PoS(LC2019)030 . 0 = q m https://pos.sissa.it/ appears which determines κ eigenstate is composite but yet has zero mass for ¯ q q , in agreement with the effective charge determined from measurements 2 κ 4 ∗† / 2 Q − exp ∝ ) 2 Q [email protected] ( s Speaker. Supported in part by the Department of Energy, contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515. . I review applications of superconformalof algebra, conformal light-front symmetry to holography, hadron and spectroscopythe an and traditional extended dynamics. sense form QCD – is the notnor QCD supersymmetrical gluinos. Lagrangian in is However, based its onmal hadronic quark algebra, eigensolutions reflecting and conform the gluonic underlying to fields conformal a symmetrysuperconformal – representation of algebra not chiral provide of squarks QCD. a superconfor- The unified eigensolutions Regge of of spectroscopy of the meson, same baryon, and parity tetraquarks anduniversal Regge twist slope. as equal-mass The members pion of the same 4-plet representation with a Light-Front Holography also predicts theα form of the nonperturbative QCD running coupling: universal Regge slopes, hadron massesextended in conformal symmetry the which absence has of a conformallying the invariant mass Higgs action scale even coupling. appears though in an the The underly- the Hamiltonian. result heavy quark Although is mass, conformal the an symmetry supersymmetric is mechanism,baryons strongly which broken to transforms by mesons tetraquarks), to still baryons holds (and andof light, gives heavy-light remarkable and mass double-heavy degeneracies hadrons. across the spectrum of the Bjorken sum rule.as One spacelike also and obtains timelike hadronic viable form predictionstransverse factors, for momentum structure tests functions, distributions. of distribution hadron amplitudes, The and dynamicsperconformal combined such algebra approach also of provides light-front insight into holographyfinement. the and origin su- of A the key QCD tool massHamiltonian is scale and and the the color equations dAFF con- of principle motionWhen which while one shows retaining applies the the how conformal dAFF a symmetry procedure mass of to scale the chiral QCD, action. can a appear mass in scale the † ∗ Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons c Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Light Cone 2019 - QCD on16-20 the September light 2019 cone: from hadronsEcole to Polytechnique, heavy Palaiseau, France ions - LC2019 Stanley J. Brodsky Color Confinement and Supersymmetric Properties of Hadron Physics from Light-Front Holography Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford,E-mail: CA, 94309 PoS(LC2019)030 X × 0 q p ~ 0 · e p , . . S ~ 1 t ) 2 → 1 x m and ≤ − + : the ep 1 i ( 2 ⊥ + i − x x k + k + P i k = ∑ 2 = = i x M + P ≤ Stanley J. Brodsky are conserved. Thus ⊥ P ~ 0 and 0 ], the coherent diffractive The LF wavefunctions of the invariant mass squared 5 ≥ ]. . , as well as and , z 4 i z i i ∞ | , z S k 2 3 P m ]. One also can demonstrate an + + → x z i 9 + + 0 i c . Light-Front wavefunctions encode hadron 2 ⊥ L 0 k k i ; they are thus off-shell in the total P i c ∑ = ∑ / = z + i = k = + ]. z , shadowing and antishadowing of nuclear structure + J P 2 q t ] 10 p function, incorporate the Wilsonfinal lines which and/or involve initialLFWFs. state interactions, Adopted from as anand well illustration C. by as Lorcé B. [ the Pasquini Figure 1: structure and underlie hadronicthe observables Drell-Yan-West Formula such for as elasticform and factors, inelastic structure functions,distribution, generalized etc. parton Observablessuch with as diffractive deep complex inelastic scattering phases, and the Sivers pseudo-T-odd spin correlation ~ µ i = k 0 [ i ], a concept which allows all of the tools and + . They encode the underlying structure of bound ∑ 1 = x i ]. 2 1 are the Fock state projections of the eigensolution H 8 − = [ , Q + + Ψ 7 2 | k = P ⊥ do appear alone as a separate factor in the LFWF; the Position space In addition, 2 P H i τ . 2 = ⊥ M 1 − k i mo- space x − = = r a P i i in the nonrelativistic limit Factorization Theorems Factorization DGLAP, ERBL Evolution DGLAP, x + H t i Transverse density in position ]. When one takes a photograph, the object is observed at a P . The LF 3-momenta ngul 2 Ψ ∑ 0 | a where FFs GPDs = Momentum space Momentum P i 2 n QCD | rbital H H M -particle Fock state. The LFWFs are thus functions of the invariant o is Poincaré invariant; i.e., independent of the observer’s Lorentz frame. Light-Front Wavefunctions Light-Front n underly hadronic observables hadronic underly Ψ c h PDFs
/ R GTMDs out z can appear at a vertex in a renormalizable theory. This leads to new rigorous direction, in contrast to ordinary Wick helicity. Only one power of orbital = ab + ) = z ) TMFFs Charges z i i t L λ b rks ,
i ) = i , the time along the light-front [ + ⊥ c τ i , k 0 ~ i
/ rema , 1
R i z b
i TMDs , instead of energy = k
x TMSDs z x , = i ( + are conserved at every vertex, essential covariant kinematical constraints. The LF spins i ( ral + i P x i reduces to ordinary time H n t b x
( =1
⊥ n Longitudinal R n i n i n i − τ i Ψ k Diffractive DIS from FSI = ~ x Gene mentum 0 i momentum space momentum P + ∑ Transverse density in Hadronic LFWFs are defined at fixed One of the most important theoretical tool in high energy physics is Dirac’s light-front time x Transverse = = form factors Sivers, fromT-odd lensing = Weak transition transition Weak − ⊥ hadrons LF time appear in the LF Fock states, with selection rules for the spinimportant dependence property of of scattering quantum gravity amplitudes applied [ toof hadrons: every the LF anomalous Fock gravitomagnetic state moment of a hadron vanishes at angular momentum are quantized in the P fixed light-front (LF) time. Similarly,a Compton hadron scattering are and measurements of deep-inelastic hadronphysics lepton at structure scattering fixed at on fixed LF time. Unlike ordinary “instant time” of the QCD LF Hamiltonian dissociation of high energy hadrons into jets [ of the constituents in the Thus the constituent transverse momenta light-front analog of rotational invariance. Only positive mass squared of the constituents in the Fock state. For a two-particle Fock state: insights of Schrödinger’s nonrelativisticbe quantum applied mechanics to and relativistic the physics Hamiltonian [ formalism to transverse momenta are always always coupled to the longitudinal LF momentum fractions τ Supersymmetric Properties of QCD and Light-Front Holography 1. Introduction states in quantum field theory and underlieHadronic virtually LFWFs every can observable in also hadron be physics. measured See directly Fig. by the Ashery method [ P LFWFs are also off-shell in ~ PoS(LC2019)030 ], ]. ], ∝ LF 1 i ] to i 18 15 x 0 | ]: the 21 12 ; i.e., i y integration of ]. This feature − k Stanley J. Brodsky 11 of the renormalized ], the “hidden color” larger than measured. 13 mechanism, the heavy MS ] and zero cosmological 42 ¯ Λ Q 10 ], nontrivial vacuum struc- Q 0 [ 18 → = g i LF 0 | µν , but they tend to be maximal at minimal − i T | k ]. The DGLAP evolution of structure func- ∑ LF 16 0 h 6= − 2 along the light-front, the light-front vacuum P . . In fact, in the holographic LFWFs where color is c i 2 x / z asymmetry of non-valence sea-quark distributions [ M 0 fixed-pole”) contributions in the Compton amplitude + ) t x = ( ¯ = q J + 6= x ) x ( q ], the loop integrals and picking up the pole contributions. However, there is an 14 k 4 d R ]. In addition, LF perturbation theory has the special property of “history”: One ]. 