCourtesy William and Mary, the HERMES Collaboraaction of a polarized quark with a gluon. SOURCES: (Left) points are calculations from lattice QCD. Lower right: A cartoon of tion, and JLAB. the process of polarized proton-proton scattering, showing the Laboratory; interof J.G. Rubin, Argonne National (upper right) Courtesy action of a polarized quark with a gluon. SOURCES: (Left) Courtesy 2-30_right_bottom drawn.eps of J.G.of Rubin, NationalCollege Laboratory; of (upper right) Courtesy K. Argonne Orginos, William and Mary, the HERMES Collaboraof K. Orginos, College of William and Mary, the HERMES Collaboration, JLAB. tion, and JLAB.and FIGURE 2.30 Left: An accounting of the components of the proton Figure 2.32 from p. 124 of Exploring the Heart of Ma2er FIGURE 2.32 Mass from nothing. Left: In QCD a quark’s mass depends on its momentum (in this case it is the magnitude of the “four-momentum,” combined momentum and energy). Numerical simulations of lattice QCD (data, at three different bare masses) have confirmed model predictions (solid curves) that the vast bulk of the constituent mass of a light quark is contained in a cloud of gluons, which are dragged along by the quark as it propagates. In this way, a quark that appears to be absolutely massless at high energies (m = 0, red curve) acquires a large constituent mass at low energies, indicated by the leftward rise of the red curve. The other curves show this effect for quarks that are not quite massless at high energies, which makes the numerical lattice QCD calculations tractable. Right: Lattice computation of the relationship between the mass of the lightest meson, the pion, and the mass of a nucleon. Nucleons remain massive even if the quark mass, or equivalently the pion mass, is set to zero. SOURCES: (Left) Reprinted from C.D. Roberts, Hadron properties and Dyson–Schwinger equations, Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics 61, Copyright 2008, with permission from Elsevier; (right) adapted from Fermilab Lattice and MIMD Lattice Computation (MILC) Collaborations. Physical Review D 79: 054502 (2009), Figure 10d, Copyright 2009, American Physical Society. Figure 2.34 from p. 131 of Exploring the Heart of Ma2er