Proton mass decomposition: naturalness and interpretations

15 Feb 2021  ·  Xiangdong Ji ·

I discuss the scope and naturalness of the proton mass decomposition (or sum rule) published in PRL74, 1071 (1995) and answer a few criticisms that appeared recently in the literature, focusing particularly on its interpretation and the quantum anomalous energy contribution. I comment on the so-called frame-independent or invariant-mass decomposition from the trace of the energy-momentum tensor. I stress the importance of measuring the quantum anomalous energy through experiments. Finally, I point out a large discrepancy in the scalar radius of the nucleon extracted from vector-meson productions and lattice QCD calculations.

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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Lattice Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory