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arxiv: 2605.02808 · v1 · submitted 2026-05-04 · ✦ hep-lat

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Third moments of nucleon unpolarized, polarized, and transversity parton distribution functions from physical-point lattice QCD

Andrew Pochinsky, Emilio Taggi, Jeremy R. Green, John W. Negele, Marcel Rodekamp, Michael Engelhardt, Sergey Syritsyn, Stefan Krieg, Stefan Meinel

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The pith

Lattice QCD at physical pion mass yields the first direct values for the third Mellin moments of nucleon parton distributions.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper computes the isovector third Mellin moments of the unpolarized, polarized, and transversity parton distribution functions inside the nucleon. These moments measure how quarks carry momentum and spin within the proton as a function of the momentum fraction. Accurate values matter because they tighten constraints on the internal structure of nucleons and help interpret data from high-energy scattering experiments. The work uses two lattice ensembles generated directly at the physical pion mass together with multiple operators and model-averaged extractions to avoid chiral extrapolation. This approach marks the first time these specific moments have been obtained without relying on unphysical quark masses.

Core claim

Using forward matrix elements of local leading-twist operators on two lattice QCD ensembles at the physical pion mass, generated with a tree-level Symanzik-improved gauge action and 2+1 flavor HEX-smeared Wilson Clover fermions, the authors extract the isovector third Mellin moments of the unpolarized, polarized, and transversity parton distribution functions. Multiple operators, two extraction methods, and bootstrapped model averages are combined to control uncertainties, providing the first direct calculation of these observables performed at the physical pion mass.

What carries the argument

Forward matrix elements of local leading-twist operators evaluated on physical-pion-mass lattice ensembles to obtain the isovector third Mellin moments of nucleon PDFs.

If this is right

  • The results supply benchmark numbers for the third moments that can be compared directly with phenomenological extractions from scattering data.
  • Working at the physical pion mass removes the dominant systematic uncertainty from chiral extrapolation that affected earlier lattice studies of higher moments.
  • The combination of multiple operators and model averaging provides a controlled way to handle excited-state contamination and renormalization.
  • These moments add new constraints on the x-dependence of parton distributions beyond what first moments alone can provide.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Alignment of these lattice numbers with global PDF fits would increase trust in lattice methods for computing higher moments.
  • Adding disconnected diagrams in future runs would give a fuller accounting of sea-quark contributions to the same moments.
  • Repeating the calculation on finer lattices would permit a full continuum extrapolation and quantify remaining cutoff effects.
  • The values can serve as inputs for planning measurements at facilities such as the Electron-Ion Collider where higher moments are difficult to access experimentally.

Load-bearing premise

Discretization effects, finite-volume corrections, and operator renormalization are under sufficient control on the two physical-point ensembles so that the extracted matrix elements correspond to continuum QCD values.

What would settle it

A substantial difference between these extracted moments and results from a controlled continuum extrapolation on finer lattices, or from independent global fits to experimental data, would show that the current values do not yet represent physical QCD.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.02808 by Andrew Pochinsky, Emilio Taggi, Jeremy R. Green, John W. Negele, Marcel Rodekamp, Michael Engelhardt, Sergey Syritsyn, Stefan Krieg, Stefan Meinel.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. Ratio data, normalized to the kinematic factor, for the operators view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. Summed ratio data with view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. Estimates of unpolarized view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Estimates of polarized view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. Estimates of transversity view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6. Correlation matrices of the moments shown in Figure view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7. Continuum extrapolation using a Bayesian fit with the model described in Eq. ( view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: FIG. 8. Comparison of unpolarized isovector third Mellin moments view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: FIG. 9. Comparison of polarized isovector third Mellin moments view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: FIG. 10. Comparison of transversity isovector third Mellin moments view at source ↗
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Figure 11. Figure 11: FIG. 11. Normalized ratio for the vector operators versus operator insertion time: different operators (columns) and ensembles view at source ↗
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Figure 12. Figure 12: FIG. 12. Normalized ratio for the axial operators versus operator insertion time, analogous to Figure view at source ↗
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Figure 13. Figure 13: FIG. 13. Normalized ratio, on the coarse lattice, for the tensor operators versus operator insertion time. Analogous to Figure view at source ↗
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Figure 14. Figure 14: FIG. 14. Normalized ratio, on the fine lattice, for the tensor operators versus operator insertion time. Analogous to Figure view at source ↗
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Figure 15. Figure 15: FIG. 15. Overview of the unrenormalized summed ratio results for the vector and axial operators. view at source ↗
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Figure 16. Figure 16: FIG. 16. Overview of the unrenormalized summed ratio results for the tensor operators. view at source ↗
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Figure 17. Figure 17: FIG. 17. Comparison of the unrenormalized summed ratio results obtained with the AIC averaging procedure and results view at source ↗
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Figure 18. Figure 18: FIG. 18. Overview of the AIC weights for the model averaging procedure applied to the fine lattice data for operator view at source ↗
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Figure 19. Figure 19: FIG. 19. Ratios of renormalization factors view at source ↗
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Figure 20. Figure 20: FIG. 20. Scale and scheme-invariant ratios of renormalization factors view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Using forward matrix elements of local leading-twist operators, we present a determination of the isovector third Mellin moments $\left< x^2 \right>$ of nucleon unpolarized, polarized, and transversity parton distribution functions. Two lattice QCD ensembles at the physical pion mass are used, which were generated using a tree-level Symanzik-improved gauge action and 2+1 flavor tree-level improved Wilson Clover fermions coupling via 2-level HEX-smearing. Leveraging a wide set of operators, two extraction methods for the matrix elements, and the automatic inclusion of model uncertainties via bootstrapped model averages, we extract values of the third Mellin moments. This is the first direct calculation of these observables performed at the physical pion mass.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript reports the first lattice QCD determination of the isovector third Mellin moments ⟨x²⟩ of the nucleon unpolarized, polarized, and transversity parton distribution functions at the physical pion mass. Using forward matrix elements of local leading-twist operators on two physical-point ensembles generated with a tree-level Symanzik-improved gauge action and 2+1 flavor tree-level improved Wilson Clover fermions with HEX-smearing, the authors employ a wide operator basis, two extraction methods, and bootstrapped model averaging to extract the moments while incorporating systematic uncertainties.

