ePIC and EIC Physics Readiness Workshop

Name: ePIC and EIC Physics Readiness Workshop
Start: 2025-09-17T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-18T18:15:00+01:00
Location: No location set

17 Sept 2025, 09:00 → 18 Sept 2025, 18:15 Europe/London

Institute of Physics, London, UK. (https://www.iop.org/about/contact-us/visit-us)

Daria Sokhan, Paul Richard Newman (University of Birmingham (GB)), Rachel Montgomery, Rosi Reed (Lehigh University), Salvatore Fazio, Stephen Kay (University of York), Stephen Maple

Description

The scope of this workshop includes preparation and readiness of EIC focussed physics analyses and related activities for the upcoming ePIC preTDR and Early Science documents. We will also have the opportunity to discuss contributed topics outside of this scope. Everyone interested is welcome to attend!

We are very grateful to UKRI STFC and BNL for supporting this event financially.

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Wednesday 17 September
- Wed 17 Sept
- Thu 18 Sept
- 1
  
  Introduction from PACs and ePIC Spokesperson
  
  Set out goals of workshop
  Review of current pre TDR status
  Summarise Early Science status
  
  Speakers: Rachel Montgomery, Salvatore Fazio (University of Calabria & INFN Cosenza), Rosi Reed (Lehigh University), John Lajoie
  
  LondonIntro-v0.pdf
- 2
  
  Inclusive PWG Readiness Report (plus BSM and EW)
  
  Speakers: Stephen Maple, Win Lin, Juliette Mammei, Zuhal Seyma Demiroglu (Stony Brook University)
  
  InclusivePWG_ReadinessReport.pdf
- 3
  
  SIDIS PWG Readiness Report
  
  Speakers: Ralf Seidl, Anselm Vossen, Stefan Diehl
  
  2025_09_16_ePIC_SIDIS.pdf
- 10:05
  
  Morning Break
- 4
  
  Exclusive, Diffractive and Tagging PWG Readiness Report
  
  Speakers: Zhoudunming Tu, Stephen Kay (University of York), Dr Zhoudunming Tu (BNL)
  
  EDT Update
- 5
  
  Jets and HF PWG Readiness Report
  
  Speakers: Mr Shyam Kumar (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)), Rongrong Ma
  
  Jets and HF PWG ReadinessJets and HF PWG Readiness Report_ShyamKumar.pdf
- Analysis: Analysis reports
  
  Short analysis updates
  - 6
    
    DVCS
    
    Speaker: Oliver Jevons (University of Glasgow)
    
    DVCSPlots_25.08.0_10x100_hiAcc.pdf
    
    ePICPhysicsReadiness_OJevonsDVCS.pdf
  - 7
    
    Diffractive VM in eA
    
    Speaker: Maci Kesler
    
    PhysicsReadinessWS_IOP.pdf
  - 8
    
    Meson FF
    
    Speaker: Stephen Kay (University of York)
    
    SJDK_ePIC_Physics_Sep25.pdf
- 12:40
  
  Lunch
- Status of Reconstruction Priorities and Future Plans
  - 9
    
    Follow up on electron reconstruction
    
    Speaker: Win Lin
    
    EIC ePIC Physics Readiness Workshop.pdf
  - 10
    
    Secondary Vertexing
    
    Speakers: Bishoy Dongwi, Bishoy Dongwi
    
    dongwiEICReadinessWorkshop2025.pdf
  - 11
    
    Reconstruction Priorities Discussion
    
    Speaker: Derek Anderson
    
    PFStatusAndFutureReconstructionPriorities_EICPhysicsReadinessWorkshop2025_AndersonDerek.v1.pdf
- 15:00
  
  Afternoon Break
- Systematics: Discussion on systematics
  - 12
    
    Comments from tracking
    
    Speaker: Shujie Li
    
    epic_tracking_physics_readiness_09172025.pdf
  - 13
    
    Comments from Luminosity Monitor
    
    Speaker: Alex Smith
    
    AlexSmith_LumiSystematics_PhysicsReadiness2025.pdf
    
    AlexSmith_LumiSystematics_PhysicsReadiness2025.pptx
  - 14
    
    Comments from inclusive plus BSM/EW
    
    Speakers: Stephen Maple, Win Lin, Juliette Mammei, Zuhal Seyma Demiroglu (Stony Brook University)
    
    inclusive_systematics.pdf
  - 15
    
    Comments from SIDIS
    
    Speakers: Anselm Vossen, Ralf Seidl, Dr Stefan Diehl (Justus Liebig University Giessen and University of Connecticut)
  - 16
    
