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

Day 1: Morning 1 - Introduction

1 Local greetings

2 Orientation

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

3 Introduction by the PACs

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

4 EIC running conditions and scenarios for the first 5 years

Speaker: Dr E. C. Aschenauer (BNL)

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

Speaker: John Lajoie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

6 Discussion on main document

11:00 Coffee break

Day 1: Morning 2 - THEORY

7 Opportunities in PDFs (20'+5')

Speaker: Maria Pia Zurita (UCM)

8 Opportunities in TMDs (20'+5')

Speaker: Marco Radici (INFN - Sezione di Pavia)

9 Opportunities in gluon saturation (20'+5')

Speaker: Michael Fucilla (Università della calabria)

10 Discussion on theory opportunities

13:00 Lunch break

Day 1: Afternoon 1 - ESR

11 ESR - The Inclusive appendix

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

12 ESR - feedback by referees on Inclusive

13 Discussion - Inclusive

14 ESR - The SIDIS appendix

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

15 ESR - feedback by referees on SIDIS

16 Discussion - SIDIS

16:00 Coffee break

Day 1: Afternoon 2 - ESR

17 ESR - The EDT appendix

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

18 ESR - feedback by referees on EDT

19 Discussion - EDT

20 ESR - real time editing and adjusting (hands on)

Wednesday 18 March

Day 2: Morning 1 - HERA/LHC/EIC synergies

21 PDFs - Impact of LHC at the beginning of the EIC era

Speaker: ENRICO TASSI (Universita della Calabria)

22 HERA to EIC - synergies and prospects

Speaker: Paul Newman (member@bham.ac.uk;staff@bham.ac.uk)

23 UPC and nPDFs - Impact of LHC at the beginning of the EIC era

Speakers: Charlotte Van Hulse, Charlotte Van Hulse

24 Elastic e-p scattering at ePIC for Early Physics

Speaker: Mikhail Osipenko (INFN sez. di Genova)

11:00 Cofee break

Day 2: Morning 2 - PID and Jets simulation and reco

25 Simulation of PID systems at ePIC

Speaker: Chandradoy Chatterjee (INFN Trieste)

26 Holistic PID reconstruction

Speaker: Alexander Kiselev (BNL)

27 Jets reconstruction and control of systematics

Speaker: Brian Page (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

13:00 Lunch break

Day 2: Afternoon 1 - ESR

28 ESR - The Hard Probes appendix

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

29 ESR - feedback by referees on Hard Probes

30 Discussion - Hard Probes

31 BSM + EW - plan for impact studies

32 Discussion of BSM+EW for the full EIC

16:00 Coffee break

Day 2: Afternoon 2 - physics outreach

33 Physics outreach in ePIC

Speaker: Dr E. C. Aschenauer (BNL)

34 Ongoing outreach activities in Italy

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

35 ePIC outreach to hgih and mid-school students (masterclass...)

36 Discussion - outreach ideas!

Thursday 19 March

Day 3: Morning 1 - reports by ECRs

37 Suppression of the incoherent contribution to the differential cross section of phi production in e+Au collisions

Speaker: Maci Kesler (Kent State University)

38 Contributed talk

39 Contributed Talk

40 Contributed Talk

41 Probing gluon saturation with dihadron correlations

Speaker: Gabriel Garcia (BNL)

11:00 Cofee break

Day 3: Morning 2 - TDR & NIM A

42 TDR - plans and timelines

Speaker: Silvia Dalla Torre (INFN, Trieste)

43 Discussion - TDR readiness

44 NIM A special issue

Speaker: John Lajoie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

45 Discussion on NIM A special issue

13:00 Lunch

Day 3: Afternoon 1 - joint session with S&C

16:00 Cofee break

Day 3: Afternoon 2 - joint session with S&C