ePIC and EIC Physics Readiness Workshop

Name: ePIC and EIC Physics Readiness Workshop
Start: 2026-03-17T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-03-19T18:00:00+01:00
Location: University of Calabria, Physics Department & INFN Cosenza

17 Mar 2026, 09:00 → 19 Mar 2026, 18:00 Europe/Rome

Seminar Room (University of Calabria, Physics Department & INFN Cosenza)

Seminar Room

University of Calabria, Physics Department & INFN Cosenza

Via P. Bucci - Cubo 31C 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (Cosenza) Italy

Salvatore Fazio (University of Calabria and INFN-Cosenza), Marcealla Capua (University of Calabria & INFN Cosenza), Enrico Tassi (Universita della Calabria), Rachel Montgomery, Rosi Reed (Lehigh University)

Description

The scope of this workshop includes preparation and readiness of EIC focused physics analyses, impact studies and related activities for the upcoming ePIC preTDR and Early Science documents. We will also have the opportunity to discuss contributed topics outside of this scope. Everyone interested is welcome to attend!

We are very grateful to the Physics Department of the Univeristy of Calabria and to the Diffraction Association for supporting this event financially.

The 150€ FEE is waived for students and postdocs.

Registration

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Tuesday 17 March
- 09:00 → 11:00
  Day 1: Morning 1 - Introduction
  - 09:00
    
    Local greetings 15m
  - 09:15
    
    Orientation 10m
    
    Speaker: Salvatore Fazio (University of Calabria and INFN-Cosenza)
  - 09:25
    
    Introduction by the PACs 20m
    
    Speakers: Rachel Montgomery, Salvatore Fazio (University of Calabria and INFN-Cosenza)
  - 09:45
    
    EIC running conditions and scenarios for the first 5 years 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr E. C. Aschenauer (BNL)
  - 10:10
    
    ESR - Feedback from Refereees on structure/contents of the main document 20m
    
    Speaker: John Lajoie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  - 10:30
    
    Discussion on main document 30m
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee break 30m
- 11:30 → 13:00
  Day 1: Morning 2 - THEORY
  - 11:30
    
    Opportunities in PDFs (20'+5') 25m
    
    Speaker: Maria Pia Zurita (UCM)
  - 11:55
    
    Opportunities in TMDs (20'+5') 25m
    
    Speaker: Marco Radici (INFN - Sezione di Pavia)
  - 12:20
    
    Opportunities in gluon saturation (20'+5') 25m
    
    Speaker: Michael Fucilla (Università della calabria)
  - 12:45
    
    Discussion on theory opportunities 15m
- 13:00 → 14:00
  
  Lunch break 1h
- 14:00 → 16:00
  Day 1: Afternoon 1 - ESR
  - 14:00
    
    ESR - The Inclusive appendix 15m
    
    Speakers: Stephen Maple (University of Birmingham), Win Lin (Stony Brook University)
  - 14:15
    
    ESR - feedback by referees on Inclusive 15m
  - 14:30
    
    Discussion - Inclusive 30m
  - 15:00
    
    ESR - The SIDIS appendix 15m
    
    Speakers: Anselm Vossen (member@duke.edu;faculty@duke.edu), Ralf Seidl (Tokyo University QNSI)
  - 15:15
    
    ESR - feedback by referees on SIDIS 15m
  - 15:30
    
    Discussion - SIDIS 30m
- 16:00 → 16:30
  
  Coffee break 30m
- 16:30 → 18:00
  Day 1: Afternoon 2 - ESR
  - 16:30
    
    ESR - The EDT appendix 15m
    
    Speakers: Stephen Kay (University of York), Zhoudunming Tu (BNL)
  - 16:45
    
    ESR - feedback by referees on EDT 15m
  - 17:00
    
    Discussion - EDT 30m
  - 17:30
    
    ESR - real time editing and adjusting (hands on) 30m
Wednesday 18 March
- 09:00 → 11:00
  Day 2: Morning 1 - HERA/LHC/EIC synergies
  - 09:00
    
    PDFs - Impact of LHC at the beginning of the EIC era 30m
    
    Speaker: ENRICO TASSI (Universita della Calabria)
  - 09:30
    
    HERA to EIC - synergies and prospects 30m
    
    Speaker: Paul Newman (member@bham.ac.uk;staff@bham.ac.uk)
  - 10:00
    
    UPC and nPDFs - Impact of LHC at the beginning of the EIC era 30m
    
    Speakers: Charlotte Van Hulse, Charlotte Van Hulse
  - 10:30
    
    Elastic e-p scattering at ePIC for Early Physics 30m
    
    Speaker: Mikhail Osipenko (INFN sez. di Genova)
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Cofee break 30m
- 11:30 → 13:00
  Day 2: Morning 2 - PID and Jets simulation and reco
  - 11:30
    
    Simulation of PID systems at ePIC 30m
    
    Speaker: Chandradoy Chatterjee (INFN Trieste)
  - 12:00
    
    Holistic PID reconstruction 30m
    
    Speaker: Alexander Kiselev (BNL)
  - 12:30
    
    Jets reconstruction and control of systematics 30m
    
    Speaker: Brian Page (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
- 13:00 → 14:00
  
  Lunch break 1h
- 14:00 → 16:00
  Day 2: Afternoon 1 - ESR
  - 14:00
    
    ESR - The Hard Probes appendix 15m
    
    Speakers: Rongrong Ma (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Dr Shyam Kumar (University and INFN Bari)
  - 14:15
    
    ESR - feedback by referees on Hard Probes 15m
  - 14:30
    
    Discussion - Hard Probes 30m
  - 15:00
    
    BSM + EW - plan for impact studies 30m
  - 15:30
    
    Discussion of BSM+EW for the full EIC 30m
- 16:00 → 16:30
  
  Coffee break 30m
- 16:30 → 18:00
  Day 2: Afternoon 2 - physics outreach
  - 16:30
    
    Physics outreach in ePIC 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr E. C. Aschenauer (BNL)
  - 16:50
    
    Ongoing outreach activities in Italy 20m
    
    Speaker: Marta Ruspa (Univ Piemonte Orientale & INFN, Torino)
  - 17:10
    
    ePIC outreach to hgih and mid-school students (masterclass...) 20m
  - 17:30
    
    Discussion - outreach ideas! 30m
Thursday 19 March
- 09:00 → 11:00
  Day 3: Morning 1 - reports by ECRs
  - 09:00
    
    Suppression of the incoherent contribution to the differential cross section of phi production in e+Au collisions 25m
    
    Speaker: Maci Kesler (Kent State University)
  - 09:25
    
    Contributed talk 25m
  - 09:50
    
    Contributed Talk 20m
  - 10:10
    
    Contributed Talk 20m
  - 10:30
    
    Probing gluon saturation with dihadron correlations 25m
    
    Speaker: Gabriel Garcia (BNL)
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Cofee break 30m
- 11:30 → 13:00
  Day 3: Morning 2 - TDR & NIM A
  - 11:30
    
    TDR - plans and timelines 30m
    
    Speaker: Silvia Dalla Torre (INFN, Trieste)
  - 12:00
    
    Discussion - TDR readiness 30m
  - 12:30
    
    NIM A special issue 15m
    
    Speaker: John Lajoie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  - 12:45
    
    Discussion on NIM A special issue 15m
- 13:00 → 14:00
  
  Lunch 1h
- 14:00 → 16:00
  
  Day 3: Afternoon 1 - joint session with S&C
- 16:00 → 16:30
  
  Cofee break 30m
- 16:30 → 18:00
  
  Day 3: Afternoon 2 - joint session with S&C