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Within the large momentum effective theory framework, we report the results of the first direct lattice-QCD calculation of the valence quark distribution in the pion. Our results are comparable quantitatively with the results extracted from experimental data as well as from Dyson-Schwinger equation. Future calculations at physical pion mass and larger momentum will be able to discern discrepancies in various existing analyses.more » « less
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We present a state-of-the-art calculation of the isovector quark helicity Bjorken-$$x$$ distribution in the proton using lattice-QCD ensembles at the physical pion mass. We compute quasi-distributions at proton momenta $$P_z \in \{2.2, 2.6, 3.0\}$$~GeV on the lattice, and match them systematically to the physical parton distribution using large-momentum effective theory (LaMET). We reach an unprecedented precision through high statistics in simulations, large-momentum proton matrix elements, and control of excited-state contamination. The resulting distribution is in agreement within $$2\sigma$$ with the latest phenomenological analysis of the spin-dependent experimental data; in particular, $$\Delta \bar{u}(x)>\Delta \bar{d}(x)$$.more » « less
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