17 20 ], such as the “color transparency” of hard exclusive reactions [ , 2 . Thus, in contradiction to the usual gluon splitting i 19 2 ⊥ k + In general, one can reproduce the LF Hamiltonian results from covariant Feynman-Lagrangian The LF zero modes correspond to a constant scalar background with zero energy and three- If one sets the quark masses to zero in the Lagrangian of quantum chromodynamics (QCD), The LFWFs of bound states are off-shell in There are many other important physics properties which become explicit using the light-front 2 i Hadronic Mass Scale m theory and the Bethe-Salpeter formalism for bound states by first performingimportant the exception: in the case of vacuum loops, there are “circle at infinity ” contributions [ perturbative theory generates thetransmutation” nonperturbative solution QCD is mass problematic since scale;pendent, the whereas however, perturbative hadron this scale masses “dimensional is cannot depend renormalization-schemethe on QCD de- a mass scale theoretical reflects convention. the It presenceHowever, is of such often quark condensates and argued lead gluon that condensates to in a theIn cosmological QCD fact, vacuum constant state. up a factor to of LFture 10 zero does modes, not appear such in asmass QCD the of if the Higgs one QCD background light-front defines field (LF) thewhere Hamiltonian. [ vacuum the In state time fact, variable as in is Dirac’s the boost the eigenstate invariant time “front of form” lowest invariant [ constant [ This Higgs LF zeroYukawa mode couplings. (the LF analog of the Higgs VEV ) gives mass tothe fermions 4-dimensional via their momentum. In the case of theis Higgs replaced theory, the by traditional a Higgs “zero vacuum mode”, expectation in value the (VEV) LF theory, analogous to a classical Stark or Zeeman field [ off-shellness; i.e., minimal invariant mass of minimal off-shellness of theLFWFs LFWFs haveq also maximal underlie support intrinsic when heavy all quark of Fock the states [ constituents have the same rapidity and the local two-photon “seagull”from (“ LF instantaneous quark exchange interactionstions [ and the ERBL evolution oftonian distribution theory amplitudes [ are most easily derived using LF Hamil- no hadronic mass scale is evident.of Thus the a proton fundamental question and for other QCD hadrons. is the origin It of is the often mass stated that the mass scale does not need to computeonly the the numerator LF of denominator changes any from perturbative one LF computation amplitude to more another. than once,2. since Color Confinement, Extended Conformal Covariance, and the Origin of the confined, the LFWFs of hadrons have fast Gaussian fall-off in invariant mass [ formalism [ Supersymmetric Properties of QCD and Light-Front Holography quarks have the highest momentum fractions of nuclear eigenstates [ is both causal and frame-independent; one thus has PoS(LC2019)030 ] 23 theory, 4 φ g ] have shown . 0 contributions 2 24 Stanley J. Brodsky = µ is the LF orbital an- k | z L | is not determined and serves max ) ζ κ = ( L ψ The convergence of theoretical methods for 2 is in analogy to the non-relativistic M = ψ )] Figure 2: generating a model ofnamics with hadron color spectroscopy confinement and andpersymmetric meson-baryon dy- relations. su- 2 ζ ( 0 can be systematically reduced to a differential ]. De Téramond, Dosch, and I [ U 2 0 can at best only predict ratios of masses such as 3 = + ; however, after a redefinition of the time variable, q ) = 2 2 m x q 2 1 L 4 2 m 4 = κ ζ z i 4 : ⌥ − 1 2 1 ζ 1 ( = ) ) =1 n i Unique Unique g z ) ( ( ⇤ ⇣ L + ⇥ ⇥ of the action ( into the Hamiltonian of a conformal theory without affecting the 2 2 +
