Recent Publications
(3 1)-dimensional scalar field model analysis of beam spin asymmetry in the electroproduction of a scalar meson off a scalar target",
Andrew Lundeen (North Carolina State U.), Chueng-Ryong Ji (North Carolina State U.), Yongwoo Choi (Inha U.), Ho-Meoyng Choi (Kyungpook Natl. U., Daegu (Main))
e-Print: 2510.00369 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/jjhl-h4dj (publication)
Published in: Phys.Rev.D 113 (2026) 1, 016003
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B.~Ma and C.~R.~Ji,
%``Axial Anomaly and Confinement in Two-
dimensional QED: Singular Behavior of Vacuum
Polarization at Threshold,''
[arXiv:2510.17074 [hep-th]]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2026.140215
Published in: Phys.Lett.B 873, 140215 (2026)
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Kaur, Satvir and Mondal, Chandan and Zhao, Xingbo and Ji, Chueng-Ryong,
%``Structure of lightest nuclei in the visible Universe,''
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{112}, no.3, 033009 (2026)
doi:10.1103/hhk8-g2bj
[arXiv:2507.09886 [hep-ph]].
%2 citations counted in INSPIRE as of 17 Nov
2026
Structure of lightest nuclei in the visible Universe
Ferrante, P., Donovan, C. & Ji, CR. The Feynman Path Integral Formulation of Non-Dispersive Airy Wave Packets and their Applications to the Heavy Meson Mass Spectra and Ultra-Cold Neutrons. Int J Theor Phys 65, 102 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-026-06309-1
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P.~C.~Barry \textit{et al.} [JAM],
%``First simultaneous global QCD analysis of
kaon and pion parton distributions with lattice
QCD constraints,''
[arXiv:2510.11979 [hep-ph]].
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2025
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P.~Wang, Z.~Gao, F.~He, C.~R.~Ji,
W.~Melnitchouk and Y.~Salamu,
%``Nonlocal effective field theory and its
applications,''
[arXiv:2509.25657 [hep-ph]].
%0 citations counted in INSPIRE as of 18 Nov
2025
Nonlocal effective field theory and its applications
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J.~W.~Lee and C.~R.~Ji,
%``Quantum Scales of Galaxies from Self-
interacting Ultralight Dark Matter,''
Astrophysics \textbf{1}, 7 (2025)
[arXiv:2412.10285 [astro-ph.GA]].
%1 citations counted in INSPIRE as of 13 Nov
2025
Quantum Scales of Galaxies from Self-interacting Ultralight Dark Matter
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H.~Duggin, C.~R.~Ji and B.~Ma,
%``Interpolating the {\textquoteleft}t Hooft
model between Instant and Light-Front dynamics
in the Coulomb Gauge,''
PoS \textbf{SPIN2023}, 051 (2024)
doi:10.22323/1.456.0051
Interpolating the t Hooft model between Instant and Light-Front dynamics in the Coulomb Gauge
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2025
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B.~Pandya, B.~Gurjar, D.~Chakrabarti,
H.~M.~Choi and C.~R.~Ji,
%``Mixing effects on spectroscopy and partonic
observables of heavy mesons with logarithmic
confining potential in a light-front quark model,''
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{110}, no.9, 094021 (2024)
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2025
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J.~Le{\~a}o \textit{et al.} [Jefferson Lab
F{\ensuremath{\pi}}],
%``Off-shell pion properties: Electromagnetic
form factors and light-front wave functions,''
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{110}, no.7, 7 (2024)
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%6 citations counted in INSPIRE as of 13 Nov
2025
Off-shell pion properties: Electromagnetic form factors and light-front wave functions,
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Z.~Gao, F.~He, C.~R.~Ji, W.~Melnitchouk,
Y.~Salamu and P.~Wang,
%``Nonlocal chiral contributions to generalized
parton distributions of the proton at nonzero
skewness,''
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{110}, no.5, 054049 (2024)
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%3 citations counted in INSPIRE as of 18 Nov
2025
Nonlocal chiral contributions to generalized parton distributions of the proton at nonzero skewness
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H.~M.~Choi and C.~R.~Ji,
%``Consistency of the pion form factor and
unpolarized transverse momentum dependent
parton distributions beyond leading twist in the
light-front quark model,''
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{110}, no.1, 014006 (2024)
doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.110.014006
[arXiv:2403.16703 [hep-ph]].
