SLIDE 17 Intrinsic charm
u u d c ¯ c
Gluon splitting:
Distribution similar to gluon PDF (3 diagrams)
10-10 10-8 10-6 10-4 10-2 100 102 104
fc(x)
Charm PDF in deuteron (CJ15, µF=3GeV) Charm PDF in proton (CJ15, µF=3GeV)
0.9 0.95 1 1.05 1.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
fc/d(x)/2fc/N(x) x
Ratio deuteron/proton (CJ15)
u u d c ¯ c d d u u d d d u u c ¯ c (a) (b)
Hidden color configuration of deuteron:
Further enhanced at large x compared to the intrinsic charm nucleon PDF but may be enhanced by combinatoric factors (compare the number of diagrams) Normalization not known, This enhancement is potentially important in astrophysics!
10-10 10-8 10-6 10-4 10-2 100 102 104
fc(x)
Charm PDF in deuteron (CJ15, µF=3GeV) Charm PDF in proton (CJ15, µF=3GeV) Intrinsic charm PDF of proton folded by deuteron Intrinsic charm PDF in proton Intrinsic charm PDF in deuteron
0.9 0.95 1 1.05 1.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
fc/d(x)/2fc/N(x) x
Ratio deuteron/proton (intrinsic) Ratio deuteron/proton (CJ15)
(15 diagrams) (20 diagrams)
Hidden color conf.
.J. Chiu, J.P . Lansberg, NY , arXiv:1805.03173 [hep-ph]
u u d c ¯ c
Intrinsic charm:
More important than gluon splitting at large x (3 diagrams)
10-10 10-8 10-6 10-4 10-2 100 102 104
fc(x)
Charm PDF in deuteron (CJ15, µF=3GeV) Charm PDF in proton (CJ15, µF=3GeV) Intrinsic charm PDF of proton folded by deuteron Intrinsic charm PDF in proton
0.9 0.95 1 1.05 1.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
fc/d(x)/2fc/N(x) x
Ratio deuteron/proton (intrinsic) Ratio deuteron/proton (CJ15)
. Hoyer, C. Peterson, N. Sakai, PLB93 (1980) 451.
Charm: