Nucleon transversity generalized form factors with twisted mass fermions

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We present results on the nucleon tensor form factors and first moment of the transversity distribution using maximally twisted mass fermions.

• We analyze two Nf=2+1+1 ensembles having pion masses of 213 MeV and 373 MeV with lattice spacing a=0.064 fm and a=0.082 fm, respectively.
• First results using an Nf=2 ensemble of twisted mass fermions with a clover term at a physical pion mass and lattice spacing a=0.094 fm are also presented.
• The renormalization function for the local tensor form factors is evaluated non-perturbatively with a perturbative subtraction of O(a^2)-terms, while for the first moment of the transversity we use a perturbative estimate.