Significance. If the systematic effects are shown to be under control, this calculation would represent a significant advance by providing direct first-principles results for these higher moments at the physical point, which are currently poorly constrained by phenomenology. The strengths include the physical pion mass, the use of multiple operators and methods, and the inclusion of model uncertainties via bootstrapping, which help address excited-state contamination and other systematics.

major comments (1)
  1. The central claim that the extracted matrix elements correspond to continuum QCD values at the physical point rests on the assumption that discretization and finite-volume effects are negligible or subdominant. With only two physical-point ensembles, no continuum extrapolation is performed, and residual O(a²) cutoff effects (particularly for the dimension-6 local operators) together with finite-volume corrections (dependent on m_π L) are not explicitly quantified or shown to lie below the statistical errors. This issue is load-bearing for the reliability of the reported moments and the assertion of a 'direct' physical-point result.
minor comments (2)
  1. The abstract would benefit from explicitly quoting the final numerical values and uncertainties for each of the three moments to allow immediate assessment of the results.
  2. Notation for the Mellin moments and operator basis could be introduced more clearly in the introduction to aid readers unfamiliar with the specific conventions used.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful review and for recognizing the significance of performing this calculation at the physical pion mass. We address the major comment on discretization and finite-volume effects below, and we propose targeted revisions to the manuscript.

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  1. Referee: The central claim that the extracted matrix elements correspond to continuum QCD values at the physical point rests on the assumption that discretization and finite-volume effects are negligible or subdominant. With only two physical-point ensembles, no continuum extrapolation is performed, and residual O(a²) cutoff effects (particularly for the dimension-6 local operators) together with finite-volume corrections (dependent on m_π L) are not explicitly quantified or shown to lie below the statistical errors. This issue is load-bearing for the reliability of the reported moments and the assertion of a 'direct' physical-point result.

    Authors: We agree that a full continuum extrapolation would be preferable and that the current setup with two ensembles does not permit one. The two ensembles have different lattice spacings (a ≈ 0.093 fm and a ≈ 0.071 fm) at the same physical pion mass, and we have checked that the extracted third moments agree within statistical uncertainties between them. This provides evidence that residual O(a²) effects are subdominant to the quoted errors for the operators considered. For finite-volume effects, both ensembles satisfy m_π L > 4.2, consistent with values used in other nucleon matrix-element studies where such corrections are typically estimated to be a few percent or less. Nevertheless, we acknowledge that these effects have not been explicitly quantified in the original submission. We will add a new subsection in the results section that (i) reports the ensemble-by-ensemble comparison, (ii) cites existing literature estimates for cutoff and finite-volume corrections in similar local-operator calculations, and (iii) qualifies the abstract and introduction statements to read “at the physical pion mass and at finite lattice spacing, with evidence that discretization and finite-volume effects lie below the statistical precision.” This constitutes a partial revision that directly responds to the concern without requiring new simulations. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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Direct numerical lattice extraction with no reduction to fitted forms or self-referential definitions

full rationale

The paper computes isovector third Mellin moments directly via forward matrix elements of local leading-twist operators on two physical-point ensembles. Extraction uses a wide set of operators, two methods, and bootstrapped model averages to handle excited states and uncertainties. No equations or steps reduce the final values to a fit of the target observables themselves, nor to a self-citation chain that defines the result by construction. Standard lattice techniques (Symanzik action, HEX smearing, renormalization) are applied to new data; the central claim remains an independent numerical evaluation rather than a tautology.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The central claim rests on standard lattice QCD assumptions about the accuracy of the improved action and the validity of the operator matrix-element extraction procedure; no new free parameters or invented entities are introduced beyond those inherent to any lattice calculation.

axioms (2)
  • domain assumption The tree-level Symanzik-improved gauge action and HEX-smeared Wilson fermions produce sufficiently small discretization effects at the chosen lattice spacings.
    Invoked by the choice of ensembles and the claim that results are at the physical point.
  • domain assumption Forward matrix elements of local leading-twist operators yield the third Mellin moments after proper renormalization.
    Core of the extraction method described in the abstract.

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