Speaker
Description
The Electron-Ion Collider will be a next-generation facility designed to explore the internal structure of nucleons and nuclei with unprecedented precision. By colliding polarized electrons with polarized protons and a range of nuclei across a broad kinematic regime, the EIC will provide access to multi-dimensional probes of nucleon structure, such as TMDs, GPDs, and other partonic correlations. These measurements are crucial for understanding the origin of nucleon spin, mass, and other emergent phenomena in QCD.
In this talk, I will present the current status of the EIC, with a focus on the design and capabilities of ePIC, the general-purpose detector at the EIC. I will also outline the unique physics opportunities enabled by the EIC and discuss how they complement and extend ongoing efforts across the global hadron physics community.
