Overview on the Future Electron-Ion Collider Projects

Journal Article · Thu Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2005 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1871672· OSTI ID:20630629

Hughes, Emlyn W ^[1]

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1. W.K. Kellogg Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)

One of the large new projects envisioned for the future US nuclear physics program is the construction of a high-energy electron ion collider. The motivation for such a machine would be primary directed at the study of the nucleon spin structure using polarized light ions and the study of low x gluon distributions in heavy nuclei. Two candidates coming from the two large DOE nuclear physics facilities, one at Brookhaven called eRHIC, and one at Jefferson Laboratory called ELIC are the primary candidates today.

• OSTI ID: 20630629
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 747, Issue 1; Conference: HiX2004: 2. international workshop on the structure of the nucleon at large Bjorken x, Marseille (France), 26-28 Jul 2004; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1871672; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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HEAVY NUCLEI
LIGHT IONS
LINEAR COLLIDERS
NUCLEONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE KINEMATICS
SPIN