Pion parton distributions in a nonlocal Lagrangian

We use phenomenological nonlocal Lagrangians, which lead to non trivial forms for the quark propagator, to describe the pion. We define a procedure, based on the Dyson-Schwinger equations, for the calculation of the pion parton distributions at low Q^2. The obtained parton distributions fulfill all the wishful properties. Using a convolution approach we incorporate the composite character of the constituent quarks in the formalism. We evolve, using the Renormalization Group, the calculated parton distributions to the experimental scale and compare favorably with the data and draw conclusions.

Noguera Puchol, Santiago Vento Torres, Vicente 2006 Pion parton distributions in a nonlocal Lagrangian European Physical Journal A 28 2 227 236