Tensor SIDIS workshop and b1/Azz Collaboration meeting

Jun 3, 2026, 8:30 AM → Jun 5, 2026, 7:05 PM US/Eastern

L102 (CEBAF Center (CC))

Zoom link: here

The Tensor SIDIS Workshop & b1/Azz Collaboration Meeting focuses on the ongoing preparation for the approved JLab Hall C experiments b₁ and A_zz, which utilize inclusive scattering from a tensor polarized target, along with the emerging new physics program to extend these studies to Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering (SIDIS) with tensor-polarized targets. Discussions will cover experimental readiness, analysis strategies, and the underlying theoretical framework. This effort will bring together theorists and experimentalists to coordinate preparations, analysis efforts, motivate key measurements and to guide future plans.

Organizers

Alessandro Bacchetta alessandro.bacchetta@unipv.it
Jian-Ping Chen jpchen@jlab.org
Ishara Fernando ishara@virginia.edu
Dustin Keller dustin@virginia.edu
Elena Long Elena.Long@unh.edu
Jiwan Poudel jpoudel@jlab.org
David Ruth druth@nmsu.edu
Nathaly Santiesteban nathaly.santiesteban@unh.edu
Karl Slifer Karl.Slifer@unh.edu

 

 

 

traditions.pdf

Wed, June 3

9:00 AM → 10:20 AM b1/Azz Collaboration

Convener: Nathaly Santiesteban (University of New Hampshire)

9:00 AM b1/Azz Opening Remarks

Speaker: Karl Slifer (University of New Hampshire)

welcome.pdf

welcome.pptx

9:05 AM Hall A/C Leader Overview

Speaker: Mark Jones (Jefferson Lab)

Tensor Collab-MKJ-June 2026.pdf

9:20 AM ERR Tasklist Status

Speaker: Elena Long (University of New Hampshire)

ELong-ERR Tasklist and Pol Config.pptx

9:40 AM UVA Update

Speaker: Dustin Keller (University of VA)

Keller-Tensor-2026.pdf

10:00 AM Beamline

Speaker: Dave Gaskell (Jefferson Lab)

polarized_target_beamline2026.pdf

polarized_target_beamline2026.pptx

10:20 AM → 10:30 AM Coffee Break: Coffee

10:30 AM → 11:25 AM b1/Azz Collaboration

Convener: Elena Long (University of New Hampshire)

10:30 AM UNH Update

Speaker: Karl Slifer (University of New Hampshire)

target.pdf

10:50 AM Target Update

Speaker: Chris Keith (Jefferson Lab)

PolarizedTargetStatus.pdf

11:10 AM Faraday Cup Update

Speaker: Hector Chinchay (University of New Hampshire)

Tensor_SIDIS_workshop_and_b1_Azz_Tensor_Collaboration_Simulations_of_a_Tungsten_Copper_Faraday_Cup_for_the_Measurement_of_Electron_Beam_Charge_in_the_Tensor_Polarized_Experiments_at_HallC_in_Jefferson_Lab.pdf

11:25 AM → 11:40 AM Coffee + Discussion

11:40 AM → 12:50 PM b1/Azz Collaboration

Convener: Karl Slifer (University of New Hampshire)

11:40 AM Physics Operations Director Overview

Speaker: Dr Douglas Higinbotham (Jefferson Lab)

Tenosr-Colllaboration-Talk-DWH.pptx

12:00 PM JLab Director's Overview

Speaker: Jens Dilling (Jefferson Lab)

12:10 PM Associate Lab Director Remarks

Speaker: Fernanda Garcia

12:20 PM Deputy Director for Science Remarks

Speaker: Eric Brown (TJNAF)

12:30 PM Discussion

12:50 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 3:00 PM b1/Azz Collaboration

Convener: Utsav Shrestha (University of New Hampshire)

2:00 PM Target Material Irradiations at JLab

Speaker: Chris Keith (Jefferson Lab)

IrradiationStatus.pdf

2:20 PM Physics Liaison Update

Speaker: Arun Tadepalli (Jefferson Lab)

PDL_tensor_targets.pdf

PDL_tensor_targets.pptx

2:40 PM Faraday Cup Update

Speaker: Hector Chinchay (University of New Hampshire)

