Using NLO QCD calculations with twist corrections and evolution, the work delivers the first quark-gluon tomography of helium-4 via hard exclusive processes.
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Science Requirements and Detector Concepts for the Electron-Ion Collider: EIC Yellow Report
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This report describes the physics case, the resulting detector requirements, and the evolving detector concepts for the experimental program at the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). The EIC will be a powerful new high-luminosity facility in the United States with the capability to collide high-energy electron beams with high-energy proton and ion beams, providing access to those regions in the nucleon and nuclei where their structure is dominated by gluons. Moreover, polarized beams in the EIC will give unprecedented access to the spatial and spin structure of the proton, neutron, and light ions. The studies leading to this document were commissioned and organized by the EIC User Group with the objective of advancing the state and detail of the physics program and developing detector concepts that meet the emerging requirements in preparation for the realization of the EIC. The effort aims to provide the basis for further development of concepts for experimental equipment best suited for the science needs, including the importance of two complementary detectors and interaction regions. This report consists of three volumes. Volume I is an executive summary of our findings and developed concepts. In Volume II we describe studies of a wide range of physics measurements and the emerging requirements on detector acceptance and performance. Volume III discusses general-purpose detector concepts and the underlying technologies to meet the physics requirements. These considerations will form the basis for a world-class experimental program that aims to increase our understanding of the fundamental structure of all visible matter
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The OPCC observable is IRC finite and factorizes into the Sivers distribution plus a perturbatively calculable charge-weighted jet function, eliminating dependence on non-perturbative fragmentation functions via charge conservation.
Lattice QCD pseudo-distributions at m_π=358 MeV are inverted via multidimensional Gaussian process regression to reconstruct the full kinematic dependence of GPDs H^{u-d} and E^{u-d} while directly extracting double distributions.
Single inclusive high-PT hadron and jet production in lepton-hadron scattering is factorized using a joint QCD+QED approach with universal lepton distribution functions, and predictions are given for JLab and EIC energies.
Completes soft-operator formulation for thrust-axis TMD in e+e- and SIDIS, proposes nonperturbative model with event-shape dependence, resums logs, and validates against Pythia8.3 simulations.
Proposal for a three-component SQUID polarimeter design that uses bunch magnetic moments and the HSR spin tune of 1/2 to enable noninvasive static and dynamic measurements of full polarization vector including longitudinal component.
Introduces Centauric 1-jettiness in DIS, derives N3LL resummation matched to NLO, and establishes universal non-perturbative power corrections scaling as 1/R via reduction to rescaled hemisphere soft function.
First extraction of complete NΔ vector and tensor couplings to ρ, b1, a2 from polarized πΔ photoproduction using a Regge model on GlueX data.
Tree-level and one-loop collinear matching relations are computed for leading-power gluon TMD PDFs, yielding the first Wandzura-Wilczek approximation for the gluon worm-gear T distribution along with a closed-form mass correction series.
A new approach using near-side energy-energy correlators in dihadron fragmentation enables extraction of nucleon transversity PDF in collinear factorization without modeling intrinsic transverse momentum or dihadron resonances.
Physics-informed neural networks extract a model-independent color dipole amplitude from inclusive HERA data that predicts exclusive J/ψ photoproduction cross-sections without parameter retuning.
Unpolarized GPDs and GTMDs at small x with non-zero skewness are expressed via the dipole amplitude N and odderon O with modified rapidity Y = ln min{1/|x|, 1/|ξ|}.
Exact q qbar g contribution to diffractive DIS structure functions in the dipole model shows prior high-Q2 and high-MX2 approximations are inadequate and that soft quark terms are comparably important at high Q2.
Spin-dependent energy correlators in polarized DIS provide a new way to probe the proton's spin structure, with resummed predictions in current and target fragmentation regions.
The paper proposes that one-point energy correlators in transversely polarized proton-proton collisions access the nucleon's transversity distribution through a single-spin asymmetry with sin(φ_s - φ_n) angular dependence over a wider kinematic range than traditional transverse momentum measurements
Nucleon energy correlators access linear effects from light-quark dipole operators via azimuthal asymmetries in the target fragmentation region at the EIC.
SCET factorization and one-loop matching for polarized DIS g1(x), g2(x) as x approaches 1, including anomalous dimensions and twist-three operator relations.
Collision-induced QED radiation produces O(1) corrections to DIS cross sections but only few-percent shifts in longitudinal electron spin asymmetries, making asymmetries more robust for SMEFT constraints at SoLID and EIC.
SCET with Glauber operators factorizes elastic/single/double diffractive pp scattering, proving non-universality of hadronic functions versus ep while rapidity anomalous dimensions remain universal.
