Session X04: Electron-Ion Collider

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The electron-ion collider (EIC), which is going to be a new flagship accelerator facility in the United States, will open the door to exploring the underlying quark and gluon structure of nucleons and atomic nuclei at an entirely new level. EIC measurements will also provide deep insights into the physics of strong color fields and the process of hadron formation. In this talk, we will discuss the prospects for what is generally regarded as the EIC science pillars, such as the spin and the mass of the nucleon, multi-dimensional imaging of hadrons, and parton saturation. Some other interesting topics, which so far have received less attention in relation to the EIC science case, will also be presented briefly.   

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The Electron Ion Collider aims to improve our quatitative understanding of QCD. This requires large luminosity and a wide range of collision energies. The difficulties in each of the rings on their own as well as the unique problems associated with the interactions of electrons with ions will be discussed.   

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Understanding the properties of nuclear matter and its emergence through the underlying partonic structure and dynamics of quarks and gluons requires a new experimental facility in hadronic physics known as the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). The EIC will address some of the most profound questions concerning the emergence of nuclear properties by precisely imaging gluons and quarks inside protons and nuclei such as their distributions in space and momentum, their role in building the nucleon spin and the properties of gluons in nuclei at high energies. In January 2020 the EIC received CD-0 and Brookhaven National Laboratory was selected as site. This presentation will highlight the experimental equipment and its integration into the accelerator and give the status of the EIC project.