ePIC and EIC Physics Readiness Workshop (3rd edition)

1 Dec 2026, 08:00 → 3 Dec 2026, 18:00 US/Eastern

Markus Diefenthaler (Jefferson Lab), Salvatore Fazio (University of Calabria and INFN-Cosenza), Dmitrii Kalinkin (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Rosi Reed (Lehigh University), Holly Szumila-Vance, Charlotte Van Hulse, Torre Wenaus (BNL)

The scope of the workshop consists of: 

• PWG priorities for 2027 
• Shared Reconstruction priorities for 2027
• Analysis models, tools, and workflows

 

The 150€ FEE is waived for students and postdocs.

Tuesday 1 December

08:00 → 08:10 Welcome from local organizers and PACs

Speaker: Rosi Reed (Lehigh University)

08:10 → 10:40 Day 1 - morning: PWG summaries + plans for NIM-A phase 2

08:10 Inclusive PWG - summary of activities and phase2 plans

Speakers: Win Lin (Stony Brook University), Tyler Kutz (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)

08:40 SIDIS PWG - summary of activities and phase2 plans

Speakers: Oleg Eyser (BNL), Anselm Vossen (Duke University)

09:10 EDT PWG - summary of activities and phase2 plans

Speakers: Jan Vanek (University of New Hampshire), Stephen Kay (University of York)

09:40 Jets+HF PWG - summary of activities and phase2 plans

Speakers: Austin Baty (University of Illinois Chicago), Dr Shyam Kumar (University of Houston)

10:10 BSM+EW

Speakers: Jae Nam (Temple University), Zuhal Seyma Demiroglu (Stony Brook University)

10:40 → 11:10 Coffee break

11:10 → 11:40 Studies for possible FEMC descoping + discussion (speaker TBD)

11:40 → 12:20 Day 1 - morning: White Paper effort with the theory community

11:40 SPs priorities for 2027 (wrt. physics)

Speaker: John Lajoie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

11:50 The White paper conceptual idea

Speakers: Charlotte Van Hulse, Salvatore Fazio (University of Calabria and INFN-Cosenza)

12:00 Common discussion

12:20 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:35 Day 1 - afternoon: Next studies on systematic uncerntainties

14:00 Intro+overview of systematics

Speaker: Anselm Vossen (member@duke.edu;faculty@duke.edu)

14:25 Inclusive PWG - plans for future systematics studies

Speakers: Tyler Kutz (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz), Win Lin (Stony Brook University)

14:35 SIDIS PWG - plans for future systematics studies

Speakers: Anselm Vossen (member@duke.edu;faculty@duke.edu), Oleg Eyser (BNL)

14:45 EDT PWG - plans for future systematics studies

Speakers: Jan Vanek (University of New Hampshire), Stephen Kay (University of York)

14:55 Jets+HF PWG - plans for future systematics studies

Speakers: Austin Baty (University of Illinois Chicago), Shyam Kumar (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))

15:05 BSM+EW PWG - plans for future systematics studies

Speakers: Jae Nam (BNL), Zuhal Seyma Demiroglu (Stony Brook University)

15:15 Common discussion on systematics

15:35 → 16:00 Physics activity of the meson structure functions group at ePIC

Speaker: Tanja Horn (Cath)

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 16:50 Next possible SIDIS studies? (a theorist's wish list)

Speaker: Marco Radici (INFN - Sezione di Pavia)

16:50 → 18:05 Day 1 - afternoon: ECR talks

16:50 Leptoquark-Mediated (e -> tau) CLFV at the EIC

Speaker: Barhd Quin

17:05 Beyond the Standard Model at the EIC

Speaker: Parida Ganesh

17:20 Exclusive Upsilon studies at ePIC

Speaker: Dr Georgios Krintiras (The University of Kansas (US))

17:35 Toward Measurements of g3 and g5 in Charged-Current DIS at ePIC: Analysis Strategy, Systematics Studies, and Physics Impact

Speaker: Churamani Paudel (New Mexico State University)

17:50 Physics Opportunities with Jets and Heavy-Flavor Probes

Speaker: Dener De Souza Lemos (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Wednesday 2 December

08:00 → 12:00 Physics Simulation

12:00 → 14:00 Lunch Break (On Your Own)

14:00 → 18:00 Shared Reconstruction Priorities: Closing Gaps for TDR Readiness

14:00 Shared Reconstruction Priorities: Gaps and Plans for TDR Readiness

14:10 Particle Flow Reconstruction: Status and Plans

14:30 Discussion

14:40 IRT2 for dRICH and pfRICH: Status and Plans

14:50 hpDIRC Reconstruction: Status and Plans

15:00 TOF Reconstruction: Status and Plans

15:10 Discussion

15:40 Break

16:00 Holistic Reconstruction: Integrating Central and Far-Forward Reconstruction

16:20 Discussion

16:30 Holistic Reconstruction: Connected Reconstruction Graph and Event Record

Speaker: Dr Derek Anderson (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)

17:00 Discussion

17:15 Event Kinematics: Semi-Inclusive and Exclusive Measurements

17:35 Discussion

Thursday 3 December

08:00 → 12:00 Analysis Models, Tools, and Workflows

12:00 → 14:00 Lunch (On Your Own)

14:00 → 18:00 Analysis Models, Tools, and Workflows