Electron-Ion Collider in China
Abstract
Lepton scattering is an established ideal tool for studying inner structure of small particles such as nucleons as well as nuclei. As a future high energy nuclear physics project, an Electron-ion collider in China (EicC) has been proposed. It will be constructed based on an upgraded heavy-ion accelerator, High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) which is currently under construction, together with a new electron ring. The proposed collider will provide highly polarized electrons (with a polarization of 80%) and protons (with a polarization of 70%) with variable center of mass energies from 15 to 20 GeV and the luminosity of (2-3) 10 cm s. Polarized deuterons and Helium-3, as well as unpolarized ion beams from Carbon to Uranium, will be also available at the EicC. The main foci of the EicC will be precision measurements of the structure of the nucleon in the sea quark region, including 3D tomography of nucleon; the partonic structure of nuclei and the parton interaction with the nuclear environment; the exotic states, especially those with heavy flavor quark contents. In addition, issues fundamental to understanding the origin of mass could be addressed by measurements of heavy quarkonia near-threshold production at the EicC. In order to achieve the above-mentioned physics goals, a hermetical detector system will be constructed with cutting-edge technologies. This document is the result of collective contributions and valuable inputs from experts across the globe. The EicC physics program complements the ongoing scientific programs at the Jefferson Laboratory and the future EIC project in the United States. The success of this project will also advance both nuclear and particle physics as well as accelerator and detector technology in China.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2102.09222,
title = {Electron-Ion Collider in China},
author = {Daniele P. Anderle and Valerio Bertone and Xu Cao and Lei Chang and Ningbo Chang and Gu Chen and Xurong Chen and Zhuojun Chen and Zhufang Cui and Lingyun Dai and Weitian Deng and Minghui Ding and Xu Feng and Chang Gong and Longcheng Gui and Feng-Kun Guo and Chengdong Han and Jun He and Tie-Jiun Hou and Hongxia Huang and Yin Huang and Krešimir Kumerički and L. P. Kaptari and Demin Li and Hengne Li and Minxiang Li and Xueqian Li and Yutie Liang and Zuotang Liang and Chen Liu and Chuan Liu and Guoming Liu and Jie Liu and Liuming Liu and Xiang Liu and Tianbo Liu and Xiaofeng Luo and Zhun Lyu and Boqiang Ma and Fu Ma and Jianping Ma and Yugang Ma and Lijun Mao and Cédric Mezrag and Hervé Moutarde and Jialun Ping and Sixue Qin and Hang Ren and Craig D. Roberts and Juan Rojo and Guodong Shen and Chao Shi and Qintao Song and Hao Sun and Paweł Sznajder and Enke Wang and Fan Wang and Qian Wang and Rong Wang and Ruiru Wang and Taofeng Wang and Wei Wang and Xiaoyu Wang and Xiaoyun Wang and Jiajun Wu and Xinggang Wu and Lei Xia and Bowen Xiao and Guoqing Xiao and Ju-Jun Xie and Yaping Xie and Hongxi Xing and Hushan Xu and Nu Xu and Shusheng Xu and Mengshi Yan and Wenbiao Yan and Wencheng Yan and Xinhu Yan and Jiancheng Yang and Yi-Bo Yang and Zhi Yang and Deliang Yao and Peilin Yin and C. -P. Yuan and Wenlong Zhan and Jianhui Zhang and Jinlong Zhang and Pengming Zhang and Chao-Hsi Chang and Zhenyu Zhang and Hongwei Zhao and Kuang-Ta Chao and Qiang Zhao and Yuxiang Zhao and Zhengguo Zhao and Liang Zheng and Jian Zhou and Xiang Zhou and Xiaorong Zhou and Bingsong Zou and Liping Zou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.09222},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
EicC white paper, written by the whole EicC working group