ePIC and EIC Physics Readiness Workshop

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

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

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)

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. 

 

Tuesday 17 March

09:00 → 11:00 Day 1: Morning 1 - Introduction

09:00 Local greetings

09:15 Orientation

Speaker: Salvatore Fazio (University of Calabria and INFN-Cosenza)

09:25 Introduction by the PACs

Speakers: Rachel Montgomery, Salvatore Fazio (University of Calabria and INFN-Cosenza)

09:45 EIC running conditions and scenarios for the first 5 years

Speaker: Dr E. C. Aschenauer (BNL)

10:10 ESR - Feedback from Refereees on structure/contents of the main document

Speaker: John Lajoie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

10:30 Discussion on main document

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 13:00 Day 1: Morning 2 - THEORY

11:30 Opportunities in PDFs (20'+5')

Speaker: Maria Pia Zurita (UCM)

11:55 Opportunities in TMDs (20'+5')

Speaker: Marco Radici (INFN - Sezione di Pavia)

12:20 Opportunities in gluon saturation (20'+5')

Speaker: Michael Fucilla (Università della calabria)

12:45 Discussion on theory opportunities

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 16:00 Day 1: Afternoon 1 - ESR

14:00 ESR - The Inclusive appendix

Speakers: Stephen Maple (University of Birmingham), Win Lin (Stony Brook University)

14:15 ESR - feedback by referees on Inclusive

14:30 Discussion - Inclusive

15:00 ESR - The SIDIS appendix

Speakers: Anselm Vossen (member@duke.edu;faculty@duke.edu), Ralf Seidl (Tokyo University QNSI)

15:15 ESR - feedback by referees on SIDIS

15:30 Discussion - SIDIS

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:00 Day 1: Afternoon 2 - ESR

16:30 ESR - The EDT appendix

Speakers: Stephen Kay (University of York), Zhoudunming Tu (BNL)

16:45 ESR - feedback by referees on EDT

17:00 Discussion - EDT

17:30 ESR - real time editing and adjusting (hands on)

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

Speaker: ENRICO TASSI (Universita della Calabria)

09:30 HERA to EIC - synergies and prospects

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

Speakers: Charlotte Van Hulse, Charlotte Van Hulse

10:30 Elastic e-p scattering at ePIC for Early Physics

Speaker: Mikhail Osipenko (INFN sez. di Genova)

11:00 → 11:30 Cofee break

11:30 → 13:00 Day 2: Morning 2 - PID and Jets simulation and reco

11:30 Simulation of PID systems at ePIC

Speaker: Chandradoy Chatterjee (INFN Trieste)

12:00 Holistic PID reconstruction

Speaker: Alexander Kiselev (BNL)

12:30 Jets reconstruction and control of systematics

Speaker: Brian Page (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 16:00 Day 2: Afternoon 1 - ESR

14:00 ESR - The Hard Probes appendix

Speakers: Rongrong Ma (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Dr Shyam Kumar (University and INFN Bari)

14:15 ESR - feedback by referees on Hard Probes

14:30 Discussion - Hard Probes

15:00 BSM + EW - plan for impact studies

15:30 Discussion of BSM+EW for the full EIC

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:00 Day 2: Afternoon 2 - physics outreach

16:30 Physics outreach in ePIC

Speaker: Dr E. C. Aschenauer (BNL)

16:50 Ongoing outreach activities in Italy

Speaker: Marta Ruspa (Univ Piemonte Orientale & INFN, Torino)

17:10 ePIC outreach to hgih and mid-school students (masterclass...)

17:30 Discussion - outreach ideas!

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

Speaker: Maci Kesler (Kent State University)

09:25 Contributed talk

09:50 Contributed Talk

10:10 Contributed Talk

10:30 Probing gluon saturation with dihadron correlations

Speaker: Gabriel Garcia (BNL)

11:00 → 11:30 Cofee break

11:30 → 13:00 Day 3: Morning 2 - TDR & NIM A

11:30 TDR - plans and timelines

Speaker: Silvia Dalla Torre (INFN, Trieste)

12:00 Discussion - TDR readiness

12:30 NIM A special issue

Speaker: John Lajoie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

12:45 Discussion on NIM A special issue

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 16:00 Day 3: Afternoon 1 - joint session with S&C

16:00 → 16:30 Cofee break

16:30 → 18:00 Day 3: Afternoon 2 - joint session with S&C