New Lattice Results for Parton Distributions

We provide a high statistics analysis of the $x$-dependence of the bare unpolarized, helicity and transversity iso-vector parton distribution functions (PDFs) from lattice calculations employing (maximally) twisted mass fermions. The $x$-dependence of the calculated PDFs resembles those of the phenomenological parameterizations, a feature that makes this approach promising despite the lack of a full renormalization program for them. Furthermore, we apply momentum smearing for the relevant matrix elements to compute the lattice PDFs and find a large improvement factor when compared to conventional Gaussian smearing. This allows us to extend the lattice computation of the distributions to higher values of the nucleon momentum.