The Emerging QCD Frontier: The Electron Ion Collider

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dc.creatorUllrich, Thomas
dc.date2008-05-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:51:18Z
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dc.descriptionThe self-interactions of gluons determine all the unique features of QCD and lead to a dominant abundance of gluons inside matter already at moderate $x$. Despite their dominant role, the properties of gluons remain largely unexplored. Tantalizing hints of saturated gluon densities have been found in $e$+p collisions at HERA, and in d+Au and Au+Au collisions at RHIC. Saturation physics will have a profound influence on heavy-ion collisions at the LHC. But unveiling the collective behavior of dense assemblies of gluons under conditions where their self-interactions dominate will require an Electron-Ion Collider (EIC): a new facility with capabilities well beyond those In this paper I outline the compelling physics case for $e$+A collisions at an EIC and discuss briefly the status of machine design concepts. of any existing accelerator.
dc.description11 pages, 9 figures, prepared for 20th International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions: Quark Matter 2008 (QM2008), Jaipur, India, 4-10 Feb. 2008
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0806.0048
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0806.0048
dc.identifierJ.Phys.G35:104041,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0954-3899/35/10/104041
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/203850
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectNuclear Experiment
dc.titleThe Emerging QCD Frontier: The Electron Ion Collider
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