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arxiv: 2512.24921 · v2 · pith:VQ4QCEP2new · submitted 2025-12-31 · ✦ hep-ph · nucl-th

Valence quark distribution of the pion inside a medium with finite baryon density: A Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model approach

Ashutosh Dwibedi , Satyajit Puhan , Sabyasachi Ghosh , Harleen Dahiya This is my paper

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keywords pionvalence quark distributionNambu-Jona-Lasinio modelfinite baryon densitylight-cone quark modelparton distribution functionelectromagnetic form factorDGLAP evolution
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Finite baryon density modifies the pion's valence quark distribution through NJL-derived constituent quark masses in light-cone wave functions.

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The paper calculates the in-medium valence quark distribution of the pion immersed in a finite baryon density using the light-cone quark model. Medium-modified pion properties are obtained by using the constituent quark mass-dependent light cone wave functions, with the masses supplied by the two-flavor Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. The work focuses on the electromagnetic form factor, distribution amplitude, and parton distribution function of the pion, evolves the PDFs to perturbative scales with next-to-leading-order DGLAP equations, and compares the form factors and Mellin moments to experimental measurements, lattice QCD, and other theoretical predictions.

Core claim

Using the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model to determine density-dependent constituent quark masses and inserting those masses into light-cone wave functions yields the modified electromagnetic form factor, distribution amplitude, and valence quark parton distribution function of the pion at finite baryon density; the PDFs are then evolved from the model scale to a perturbative scale via NLO DGLAP equations.

What carries the argument

constituent quark mass-dependent light cone wave functions built from two-flavor Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model masses at finite baryon density

If this is right

  • The electromagnetic form factor of the pion in medium differs from its vacuum value and can be compared with experimental data and lattice QCD results.
  • The parton distribution functions at the model scale are evolved to higher scales using next-to-leading-order DGLAP equations.
  • Mellin moments extracted from the computed PDFs are compared with existing extractions and theoretical model predictions.
  • Medium effects on pion structure quantities are quantified as functions of baryon density.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same mass-dependent wave-function construction could be applied to other light mesons at finite density.
  • The resulting distributions may serve as input for models of pion propagation in dense nuclear matter such as heavy-ion collisions.
  • Comparison with future finite-density lattice calculations could test whether the light-cone wave-function assumption holds beyond the current model.

Load-bearing premise

The constituent quark mass-dependent light cone wave functions can be directly used to obtain the medium-modified pion properties at finite baryon density.

What would settle it

A lattice QCD computation of the pion valence quark distribution function at nonzero baryon density that differs in shape or normalization from the NLO-evolved distributions obtained in this model.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2512.24921 by Ashutosh Dwibedi, Harleen Dahiya, Sabyasachi Ghosh, Satyajit Puhan.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1: The constituent quark mass has been plotted as a function of baryonic density [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2: (Color online) The DA has been plotted with respect to baryonic density up to [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3: (Color online) The electro-magnetic form factor of pion has been plotted with respect to [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4: (Color online) (Color online) The pion FFs have been plotted with respect to [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5: (Color online) The unpolarized pion PDFs [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6: (Color online) The in-medium Mellin moment [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_6.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

We calculate the in-medium valence quark distribution of the pion immersed in a finite baryon density using the light-cone quark model. The medium-modified pion properties are obtained by using the constituent quark mass-dependent light cone wave functions. To obtain the constituent quark masses at finite baryon density, we employ the two-flavor Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model. We primarily focus on the in-medium electromagnetic form factor, distribution amplitude, and the parton distribution function of the pion. The parton distribution functions are also evolved from the model scale to a perturbative scale using next to leading order Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi evolution equations. Furthermore, our calculated form factors are compared with available experimental measurements and lattice quantum chromodynamics studies. We also examine the Mellin moments derived from our parton distribution functions in comparison with existing extractions and theoretical model predictions.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper claims to calculate the in-medium valence quark distribution, distribution amplitude, and electromagnetic form factor of the pion at finite baryon density within the light-cone quark model. Medium modifications enter exclusively through the density-dependent constituent quark mass m_q(μ_B) obtained from the two-flavor NJL model; this mass is inserted into otherwise vacuum light-cone wave functions to generate the in-medium observables. The resulting PDFs are evolved from the model scale to a perturbative scale with NLO DGLAP equations, and the form factors are compared with experimental data and lattice QCD results.

Significance. If the central modeling assumption holds, the work supplies a concrete, computationally tractable estimate of how finite baryon density alters pion structure functions, which may be useful for interpreting heavy-ion or nuclear-matter observables. The combination of NJL masses with DGLAP evolution follows established practice, but the results remain tied to vacuum-fitted NJL parameters and do not constitute parameter-free predictions.

major comments (2)
  1. [Section describing the light-cone wave function and its medium modification] The central modeling step (light-cone wave functions with m_q replaced by m_q(μ_B)) assumes that the functional form of the LCWF depends on quark mass alone and that no additional medium corrections arise from the baryon-density background, Fermi-sea effects, or altered light-cone kinematics. This assumption is load-bearing for all reported in-medium PDFs, DAs, and form factors; the manuscript provides no explicit justification or test of its validity.
  2. [NJL model section and parameter determination] Because the NJL parameters are fixed by vacuum phenomenology, the density dependence of m_q(μ_B) is itself a model extrapolation; the paper should clarify whether any reported in-medium quantities are independent of this fitting procedure or whether they reduce to controlled extrapolations of the vacuum fit.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract and results section on form factors] The abstract states that form factors are compared with lattice QCD, but the main text should specify the precise quantities, densities, and lattice references used for each comparison.
  2. [PDF evolution subsection] Notation for the model scale at which the PDFs are defined before DGLAP evolution should be stated explicitly and consistently throughout.

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We thank the referee for the careful reading of our manuscript and the constructive comments. We address each major point below and indicate the corresponding revisions.

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  1. Referee: [Section describing the light-cone wave function and its medium modification] The central modeling step (light-cone wave functions with m_q replaced by m_q(μ_B)) assumes that the functional form of the LCWF depends on quark mass alone and that no additional medium corrections arise from the baryon-density background, Fermi-sea effects, or altered light-cone kinematics. This assumption is load-bearing for all reported in-medium PDFs, DAs, and form factors; the manuscript provides no explicit justification or test of its validity.

    Authors: We agree that an explicit discussion of this modeling choice is warranted. The approach incorporates medium effects solely through the density-dependent constituent quark mass from the NJL gap equation while retaining the vacuum LCWF functional form; this is a standard approximation in effective quark models that captures the dominant chiral-symmetry restoration effect. Additional corrections from Fermi-sea contributions or modified light-cone kinematics lie outside the present framework. In the revised manuscript we will add a paragraph in Section II justifying the approximation, citing analogous treatments in the literature, and stating its limitations. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [NJL model section and parameter determination] Because the NJL parameters are fixed by vacuum phenomenology, the density dependence of m_q(μ_B) is itself a model extrapolation; the paper should clarify whether any reported in-medium quantities are independent of this fitting procedure or whether they reduce to controlled extrapolations of the vacuum fit.

    Authors: All in-medium results are indeed extrapolations based on parameters fixed by vacuum phenomenology (pion mass and decay constant). The μ_B dependence follows from solving the NJL gap equations at finite chemical potential. No reported quantities are independent of the vacuum fit. We will revise the text in Section II to state this explicitly and to note the model dependence of the extrapolations. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: standard model chain with external benchmarks

full rationale

The derivation proceeds by computing density-dependent quark masses m_q(μ_B) in the two-flavor NJL model, inserting those masses into pre-existing mass-dependent light-cone wave functions to obtain the in-medium pion LCWF, then extracting the valence PDF, distribution amplitude and electromagnetic form factor directly from that LCWF. The PDFs are subsequently evolved with standard NLO DGLAP. Form-factor results are compared to external experimental and lattice data. None of these steps reduces the reported quantities to the inputs by construction, renames a fit as a prediction, or relies on a self-citation chain for a uniqueness claim. The calculation is a conventional parameterised model whose outputs remain falsifiable against independent data.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

2 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The calculation depends on standard NJL parameters fitted to vacuum properties and the assumption linking masses to wave functions; no new entities introduced.

free parameters (2)
  • NJL four-fermion coupling
    Determines constituent quark mass in vacuum and medium.
  • UV cutoff parameter
    Regularizes the NJL model integrals.
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Constituent quark masses determine the light-cone wave functions of the pion
    Explicitly stated as the method to obtain medium-modified properties.

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