Joint Seminar in Nuclear Physics: The US Electron Ion Collider (EIC): Physics Program and Local Opportunities

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88507968252?pwd=WFJ0SWJ5Y0VpNzNTdHdyZWlaZmthUT09

Abstract:

The US Electron Ion Collider (EIC) sets to revolutionize our understanding of the fundamental structure of visible matter by shedding new light on the theory of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). Measurements at the EIC will inform us on the mechanisms responsible for the dynamical generation of the nucleon mass, the origin of its spin, the quark-gluon origin of the strong nuclear interaction and more. 

The EIC will be built at Brookhaven National Lab over the coming decade at a ~2 Billion Dollar investment. It will employ state-of-the-art detectors to measure electrons-ion collisions at center of mass energies of

80 - 120 GeV and extremely high luminosities. Following the first project Critical Decision review, the EIC community is now developing collaboration proposals for EIC detectors. The "EIC Comprehensive Chromodynamics Experiment" (ECCE, https://www.ecce-eic.org) is an international consortium that includes 46 institutions working together to propose and realize and EIC detector.

In this talk I will present the physics program of the EIC, as layout in the recent community Yellow Report (https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.05419), discuss the ECCE proposal and the technological opportunities it offers. I will also discuss ways by which the Israeli nuclear and particle physics communities can contribute to our efforts and the mutual benefice such an international collaboration can offer.