The meeting of the international ePIC Collaboration, dedicated to the development of the future ePIC experiment at the electron-ion collider (EIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), has concluded. Held from January 20 to 24 at Villa Mondragone, the Congress Center of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, the event provided a unique atmosphere to discuss the project's progress.
EIC is a next-generation accelerator designed to collide polarized electrons with polarized protons and heavy nuclei, allowing for an unprecedented study of the internal structure of protons and neutrons. Its main objective is to investigate the interactions of quarks and gluons, the fundamental constituents of visible matter in the universe, within a proton or neutron.
The ePIC experiment involves over 850 scientists from more than 170 institutions across 25 nations.
During the meeting at Villa Mondragone, ePIC spokesman John Lajoie summarized the significant progress in the development of the detector. The collaboration is now working on drafting the Technical Design Report (TDR), a document that will outline the scientific objectives and technical specifications of the ePIC detector, requiring the development of new technologies and training the next generation of scientists.
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