An IRC-safe azimuthal energy-flow cos2φ moment in DIS dijets linearly projects the elliptic gluon Wigner harmonic after a calculable kinematic subtraction.
Defines an IRC-safe one-point charge correlator in DIS, relates it to a new nucleon charge correlator in the forward limit and to TMDs in the back-to-back limit, with SCET derivations verified in QCD to O(alpha_s^2) and resummations to NLL/N3LL.
Proposes OAM-resolved extension of small-x gluon tomography via twisted lepton currents yielding tunable M-resolved elliptic correlations A_2^(M)(q_T, R_γ) with projection zeros unavailable in plane-wave setups.
Quantum algorithm for GPDs in Schwinger model using Wilson fermions, with polynomial resource scaling and exact-diagonalization benchmarks matching theory.
Anomaly-induced dilaton-like corrections in the hard kernel significantly modify pion GFFs at large Q^{2} within a factorization approach using Sudakov resummation and a Gaussian TMD wave function.
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Quark and gluon tomography of the helium-4 nucleus
Using NLO QCD calculations with twist corrections and evolution, the work delivers the first quark-gluon tomography of helium-4 via hard exclusive processes.
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Sivers Tomography from Charge and Angle Only
The OPCC observable is IRC finite and factorizes into the Sivers distribution plus a perturbatively calculable charge-weighted jet function, eliminating dependence on non-perturbative fragmentation functions via charge conservation.
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Reconstructing the full kinematic dependence of GPDs from pseudo-distributions
Lattice QCD pseudo-distributions at m_π=358 MeV are inverted via multidimensional Gaussian process regression to reconstruct the full kinematic dependence of GPDs H^{u-d} and E^{u-d} while directly extracting double distributions.
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Single inclusive hadron and jet production in lepton-hadron scattering
Single inclusive high-PT hadron and jet production in lepton-hadron scattering is factorized using a joint QCD+QED approach with universal lepton distribution functions, and predictions are given for JLab and EIC energies.
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Event-axis TMD measurements in $e^+e^-$ and SIDIS
Completes soft-operator formulation for thrust-axis TMD in e+e- and SIDIS, proposes nonperturbative model with event-shape dependence, resums logs, and validates against Pythia8.3 simulations.
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Quantum noninvasive three-component beam-spin polarimetry in the Hadron Storage Ring of the Electron-Ion Collider
Proposal for a three-component SQUID polarimeter design that uses bunch magnetic moments and the HSR spin tune of 1/2 to enable noninvasive static and dynamic measurements of full polarization vector including longitudinal component.
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Centauric 1-Jettiness in DIS and Universal Power Corrections
Introduces Centauric 1-jettiness in DIS, derives N3LL resummation matched to NLO, and establishes universal non-perturbative power corrections scaling as 1/R via reduction to rescaled hemisphere soft function.
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First determination of vector and tensor couplings from polarized $\pi\Delta$ photoproduction
First extraction of complete NΔ vector and tensor couplings to ρ, b1, a2 from polarized πΔ photoproduction using a Regge model on GlueX data.
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Collinear matching for leading power gluon transverse momentum distributions
Tree-level and one-loop collinear matching relations are computed for leading-power gluon TMD PDFs, yielding the first Wandzura-Wilczek approximation for the gluon worm-gear T distribution along with a closed-form mass correction series.
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Simplified approach to extracting nucleon transversity in collinear factorization using near-side energy-energy correlators
A new approach using near-side energy-energy correlators in dihadron fragmentation enables extraction of nucleon transversity PDF in collinear factorization without modeling intrinsic transverse momentum or dihadron resonances.
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Extraction of the color dipole amplitude with physics-informed neural networks
Physics-informed neural networks extract a model-independent color dipole amplitude from inclusive HERA data that predicts exclusive J/ψ photoproduction cross-sections without parameter retuning.
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Unpolarized GPDs at small $x$ and non-zero skewness
Unpolarized GPDs and GTMDs at small x with non-zero skewness are expressed via the dipole amplitude N and odderon O with modified rapidity Y = ln min{1/|x|, 1/|ξ|}.
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Diffractive deep inelastic scattering in the dipole picture: the $q\bar{q}g$ contribution in exact kinematics
Exact q qbar g contribution to diffractive DIS structure functions in the dipole model shows prior high-Q2 and high-MX2 approximations are inadequate and that soft quark terms are comparably important at high Q2.
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Energy Correlators Resolving Proton Spin
Spin-dependent energy correlators in polarized DIS provide a new way to probe the proton's spin structure, with resummed predictions in current and target fragmentation regions.
