MC4EIC: Monte Carlo event simulation for the EIC

US/Eastern
Online

Online

E. C. Aschenauer (BNL), Markus Diefenthaler (Jefferson Lab), Pavel Nadolsky (Southern Methodist University), Stefan Hoeche (Fermilab)
Description

Due to the COVID-19 virus, the MC4EIC workshop is being held online using Zoom. 

We have taken live notes during the meeting, which will form the basis for a workshop report. This document will inform future discussions and become part of the Snowmass community planning process. The live notes are available as a Google document, anyone can edit the live notes directly.

The MC4EIC workshop has been organized by the CTEQ collaboration and the EIC User Group and has been hosted by CFNS as a remote meeting from November 18-19. 

Success of the EIC science program critically depends on precise theoretical predictions for electron-ion collisions. Parton showering programs serve as a backbone for such calculations in most particle physics experiments, and the EIC is no exception. Developing precision simulations will therefore be mandatory. It will require advancements in QCD theory and computational methods, as well as a close dialog between experimentalists and theorists.

To facilitate this dialog, we have brought together experts in various domains of QCD theory and experiment to discuss recent advances in the development of event generators, as well as needs and requirements for future progress. 

This MC4EIC kick-off workshop will establish a foundation for an in-depth look at the MC event generators that are currently used or developed for the EIC. Questions that will be defined at the kick-off workshop will be addressed at the next workshop, tentatively to be held in Spring 2022. 

MC4EIC is part of the CFNS workshop/ad-hoc meeting series.

Participants
    • 10:00 AM 1:00 PM
      Introduction: MCEGs for the EIC
      Convener: Stefan Hoeche (Fermilab)
    • 2:00 PM 5:00 PM
      The Role of Hadronization Models
      Convener: Pavel Nadolsky (Southern Methodist University)
    • 10:00 AM 12:30 PM
      The Role of PDFs
      Convener: Dr Markus Diefenthaler (Jefferson Lab)
      • 10:00 AM
        PDF Overview: Physics Reach and Impact of the EIC 30m
        Speaker: Timothy Hobbs (Southern Methodist University and EIC Center@JLab)
      • 10:30 AM
        TMD PDFs 30m
        Speaker: Andrea Signori (University of Pavia and Jefferson Lab)
      • 11:00 AM
        Nuclear PDFs 30m
        Speaker: Petja Paakkinen (Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE))
      • 11:30 AM
        Discussion 1h
    • 12:30 PM 1:00 PM
      Introduction: Rivet
      Convener: Dr Markus Diefenthaler (Jefferson Lab)
      • 12:30 PM
        Rivet for MC-Data Comparisons 20m
        Speaker: Dr Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow)
      • 12:50 PM
        Q & A 10m
    • 2:00 PM 5:00 PM
      The Role of Parton Showers
      Convener: E. C. Aschenauer (BNL)
      • 2:00 PM
        Small x Evolution and Spin at Small x 30m
        Speaker: Yuri Kovchegov (The Ohio State University)
      • 2:30 PM
        In-Medium Branching Processes and their Features 30m
        Speaker: Ivan Vitev (LANL)
      • 3:00 PM
        Factorization and k_T dependent PDF 30m
        Speaker: John Collins (Penn State University)
      • 3:30 PM
        Discussion 1h 30m