Flavor structure of the nucleon sea

We review the current status and future prospects on the subject of flavor structure of the nucleon sea. The flavor structure of the nucleon sea provides unique information on the non-perturbative aspects of strong interactions allowing stringent tests of various models on the partonic structures of...

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Published inProgress in particle and nuclear physics Vol. 79; pp. 95 - 135
Main Authors Chang, Wen-Chen, Peng, Jen-Chieh
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.11.2014
Subjects
Antiquarks in nucleons
Nucleon flavor structure
Nucleon sea
Parton distributions
Nucleon sea
Antiquarks in nucleons
Nucleon flavor structure
Parton distributions
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ISSN0146-6410
1873-2224
DOI10.1016/j.ppnp.2014.08.002

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Summary:We review the current status and future prospects on the subject of flavor structure of the nucleon sea. The flavor structure of the nucleon sea provides unique information on the non-perturbative aspects of strong interactions allowing stringent tests of various models on the partonic structures of the nucleons as well as lattice QCD calculations. The scope of this review covers the unpolarized, polarized, and the transverse-momentum dependent sea–quark distributions of the nucleons. While the main focus of this review is on the physics motivation and recent progress on the subject of the nucleon sea, we also discuss future prospects of addressing some outstanding issues on the flavor structure of the nucleon sea.
ISSN:0146-6410
1873-2224
DOI:10.1016/j.ppnp.2014.08.002