citations counted in INSPIRE as of 13 Nov
2025
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A.~J.~Arifi, H.~M.~Choi and C.~R.~Ji,
%``Pseudoscalar meson decay constants and
distribution amplitudes up to the twist-4 in the
light-front quark model,''
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{108}, no.1, 013006 (2023)
doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.013006
[arXiv:2306.08536 [hep-ph]].
citations counted in INSPIRE as of 13 Nov
2025
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A.~Accardi, P.~Achenbach, D.~Adhikari,
A.~Afanasev, C.~S.~Akondi, N.~Akopov,
M.~Albaladejo, H.~Albataineh, M.~Albrecht and
B.~Almeida-Zamora, \textit{et al.}
%``Strong interaction physics at the luminosity
frontier with 22 GeV electrons at Jefferson Lab,''
Eur. Phys. J. A \textbf{60}, no.9, 173 (2024)
doi:10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01282-x
[arXiv:2306.09360 [nucl-ex]].
1 citations counted in INSPIRE as of 18 Nov
2025
Strong interaction physics at the luminosity frontier with 22 GeV electrons at Jefferson Lab
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R.~Abir, I.~Akushevich, T.~Altinoluk,
D.~P.~Anderle, F.~P.~Aslan, A.~Bacchetta,
B.~Balantekin, J.~Barata, M.~Battaglieri and
C.~A.~Bertulani, \textit{et al.}
%``The case for an EIC Theory Alliance:
Theoretical Challenges of the EIC,''
[arXiv:2305.14572 [hep-ph]].
citations counted in INSPIRE as of 14 Nov
2025
The case for an EIC Theory Alliance: Theoretical Challenges of the EIC
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P.~Achenbach, D.~Adhikari, A.~Afanasev,
F.~Afzal, C.~A.~Aidala, A.~Al-bataineh,
D.~K.~Almaalol, M.~Amaryan, D.~Androi{\'c}
and W.~R.~Armstrong, \textit{et al.}
%``The present and future of QCD,''
Nucl. Phys. A \textbf{1047}, 122874 (2024)
doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2024.122874
[arXiv:2303.02579 [hep-ph]].
8 citations counted in INSPIRE as of 19 Nov
2025
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V.~D.~Burkert, L.~Elouadrhiri, A.~Afanasev,
J.~Arrington, M.~Contalbrigo, W.~Cosyn,
A.~Deshpande, D.~I.~Glazier, X.~Ji and S.~Liuti,
\textit{et al.}
%``Precision studies of QCD in the low energy
domain of the EIC,''
Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. \textbf{131}, 104032
(2023)
doi:10.1016/j.ppnp.2023.104032
[arXiv:2211.15746 [nucl-ex]].
w citations counted in INSPIRE as of 19 Nov
2025
Precision studies of QCD in the low energy domain of the EIC
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A.~J.~Arifi, H.~M.~Choi, C.~R.~Ji and Y.~Oh,
%``Independence of current components,
polarization vectors, and reference frames in the
light-front quark model analysis of meson decay
constants,''
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{107}, no.5, 053003 (2023)
doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.107.053003
[arXiv:2210.12780 [hep-ph]].
citations counted in INSPIRE as of 13 Nov
2025
%\cite{Wang:2022bxo}
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P.~Wang, F.~He, C.~R.~Ji and W.~Melnitchouk,
%``Nucleon form factors and parton distributions
in nonlocal chiral effective theory,''
Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. \textbf{129}, 104017
(2023)
doi:10.1016/j.ppnp.2022.104017
[arXiv:2206.09361 [hep-ph]].
citations counted in INSPIRE as of 13 Nov
2025
Nucleon form factors and parton distributions in nonlocal chiral effective theory
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A.~J.~Arifi, H.~M.~Choi, C.~R.~ji and Y.~Oh,
%``Mixing effects on 1S and 2S state heavy
mesons in the light-front quark model,''
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{106}, no.1, 014009 (2022)
doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.106.014009
[arXiv:2205.04075 [hep-ph]].
