Gravitational form factors and mechanical properties of a quark at one loop in light-front Hamiltonian QCD

We calculate the gravitational form factors (GFFs) and pressure, shear, and energy distributions for a quark state dressed with a gluon at one loop in QCD. We use the light-front Hamiltonian approach. In the light-front gauge, we use a two-component formalism to eliminate the constrained fields. The state may be thought of as a perturbative model for a relativistic spin-1/2 composite system having a gluonic degree of freedom. We compare the results with model calculations for a nucleon.

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In this study, we calculate the gravitational form factors and mechanical distributions of a quark state dressed with a gluon in QCD. Using the light-front Hamiltonian approach, we compare the results with model calculations for a nucleon and find that the mechanical properties of the quark state composite system are consistent with the model.