3:00 PM → 3:15 PM Coffee Break

3:15 PM → 4:00 PM b1/Azz Collaboration

Convener: Jian-ping Chen (JLab)

3:15 PM Tensor SIDIS Workshop Preview

Speaker: Ishara Fernando (University of Virginia)

TensorSIDIS_Preview_Ishara_Fernando.pdf

3:20 PM Run Group C

Speaker: Sebastian Kuhn (Old Dominion University)

RGC_Status_2026.pptx

3:40 PM Adiabatic Fast Passage Spin Manipulation Measurements in Solid Polarized Targets

Speaker: Md Forhad Hossain

AFP_UPDATE_JLAB.pdf

3:55 PM UNH Projects

Speaker: Utsav Shrestha (University of New Hampshire)

2026-06-03_Utsav_TensorMeeting.pdf

4:00 PM → 4:25 PM Coffee Break: Discussion + Coffee

4:25 PM → 5:40 PM b1/Azz Collaboration

Convener: Allison Zec (Jefferson Lab)

4:25 PM Imaginary Fit NMR Implementation

Speaker: Chhetra Lama (University of New Hampshire)

Imaginary_Fit_NMR_Implementation.pdf

Imaginary_Fit_NMR_Implementation.pptx

4:40 PM SSRF Software and RGC b1 Analysis

Speaker: Muhammad Farooq (University of New Hampshire)

Farooq_Tensor_Meeting_2026.pdf

4:55 PM TOPAS Monte Carlo Simulations – Geant4

Speaker: Sam Takwirira

Simulations_UITF_Project_Samuel_Takwirira_06032026.pptx

5:10 PM Discussion

Thu, June 4

9:00 AM → 10:10 AM SIDIS workshop

Convener: David Ruth (University of New Hampshire)

9:00 AM Tensor SIDIS Opening Remarks

Speaker: Nathaly Santiesteban (University of New Hampshire)

opening.pdf

9:10 AM Theory Overview (Remote)

Speaker: Alessandro Bacchetta (University of Pavia and INFN Pavia)

JLab_spin1.pdf

9:20 AM Spin-1 SIDIS Observables & General Theory

Speaker: Christian Weiss (Jefferson Lab)

weiss26_tensorsidis.pdf

9:50 AM Current Model Assumptions for Longitudinal Measurements

Speaker: Nathaly Santiesteban (University of New Hampshire)

Santiesteban-SIDIS.pdf

10:10 AM → 10:30 AM Coffee Break

10:30 AM → 12:00 PM SIDIS workshop

Convener: David Ruth (University of New Hampshire)

10:30 AM Run-Group C CAA: Tensor Study

Speaker: Jiwan Poudel (Jefferson Lab)

CAA_Tensor_SIDIS_worksop_062026.pdf

10:55 AM Generalized Parton Distributions of Composite Light Nuclei (Remote)

Speaker: Matthew Sievert (New Mexico State University)

Sievert_Tensor_SIDIS_Wksp.pdf

Sievert_Tensor_SIDIS_Wksp.pptx

11:25 AM The Deuteron Tensor Structure Function b1 from a Composite Structure Light-Front Wigner Formalism

Speaker: Antonio Vallejo

beamer-b1.pdf

11:55 AM Group Photo

12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM → 2:45 PM SIDIS workshop

Convener: Nathaly Santiesteban (University of New Hampshire)

1:30 PM Tensor SIDIS Longitudinal Overview

Speaker: David Ruth (University of New Hampshire)

sidisworkshop_HallCTalk.pdf

1:50 PM Spin 1 SIDIS experiments with Transversely Tensor Polarized Targets

Speaker: Ishara Fernando (University of Virginia)

Ishara_Talk_Tensor_Colab_June_2026.pdf

2:15 PM Theory of spin-1 PDFs and TMDs

Speaker: Shunzo Kumano (KEK/J-PARC)

Kumano-JLab-spin-1-2026-06.pdf

2:45 PM → 5:50 PM SIDIS workshop

Convener: Nathaly Santiesteban (University of New Hampshire)

