Description
INFN has a strong tradition in high-energy hadron physics, both in the heavy-ion sector and in the deep-inelastic-scattering sector, with important participation in international programmes, that also include relevant and specific contributions in terms of dedicated detectors. In this context, it is recognized that high centre-of-mass energy is a fundamental handle for the future investigation: at higher energy, wider and novel kinematical phase-space regions become reachable offering an enlarged panorama of complementary phenomenological views.
The high-energy opportunities in hadron physics of interest for the dedicated INFN community are considered. They include perspectives for further investigations with ALICE at the upgraded LHC complemented by measurements at SPS and novel opportunities with electron-ion colliders.