( citations counted in INSPIRE as of 18 Nov
2025
Mixing effects on 1S and 2S state heavy mesons in the light-front quark model
%\cite{He:2022fne}
\bibitem{He:2022fne}
F.~He, C.~R.~Ji, W.~Melnitchouk, Y.~Salamu,
A.~W.~Thomas, P.~Wang and X.~G.~Wang,
%``Helicity-dependent distribution of strange
quarks in the proton from nonlocal chiral
effective theory,''
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{105}, no.9, 094007 (2022)
doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.105.094007
[arXiv:2203.06628 [hep-ph]].
%8 citations counted in INSPIRE as of 18 Nov
2025
%\cite{He:2022leb}
\bibitem{He:2022leb}
F.~He, C.~R.~Ji, W.~Melnitchouk,
A.~W.~Thomas and P.~Wang,
%``Generalized parton distributions of sea
quarks in the proton from nonlocal chiral
effective theory,''
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{106}, no.5, 054006 (2022)
doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.106.054006
[arXiv:2202.00266 [hep-ph]].
citations counted in INSPIRE as of 14 Nov
2025
Generalized parton distributions of sea quarks in the proton from nonlocal chiral effective theory
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Y.~Choi, H.~M.~Choi, C.~R.~Ji and Y.~Oh,
%``Analysis of virtual meson production in a
(1 1)-dimensional scalar field model,''
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{105}, no.9, 096014 (2022)
doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.105.096014
[arXiv:2112.04837 [hep-ph]].
%1 citations counted in INSPIRE as of 13 Nov
2025
Analysis of virtual meson production in a (1 1)-dimensional scalar field model
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P.~M.~Copeland, C.~R.~Ji and W.~Melnitchouk,
%``Octet and decuplet baryon
{\ensuremath{\sigma}} terms and mass
decompositions,''
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{107}, no.9, 094041 (2023)
doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.107.094041
[arXiv:2112.03198 [nucl-th]].
%8 citations counted in INSPIRE as of 14 Nov
2025
Octet and decuplet baryon terms and mass decompositions
%\cite{Barry:2021osv}
\bibitem{Barry:2021osv}
P.~C.~Barry \textit{et al.} [Jefferson Lab
Angular Momentum (JAM)],
%``Global QCD Analysis of Pion Parton
Distributions with Threshold Resummation,''
Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{127}, no.23, 232001
(2021)
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.232001
[arXiv:2108.05822 [hep-ph]].
1 citations counted in INSPIRE as of 13 Nov
2025
Angular Momentum (JAM)], Global QCD Analysis of Pion Parton Distributions with Threshold Resummation
%\cite{Ma:2021yqx}
\bibitem{Ma:2021yqx}
B.~Ma and C.~R.~Ji,
%``Interpolating {\textquoteright}t Hooft model
between instant and front forms,''
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{104}, no.3, 036004 (2021)
doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.104.036004
[arXiv:2105.09388 [hep-ph]].
citations counted in INSPIRE as of 13 Nov
2025
Interpolating Hooft model between instant and front forms
%\cite{Ji:2021vyw}
\bibitem{Ji:2021vyw}
C.~R.~Ji and Y.~Mishchenko,
%``General Quantum Field Theory of Flavor
Mixing and Oscillations,''
Universe \textbf{7}, no.3, 51 (2021)
doi:10.3390/universe7030051
%2 citations counted in INSPIRE as of 13 Nov
2025
General Quantum Field Theory of Flavor Mixing and Oscillations
%\cite{Choi:2021xld}
\bibitem{Choi:2021xld}
Y.~Choi, H.~M.~Choi, C.~R.~Ji and Y.~Oh,
%``Light-front dynamic analysis of the
longitudinal charge density using the solvable
scalar field model in ( 1 1 ) dimensions,''
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{103}, no.7, 076002 (2021)
doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.103.076002
[arXiv:2101.03656 [hep-ph]].
%4 citations counted in INSPIRE as of 13 Nov
2025
%\cite{Copeland:2020ljp}
\bibitem{Copeland:2020ljp}
P.~M.~Copeland, C.~R.~Ji and W.~Melnitchouk,
%``Octet and decuplet baryon self-energies in
relativistic SU(3) chiral effective theory,''
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{103}, no.9, 094019 (2021)
doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.103.094019
[arXiv:2012.07767 [hep-ph]].
%3 citations counted in INSPIRE as of 14 Nov
2025
Octet and decuplet baryon self-energies in relativistic SU(3) chiral effective theory