The Electron-Ion Collider

Abstract

The future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) is a proposed new facility to collide high-energy electrons with beams of polarized protons/light nuclei and unpolarized nuclei. We overview the goals of the project and key measurements at the EIC. We also briefly comment on recent developments of the project.

Comments: 4 pages, 1 figure. Presented at CIPANP 2009: 10th Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics, La Jolla, California, May 26-31, 2009