2 + 2 z Conformal Symmetry i Confinement Potential! Confinement Light-Front Holography q z ζ d M M κ S . M L d te 2 ⇥ 9 = = age P Light-Front Schrödinger equation + b =1 bound states for ⇥ ⇥ 1) − n i ) )= ) ) [ z g ]. ¯ ⇣ Sta x q ⇤ S a term proportional to the dilation operator and/or the special conformal ( ( ( q
S 21 ζ V V = ⇤ + ck ) H is the radial variable of the front form and , + o z z p q (1 ⇣ + + 2007 ( F ) S S x Scale can appear in Hamiltonian and EQM EQM and in Hamiltonian appear can Scale L 20-24, ]. This 2 ( 22 x 2 2 ugust U A , 2 h 2 d d idge without affecting conformal invariance of invariance conformal without affecting action! = = = d d Cambr , + 11 QCD − z z p 2 ing 2 Explor J eac J 1 L 2 +2 ( 4 ⇣ 2 4 x ⇣ 2 1 4 z 2 ⊥ 2 b 2 2 + ⇣ Single variable d )= e = d ⇣ Front Schrödinger Equation Schrödinger -Front Light ( 2 and other dimensionless quantities. The work of de Alfaro, Fubini, and Furlan (dAFF) [ = U ζ ⇥ ) p z AdS/QCD AdS/QCD ( The same principle of “extended conformal invariance” can be applied to relativistic quantum The LF equation for It is conventional to measure hadron masses in MeV units; however, QCD has no knowledge of m ' / e de Alfaro, Fubini, Furlan: Furlan: Fubini, Alfaro, de Fubini, Rabinovici: Rabinovici: Fubini, Soft-Wall Model ρ • • field theory using light-front (LF) quantization [ as a holding parameter– only ratios of eigen-masses are predicted. radial Schrödinger equation for bound states such as positronium in QCD. See fig. m which are not given bying a distinction between light-front the Hamiltonian vacuum Fock structureHamiltonian space of theory analysis. conventional [ Feynman-Lagrangian theory There and is LF thus an interest- provides a novel solution for the originintroduce of a the nonzero hadron mass mass scale scale inconformal QCD. They invariance of showed that the one action. can Theadd essential to step of the this Hamiltonian “extended conformaloperator. invariance” is In to the case ofa one-dimensional confining quantum harmonic mechanics, oscillator the potential resulting Hamiltonian acquires that a mass gap and a fundamentalprocedure color to confinement light-front scale (LF) also Hamiltonian appear theory when in one extends physical the 3+1 dAFF spacetime. gular momentum [ units such as electron-volts. Thus QCD at the action remains conformal. The newtime time between variable the has constituents finite in range, a consistent confining theory. with The the mass finite scale LF Supersymmetric Properties of QCD and Light-Front Holography the Feynman loop integration which do notof appear LF unambiguously Hamiltonian from the perturbation vacuum theory. loopthese diagrams non-pole For contributions example, cause in vacuum scalar amplitudes field to theories have “zero such mode” as equation in a single LF radial variable where PoS(LC2019)030 , = 25 L pseu- . One ¯ 2 q ) q µ confining i k controlling r of the front i s σ ∑ ζ meson bound may be found and the orbital . This identifi- Λ ¯ contribution to q 5 n q = ( 2 Stanley J. Brodsky m 2 i 0. Thus light-front x + 2 ⊥ M k = The mesonic spectrum i for all q . ∑ ) ) m ] for form factors at large L λ 2 , + 17 J ⊥ , k + , 0 for in agreement with the effective ] which replaces the usual VEV 31 x n ( . 2 ( = ) 18 2 M κ 1 in the LF Hamiltonian, where π κ 4 ψ 4 / ) m − ] to a Gaussian functional form for the 2 1 Light-Front Holography S Q 25 − ) = + − n with the LF radial coordinate S L , z ( and introduces a specific modification of the L + 2 ( exp ζ 2 κ L ( 2 . Color confinement is then a consequence of the ∝ ] formula for form factors in AdS M 2 2 4 ) + κ is massless: , which determines the mass scale of hadrons and κ 2 30 2 also leads [ ) κ Q ζ 0 5 ( 4 s . The resulting prediction from AdS/QCD is the single 2 κ α = z 2 with the light-front Hamiltonian theory also automatically L κ , where are the LF spins. The application of dAFF thus leads to a 5 + ) = ζ e 2 = z ζ S ]. J space with LF Hamiltonian theory in 3+1 dimensions and the ( , , where again the action remains conformal. 