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<strong>Applications</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Light</strong>-<strong>Front</strong> <strong>Dynamics</strong> <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>Hadron</strong> <strong>Physics</strong><br />
Chueng-Ryong Ji<br />
North Carol<strong>in</strong>a State University<br />
<strong>1.</strong> <strong>What</strong> <strong>is</strong> light-front dynamics (LFD)?<br />
2. Why <strong>is</strong> LFD useful <strong>in</strong> hadron physics?<br />
3. Any first pr<strong>in</strong>ciple QCD predictions?<br />
4. Any use <strong>of</strong> effective field theory?<br />
5. Any treacherous po<strong>in</strong>ts?<br />
6. Any relevance to JLab experiments?<br />
June 5-7, 2013<br />
Questions
Outl<strong>in</strong>e(tentative)<br />
• Tutorials <strong>of</strong> LFD (5 th , 9-10am)<br />
• Interpolat<strong>in</strong>g QFT (5 th , 1-2pm)<br />
• Perturbative QCD Predictions (6 th ,9-10am)<br />
• Chiral Effective Field Theory (6 th , 1-2pm)<br />
• Anomaly and Zero Modes(7 th, 10:15-11:15am)<br />
• Application to DVCS and GPDs (7 th ,1-2pm)
Interpolation between Instant and <strong>Front</strong> Forms<br />
K. Hornbostel, PRD45, 3781 (1992)<br />
C.Ji and C. Mitchell, PRD64,085013 (2001)<br />
C.Ji and A. Suzuki, PRD87,065015 (2013)
Interpolat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Hadron</strong>ic Wavefunction<br />
x 0 ! x ˆ+ " x +<br />
Invariant under k<strong>in</strong>ematic transformations<br />
( P ! , J ! ) 0 ! ! " " / 4 (P + , P ! !<br />
, J 3 , E ! !<br />
, K 3 )
" = 0<br />
p 0<br />
= p 0<br />
0 < " < # /4<br />
pˆ +<br />
= p 0 cos" $ p 3 s<strong>in</strong>"<br />
= $ p0 s<strong>in</strong>" + p 3 cos"<br />
pˆ<br />
" = # /4<br />
p +<br />
= p $<br />
p $<br />
= p +<br />
#p 3<br />
= p 3 !<br />
!
Σ(a)+Σ(b)=1/(s-m 2 ) ; s=2 GeV, m=1GeV<br />
J-shape peak & valley :<br />
P z<br />
= "<br />
s(1" C)<br />
2C<br />
; C = cos(2#)
g µ" =<br />
$ 1 0 0 0 '<br />
&<br />
)<br />
&<br />
0 #1 0 0<br />
)<br />
& 0 0 #1 0 )<br />
&<br />
)<br />
% 0 0 0 #1(<br />
"<br />
$<br />
!<br />
! d 3 x T 0µ = P µ =<br />
$<br />
$<br />
$<br />
# $<br />
P 0<br />
P 1<br />
P 2<br />
P 3<br />
%<br />
'<br />
'<br />
'<br />
'<br />
&'<br />
#<br />
%<br />
!<br />
! d 3 x (T 0µ x ! "T 0µ x ! ) = J µ! %<br />
=<br />
%<br />
%<br />
$ %<br />
T µ" =<br />
# L<br />
#(# µ<br />
$ k<br />
) #" $ k<br />
% g µ" L<br />
!<br />
& ;<br />
k<br />
"<br />
$<br />
$<br />
P ˆµ = $<br />
$<br />
$<br />
#<br />
g ˆ µ " ˆ<br />
=<br />
0 K 1 K 2 K 3<br />
"K 1 0 J 3 "J 2<br />
"K 2 "J 3 0 J 1<br />
"K 3 J 2 "J 1 0<br />
" µ<br />
T µ# = 0<br />
% cos2# 0 0 s<strong>in</strong>2# (<br />
'<br />
*<br />
