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Report number	arXiv:2303.02579 ; JLAB-PHY-23-3808
Title	The present and future of QCD
Author(s)	Achenbach, P. (Jefferson Lab) ; Adhikari, D. (Virginia Tech.) ; Afanasev, A. (George Washington U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Afzal, F. (Bonn U., HISKP ; Bonn U.) ; Aidala, C.A. (Michigan U.) ; Al-bataineh, A. (Jordan U. Sci. Tech. ; Yarmouk U. ; Kansas U.) ; Almaalol, D.K. (Illinois U., Urbana ; Illinois U., Urbana (main)) ; Amaryan, M. (Old Dominion U. ; Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Androić, D. (Zagreb U.) ; Armstrong, W.R. (Argonne ; Argonne, PHY) ; Arratia, M. (UC, Riverside ; Jefferson Lab) ; Arrington, J. (LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Asaturyan, A. (North Carolina U., Wilmington ; Yerevan Phys. Inst.) ; Aschenauer, E.C. (Brookhaven) ; Atac, H. (Pennsylvania U. ; Temple U.) ; Avakian, H. (Jefferson Lab) ; Averett, T. (William-Mary Coll.) ; Ayerbe Gayoso, C. (William-Mary Coll.) ; Bai, X. (Virginia U. (main) ; Virginia U.) ; Barish, K.N. (UC, Riverside) ; Barnea, N. (Hebrew U.) ; Basar, G. (North Carolina U., Math. Dept. ; Steklov Math. Inst., Moscow) ; Battaglieri, M. (INFN, Genoa) ; Baty, A.A. (Rice U.) ; Bautista, I. (Puebla U., Mexico) ; Bazilevsky, A. (Brookhaven) ; Beattie, C. (Yale U. ; Yale U., Math. Dept.) ; Behera, S.C. (Indian Inst. Tech., Madras) ; Bellini, V. (INFN, Catania) ; Bellwied, R. (Houston U.) ; Benesch, J.F. (Jefferson Lab) ; Benmokhtar, F. (Duquesne U.) ; Bernardes, C.A. (Rio Grande do Sul U. ; Sao Paulo, IFT) ; Bernauer, J.C. (SUNY, Stony Brook ; Stony Brook U. ; RIKEN BNL) ; Bhatt, H. (Mississippi State U.) ; Bhatta, S. (SUNY, Stony Brook ; Stony Brook U.) ; Boer, M. (Virginia Tech.) ; Boettcher, T.J. (Cincinnati U.) ; Bogacz, S.A. (Jefferson Lab) ; Bossi, H.J. (Yale U. ; Yale U., Math. Dept.) ; Brandenburg, J.D. (Ohio State U.) ; Brash, E.J. (Jefferson Lab) ; Briceño, R.A. (UC, Berkeley (main) ; LBL, Berkeley ; UC, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Briscoe, W.J. (George Washington U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Brodsky, S.J. (SLAC) ; Brown, D.A. (Brookhaven) ; Burkert, V.D. (Jefferson Lab) ; Caines, H. (Yale U. ; Yale U., Math. Dept.) ; Cali, I.A. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Camsonne, A. (Jefferson Lab) ; Carman, D.S. (Jefferson Lab) ; Caylor, J. (Syracuse U.) ; Cerci, D.S. (Adiyaman U. ; Istanbul U. ; Yildiz Tech. U., Esenler) ; Cerci, S. (Adiyaman U. ; Istanbul U. ; Yildiz Tech. U., Esenler) ; Chamizo Llatas, M. (Brookhaven) ; Chatterjee, S. (Indian Inst. Tech., Madras) ; Chen, J.P. (Jefferson Lab) ; Chen, Y. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Chen, Y.-C. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Chien, Y.-T. (Georgia State U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Chou, P.-C. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Chu, X. (Brookhaven) ; Chudakov, E. (Jefferson Lab) ; Cline, E. (SUNY, Stony Brook ; MIT, LNS ; Stony Brook U. ; MIT) ; Cloët, I.C. (Argonne ; Argonne, PHY) ; Cole, P.L. (Lamar U.) ; Connors, M.E. (Georgia State U.) ; Constantinou, M. (Pennsylvania U. ; Temple U.) ; Cosyn, W. (Florida Intl. U.) ; Covrig Dusa, S. (Jefferson Lab) ; Cruz-Torres, R. (LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; D'Alesio, U. (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; da Silva, C. (Los Alamos) ; Davoudi, Z. (Maryland U.) ; Dean, C.T. