Nuclear matter effects on jet production at electron-ion colliders

TL;DR

This paper discusses recent theoretical advances in understanding how nuclear matter influences jet and hadron production in electron-ion collisions, crucial for exploring nuclear structure at future colliders.

Contribution

It introduces a novel application of soft-collinear effective theory to include in-medium effects, providing first predictions for jet and hadron cross sections in electron-nucleus scattering.

Findings

First theoretical results for inclusive hadron and jet cross sections in electron-nucleus collisions.

Method to distinguish initial-state from final-state effects in jet production.

Insights into jet charge modification in nuclear environments.

Abstract

In these proceedings we report recent progress on understanding hadron and jet production in electron-nucleus collisions at the future Electron-Ion Collider [1,2]. These processes will play an essential role in the exploration of the partonic structure of nuclei and the study of parton shower evolution in strongly-interacting matter. We employ the framework of soft-collinear effective theory, generalized to include in-medium interactions, to present the first theoretical results for inclusive hadron and jet cross sections, as well as the jet charge modification in deep inelastic scattering on nuclei. We further demonstrate how to separate initial-state and final-state effects.