YITP International School on EIC Physics

Mar 2, 2026, 9:00 AM → Mar 13, 2026, 1:45 PM Asia/Tokyo

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

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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)
 

 

 

Monday, March 2

Registration: Resistration

Opening

1 Experimental overview of EIC

Speaker: Prof. Abhay Deshpande (Stony Brook University)

11:30 AM Lunch

2 TMD 1

Speaker: Prof. Zhongbo Kang (University of California, Los Angeles)

3:30 PM Coffee break

3 TMD 2

Speaker: Prof. Zhongbo Kang (University of California, Los Angeles)

6:00 PM Reception

Tuesday, March 3

4 Small-x 1

This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

Speaker: Prof. Anna Stasto (Penn State University (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))

11:30 AM Lunch

5 Small-x 2

This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

Speaker: Prof. Anna Stasto (Penn State University (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))

3:30 PM Coffee break

6 Spin & GPD 1

Speaker: Dr Yoshitaka Hatta (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Poster Session: Poster session

Wednesday, March 4

7 Spin & GPD 2

Speaker: Dr Yoshitaka Hatta (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

11:30 AM Lunch

8 TMD 3

Speaker: Prof. Zhongbo Kang (University of California, Los Angeles)

3:30 PM Coffee break

9 TMD 4

Speaker: Prof. Zhongbo Kang (University of California, Los Angeles)

Thursday, March 5

10 Small-x 3

This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

Speaker: Prof. Anna Stasto (Penn State University (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))

11:30 AM Lunch

11 Small-x 4

This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

Speaker: Prof. Anna Stasto (Penn State University (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))

3:30 PM Coffee break

12 Spin & GPD 3

Speaker: Dr Yoshitaka Hatta (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Friday, March 6

13 Spin & GPD 4

Speaker: Dr Yoshitaka Hatta (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

11:30 AM Lunch

Symposium I

Convener: Kazuhiro Watanabe (Tohoku University)

14 Energy–Energy Correlators: A New Window into Nonperturbative Hadron Structure

Speaker: Prof. Zhongbo Kang (University of California, Los Angeles)

3:00 PM Coffee break

15 Taming Diffractive Scattering with Effective Field Theory

Speaker: Prof. Iain Stewart (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

16 Probing Quantum Entanglement at an Electron-Ion Collider

Speaker: Prof. Bowen Xiao (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)

Banquet

Monday, March 9

17 SCET 1

Speaker: Prof. Iain Stewart (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

11:30 AM Lunch

18 SCET 2

Speaker: Prof. Iain Stewart (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

3:30 PM Coffee break

19 Nucleon structure on lattice 1

This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

Speaker: Prof. Kostas Orginos (William & Mary (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))

Tuesday, March 10

20 Nucleon structure on lattice 2

This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

Speaker: Prof. Kostas Orginos (William & Mary (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))

10:30 AM Break

21 SCET 3

Speaker: Prof. Iain Stewart (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

12:30 PM Lunch

22 SCET 4

Speaker: Prof. Iain Stewart (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

3:30 PM Coffee break

23 LaMET 1

Speaker: Prof. Xiangdong Ji (University of Maryland)

Wednesday, March 11

24 LaMET 2

Speaker: Prof. Xiangdong Ji (University of Maryland)

11:30 AM Lunch

25 Nucleon structure on lattice 3

This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

Speaker: Prof. Kostas Orginos (William & Mary (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))

3:30 PM Coffee break

26 Nucleon structure on lattice 4

This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

Speaker: Prof. Kostas Orginos (William & Mary (This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP))

Thursday, March 12

27 LaMET 3

Speaker: Prof. Xiangdong Ji (University of Maryland)

11:30 AM Lunch

28 LaMET 4

Speaker: Prof. Xiangdong Ji (University of Maryland)

3:30 PM Coffee break

Symposium II-A

29 Pseudo-distributions from Lattice QCD

This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

Speaker: Prof. Kostas Orginos (William & Mary)

30 Finding pressure and forces in the proton

Speaker: Prof. Xiangdong Ji (University of Maryland)

Friday, March 13

Symposium II-B

Convener: Prof. Shinsuke Yoshida (South China Normal University)

31 Inclusive and diffractive open charm photoproduction in ultraperipheral collisions at the LHC

This talk is supported by RIKEN FQSP

Speaker: Prof. Anna Stasto (Penn State University)

32 Gravitational form factors

Speaker: Dr Yoshitaka Hatta (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

12:00 PM Closing