Physics Opportunity with an Electron-Ion Collider
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Understanding the emergence of nucleons and nuclei and their interactions from the properties and dynamics of quarks and gluons in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is a fundamental and compelling goal of nuclear science. A high-energy, high-luminosity polarized electron-ion collider (EIC) will be needed to explore and advance many aspects of QCD studies in the gluon dominated regions in nucleon and nuclei. The federal Nuclear Science Advisory Committee unanimously approved a high-energy electro-ion collider to explore a new frontier in physics research. In fact, the committee calls the collider the country's next "highest priority" in new facility construction, and is one of four main recommendations contained in its 2015 Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science. Two proposals for the EIC are being considered in the U.S.: one each at Jefferson Laboratory (JLab) and at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). An overview of the physics opportunities an EIC presents to the nuclear science community in future decades is presented.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-06OR23177
- OSTI ID:
- 1336402
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-PHY-16-2290; DOE/OR/23177-4033
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: J.Phys.Conf.Ser. Journal Issue: 1 Journal Volume: 770
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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