The ALICE experiment was proposed in 1993, to study strongly-interacting matter at extreme
energy densities and temperatures. This proposal entailed a comprehensive investigation of …

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 …

Abstract This White Paper aims at highlighting the important benefits in the science reach of
the EIC. High luminosity operation is generally desirable, as it enables producing and …

We present a review of the conceptual basis, current knowledge, and recent progress
regarding global analysis of nuclear parton distribution functions (PDFs). After introducing …

Abstract This White Paper presents an overview of the current status and future perspective
of QCD research, based on the community inputs and scientific conclusions from the 2022 …

Abstract The Large Hadron–Electron Collider (LHeC) is designed to move the field of deep
inelastic scattering (DIS) to the energy and intensity frontier of particle physics. Exploiting …

Ultraperipheral collisions (UPCs) of heavy ions and protons are the energy frontier for
electromagnetic interactions. Both photonuclear and two-photon collisions are studied at …

A bstract Exclusive production of transversely polarized heavy vector mesons in deep
inelastic scattering at high energy is calculated at next-to-leading order accuracy in the …

We present the first next-to-leading-order (NLO) perturbative QCD (pQCD) study of rapidity-
differential cross sections of coherent exclusive photoproduction of J/ψ mesons in heavy-ion …

Hot QCD physics studies the nuclear strong force under extreme temperature and densities.
Experimentally these conditions are achieved via high-energy collisions of heavy ions at the …