The electron-ion collider – A collider to unravel the mysteries of hadron structure

18 Nov 2019, 11:35
25m
MPI & Small-x & diffraction MPI & Small-x & diffraction

Speaker

Elke-Caroline Aschenauer (BNL)

Description

Understanding the properties of nuclear matter and its emergence through the underlying partonic structure and dynamics of quarks and gluons requires a new experimental facility in hadronic physics known as the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). The EIC will address some of the most profound questions concerning the emergence of nuclear properties by precisely imaging gluons and quarks inside protons and nuclei such as the distribution of gluons and quarks in space and momentum, their role in building the nucleon spin and the properties of gluons in nuclei at high energies. This presentation will highlight the capabilities of an EIC to unravel the mysteries of hadron structure at low-x.

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