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Accessing nucleon transversity with one-point energy correlators
The paper proposes that one-point energy correlators in transversely polarized proton-proton collisions access the nucleon's transversity distribution through a single-spin asymmetry with sin(φ_s - φ_n) angular dependence over a wider kinematic range than traditional transverse momentum measurements
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Nucleon Energy Correlators as a Probe of Light-Quark Dipole Operators at the Electron-Ion Collider
Nucleon energy correlators access linear effects from light-quark dipole operators via azimuthal asymmetries in the target fragmentation region at the EIC.
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Polarized Deep Inelastic Scattering as $x \to 1$ using Soft Collinear Effective Theory
SCET factorization and one-loop matching for polarized DIS g1(x), g2(x) as x approaches 1, including anomalous dimensions and twist-three operator relations.
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Impact of QED Radiation on SMEFT Constraints in Deep Inelastic Scattering
Collision-induced QED radiation produces O(1) corrections to DIS cross sections but only few-percent shifts in longitudinal electron spin asymmetries, making asymmetries more robust for SMEFT constraints at SoLID and EIC.
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Factorization of elastic, single, and double diffractive $pp$ scattering
SCET with Glauber operators factorizes elastic/single/double diffractive pp scattering, proving non-universality of hadronic functions versus ep while rapidity anomalous dimensions remain universal.
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Energy-Flow Moments for Elliptic Gluon Wigner Tomography
An IRC-safe azimuthal energy-flow cos2φ moment in DIS dijets linearly projects the elliptic gluon Wigner harmonic after a calculable kinematic subtraction.
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The one-point charge correlator in deep inelastic scattering
Defines an IRC-safe one-point charge correlator in DIS, relates it to a new nucleon charge correlator in the forward limit and to TMDs in the back-to-back limit, with SCET derivations verified in QCD to O(alpha_s^2) and resummations to NLL/N3LL.
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Twisting Small-$x$ Gluon Tomography with Orbital Angular Momentum
Proposes OAM-resolved extension of small-x gluon tomography via twisted lepton currents yielding tunable M-resolved elliptic correlations A_2^(M)(q_T, R_γ) with projection zeros unavailable in plane-wave setups.
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Quantum Simulation of Generalized Parton Distributions in the Schwinger Model
Quantum algorithm for GPDs in Schwinger model using Wilson fermions, with polynomial resource scaling and exact-diagonalization benchmarks matching theory.
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The Gravitational Form Factor of the Pion in Perturbative QCD with a Dilaton Interaction
Anomaly-induced dilaton-like corrections in the hard kernel significantly modify pion GFFs at large Q^{2} within a factorization approach using Sudakov resummation and a Gaussian TMD wave function.
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Finite-$t$ and target mass corrections for the short-distance expansion of quasi(pseudo) GPDs
Derives t/P_z² and m_N²/P_z² kinematic corrections to the short-distance expansion of quasi-GPD matrix elements for lattice QCD applications.
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Space- and time-like electromagnetic form factors of the $\mathbf{\Omega}$ baryon
Predictions for space- and time-like electromagnetic form factors of the Ω baryon obtained in rainbow-ladder DSE with vector⊗vector contact interaction and Poincaré-covariant Faddeev equation.
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Exclusive photoproduction of a di-meson pair with large invariant mass
Computes LO amplitudes for di-meson photoproduction channels sensitive to quark GPDs and reports high cross sections suitable for GPD studies at JLab energies.
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Coherent deeply virtual Compton scattering on helium-4 beyond leading power
Computes kinematic twist-3, twist-4 and NLO alpha_s corrections to coherent DVCS on He-4 and extracts the first 3D quark-gluon tomography of the nucleus.
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Confronting Color Glass Condensate at next-to-leading order with HERA data
A Bayesian global fit at full NLO+NLL accuracy extracts the posterior distribution for the non-perturbative initial condition of the NLO Balitsky-Kovchegov equation from HERA inclusive and charm data.
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Isospin Decomposition of Vector and Axial Two-Body Currents via Polarized Electron--Deuteron and Electron--$^3$He Scattering at the Electron-Ion Collider
Proposal for EIC measurements to isolate axial two-body currents via subtraction of electromagnetic and charged-current scattering on polarized light nuclei.
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AI-assisted modeling and Bayesian inference of unpolarized quark transverse momentum distributions from Drell-Yan data
An AI-assisted Bayesian framework extracts TMD PDFs from global Drell-Yan data using surrogate models for scalable MCMC sampling.
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On Exclusive Coherent Production of Bosons in Electron-Proton Collisions
A phenomenological 2-to-3 framework is constructed for exclusive boson electroproduction that matches flux-factorized predictions near Q^{2}=0 while capturing finite-Q^{2} effects at larger virtualities.
