Measurements of heavy flavor quark correlations in heavy-ion collisions are crucial to understand the flavor dependence of quark energy loss mechanisms in hot and dense QCD matter. In addition to the heavy-ion collisions, experimental measurements of heavy flavor correlations in $p+p$ collisions can provide insights into the contributions of perturbative and non-perturbative QCD processes to...
Target fragmentation provides a unique window into the correlation between the struck parton and the remnant system in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering. While current and past studies of nucleon structure have largely focused on current fragmentation observables, the Electron-Ion Collider will enable precision measurements in the target-fragmentation region through its high luminosity,...
Oxygen–Oxygen collisions have recently opened a new avenue for studying the system-size dependence of QCD matter in relativistic nuclear collisions. Positioned between small systems such as pp and pA and large heavy-ion systems such as AuAu and PbPb, OO collisions provide a unique opportunity to investigate how collective phenomena and medium effects evolve with the size and density of the...
