Physics Opportunities at an Electron-Ion Collider XI

Synergies between the UPC and EIC physics program

Feb 28, 2025, 12:45 PM

20m

Graham Center 140 (Miami, Florida International University, Modesto Maidique Campus)

talk Plenary

Speaker

Daniel Tapia Takaki (The University of Kansas)

Description

In this talk, we will discuss the synergies between the physics results and prospects of ultra-peripheral heavy-ion collisions (UPC) at the LHC and those at the Electron Ion Collider (EIC). We will emphasize studies of gluon saturation and low-x physics, highlighting the connections and complementarities enabled by future LHC detector upgrades. Finally, we will discuss some of the experimental and theoretical challenges, and describe how UPC results and detector projects will foster new experimental and theoretical efforts for the electron-proton and nucleus program at the EIC.