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Light front synchronization and rest frame densities of the proton: Electromagnetic densities

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arxiv 2302.09171 v2 pith:OAULDIVZ submitted 2023-02-17 hep-ph nucl-th

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We clarify the physical origin and meaning of the two-dimensional relativistic densities of the light front formalism. The densities are shown to originate entirely from the use of light front time instead of instant form time, which physically corresponds to using an alternative synchronization convention. This is shown by using tilted light front coordinates, which consist of light front time and ordinary spatial coordinates, and which are also used to show that the obtained densities describe a system at rest rather than at infinite momentum. These coordinates allow all four components of the electromagnetic current density to be given clear physical meanings. We explicate the formalism for spin-half targets, obtaining charge and current densities of the proton and neutron using empirical form factor parametrizations, as well as up and down quark densities and currents. Angular modulations in the densities of transversely-polarized states are explained as originating from redshifts and blueshifts due to quarks moving in different longitudinal directions.

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