Speaker
Description
The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) is a next-generation facility designed to study the quark and gluon structure of nucleons and nuclei. Meeting its physics goals requires calorimetry systems with excellent particle identification and high-resolution electromagnetic measurements. The Barrel Imaging Calorimeter (BIC) of the ePIC detector addresses these needs by providing excellent electron identification in the presence of background pions, together with precise energy and position measurements of photons for key processes such as Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering and neutral pion reconstruction. The BIC is being developed through an international collaboration involving institutions in the United States, Canada, Korea, and Germany.
In this talk, I will present an overview of the BIC concept, which integrates a high-resolution scintillating-fiber–lead sampling calorimeter with low-power AstroPix monolithic active pixel sensors for imaging. I will summarize the physics-driven design choices, the expected performance based on simulation studies benchmarked to EIC requirements, and the current status of component integration and testing. Highlights from recent beam tests will be shown, along with an outlook on the development roadmap for this critical subsystem of the ePIC detector.
| Keyword-1 | Electron-Ion Collider |
|---|---|
| Keyword-2 | Calorimetry |
| Keyword-3 | Instrumentation |