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Dean, D.J. (Jefferson Lab) ; Demarteau, M. (Oak Ridge) ; Deshpande, A. (SUNY, Stony Brook ; Stony Brook U. ; Brookhaven) ; Detmold, W. (MIT, LNS ; MIT ; IAIFI, Cambridge) ; Deur, A. (Jefferson Lab) ; Devkota, B.R. (Mississippi State U.) ; Dhital, S. (Hampton U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Diefenthaler, M. (Jefferson Lab) ; Dobbs, S. (Florida State U.) ; Döring, M. (George Washington U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Dong, X. (LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Dotel, R. (Connecticut U.) ; Dow, K.A. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Downie, E.J. (George Washington U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Drachenberg, J.L. (Abilene Christian U.) ; Dumitru, A. (Baruch Coll.) ; Dunlop, J.C. (Brookhaven) ; Dupre, R. (IJCLab, Orsay) ; Durham, J.M. (Los Alamos) ; Dutta, D. (Mississippi State U.) ; Edwards, R.G. (Jefferson Lab) ; Ehlers, R.J. (LBL, Berkeley ; UC, Berkeley (main) ; LBNL, Berkeley ; UC, Berkeley) ; El Fassi, L. (Mississippi State U.) ; Elaasar, M. (Tulane U. ; Loyola U., New Orleans) ; Elouadrhiri, L. (Jefferson Lab) ; Engelhardt, M. (New Mexico State U.) ; Ent, R. (Jefferson Lab) ; Esumi, S. (Tsukuba U.) ; Evdokimov, O. (Illinois U., Chicago) ; Eyser, O. (Brookhaven) ; Fanelli, C. (William-Mary Coll. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Fatemi, R. (Kentucky U.) ; Fernando, I.P. (Virginia U. (main) ; Virginia U.) ; Flor, F.A. (Yale U. ; Yale U., Math. Dept.) ; Fomin, N. (Tennessee U.) ; Frawley, A.D. (Florida State U.) ; Frederico, T. (Sao Paulo, Inst. Tech. Aeronautics ; Unlisted, BR) ; Fries, R.J. (Texas A-M) ; Gal, C. (Jefferson Lab) ; Gamage, B.R. (Jefferson Lab) ; Gamberg, L. (Penn State U., Berks-Lehigh Valley) ; Gao, H. (Brookhaven ; Duke U.) ; Gaskell, D. (Jefferson Lab) ; Geurts, F. (Rice U.) ; Ghandilyan, Y. (Catholic U.) ; Ghimire, N. (Pennsylvania U. ; Temple U.) ; Gilman, R. (Rutgers U., Piscataway) ; Gleason, C. (Union Coll.) ; Gnanvo, K. (Jefferson Lab) ; Gothe, R.W. (South Carolina U.) ; Greene, S.V. (Vanderbilt U.) ; Grießhammer, H.W. (George Washington U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Grossberndt, S.K. (City Coll., N.Y. ; CUNY, CCNY ; Baruch Coll.) ; Grube, B. (Jefferson Lab) ; Hackett, D.C. (MIT, LNS ; MIT ; IAIFI, Cambridge) ; Hague, T.J. (LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Hakobyan, H. (Santa Maria U., Valparaiso) ; Hansen, J.-O. (Jefferson Lab) ; Hatta, Y. (Brookhaven ; RIKEN BNL) ; Hattawy, M. (Old Dominion U. ; Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Havener, L.B. (Yale U. ; Yale U., Math. Dept.) ; Hen, O. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Henry, W. (Jefferson Lab) ; Higinbotham, D.W. (Jefferson Lab) ; Hobbs, T.J. (Argonne ; Argonne, PHY) ; Hodges, A.M. (Illinois U., Urbana ; Illinois U., Urbana (main)) ; Holmstrom, T. (Virginia U. ; Harvard Medical School) ; Hong, B. (Korea U.) ; Horn, T. (Catholic U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Howell, C.R. (Duke U. ; TUNL, Durham ; North Carolina U.) ; Huang, H.Z. (Cal State, L.A.) ; Huang, M. (Iowa State U.) ; Huang, S. (SUNY, Stony Brook ; Stony Brook U.) ; Huber, G.M. (Regina U.) ; Hyde, C.E. (Old Dominion U. ; Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Isupov, E.L. (Sternberg Astron. Inst.) ; Jacobs, P.M. (LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Jalilian-Marian, J. (Baruch Coll. ; City Coll., N.Y. ; CUNY, CCNY) ; Jentsch, A. (Brookhaven) ; Jheng, H. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Ji, C.