Physics Opportunities at an Electron-Ion Collider (POETIC) XII International Conference

Scientific Programme

Hadron Structure and QCD Spin Physics

● Parton Distribution Functions (PDFs)
● Transverse Momentum Dependent distributions (TMDs), generalized parton distributions(GPDs), Generalized Transverse-Momentum-Dependent distributions (GTMDs), Nucleon tomography
● Mechanical properties of the nucleon
● Small-$x$ evolution, saturation and Color Glass Condensate (CGC)
● Non-perturbative QCD and Lattice in the context of EIC

Precision QCD and higher order calculations

● Precision calculations for DIS and SIDIS
● Monte Carlo event generators
● Diffractive and exclusive processes

Jet Physics, Hadronization, and Heavy Quarks

● Jet properties, jet substructure, and Energy-Energy Correlators (EECs)
● Fragmentation functions, hadronization mechanisms, and nuclear fragments
● Quarkonia production and heavy flavor physics

Complementarity with High-Energy Nuclear Collisions

● Connections between EIC physics and $p+p$, $p+A$, and $A+A$ collisions
● High-$p_T$ processes, diffraction, and multi-parton interactions
● Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) and colored probes in hot nuclear matter

Advanced Computing and Information Theory

● Applications of Machine Learning and AI in ePIC and EIC-related physics
● Applications of Quantum computing and quantum information theory in HEP
● Entanglement and Bell-test studies in the EIC context

Future Facilities and Detector Programs

● Future DIS facilities: Accelerator and detector developments
● Program of the ePIC detector and opportunities with a second Interaction Region (IR) and detector

Beyond the Standard Model at the EIC