Momentum-Current Gravitational Multipoles of Hadrons

Abstract

We study multipole expansion of the momentum currents in hadrons, with three series $S^{(J)}$, ${\tilde{T}}^{(J)}$, and $T^{(J)}$, in connection with the gravitational fields generated nearby. The momentum currents are related to their energy-momentum form factors, which in principle can be probed through processes like deeply-virtual Compton scattering currently studied at JLab 12 GeV facility and future Electron Ion Collider. We define the leading momentum-current multipoles, tensor monopole $\tau$ ($T0$) and scalar quadrupole ${\hat{\sigma }}^{ij}$ ($S2$) moments, relating the former to the so-called $D$-term in the literature. We calculate the momentum current distribution in hydrogen atom and its monopole moment in the basic unit of ${\tau }_0={\hslash }^2/4M$, showing that the sign of $D$-term has little to do with mechanical stability. The momentum current distribution also strongly modifies the static gravitational field inside hadrons.

Comments: 12 pages, 6 figures