-R. (North Carolina State U.) ; Ji, X. (Maryland U.) ; Jia, J. (SUNY, Stony Brook ; Stony Brook U. ; Brookhaven) ; Jones, D.C. (Jefferson Lab) ; Jones, M.K. (Jefferson Lab) ; Joosten, S. (Argonne, PHY) ; Kalantarians, N. (Virginia Commonwealth U.) ; Kalicy, G. (Catholic U.) ; Kang, Z.B. (Cal State, L.A.) ; Karthein, J.M. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Keller, D. (Virginia U. (main) ; Virginia U.) ; Keppel, C. (Jefferson Lab) ; Khachatryan, V. (Indiana U.) ; Kharzeev, D.E. (SUNY, Stony Brook ; Stony Brook U. ; Brookhaven) ; Kim, H. (Chonnam Natl. U.) ; Kim, M. (UC, Berkeley (main) ; UC, Berkeley) ; Kim, Y. (Sejong U.) ; King, P.M. (Ohio U. ; Ohio U., Athens) ; Kinney, E. (Colorado U.) ; Klein, S.R. (LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Ko, H.S. (LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Koch, V. (LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Kohl, M. (Hampton U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Kovchegov, Y.V. (Ohio State U.) ; Krintiras, G.K. (Kansas U.) ; Kubarovsky, V. (Jefferson Lab) ; Kuhn, S.E. (Old Dominion U. ; Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Kumar, K.S. (Massachusetts U., Amherst) ; Kutz, T. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Lajoie, J.G. (Iowa State U. ; Oak Ridge) ; Lauret, J. (Brookhaven) ; Lavrukhin, I. (Michigan U.) ; Lawrence, D. (Jefferson Lab) ; Lee, J.H. (Brookhaven) ; Lee, K. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Lee, S. (Argonne ; Argonne, PHY) ; Lee, Y.-J. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Li, S. (LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Li, W. (Rice U.) ; Li, Xiaqing (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Li, Xuan (Los Alamos) ; Liao, J. (Indiana U.) ; Lin, H.-W. (Michigan State U.) ; Lisa, M.A. (Ohio State U.) ; Liu, K.-F. (Kentucky U. ; LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Liu, M.X. (Los Alamos) ; Liu, T. (Shandong U.) ; Liuti, S. (Virginia U. (main) ; Virginia U.) ; Liyanage, N. (Virginia U. (main) ; Virginia U.) ; Llope, W.J. (Wayne State U., Detroit ; Wayne State U.) ; Loizides, C. (Oak Ridge) ; Longo, R. (Illinois U., Urbana ; Illinois U., Urbana (main)) ; Lorenzon, W. (Michigan U.) ; Lunkenheimer, S. (Michigan U.) ; Luo, X. (Hua-Zhong Normal U.) ; Ma, R. (Brookhaven) ; McKinnon, B. (Glasgow U.) ; Meekins, D.G. (Jefferson Lab) ; Mehtar-Tani, Y. (Brookhaven ; RIKEN BNL) ; Melnitchouk, W. (Jefferson Lab) ; Metz, A. (Pennsylvania U. ; Temple U.) ; Meyer, C.A. (Carnegie Mellon U.) ; Meziani, Z.-E. (Argonne ; Argonne, PHY) ; Michaels, R. (Jefferson Lab) ; Michel, J.K.L. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Milner, R.G. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Mkrtchyan, H. (Yerevan Phys. Inst.) ; Mohanmurthy, P. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Mohanty, B. (NISER, Jatni ; HBNI, Mumbai) ; Mokeev, V.I. (Jefferson Lab) ; Moon, D.H. (Chonnam Natl. U.) ; Mooney, I.A. (Yale U. ; Yale U., Math. Dept. ; Brookhaven) ; Morningstar, C. (Carnegie Mellon U.) ; Morrison, D.P. (Brookhaven) ; Müller, B. (Duke U.) ; Mukherjee, S. (Brookhaven) ; Mulligan, J. (UC, Berkeley (main) ; LBL, Berkeley ; UC, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Munoz Camacho, C. (IJCLab, Orsay) ; Murillo Quijada, J.A. (Sonora U.) ; Murray, M.J. (Kansas U.) ; Nadeeshani, S.A. (Mississippi State U.) ; Nadel-Turonski, P. (SUNY, Stony Brook ; Stony Brook U.) ; Nam, J.D. (Pennsylvania U. ; Temple U.) ; Nattrass, C.E. (Tennessee U.) ; Nijs, G. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Noronha, J. (Illinois U., Urbana ; Illinois U., Urbana (main)) ; Noronha-Hostler, J. (Illinois U., Urbana ; Illinois U., Urbana (main)) ; Novitzky, N. (Oak Ridge) ; Nycz, M. (Virginia U. (main) ; Virginia U.) ; Olness, F.I. (Southern Methodist U. ; Southern Methodist U. (main)) ; Osborn, J.D. (Brookhaven) ; Pak, R. (Brookhaven) ; Pandey, B. (Kentucky U.) ; Paolone, M. (New Mexico State U.) ; Papandreou, Z. (Regina U.) ; Paquet, J.-F. (Vanderbilt U.) ; Park, S. (Mississippi State U. ; SUNY, Stony Brook) ; Paschke, K.D. (Virginia U. (main) ; Virginia U.) ; Pasquini, B. (Pavia U. ; INFN, Pavia) ; Pasyuk, E. (Jefferson Lab) ; Patel, T. (Hampton U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Patton, A. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Paudel, C. (Florida Intl. U.) ; Peng, C. (Argonne ; Argonne, PHY) ; Peng, J.C. (Illinois U., Urbana ; Illinois U., Urbana (main)) ; Pereira Da Costa, H. (Los Alamos) ; Perepelitsa, D.V. (Colorado U.) ; Peters, M.J. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Petreczky, P. (Brookhaven) ; Pisarski, R.D. (Brookhaven) ; Pitonyak, D. (Lebanon Valley Coll. ; Unlisted, US, PA) ; Ploskon, M.A. (LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Posik, M. (Pennsylvania U. ; Temple U.) ; Poudel, J. (Jefferson Lab ; Old Dominion U. ; Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Pradhan, R. (Indian Inst. Tech., Madras) ; Prokudin, A. (Penn State U., Berks-Lehigh Valley ; Jefferson Lab) ; Pruneau, C.A. (Wayne State U., Detroit ; Wayne State U.) ; Puckett, A.J.R. (Connecticut U.) ; Pujahari, P. (Indian Inst. Tech., Madras) ; Putschke, J. (Wayne State U., Detroit ; Wayne State U.) ; Pybus, J.R. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Qiu, J.-W. (Jefferson Lab ; William-Mary Coll.) ; Rajagopal, K. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Ratti, C. (Houston U.) ; Read, K.F. (Oak Ridge ; Tennessee U.) ; Reed, R. (Lehigh U.) ; Richards, D.G. (Jefferson Lab) ; Riedl, C. (Illinois U., Urbana ; Illinois U., Urbana (main)) ; Ringer, F. (Old Dominion U. ; Old Dominion U. (main) ; Jefferson Lab) ; Rinn, T. (Brookhaven) ; Rittenhouse West, J. (LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Roche, J. (Ohio U. ; Ohio U., Athens) ; Rodas, A. (Jefferson Lab) ; Roland, G. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Romero-López, F. (MIT, LNS ; MIT ; IAIFI, Cambridge) ; Rossi, P. (Jefferson Lab ; INFN, Rome) ; Rostomyan, T. (PSI, Villigen) ; Ruan, L. (Brookhaven) ; Ruimi, O.M. (Hebrew U.) ; Saha, N.R. (Indian Inst. Tech., Madras) ; Sahoo, N.R. (Shandong U.) ; Sakaguchi, T. (Brookhaven) ; Salazar, F. (Cal State, L.A. ; LBL, Berkeley ; UC, Berkeley (main) ; LBNL, Berkeley ; UC, Berkeley) ; Salgado, C.W. (Norfolk State U. ; Jefferson Lab ; Virginia Tech.) ; Salmè, G. (INFN, Rome ; Rome U.) ; Salur, S. (Rutgers U., Piscataway) ; Santiesteban, S.N. (New Hampshire U. ; Durham U.) ; Sargsian, M.M. (Florida Intl. U.) ; Sarsour, M. (Georgia State U.) ; Sato, N. (Jefferson Lab) ; Satogata, T. (Jefferson Lab ; Old Dominion U. ; Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Sawada, S. (KEK, Tsukuba) ; Schäfer, T. (North Carolina State U.) ; Scheihing-Hitschfeld, B. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Schenke, B. (Brookhaven) ; Schindler, S.T. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Schmidt, A. (George Washington U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Seidl, R. (Wako, RIKEN ; RIKEN BNL) ; Shabestari, M.H. (Yerevan Phys. Inst. ; Florida State U. ; Florida Inst. Tech.) ; Shanahan, P.E. (MIT, LNS ; MIT ; IAIFI, Cambridge) ; Shen, C. (Wayne State U., Detroit ; Wayne State U. ; RIKEN BNL) ; Sheng, T.