5 + 2 ) = 28 0 U z z ζ ( 4 L = φ κ e n = ( . Again, only ratios of masses and decay constants are predicted. z ) J 2 contribution to the LFKE as arising in the Higgs theory from the coupling ζ ( ]. with the identical slope 4 2 with the LF radial coordinate x m U L with z 35 , z S 34 , ]. In fact, The Drell-Yan-West formulae for electromagnetic and gravitational form max 33 29 , = 32 S of each quark to the background zero-mode Higgs field [ , ] have also shown how the parameter metric – the “dilaton” z bound states is thus described as Regge trajectories in both the radial variable The form of the dilaton modifying AdS The correspondence of AdS Remarkably, the pion Even more remarkably, the identical LF color-confining potential and the same LF equation The eigenvalues for the meson spectrum are Nonzero quark masses appear in the “LF kinetic energy” (LFKE) L m 5 ¯ 27 q q , × x m can identify the the cation also provides a nonperturbative derivation of scaling laws [ of the standard time “instant form”.potential for In heavy the quarkonium heavy [ quark limit, one recovers the usual form in physical 3+1 spacetimesuch is as called elastic “light-front and holography”. transitionfunctions form Exclusive [ hadron factors amplitudes, are given in terms of convolutions of light-front wave- 3. The QCD Running Coupling at all Scales nonperturbative QCD running coupling: charge determined from measurements of26 the Bjorken sum rule. Deur, de Teramond, and I [ identification of the fifth dimensional AdS coordinate factors is identical to the Polchinski-Strassler [ Regge slopes in the zero quark mass limit, can be connected to the mass scale of angular momentum the LF Hamiltonian – the square of the invariant mass of the constituents: momentum transfer. Additional references andin reviews refs. of [ variable LF Schrödinger Equation in of motion are obtained usingthe Maldacena’s fifth five coordinate dimension anti-deSitter space when one identifies Supersymmetric Properties of QCD and Light-Front Holography AdS The holographic identification of AdS light-front potential introduces the spin-dependent constant term 2 color-confining LF potential max holography explains another fundamental questiondoscalar in bound hadron state physics can – emerge, despite how theate a pion’s both zero composite the mass structure. mass The spectrum eigensolutions andstate. gener- the light front wavefunctions PoS(LC2019)030 ]. 08 . 36 0 [ from s ]. The 2 ± Q √ 37 87 . in the QCD 0 scheme. The = MS 0 Λ Stanley J. Brodsky MS Q superconformal alge- ] we have applied the 36 ] of ]. 53 Sublimated gluons below 1 GeV Sublimated 42 , over a wide range of ) QCD coupling at all scales, IR Fixed Point Fixed at allQCD coupling scales, IR 52 Comparison of the matched nonperturba- 2 , Q ( s 51 α ], which satisfies all the requirements of AdS/QCD dilaton captures the higher twist corrections to effective charges for Q < 1 GeV effective charges to the higher twist corrections captures dilaton AdS/QCD ], a rigorous scale-setting method for gauge 40 Figure 4: tive QCD from LF holographyprediction and with perturbative experiment. QCD annihilation: the thrust (T) and C-parameter 39 ]. In a recent paper [ , − e 41 38 . 5 + 0 e MS Q sjb Λ GeV defined at all momenta. GeV GeV MS scheme 0 limit [ ) 007 . 2 0 017 019 . . 10 ± 0 Q 0 → ( ± ± s 513 . C Q (GeV) Deur, de Tèramond, de Deur, α Prediction: 332 N 339 . =0 . at all scales. The GeV Fit to Bj + DHG Sum Rules:Sum DHG + FittoBj =0 =0 ]. ) which underlies the 08 of the running coupling depends dynamically on the virtuality of the 2 Perturbative QCD 0 (asymptotic freedom) . PerturbativeQCD MS MS 0 25 5-Loop 2 (AsymptoticFreedom) Experiment: Q ⇤ κ ⇤ ( ± Q 1 0 g s Q 87 1 . α perturbative − =0 Transition scale Q Transition – both its value and its slope – then determines a scale Non Holographic QCD 0 2 (QuarkConfinement) NonperturbativeQCD 2 ) Q , consistent with both LF holography and pQCD [ Q is predicted by pQCD. The matching of the high and low momentum transfer 4 2 2 for starting for 0 All-ScaleQCDCoupling ) Evolution Q Q 2 e ( 1 DGLAP and ERBL and DGLAP Use Q Use Q underlying hadron masses can thus be connected to the parameter g ( 1 α -1 κ
