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SUMMARY:Exploring a Fixed-Target Program at the EIC: Feasibility and Physi
 cs Opportunities
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CONTACT:cfnssbu@gmail.com\;charlesjoseph.naim@stonybrook.edu
DESCRIPTION:FIxed-target eXperiment at EIC (FIXE) initiative\nThis event m
 ay be attended in person\, or virtually using Zoom: https://stonybrook.zo
 om.us/j/96801124083?pwd=oWRcNbjOr1OfRJ0uB2D9Pij3bAAMj0.1\nThis is a CFNS A
 d-Hoc Meeting. See the CFNS conferences page for other events.\nThis works
 hop aims to evaluate the physics potential and technical feasibility of im
 plementing a fixed-target program at the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC
 ). Inspired by successful initiatives such as SMOG2 at LHCb and the STAR f
 ixed-target program at RHIC\, we propose to explore how such a setup could
  complement the collider mode and significantly broaden the EIC’s scient
 ific reach.\nA fixed-target configuration would provide unique access to p
 oorly explored regions of QCD: high Bjorken-x\, low Q^2\, exclusive and di
 ffractive processes\, cold nuclear matter effects\, and hadronization at l
 arge x. It would also enable studies with polarized and nuclear targets\, 
 and open the door to heavy-ion collisions (A+A') at EIC energies\, complem
 enting the RHIC Beam Energy Scan.\n \n\nIn addition to its impact on nucl
 ear and particle physics\, such a program could deliver valuable data for 
 space radiation research\, particularly through precise cross-section meas
 urements relevant to cosmic-ray interactions—building on experience from
  target-wire experiments at RHIC.\nThe workshop will bring together expert
 s in accelerator design\, detector integration\, and QCD theory to assess 
 the physics case\, target technologies (storage cells\, wire targets)\, an
 d integration challenges. The goal is to evaluate the viability and benefi
 ts of adding a fixed-target mode to the EIC’s capabilities.\n\n\n\n \n\
 n\n\nList of Organizers\n\n\nDaniel Cebra\, University of California at Da
 vis\, USA\n\n\nMatt Durham\, Los Alamos National Laboratory\, USA\n\n\nCha
 rles-Joseph Naïm\, Stony Brook University\, USA (CFNS local organizer)\n\
 n\nRamona Vogt\, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory & University of Ca
 lifornia at Davis\, USA\n\n\n \nThis workshop is hosted at and supported 
 by\n\n\nhttps://indico.cfnssbu.physics.sunysb.edu/event/496/
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LOCATION:C-120 (Stony Brook University/Online)
URL:https://indico.cfnssbu.physics.sunysb.edu/event/496/
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