Novel applications of Lattice QCD: Parton distribution functions, proton charge radius and neutron electric dipole moment

Abstract

We briefly discuss the current status of lattice QCD simulations and review selective results on nucleon observables focusing on recent developments in the lattice QCD evaluation of the nucleon form factors and radii, parton distribution functions and their moments, and the neutron electric dipole moment. Nucleon charges and moments of parton distribution functions are presented using simulations generated at physical values of the quark masses, while exploratory studies are performed for the parton distribution functions and the neutron electric dipole moment at heavier than physical value of the pion mass.

Plenary talk at XII Quark Confinement, 29 August - 3 September, 2016, Thessaloniki, Greece, 20 pages, 21 figures