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Publications

Yuxun Guo, Xiangdong Ji, M. Gabriel Santiago, Jinghong Yang, Hao-Cheng Zhang
Small-x gluon GPD constrained from deeply virtual J/ψ production and gluon PDF through universal-moment parametrization
Phys. Rev. D 112 (2025) 054036
Yuxun Guo, Fatma P. Aslan, Xiangdong Ji, M. Gabriel Santiago
GUMP1.0 -- First global extraction of generalized parton distributions from experiment and lattice data with NLO accuracy
arXiv:2509.08037 [hep-ph]
M. Gabriel Santiago, Daniel Adamiak, Yossathorn Tawabutr
Leading-Twist Flavor Singlet Quark TMDs at Small-x
arXiv:2412.14154 [hep-ph]
T. Rogers, F. Aslan, M. Boglione, T. Rainaldi, A. Simonelli, O. Gonzalez-Hernandez
TMD phenomenology and nonperturbative structures
PoS Transversity 2024 (2024) 030
F. Aslan, M. Boglione, J. O. Gonzalez-Hernandez, T. Rainaldi, T. C. Rogers, A. Simonelli
Phenomenology of TMD parton distributions in Drell-Yan and Z0 boson production in a hadron structure oriented approach
Phys. Rev. D 110 (2024) 074016
M. Gabriel Santiago
Spin-spin coupling at small x: Worm-gear and pretzelosity TMDs
Phys. Rev. D 109 (2024) 3, 034004
V.D. Burkert, L. Elouadrhiri, C. Lorcé, P. Schweitzer
Colloquium: Gravitational form factors of the proton
Rev. Mod. Phys. 95 (2023) 041002
Volker D. Burkert, Latifa Elouadrhiri, Francois-Xavier Girod
The mechanical radius of the proton
arXiv:2310.11568 [hep-ph]
Yuxun Guo, Xiangdong Ji, M. Gabriel Santiago, Kyle Shiells, Jinghong Yang
Generalized parton distributions through universal moment parameterization: non-zero skewness case
JHEP 05 (2023) 150
Raktim Abir et al.
The case for an EIC Theory Alliance: Theoretical Challenges of the EIC
arXiv:2305.14572 [hep-ph]
V.D. Burkert et al.
Precision studies of QCD in the low energy domain of the EIC
Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. 131 (2023) 104032
Min-Huan Chu et al.
Nonperturbative determination of the Collins-Soper kernel from quasitransverse-momentum-dependent wave functions
Phys. Rev. D 106 (2022) 034509
J. Arrington et al.
Physics with CEBAF at 12 GeV and future opportunities
Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. 127 (2022) 103985
Yuri V. Kovchegov, M. Gabriel Santiago,
T-odd leading-twist quark TMDs at small x
JHEP 11 (2022) 098
Yuxun Gun, Xiangdong Ji, Kyle Shiells
Generalized parton distributions through universal moment parameterization: zero skewness case
JHEP 09 (2022) 215
Kyle Shiells, Yuxun Guo, Xiangdong Ji
On extraction of twist-two Compton form factors from DVCS observables through harmonic analysis
JHEP 08 (2022) 048
Manal Almaeen, Jake Grigsby, Joshua Hoskins, Brandon Kriesten, Yaohang Li, Huey-Wen Lin, Simonetta Liuti
Benchmarks for a Global Extraction of Information from Deeply Virtual Exclusive Scattering
arXiv:2207.10766 [hep-ph]
Yuxun Guo, Xiangdong Ji, Kyle Shiells
Twist-three cross-sections in deeply virtual Compton scattering
JHEP 06 (2022) 096
Xiangdong Ji, Yizhuang Liu
Momentum-Current Gravitational Multipoles of Hadrons
Phys. Rev. D. 106 (2022) 034028
Xiangdong Ji, Yizhuang Liu
Computing light-front wave functions without light-front quantization: A large-momentum effective theory approach
Phys. Rev. D 105 (2022) 076014
Yuxun Guo, Xiangdong Ji, Kyle Shiells
