Impact of Window Observables on the Transversity Quark Parton Distribution Function
Abstract
We study the potential impact of lattice QCD window observables on nucleon isovector quark transversity parton distribution functions (PDFs) using the ePump Hessian-updating framework. Window observables, recently proposed in arXiv:2505.22795 as benchmark quantities enabling direct quantitative comparison between lattice QCD and phenomenological PDF extractions, are weighted integrals of PDFs over a range of Bjorken-x for which both approaches are reliable. Experimental determinations of transversity PDFs carry uncertainties of 50--100%, while current lattice calculations have achieved comparable or better precision, creating an opportunity for lattice inputs to significantly constrain a global analysis. We evaluate the constraining power of existing lattice QCD computations of transversity window moments and Gaussian windows against current phenomenological PDF. We additionally examine prospective tensor charges in the transversity channel and estimate the PDF uncertainty reduction achievable at current and near-future lattice precision. Our results provide quantitative guidance on which window observables will most constrain global PDF analyses.
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BibTeX
@misc{adamiak2026impact,
title = {{Impact of Window Observables on the Transversity Quark Parton Distribution Function}},
author = {Daniel Adamiak and Christopher Monahan},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.16950},
eprint = {2610.16950},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.16950},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Impact of Window Observables on the Transversity Quark Parton Distribution Function
AU - Daniel Adamiak
AU - Christopher Monahan
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/12
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.16950
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.16950
AB - We study the potential impact of lattice QCD window observables on nucleon isovector quark transversity parton distribution functions (PDFs) using the ePump Hessian-updating framework. Window observables, recently proposed in arXiv:2505.22795 as benchmark quantities enabling direct quantitative comparison between lattice QCD and phenomenological PDF extractions, are weighted integrals of PDFs over a range of Bjorken-x for which both approaches are reliable. Experimental determinations of transversity PDFs carry uncertainties of 50--100%, while current lattice calculations have achieved comparable or better precision, creating an opportunity for lattice inputs to significantly constrain a global analysis. We evaluate the constraining power of existing lattice QCD computations of transversity window moments and Gaussian windows against current phenomenological PDF. We additionally examine prospective tensor charges in the transversity channel and estimate the PDF uncertainty reduction achievable at current and near-future lattice precision. Our results provide quantitative guidance on which window observables will most constrain global PDF analyses.
ER -