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Gravitational transverse momentum distribution of proton
Analytical expressions for quark gravitational TMDs are derived in the LFQDM, verified against standard TMD relations, and linked to transverse pressure and shear-force distributions.
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The Quantum Complexity of String Breaking in the Schwinger Model
Quantum complexity measures applied to the Schwinger model reveal nonlocal correlations along the string and show that entanglement and magic give complementary views of string formation and breaking.
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Braking protons at the EIC: from invisible meson decay to new physics searches
The EIC can probe invisible pseudoscalar meson decays down to branching ratios of 10^{-8} and invisibly decaying ALPs with couplings up to 10^5 GeV for masses 0.1-2 GeV.
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Mapping the transverse spin sum rule in position space
Derives relativistic spatial distributions of transverse orbital angular momentum, intrinsic spin, and total angular momentum in the transverse plane for spin-0 and spin-1/2 targets via quantum phase-space formalism and verifies the transverse spin sum rule.
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Relativistic energy-momentum tensor distributions in a polarized nucleon
Relativistic EMT distributions in polarized nucleons recover good and bad light-front components in the IMF after including polarization effects.
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Dihadron azimuthal asymmetry and light-quark dipole moments at the Electron-Ion Collider
Proposal for a new observable—dihadron azimuthal asymmetry in unpolarized SIDIS at EIC—that isolates linear dependence on light-quark dipole couplings via SM-dipole interference.
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Collinearly Improved Balitsky-Kovchegov Evolution of the Gluon Wigner Distribution
Collinearly improved IMST BK evolution moves the elliptic node and reshapes the rapidity and hard-scale dependence of coherent diffractive dijet ⟨cos2φ⟩ relative to LO BK, not just a normalization shift.
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All-charm tetraquarks at hadron colliders: A high-precision fragmentation perspective
TQ4Q2.0 supplies the first complete, uncertainty-quantified set of NRQCD-based fragmentation functions for all-heavy tetraquarks, including nonconstituent channels and public grids for jet-associated production.
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Phenomenology of genuine twist-three distributions from a global QCD analysis
Global QCD analysis extracts genuine twist-three PDFs from g2, d2 and SIDIS asymmetries, confirming their universality and factorization validity.
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Diffractive Production of Heavy Quarkonia at the Electron Ion Collider
Keeping the full gluon transverse momentum in diffractive quarkonium production matches HERA psi(2S)/J/psi ratios better than the standard dipole limit and yields new EIC Upsilon-ratio predictions.
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Short-Range Correlations Between Partons in a Proton
Proposes EIC jet-pion-electron measurements to detect and quantify short-range quark pair correlations in protons, expecting ud pairs to dominate due to diquark attraction.
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Constraining DVCS Compton Form Factors Using Lattice QCD informed Neural Network
A neural network framework informed by lattice QCD uses all-order dispersion relations to significantly constrain both real and imaginary parts of Compton Form Factors extracted from DVCS proton data.
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Revisiting Unidentified Charged-Hadron Fragmentation Functions with Modern COMPASS SIDIS Multiplicities
Global QCD fit at NLO and NNLO extracts unidentified charged-hadron fragmentation functions from SIA plus modern COMPASS SIDIS multiplicities, producing publicly available HAPS-hFF1.0 replicas with improved light-quark constraints.
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Maximum phase-space density of linearly polarized gluon TMDs in the saturation region
For the dipole gluon TMD, the Sudakov-limited maximum phase-space density of h_1^{⊥g} is 2 n_g^{max} ∼ 2 α_s^{-3/2} in the saturation region.
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Gravitational form factors of light mesons from Basis Light-Front Quantization
Gravitational form factors of pion and kaon are computed in BLFQ; A(Q^2) agrees with lattice QCD while D(Q^2) is enhanced at low Q^2 due to small-x and zero-mode sensitivity in the truncated model.
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Multimodal Fragmentation of All-Heavy Pentaquarks: Uncertainty-Aware Predictions for Hadron Colliders
A multimodal, uncertainty-quantified set of leading-power fragmentation functions for all-charm pentaquarks is constructed and applied to NLL/NLO+ pentaquark-plus-jet production at future hadron colliders.
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Probing Saturation Effect in Heavy Meson Pair Correlation in Forward $pA$ Collisions
Heavy meson pair correlations in forward pA collisions are computed in the CGC framework with Sudakov resummation, reproducing LHCb data and showing a mass hierarchy in R_pA that strengthens at higher rapidity.
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On the Two $R$-Factors in the Small-$x$ Shockwave Formalism
Replacing the rapidity argument of the dipole amplitude with ln min{1/|x|, 1/|ξ|} and refining initial conditions for non-linear evolution can eliminate two R-factors in small-x shockwave calculations.