The fifth edition of the “Towards Improved Hadron Femtography” workshop will be held in the Physics Department at the University of Virginia on July 20-24, 2026.
The workshop continues its efforts to achieve tomography of hadrons – imaging the three-dimensional internal structure of protons, neutrons and atomic nuclei at the femtometer scale – through hard exclusive processes. This workshop brings together a diverse mix of theorists and experimentalists to foster collaboration, covering topics from GPD phenomenology and lattice QCD calculations to new experimental results aimed at advancing our understanding of the nucleon’s 3D structure. In a broader context, the workshops goals align with the vision of Jefferson Lab and the upcoming Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). Hadron femtography is a cornerstone of the EIC’s science program, and this edition emphasizes computational physics-AI methods synergy, as well as the role of light nuclei in planning for EIC-era analyses to fully leverage the collider’s unprecedented capabilities.
We wish to invite the nuclear and particle physics, and the computational physics communities to participate in our workshop to explore experiment ideas for EIC enabled science.
The scientific program will consist of invited oral presentations as well as round table discussion sessions. The workshop will aim at improving interactions among various existing collaborations and to foster the creation of new ones.
