Towards electron–ion collider project from Asia

Abstract

The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) is the world’s first electron + heavy-ion collider, and also performs polarized electron + polarized proton and light ion collisions, that will be constructed at Brookhaven National Laboratory in the USA. It will explore new areas of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and foster the richness of nuclear and hadron physics. The EIC program will produce many new and very extensive results in nuclear and hadron physics over the next few decades. As an international cooperation project, it is essential for the future development of this field in Asia to focus on taking the lead in this EIC project.