YITP International School on EIC Physics

Asia/Tokyo
Panasonic Hall (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University)

Panasonic Hall

Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
Description

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Overview

This international school is intended for graduate students and early-career researchers with a strong interest in fundamental studies in particle and nuclear physics, particularly in areas relevant to the upcoming next-generation U.S. experiment, the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). The school is designed to provide participants with a solid foundation in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the fundamental theory of the strong interaction, and a platform for exploring and discussing the latest developments in QCD dynamics.

The program will begin with an overview of the EIC experiment. Then, several theoretical topics in high-energy QCD will be featured, which have rapidly developed into standard frameworks in recent years. These topics will be directly connected to phenomena relevant to the EIC and provide broader insights into particle and nuclear physics. We envision this school as a unique opportunity for participants to engage with researchers from Japan and around the world. In particular, we aim to support early-career researchers in building international networks through close interaction with invited lecturers. We hope this school will help cultivate the next generation of researchers contributing to EIC physics. 

Invited Lectures

Abhay Deshpande (Stony Brook University/Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Yoshitaka Hatta (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Xiangdong Ji (University of Maryland)
Zhongbo Kang (University of California, Los Angeles)
Kostas Orginos (College of William & Mary)
Anna Stasto (Penn State University)
Iain Stewart (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

The school will feature:

  • Chalkboard-style lectures for deep and interactive learning.
  • Opportunities for students and postdocs to present their work.
  • Symposia on the latest research in each of the main topics.
  • Financial support for early-career participants.
  • A diverse and international group of participants.


Student Research Presentations:

The presentations will primarily take the form of poster sessions; however, please note in advance that the format may be subject to change depending on the number of applicants.

Important Registration Deadlines

Onsite participants requesting VISA support or financial support: November 30, 2025
Onsite participants without any support: January 15, 2026
Online participants: March 13, 2026 

This workshop is primarily sponsored by Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (Kyoto University) with co-sponsorship from RIKEN iTHEMS, RIKEN Fundamental Quantum Science Program,  Quark Nuclear Science Institute (The University of Tokyo), Center for Frontiers in Nuclear Science (Stony Brook University/Brookhaven National Laboratory), and Brookhaven National Laboratory.
 

Organizers

Yasumichi Aoki (RIKEN R-CCS)
Takumi Doi (RIKEN iTHEMS)
Kenji Fukushima (The University of Tokyo)
Yoshimasa Hidaka (YITP, Kyoto University/RIKEN iTHEMS)
Masaru Hongo (Niigata University/RIKEN iTHEMS)
Shinsuke Yoshida (South China Normal University)
Kazuhiro Watanabe (Tohoku University)
 

 

 

Participants
    • 9:00 AM 9:45 AM
      Registration: Resistration Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
    • 9:45 AM 10:00 AM
      Opening Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
    • 10:00 AM 11:30 AM
      Experimental overview of EIC 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Prof. Abhay Deshpande (Stony Brook University)
    • 11:30 AM 2:00 PM
      Lunch 2h 30m
    • 2:00 PM 3:30 PM
      TMD 1 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Prof. Zhongbo Kang (University of California, Los Angeles)
    • 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
      TMD 2 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Prof. Zhongbo Kang (University of California, Los Angeles)
    • 6:00 PM 8:00 PM
      Reception 2h
    • 10:00 AM 11:30 AM
      Small-x 1 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan

      This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

      Speaker: Prof. Anna Stasto (Penn State University (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))
    • 11:30 AM 2:00 PM
      Lunch 2h 30m
    • 2:00 PM 3:30 PM
      Small-x 2 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan

      This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

      Speaker: Prof. Anna Stasto (Penn State University (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))
    • 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
      Spin & GPD 1 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Dr Yoshitaka Hatta (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    • 6:00 PM 8:00 PM
      Poster Session: Poster session
    • 10:00 AM 11:30 AM
      Spin & GPD 2 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Dr Yoshitaka Hatta (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    • 11:30 AM 2:00 PM
      Lunch 2h 30m
    • 2:00 PM 3:30 PM
      TMD 3 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Prof. Zhongbo Kang (University of California, Los Angeles)
    • 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
      TMD 4 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Prof. Zhongbo Kang (University of California, Los Angeles)
    • 10:00 AM 11:30 AM
      Small-x 3 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan

      This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

      Speaker: Prof. Anna Stasto (Penn State University (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))
    • 11:30 AM 2:00 PM
      Lunch 2h 30m
    • 2:00 PM 3:30 PM
      Small-x 4 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan

      This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

      Speaker: Prof. Anna Stasto (Penn State University (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))
    • 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
      Spin & GPD 3 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Dr Yoshitaka Hatta (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    • 10:00 AM 11:30 AM
      Spin & GPD 4 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Dr Yoshitaka Hatta (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    • 11:30 AM 2:00 PM
      Lunch 2h 30m
    • 2:00 PM 5:15 PM
      Symposium I Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Convener: Kazuhiro Watanabe (Tohoku University)
      • 2:00 PM
        Energy–Energy Correlators: A New Window into Nonperturbative Hadron Structure 1h
        Speaker: Prof. Zhongbo Kang (University of California, Los Angeles)
      • 3:00 PM
        Coffee break 30m
      • 3:30 PM
        Taming Diffractive Scattering with Effective Field Theory 1h
        Speaker: Prof. Iain Stewart (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
      • 4:30 PM
        Probing Quantum Entanglement at an Electron-Ion Collider 45m
        Speaker: Prof. Bowen Xiao (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
    • 6:00 PM 8:00 PM
      Banquet Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
    • 10:00 AM 11:30 AM
      SCET 1 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Prof. Iain Stewart (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
    • 11:30 AM 2:00 PM
      Lunch 2h 30m
    • 2:00 PM 3:30 PM
      SCET 2 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Prof. Iain Stewart (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
    • 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
      Nucleon structure on lattice 1 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan

      This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

      Speaker: Prof. Kostas Orginos (William & Mary (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))
    • 9:00 AM 10:30 AM
      Nucleon structure on lattice 2 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan

      This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

      Speaker: Prof. Kostas Orginos (William & Mary (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))
    • 10:30 AM 11:00 AM
      Break 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
    • 11:00 AM 12:30 PM
      SCET 3 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Prof. Iain Stewart (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
    • 12:30 PM 2:00 PM
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 2:00 PM 3:30 PM
      SCET 4 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Prof. Iain Stewart (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
    • 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
      LaMET 1 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Prof. Xiangdong Ji (University of Maryland)
    • 10:00 AM 11:30 AM
      LaMET 2 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Prof. Xiangdong Ji (University of Maryland)
    • 11:30 AM 2:00 PM
      Lunch 2h 30m
    • 2:00 PM 3:30 PM
      Nucleon structure on lattice 3 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan

      This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

      Speaker: Prof. Kostas Orginos (William & Mary (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))
    • 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
      Nucleon structure on lattice 4 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan

      This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

      Speaker: Prof. Kostas Orginos (William & Mary (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))
    • 10:00 AM 11:30 AM
      LaMET 3 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Prof. Xiangdong Ji (University of Maryland)
    • 11:30 AM 2:00 PM
      Lunch 2h 30m
    • 2:00 PM 3:30 PM
      LaMET 4 1h 30m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Speaker: Prof. Xiangdong Ji (University of Maryland)
    • 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 4:00 PM 6:00 PM
      Symposium II-A Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      • 4:00 PM
        From Ioffe Time to the Light Cone 1h

        This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

        Speaker: Prof. Kostas Orginos (William & Mary)
      • 5:00 PM
        Quark EMT form factor & pressure Inside the Proton 1h
        Speaker: Prof. Xiangdong Ji (University of Maryland)
    • 10:00 AM 12:00 PM
      Symposium II-B Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
      Convener: Prof. Shinsuke Yoshida (South China Normal University)
      • 10:00 AM
        Open charm production in ultraperipheral collisions at the LHC 1h

        This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

        Speaker: Prof. Anna Stasto (Penn State University)
      • 11:00 AM
        Gravitational form factors 1h
        Speaker: Dr Yoshitaka Hatta (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    • 12:00 PM 12:15 PM
      Closing 15m Panasonic Hall

      Panasonic Hall

      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

      Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan