Although equivalent in the infinite-momentum limit, large-momentum effective theory (LaMET) and short-distance operator product expansion (SDE) are 2 very different approaches to obtain parton distribution functions (PDFs) from coordinate-space correlation functions computed in a large-momentum proton through lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD). LaMET implements a momentum-space expansion in to directly calculate PDFs in a middle region of Bjorken . SDE applies perturbative QCD at small Euclidean distances z to extract a range of leading-twist correlations, , corresponding to the Fourier transformation of PDFs. An incomplete leading-twist correlation from SDE cannot be readily converted to a momentum-space distribution, and solving its constraints on the PDFs (or the so-called “inverse problem”) involves phenomenological modeling of the missing information beyond and has no systematic control of errors. I argue that the best use of short-distance correlations is to constrain the PDFs in the LaMET-complementary regions: and through expected end-point asymptotics, and use the results of the pion valence quark distribution from the ANL/BNL collaboration to demonstrate how this can be done.
| • | The end-point behavior known from theory consideration and phenomenology. We know that, e.g., light-cone PDFs must vanish at x = 1. Moreover, small- physics is constrained by Regge behavior [37] and large- behavior by perturbative QCD power counting [38]. |
| • | Low moments of PDFs or short-distance correlations, which control the global properties of PDFs. |
| • | Potential between static sources [60–62]. The studies show that perturbation theory works fine up to 0.25 fm and breaks down above 0.4 fm, where nonperturbative effects set in quickly, as shown in Fig. 2. |
| • | Hadron–hadron correlators [63]. Lattice QCD simulations have shown that the perturbative and nonperturbative contributions become about equal at around z = 0.5 fm. Perturbative results are fairly accurate until 0.2 fm, as shown in Fig. 3. |
| • | Quasi-PDF correlators in zero-momentum hadron states [34]. After the careful UV renormalization, the quasi-PDF correlators are found to match to NLO perturbation theory well up to 0.25 fm, beyond which deviations occur as shown in Fig. 4. |
| • | QCD soft function in TMD factorization [64], which is a function of transverse distance b: For b larger than 0.3 fm, the perturbative expansion breaks down [65], as shown in Fig. 5. |
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |