Pion-nucleus induced Drell-Yan cross section in models inspired by light-front holography

We evaluate the cross section for the pion induced Drell-Yan process in two different models of the pion light-front wave function, inspired by light-front holographic approaches. We obtain the valence quark distribution functions in those models, which after QCD evolution, are consistent with the e...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Lan, Jiangshan, Mondal, Chandan
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 11.07.2020
Subjects
Cross-sections
Distribution functions
Holography
Partons
Physics - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Pions
Quantum chromodynamics
Wave functions
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Summary:We evaluate the cross section for the pion induced Drell-Yan process in two different models of the pion light-front wave function, inspired by light-front holographic approaches. We obtain the valence quark distribution functions in those models, which after QCD evolution, are consistent with the experimental data from the E-0615 experiment at Fermilab. Supplemented by the parton distribution functions of the target nuclei, we obtain the cross section consistent with the experimental data for the \(\pi^-\) Nucleus \(\rightarrow {\mu^+\mu^-X}\) Drell-Yan process.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2007.05858