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| author | Elia, Domenico Kumar, Shyam |
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| contents | <p>The Electron–Ion Collider (EIC) provides an unprecedented opportunity for polarized collisions. The ePIC (electron–Proton/Ion Collider) will be a general-purpose detector with good tracking and vertexing capabilities, enabling efficient reconstruction of displaced vertices. Measurements of heavy-flavor at the EIC offer a powerful probe to access a wide range of physics studies, such as testing perturbative QCD calculations, constraining gluon dynamics in nuclei from moderate to high Bjorken- , and studying parton fragmentation and hadronization and their expected modifications in electron–nucleus (eA) collisions.<br>This contribution will present the performance studies heavy-flavor hadron reconstruction, with an emphasis on physics observables in ep and eA systems. The sensitivity to charm-quark hadronization is explored through reconstruction of various charm hadrons with realistic full detector simulation. Nuclear effects are explored by studying the projected precision of the nuclear modification factor ( ) in eAu collisions. Its impact on constraining nuclear parton distribution functions, particularly those associated with the gluon density, will also be discussed. In addition, the performance studies of inclusive jet reconstruction will be presented, highlighting towards future prospects for heavy-flavor jet tagging.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Heavy-Flavor Studies with the ePIC Experiment at the Electron–Ion Collider Elia, Domenico Kumar, Shyam <p>The Electron–Ion Collider (EIC) provides an unprecedented opportunity for polarized collisions. The ePIC (electron–Proton/Ion Collider) will be a general-purpose detector with good tracking and vertexing capabilities, enabling efficient reconstruction of displaced vertices. Measurements of heavy-flavor at the EIC offer a powerful probe to access a wide range of physics studies, such as testing perturbative QCD calculations, constraining gluon dynamics in nuclei from moderate to high Bjorken- , and studying parton fragmentation and hadronization and their expected modifications in electron–nucleus (eA) collisions.<br>This contribution will present the performance studies heavy-flavor hadron reconstruction, with an emphasis on physics observables in ep and eA systems. The sensitivity to charm-quark hadronization is explored through reconstruction of various charm hadrons with realistic full detector simulation. Nuclear effects are explored by studying the projected precision of the nuclear modification factor ( ) in eAu collisions. Its impact on constraining nuclear parton distribution functions, particularly those associated with the gluon density, will also be discussed. In addition, the performance studies of inclusive jet reconstruction will be presented, highlighting towards future prospects for heavy-flavor jet tagging.</p> |
| title | Heavy-Flavor Studies with the ePIC Experiment at the Electron–Ion Collider |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19950364 |