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

1 Welcome from local organizers and PACs

Speaker: Rosi Reed (Lehigh University)

Day 1 - morning: PWG summaries + plans for NIM-A phase 2

2 Inclusive PWG - summary of activities and phase2 plans

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

3 SIDIS PWG - summary of activities and phase2 plans

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

4 EDT PWG - summary of activities and phase2 plans

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

5 Jets+HF PWG - summary of activities and phase2 plans

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

6 BSM+EW

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

10:40 Coffee break

7 Studies for possible FEMC descoping + discussion (speaker TBD)

Day 1 - morning: White Paper effort with the theory community

8 SPs priorities for 2027 (wrt. physics)

Speaker: John Lajoie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

9 The White paper conceptual idea

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

10 Common discussion

12:20 Lunch break

Day 1 - afternoon: Next studies on systematic uncerntainties

11 Intro+overview of systematics

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

12 Inclusive PWG - plans for future systematics studies

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

13 SIDIS PWG - plans for future systematics studies

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

14 EDT PWG - plans for future systematics studies

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

15 Jets+HF PWG - plans for future systematics studies

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

16 BSM+EW PWG - plans for future systematics studies

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

17 Common discussion on systematics

18 Physics activity of the meson structure functions group at ePIC

Speaker: Tanja Horn (Cath)

16:00 Coffee break

19 Next possible SIDIS studies? (a theorist's wish list)

Speaker: Marco Radici (INFN - Sezione di Pavia)

Day 1 - afternoon: ECR talks

20 Leptoquark-Mediated (e -> tau) CLFV at the EIC

Speaker: Barhd Quin

21 Beyond the Standard Model at the EIC

Speaker: Parida Ganesh

22 Exclusive Upsilon studies at ePIC

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

23 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)

24 Physics Opportunities with Jets and Heavy-Flavor Probes

Speaker: Dener De Souza Lemos (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Wednesday 2 December

Physics Simulation

12:00 Lunch Break (On Your Own)

Shared Reconstruction Priorities: Closing Gaps for TDR Readiness

25 Shared Reconstruction Priorities: Gaps and Plans for TDR Readiness

26 Particle Flow Reconstruction: Status and Plans

27 Discussion

28 IRT2 for dRICH and pfRICH: Status and Plans

29 hpDIRC Reconstruction: Status and Plans

30 TOF Reconstruction: Status and Plans

31 Discussion

15:40 Break

32 Holistic Reconstruction: Integrating Central and Far-Forward Reconstruction

33 Discussion

34 Holistic Reconstruction: Connected Reconstruction Graph and Event Record

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

35 Discussion

36 Event Kinematics: Semi-Inclusive and Exclusive Measurements

37 Discussion

Thursday 3 December

Analysis Models, Tools, and Workflows

12:00 Lunch (On Your Own)

Analysis Models, Tools, and Workflows