Novel twist-3 transverse-spin sum rule for the proton and related generalized parton distributions
Nucl. Phys. B 969 (2021) 115440
Yuxun Guo, Xiangdong Ji, Kyle Shiells
Higher-order kinematical effects in deeply virtual Compton scattering
JHEP 12 (2021) 103
Xiangdong Ji, Yizhuang Liu
Quantum anomalous energy effects on the nucleon mass
Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 64 (2021) 281012
Xiangdong Ji, Yizhuang Liu, Andreas Schäfer
Scale symmetry breaking, quantum anomalous energy and proton mass decomposition
Nucl. Phys. B 971 (2021) 115537
Xiangdong Ji, Yizhuang Liu, Andreas Schäfer, Feng Yuan
Single Transverse-Spin Asymmetry and Sivers Function in Large Momentum Effective Theory
Phys. Rev. D 103 (2021) 074005
V.D. Burkert, L. Elouadrhiri, F.X. Girod
Determination of shear forces inside the proton
arXiv:2104.02031 [nucl-ex]
Yuxun Guo, Xiangdong Ji, Yizhuang Liu
QCD Analysis of Near-Threshold Proton-Proton Production of Heavy Quarkonium
Phys. Rev. D 103 (2021) 096010
Yi-Kai Huo et al.
Self-renormalization of quasi-light-front correlators on the lattice
Nucl. Phys. B 969 (2021) 115443
Xiangdong Ji
Proton mass decomposition: naturalness and interpretations
Front. Phys. Beijing 16 (2021) 64601
Yuxun Guo, Xiangdong Ji, Kyle Shiells
Novel twist-three transverse-spin sum rule for the proton and related generalized parton distributions
Nucl. Phys. B 969 (2021) 115440
Xiangdong Ji et al.
A Hybrid Renormalization Scheme for Quasi Light-Front Correlations in Large-Momentum Effective Theory
Nucl. Phys. B 964 (2021) 115311
Xiangdong Ji, Feng Yuan, Yong Zhao
Proton spin after 30 years: what we know and what we don't?
Nature Rev. Phys. 3 (2021) 1, 27-38
Xiangdong Ji, Feng Yuan
Transverse spin sum rule of the proton
Phys. Lett. B 810 (2020) 135786
Xiangdong Ji
Why is LaMET an Effective Field Theory for Partonic Structure? 
arXiv:2007.06613 [hep-ph]
Xiangdong Ji, Feng Yuan
Transverse Spin Sum Rule of the Proton
Phys. Lett. B 810 (2020) 135786
Raza Sabbir Sufian, Colin Egerer, Joseph Karpie, Robert G. Edwards, Bálint Joó, Yan-Qing Ma, Kostas Orginos, Jian-Wei Qiu, David G. Richards
Pion Valence Quark Distribution from Current-Current Correlation in Lattice QCD
Phys. Rev. D 102 (2020) 5, 054508

CNF Graduate Fellowship Awards

The Center for Nuclear Femtography awards graduate fellowships to students participating in research related to the spatial quark-gluon structure of hadrons and nuclei. The following awards have been issued by CNF:

FY2024:

  • Dimitriy Kim (University of Washington)
  • Gyang Chung (Virginia Tech)
  • Joshua Bautista (University of Virginia)
  • Mahmoud Gomina (Virginia Tech)
  • Mariana Tenorio Pita (Old Dominion University)
  • Nicholaus Trotta (University of Connecticut)
  • Zaki Panjsheeri (University of Virginia)

FY2022:

  • Zunaira Arif (University of Manitoba)
  • Sara Ratliff (George Washington University)
  • Mitchell Kerver (Old Dominion University)
  • Sebastian Moran (University of California, Riverside)
  • Mariana Tenorio Pita (Old Dominion University)

FY2021:

  • Mitchell Kerver (Old Dominion University)
  • Abdullah Farhat (Old Dominion University)
  • Manal Almaeen (Old Dominion University)
  • Audrey Lawton (Christopher Newport University)
  • Zachary Meason (Christopher Newport University)
  • Yuxun Guo (University of Maryland)