'<br />
0 $1 0 0<br />
*<br />
' 0 0 $1 0 *<br />
'<br />
*<br />
& s<strong>in</strong>2# 0 0 $cos2# )<br />
P ˆ+ = cos! P 0 + s<strong>in</strong>! P 3<br />
P ˆ1 = P 1<br />
P ˆ2 = P 2<br />
P ˆ! = s<strong>in</strong>! P 0 ! cos! P 3<br />
!<br />
&<br />
(<br />
(<br />
(<br />
(<br />
'(<br />
J ˆ µ " ˆ<br />
=<br />
%<br />
'<br />
' !<br />
' = ) dx ˆ! d 2 x( T<br />
'<br />
'<br />
&<br />
ˆ+ ˆµ<br />
$ 0 E ˆ 1 E ˆ 2 #K 3 '<br />
&<br />
# E ˆ 1 0 J 3 # F ˆ )<br />
&<br />
1<br />
# E ˆ 2 #J 3 0 # F ˆ<br />
)<br />
&<br />
2 )<br />
&<br />
% K 3 F ˆ 1 F ˆ<br />
)<br />
2 0 (<br />
E ˆ 1 = J 2 s<strong>in</strong>" + K 1 cos"<br />
E ˆ 2 = K 2 cos" # J 1 s<strong>in</strong>"<br />
F ˆ 1 = K 1 s<strong>in</strong>" # J 2 cos"<br />
F ˆ 2 = J 1 cos" + K 2 s<strong>in</strong>"
Interpolat<strong>in</strong>g Po<strong>in</strong>caré Algebra<br />
[P ˆµ , P ˆ! ] = 0 [P ˆµ , J ˆ" ˆ # ] = i(g ˆµ ˆ" P ˆ # ! g ˆµ ˆ # P ˆ" )<br />
[J ˆµ ˆ! , J ˆ" ˆ # ] = i(g ˆµ ˆ # J ˆ! ˆ" + g ˆ! ˆ" J ˆµ ˆ # ! g ˆµ ˆ" J ˆ! ˆ # ! g ˆ! ˆ # J ˆµ ˆ" )<br />
e.g.<br />
[P ˆ+ , J ˆ+ˆ! ] = i(g ˆ+ˆ+ P ˆ! ! g ˆ+ˆ! P ˆ+ )<br />
[P ˆ+ ,!K 3 ] = i(P ˆ! cos2! ! P ˆ+ s<strong>in</strong>2!)<br />
Return <strong>of</strong> Prodigal Son<br />
Exp "i# K 3<br />
!<br />
" #$ /4<br />
[K 3 , P + ] = !iP +<br />
( ) | x + > $ | x + ><br />
One more k<strong>in</strong>ematic generator appears only <strong>in</strong> the front form.<br />
Maximum number (7) <strong>of</strong> members <strong>in</strong> the stability group.
K<strong>in</strong>ematic Operators<br />
(Members <strong>of</strong> Stability Group)<br />
Exp ("i# $ ˆ i<br />
) | x<br />
+ ˆ<br />
> % | x<br />
+ ˆ<br />
><br />
[ ˆ! i , P ˆ+ ] = 0<br />
!<br />
!<br />
" = 0<br />
#J 2<br />
J 1<br />
!<br />
" ˆ i = F ˆ i cos2# $ E ˆ i s<strong>in</strong>2#<br />
" ˆ 1 = #J 2 cos$ # K 1 s<strong>in</strong>$<br />
ˆ " 2 = J 1 cos$ # K 2 s<strong>in</strong>$<br />
(J 3 , P 1 , P 2 , Pˆ!)<br />
!<br />
" = # /4<br />
$E 1 = $(J 2 + K 1 ) / 2<br />
E 2 = (J 1 $ K 2 ) / 2
!<br />
same<br />
!<br />
!<br />
p 0<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> at rest<br />
P 0 = M ; p 3 = 0<br />
particle at rest<br />
p 0 = M , p 1 = p 2 = p 3 = 0<br />
(pˆ +<br />
= M cos" , pˆ<br />
= M s<strong>in</strong>")<br />
#<br />
!<br />
Under<br />
ˆ " i transformation<br />
P 0 = M +<br />
can move<br />
!<br />
!<br />
p "<br />
2<br />
p 0 + p 3<br />
2M ; p3 = #<br />
!<br />
p "<br />
2<br />
2M<br />
same<br />
!<br />
(p 0 ) 2 " (p 3 ) 2 = (M +<br />
!<br />
p #<br />
2<br />
2M )2 " ("<br />
!<br />
p #<br />
2<br />
2M )2 = M 2 + ! p # 2 = 2p + p " > 0<br />
Rational Energy-Momentum D<strong>is</strong>persion Relation<br />
Vacuum gets simpler <strong>in</strong> LFD.
!<br />
Angular Momentum<br />
[J i ,J j ] = i" ijk<br />
J k ,[J i ,M] = 0<br />
{ }<br />
T = Exp "i(# ˆ<br />
1<br />
$<br />
1 + # ˆ<br />
2<br />
$ 2 )<br />
[" ˆ i ," ˆ j ] = i# " ˆ k , [" ˆ i , M] = 0<br />
ijk<br />
!<br />
T | n >=| p,n ><br />
ˆ " i | p,n >= TJ i | n ><br />
!<br />
" ˆ i = TJ i T +
" ˆ ( 3 = J 3 pˆ<br />
+ ˆ<br />
#<br />
z $ ( p ! !<br />
%<br />
&' ˆ +<br />
)<br />
%<br />
),<br />
*<br />
- / M s<strong>in</strong>.<br />
!<br />
" ˆ<br />
%<br />
= J ! (<br />
%<br />
+ p ! z<br />
%<br />
cos. J 3 + ˆ $ ( p ! !<br />
5 /<br />
%<br />
&' ˆ 2<br />
%<br />
)<br />
1<br />
0<br />
pˆ #<br />
+ M s<strong>in</strong>. 4 # (ˆ z & p ! /<br />
)<br />
%<br />
)s<strong>in</strong>. 1<br />
K 3 +<br />
* 5<br />
3<br />
0<br />
" #$ /4<br />
pˆ<br />
!<br />
!<br />
p %<br />
$ E ˆ 2 +<br />
%<br />
5<br />
,<br />
#<br />
+ M s<strong>in</strong>. 4<br />
3 - 5<br />
" 3 = J 3 + z ˆ # ( !<br />
! '<br />
" $<br />
= ( z ˆ % ( p ! & E $ !& p ! + F $<br />
+ p !<br />
$<br />
K 3 ) &<br />
)<br />
" 3 = W +<br />
E $<br />
% p !<br />
$<br />
) / p +<br />
!<br />
p $<br />
p +<br />
( p ) $<br />
p + J 3 + z ˆ # E !<br />
$<br />
% !<br />
*<br />
+<br />
, / M<br />
p + W ˆµ = 1 2 ! ˆµ ˆ" ˆ# ˆ$ p ˆ" J ˆ# ˆ$<br />
[" 3 , Stability Group Members] = 0
Interpolat<strong>in</strong>g Sp<strong>in</strong>ors<br />
ˆ! 3 û (1) (1)<br />
CR<br />
= (+1)û CR
Interpolat<strong>in</strong>g Sp<strong>in</strong>ors<br />
ˆ! 3 û (2) (2)<br />
CR<br />
= ("1)û CR
Interpolat<strong>in</strong>g Helicity Amplitude<br />
ˆM(! 1<br />
, ! 2<br />
, ! 3<br />
, ! 4<br />
) = ˆ"( ˆp 2<br />
, ! 2<br />
)# ˆµû( ˆp 1<br />
, ! 1<br />
)û( ˆp 3<br />
, ! 3<br />
)# ˆµ ˆ"( ˆp 4<br />
, ! 4<br />
)
Jacob-Wick Helicity vs. <strong>Light</strong>-<strong>Front</strong> Helicity<br />
Invariant under k<strong>in</strong>ematic transformations<br />
Related by a rotation
Canonical Quantization<br />
Simple 1+1 dim QFT:<br />
L = 1 2 ! µ! ! µ ! " 1 2 m2 ! 2<br />
L = C #<br />
$<br />
2 (! ˆ+!) 2 " (! ˆ"!) 2<br />
%<br />
& + S(! ˆ+!)(! ˆ"!)" 1 2 m2 ! 2<br />
C = cos(2!), S = s<strong>in</strong>(2!)<br />
! (x) = !L<br />
!(! 0<br />
") = !0 "<br />
! (x) = C! ˆ+" + S! ˆ""<br />
Conjugate field:<br />
Equal-time quantization:<br />
[! (x),"(y)] x 0 =y 0 = !i#(x 3 ! y 3 )<br />
[! (x),"(y)] x ˆ+ =y ˆ+ = !i#(x ˆ! ! y ˆ! )
T µ" =<br />
&<br />
k<br />
# L<br />
#(# µ<br />
$ k<br />
) #" $ k<br />
% g µ" L<br />
Pˆ+<br />
Energy<br />
= "<br />
ˆ!<br />
dx (! # ˆ+" ! L)<br />
= 1 2<br />
Periodic Boundary Condition:<br />
!(x ˆ+ = 0, x ˆ! ) =<br />
$<br />
%<br />
P 0 = # dx 3 (! ! 0<br />
" L)<br />
&<br />
'<br />
!(x ˆ+ , x ˆ! ! !) = !(x ˆ+ , x ˆ! + !)<br />
" dx ˆ! C{(# ˆ+") 2 + (# ˆ!") 2 }+ m 2 " 2<br />
.<br />
/<br />
n=!.<br />
!<br />
! n<br />
= n 2 + C m! $<br />
# &<br />
" " %<br />
Pˆ+ = !<br />
#<br />
! " !<br />
2<br />
1<br />
(<br />
a n<br />
e !i "<br />
$<br />
n" # !<br />
*<br />
4"# n )*<br />
%<br />
'x ˆ!<br />
&<br />
$ !" & n<br />
' S n $<br />
(#<br />
& a + n<br />
a n<br />
% " C %<br />
n<br />
"<br />
$<br />
+ a + n<br />
e i n" # !<br />
[a m<br />
, a n + ] = ! mn<br />
%<br />
'x ˆ!<br />
&<br />
+<br />
-<br />
,-
Symmetry Break<strong>in</strong>g<br />
4<br />
4<br />
3<br />
3<br />
2<br />
2<br />
1<br />
1<br />
2 1 1 2<br />
! !"<br />
= ! +"<br />
2 1 1<br />
L ! L " = L # m 2 ! " # 1 2 m2 ! 2<br />
( ) 1/2 !<br />
Pˆ+ ! Pˆ+ " = Pˆ+ + m3 !<br />
(a<br />
C 1/4 0<br />
+ a + 0<br />
)
Nontrivial Vacuum State<br />
| 0 > ! | " ><br />
! !"<br />
= ! +"<br />
$ +! '<br />
| ! > = exp&<br />
i # dx ˆ" ! " (x ˆ" )) | 0 ><br />
%<br />
(<br />
Translation <strong>in</strong> scalar field:<br />
! (x ˆ+ = 0, x ˆ! ) = !i<br />
"!<br />
.<br />
/<br />
n=!.<br />
" ! %<br />
$ '<br />
# ! &<br />
"<br />
(<br />
n<br />
4! a ne !i "<br />
$<br />
n! # !<br />
*<br />
)*<br />
%<br />
'x ˆ!<br />
&<br />
"<br />
$<br />
! a + n<br />
e i n! # !<br />
%<br />
'x ˆ!<br />
&<br />
+<br />
-<br />
,-<br />
#<br />
| ! >= exp "(C 1/2 m!) ! 2 &<br />
%<br />
(exp#"(C 1/2 m!) 1/2 +<br />
$ !a 0<br />
&<br />
'<br />
$ 2 '<br />
| 0 ><br />
Condensation <strong>of</strong> Zero-Modes
Vacuum Energy<br />
Pˆ+ | ! >= E !<br />
| ! ><br />
a e !a+ | 0 >= ! e !a+ | 0 ><br />
Pˆ+<br />
#<br />
m!<br />
| ! >"<br />
C a ( +<br />
1/2 0a 0<br />
+ m3 !) 1/2 !<br />
&<br />
%<br />
(a<br />
C 1/4 0<br />
+ a + 0<br />
)(<br />
%<br />
( exp # )(C1/2 m!) 1/2 +<br />
$ !a 0<br />
&<br />
' | 0 ><br />
$<br />
'<br />
= ()m 2 ! 2 !) exp #)(C 1/2 m!) 1/2 +<br />
$ !a 0<br />
&<br />
' | 0 ><br />
+!<br />
#<br />
"!<br />
E !<br />
= "m 2 ! 2 ! = (" 1 2 m2 ! 2 )dx ˆ"<br />
Independent <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>terpolation angle!
Recovery <strong>of</strong> Trivial Vacuum <strong>in</strong> LFD<br />
#<br />
| ! >= exp "(C 1/2 m!) ! 2<br />
%<br />
$ 2<br />
&<br />
(exp#"(C 1/2 m!) 1/2 +<br />
$ !a 0<br />
'<br />
&<br />
' | 0 ><br />
| ! >"| 0 > as C " 0<br />
However,<br />
E !<br />
and<br />
< ! |!(x) | ! >= ""<br />
are still <strong>in</strong>dependent <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>terpolation angle!
<strong>What</strong> <strong>is</strong> go<strong>in</strong>g on?<br />
< ! |!(x) | ! ><br />
'<br />
+<br />
=< 0 | exp #<br />
$ (C 1/2 m!) 1/2 "(a + 0<br />
" a 0<br />
)%<br />
a 0<br />
+ a 0<br />
&)<br />
( 2(C 1/2 m!) 1/2<br />
= ""<br />
*<br />
,exp#<br />
$ "(C 1/2 m!) 1/2 "(a + 0<br />
" a 0<br />
)%<br />
&<br />
+<br />
| 0 ><br />
Complication <strong>is</strong> transferred from vacuum to operator.
Summary<br />
• LFD <strong>is</strong> not just formal but consequential<br />
<strong>in</strong> the analys<strong>is</strong> <strong>of</strong> physical observables.<br />
• Longitud<strong>in</strong>al boost jo<strong>in</strong>s stability group <strong>in</strong><br />
LFD.<br />
• LF helicity amplitudes are <strong>in</strong>dependent <strong>of</strong><br />
all references frames that are related by<br />
front-form boosts.<br />
• Energy-momentum d<strong>is</strong>persion relation<br />
becomes rational and vacuum gets<br />
simpler <strong>in</strong> LFD.