Short-Range Correlations and the EMC effects in nuclei

Short-range Correlations (SRCs): pairs of strongly interacting nuclei whose distance is comparable to their radius. Due to their overlapping quark distribution and strong interaction, SRC pairs serve as a bridge between low-energy structure, high-density nuclear matter, and high-energy quark distribution, with important consequences for strong interaction physics and hadronic structure. Recently, experimentalists noted a striking correlation between the slope of the EMC effect and the magnitude of the short-range correlated pair. These two phenomena can both be related to pairs of nucleons in a nucleon strongly interacting and thus have a possible physical reason for being connected to each other. I will highlight key measurements of SRC as well as EMC effects and present upcoming experiments that can provide more insight into the correlations between SRC and EMC effects.