The Emerging QCD Frontier: The Electron Ion Collider

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  • Thomas Ullrich
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The 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 of any existing accelerator. 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. PACS numbers: 13.60.Hb, 24.85.+p, 14.20.Dh, 13.87.Fh

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تاریخ انتشار 2008