g
10
0 1
g1
(Q)/ 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.6 α π Prediction from LF Holography and pQCD α ) 2 2 Q p ( 2 ⇡ 1 Another advance in LF holography is the application [ One can measure the running QCD coupling constant Reverse Dimensional Transmutation! s g =2 = ↵ ⌘ p ⇢ m m magnitude and derivative of the perturbativeperturbative and coupling non- are matched at the scale Figure 3: for the running coupling underlying quark and gluon subprocess and thus the specific kinematics of each event [ This matching connects the perturbative scale mass scale running coupling by matching its predictedThe nonperturbative result form is to an the effective coupling perturbative QCD regime. The renormalization scale determination of the renormalization scalethe for Principle event of Maximum shape Conformality distributions (PMC) can [ be obtained by using Renormalization Group Invariance, including renormalization-schemetency with independence Abelian and theory consis- in the to the non-perturbative scale hadron mass scale. From Ref. [ theories, an all-orders extension of the BLM method [ 4. Superconformal Algebra and Supersymmetric Hadron Spectroscopy regimes of Supersymmetric Properties of QCD and Light-Front Holography the evolution of the perturbative QCDcoupling coupling. The high momentum transfer dependence of the event shapes for electron-positron annihilation measured at a single annihilation energy PMC to two classic event shapes measured in GeV which sets theconnection interface can between be perturbative done and for nonperturbative any hadron choice dynamics. of renormalization This scheme, such as the (C). The application of PMCa scale-setting wide determines range the of running coupling to high precision over PoS(LC2019)030 , 51 with its 1 and M ! 2 5 ! 11 L ] and a ! $ † B See Refs. [ ! + 7 2 Q L . , $ 1 Ψ , 4 ! meson Regge tra- ! Q 5 2 quarks to a [ + $ 2 M , ω B C ! (with parallel / 3 2 L / L , the analog of 4 $ and anomalous 1 f ρ !! !! " 3 , ! !! # K , + ! = ) 4 1 2 Stanley J. Brodsky a = 2 baryon trajectory. Super- % ω $ ψ 3 2 M Q $ ∆ L H 3 + , ( % !! " 2 Ω !! # 2 1 2 2 , Q , originally discovered $ 3 F 1 LF wavefunctions in / Ρ 3 " 1 with equal probability, 2 = ! → 3 2 2 = f " 1 ! # $ + L , Q J 2 B superpartner trajectories a GeV L ! , for each baryon, corresponding 2 Ω " 0 B # , ⇢ Ρ ± Comparison of the 0 and M L Ψ 2 1 0 6 5 4 3 = Dosch, de Teramond, sjb Dosch, Teramond, de L ], a nonconformal Hamiltonian with a ]. 48 (21) ect of superpartner baryon with conformal algebra predicts the degeneracyson of and the me- baryon trajectorieswith if internal one orbital identifies a angular meson momentum Figure 6: jectory with the 52 ,thus 2 ↵ m superconformal algebra 1 2 . . Candidates 6 9 e + 1. This property of the baryon LFWFs is the analog + to the LF kinetic . The partners of =1 ] C + L 2 i i ¯ 3 qq P 0 x [ m 2matrix: , ]. The conformal Hamiltonian operator and the special ! B ,J ⇥ ! )operate C =1 .Opencirclesrepresent , n i and ¯ 3 47 ¯ } =0 q ee uu ,L 17 ]. The overlap of the T =0 ! L T † P P '$ &% I ) R - , 49 Tetraquark = . B I,J L B 2 + +1) (with anti-parallel quark and baryon spins) have equal Fock state †
m , = Ψ B R − + L +1 T V . The 4-plet contains two entries B ( bound states, baryons ψ L B B − p