    Comments from Exclusive, Diffractive and Tagging
    
    Speakers: Stephen Kay (University of York), Zhoudunming Tu, Dr Zhoudunming Tu (BNL)
    
    EDT Systematics Comments
    
    EDT Systematics Comments
  - 17
    
    Comments from Jets and HF
    
    Speakers: Mr Shyam Kumar (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)), Rongrong Ma
    
    Plan_for_systematics_Jets_HF.pdf
  - 18
    
    Discussion
    
    Speakers: Rachel Montgomery, Salvatore Fazio (University of Calabria & INFN Cosenza)
    
    LondonSystematics-v0.pdf
- 19
  
  Social Dinner
  
  Location: Masala Zone, Piccadilly Circus
  Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bcprjWNDQoNXUPnA8
  Time: Booked for 7pm
  Note: Please contact organisers if you have not already told us that you want to join.
  
  Dinner Location
  
  Dinner Location
Thursday 18 September
- Wed 17 Sept
- Thu 18 Sept
- 20
  
  Impact studies on unpolarized quark TMDs
  
  Speaker: Marco Radici
  
  radici.pdf
- 21
  
  F2, FL, PDFs, Strong Coupling for Early Science
  
  Speaker: Katarzyna Wichmann (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))
  
  kwichmann-earlyrunning.pdf
- 10:10
  
  Morning Break
- Low-Q2 Related Contributions
  - 22
    
    TCS
    
    Speaker: Gary Penman
    
    IOP_EIC_17_09_25.pdf
  - 23
    
    Spectroscopy
    
    Speaker: Derek Glazier
    
    GlazierMesonSpectroscopy.pdf
- 24
  
  u-channel process and pi0 decay
  
  Speaker: Wenliang Li (CFNS, Stony Brook University)
  
  2025_London_workshop_u-Channel_Physics_and_pi0_decay-2.pdf
- Analysis: Analysis Status Reports
  
  Short analysis updates
  - 25
    
    Studying Gluon GPDs at ePIC via DVMP with J/Psi -> mu+ mu-
    
    Speaker: Stuart Fegan (University of York)
    
    SFegan_ePICLondon2025.pdf
- 12:00
  
  Lunch
- Analysis: Analysis Status Reports
  
  Short analysis updates
  - 26
    
    Meson SF
    
    Speaker: Baptiste Fraisse (CUA)
    
    new-ms-analysis-fraisse.pdf
- Analysis: Analysis Status Reports
  
  Short analysis updates
  - 27
    
    Probing gluon saturation with dihadron correlations
    
    Speaker: Gabriel Garcia (BNL)
    
    EIC_Readiness_GGarcia_1.pdf
- Backgrounds: Background discussions
  - 28
    
    ML for Background in Meson SF studies
    
    Speakers: Dmitry Romanov, Prof. Tanja Horn (Catholic University of America)
    
    2025-09-18 AI for Background in Meson SF studies.pdf
    
    2025-09-18 AI for Background in Meson SF studies.pptx
  - 29
    
    Comments from inclusive plus BSM/EW
    
    Speakers: Stephen Maple, Win Lin, Juliette Mammei, Zuhal Seyma Demiroglu (Stony Brook University)
  - 30
    
    Comments from SIDIS
    
    Speakers: Anselm Vossen, Ralf Seidl
  - 31
    
    Comments from Exclusive, Diffractive and Tagging
    
    Speakers: Stephen Kay (University of York), Zhoudunming Tu, Dr Zhoudunming Tu (BNL)
  - 32
    
    Comments from Jets and HF
    
    Speakers: Mr Shyam Kumar (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)), Rongrong Ma
  - 33
    
    Discussion
- 34
  
  Afternoon break
- 35
  Early Science Document Planning Session
  Including:
  - discussion on structure of document
  - discussion on outstanding processes
  - discussion on outstanding simulations
  - discussion on an editorial board
  Discussion starting points
  
  Discussion starting points
- 36
  
  Hands-On Session for looking at preTDR draft
  
  Look at current status of preTDR and start to work on the different sections.