EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2017)

Round table: Nucleon tomography. What can we do better today than Rutherford 100 years ago?

  • Stefanis N. G.,
  • Alexandrou Constantia,
  • Horn Tanja,
  • Moutarde Hervé,
  • Scimemi Ignazio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713701003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 137
p. 01003

Abstract

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A survey is presented on the current status of 3D nucleon tomography. Several research frontiers are addressed that dominate modern physics from theory to current and future experiments. We have now a much more detailed spatial image of the nucleon thanks to various theoretical concepts and methods to describe its charge distribution and spin decomposition which are highlighted here. The progress of lattice computations of these quantities is reported and the prospects of what we can come to expect in the near future are discussed. Multi-dimensional maps of the nucleon’s partonic structure appear now within reach of forthcoming experiments.