2:45 PM Coffee Break

3:05 PM Spin-1 SIDIS & TMDs Theory

Speaker: Jing Zhao

tensorSIDIS-JingZhao.pdf

3:35 PM Theory Discussion

3:55 PM 5 minutes break

4:00 PM b1/Azz Student Talks

Speaker: Jay Roberts

B1z_Jlab_summer_2026_Final.key

B1z_Jlab_summer_2026_Final.pdf

4:15 PM b1/Azz Student Talks

Speaker: Sujan Subedi (University of Virginia)

sujan_jlab.pdf

4:30 PM b1/Azz Student Talks

Speaker: Anchit Arora

Collaboration_Meeting_June4_UNH_Target_Stick_Updates.pdf

4:45 PM b1/Azz Student Talks

Speaker: Devin Seay (University of Virginia)

JLab Tensor Collaboration 2026.pptx

6:30 PM → 10:00 PM SIDIS workshop: Workshop Dinner at Traditions

Fri, June 5

9:00 AM → 10:20 AM SIDIS workshop

Convener: Jiwan Poudel (Jefferson Lab)

9:00 AM Tensor DVCS

Speaker: Allison Zec (Jefferson Lab)

ajz_slides_tensor_meeting.potx

9:25 AM Hall C and EIC Simulations

Speaker: Jan Vanek (University of New Hampshire)

20260605_Tensor_meeting_JLab_Vanek.pdf

9:50 AM Spectator Tagging with Polarized Deuteron

Speaker: Wim Cosyn (Florida International University)

Cosyn_JLab_tensor_SIDIS.pdf

10:20 AM → 10:40 AM Coffee Break

10:40 AM → 12:00 PM SIDIS workshop

Convener: Jiwan Poudel (Jefferson Lab)

10:40 AM Light-Front Description of Tensor Structure Functions of Deuteron

Speaker: Bheemsehan Gurjar (University of Science and Technology of China (USTC))

Tensor SIDIS Workshop_Jlab_Bheemsehan.pdf

11:05 AM RG-C Tensor SIDIS Analysis

Speaker: Hector Chinchay (University of New Hampshire)

Tensor_SIDIS_workshop_and_b1_Azz_Tensor_Collaboration_RGC_Tensor_SIDIS_Analysis.pdf

11:30 AM Twist-3 PDF of Spin-1 Deuteron

Speaker: Kenshi Kuroki

Talk_TensorSIDIS_kuroki.pdf

12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM → 3:20 PM SIDIS workshop

Convener: Jian-ping Chen (JLab)

1:30 PM CLAS SIDIS Program

Speaker: Harut Avagyan (Jefferson Lab)

2026-tensor.pdf

2:00 PM Study of the Deuteron Structure in the Basis Light-Front Quantization Approach

The deuteron serves as an ideal system for investigating the strong interactions among quarks and gluons inside nuclear matter. Within the light-front framework, we treat the deuteron as an effective mixture of color-singlet–singlet and octet–octet clusters, and examine how these non-nucleonic components influence its properties.

In the Basis Light-Front Quantization approach, we extend the deuteron to the six-quark and six-quark-plus-one-dynamical-gluon Fock sectors. Under this truncation, we include the kinetic term, the light-front quark-gluon vertex interaction, and the relevant instantaneous interactions in the deuteron Hamiltonian. Using the deuteron light-front wave functions obtained by diagonalizing the light-front Hamiltonian, we study the contributions from different color components, as well as the electromagnetic form factors and parton distribution functions (PDFs).

Speaker: Siqi Xu

workshop-JLab-Siqi-final(2).pdf

2:30 PM Deuteron PDFs from global QCD analysis

Speaker: Wally Melnitchouk (Jefferson Lab)

melnitchouk.pdf

3:00 PM Theory Discussion

3:20 PM → 3:35 PM Coffee Break

3:35 PM → 5:45 PM SIDIS workshop

Convener: Jian-ping Chen (JLab)

3:35 PM A First Search for Deuteron Gluon Transversity in Inclusive Deep-Inelastic Scattering

Speaker: Kenichi Nakano (University of Virginia)

workshop_20260605_kenichi.pdf

4:00 PM g2p2 Experiment

Speaker: David Ruth (University of New Hampshire)

g2p2_sidisworkshop_2026.pdf

g2p2_sidisworkshop_2026.pptx

4:25 PM SoLID SIDIS Program

Speaker: Haiyan Gao (Duke University)

Tensor-SIDIS-SoLID-HGao.pdf

4:50 PM Closing Remarks

Speaker: Jian-ping Chen (JLab)

Tensor-ClosingRemark.pdf