-A. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Shepherd, M.R. (Indiana U.) ; Sickles, A.M. (Illinois U., Urbana ; Illinois U., Urbana (main)) ; Sievert, M.D. (New Mexico State U.) ; Smith, K.L. (Los Alamos) ; Song, Y. (Yale U. ; Yale U., Math. Dept.) ; Sorensen, A. (Washington U., Seattle) ; Souder, P.A. (Syracuse U.) ; Sparveris, N. (Pennsylvania U. ; Temple U.) ; Srednyak, S. (Duke U.) ; Stahl Leiton, A.G. (CERN) ; Stasto, A.M. (Penn State U.) ; Steinberg, P. (Brookhaven) ; Stepanyan, S. (Jefferson Lab) ; Stephanov, M. (Illinois U., Chicago) ; Stevens, J.R. (William-Mary Coll.) ; Stewart, D.J. (Wayne State U., Detroit ; Wayne State U.) ; Stewart, I.W. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Stojanovic, M. (Purdue U. ; Purdue U., Chem. Dept.) ; Strakovsky, I. (George Washington U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Strauch, S. (South Carolina U.) ; Strickland, M. (Kent State U. ; Hampton U.) ; Sunar Cerci, D. (Adiyaman U. ; Istanbul U.) ; Suresh, M. (Hampton U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Surrow, B. (Pennsylvania U. ; Temple U.) ; Syritsyn, S. (SUNY, Stony Brook ; Stony Brook U.) ; Szczepaniak, A.P. (Indiana U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Tadepalli, A.S. (Jefferson Lab) ; Tang, A.H. (Brookhaven) ; Tapia Takaki, J.D. (Kansas U.) ; Tarnowsky, T.J. (Michigan State U. ; Los Alamos) ; Tawfik, A.N. (Unlisted, EG) ; Taylor, M.I. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Tennant, C. (Jefferson Lab) ; Thiel, A. (Bonn U., HISKP ; Bonn U.) ; Thomas, D. (Texas U.) ; Tian, Y. (Syracuse U.) ; Timmins, A.R. (Houston U.) ; Tribedy, P. (Brookhaven) ; Tu, Z. (Brookhaven) ; Tuo, S. (Vanderbilt U.) ; Ullrich, T. (Brookhaven ; Yale U. ; Yale U., Math. Dept.) ; Umaka, E. (Brookhaven) ; Upton, D.W. (Virginia U. (main) ; Virginia U.) ; Vary, J.P. (Iowa State U.) ; Velkovska, J. (Vanderbilt U.) ; Venugopalan, R. (Brookhaven) ; Vijayakumar, A. (Illinois U., Urbana ; Illinois U., Urbana (main)) ; Vitev, I. (Los Alamos) ; Vogelsang, W. (Tubingen U.) ; Vogt, R. (LLNL, Livermore ; UC, Davis ; LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Vossen, A. (Duke U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Voutier, E. (IJCLab, Orsay) ; Vovchenko, V. (Houston U.) ; Walker-Loud, A. (LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Wang, F. (Purdue U. ; Purdue U., Chem. Dept.) ; Wang, J. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Wang, X. (Illinois U., Urbana ; Illinois U., Urbana (main)) ; Wang, X.-N. (LBL, Berkeley ; UC, Berkeley (main) ; LBNL, Berkeley ; UC, Berkeley) ; Weinstein, L.B. (Old Dominion U. ; Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Wenaus, T.J. (Brookhaven) ; Weyhmiller, S. (Yale U. ; Yale U., Math. Dept.) ; Wissink, S.W. (Indiana U.) ; Wojtsekhowski, B. (Jefferson Lab) ; Wong, C.P. (Los Alamos) ; Wood, M.H. (SUNY, Buffalo ; Canisius Coll., Buffalo) ; Wunderlich, Y. (Bonn U., HISKP ; Bonn U.) ; Wyslouch, B. (MIT, LNS ; MIT) ; Xiao, B.W. (Hong Kong, Chinese U.) ; Xie, W. (Purdue U. ; Purdue U., Chem. Dept.) ; Xiong, W. (Shandong U.) ; Xu, N. (LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Xu, Q.H. (Shandong U.) ; Xu, Z. (Brookhaven) ; Yaari, D. (Hebrew U.) ; Yao, X. (Washington U., Seattle) ; Ye, Z. (Illinois U., Chicago) ; Ye, Z.H. (Tsinghua U., Beijing ; Harvard U., Dept. Math.) ; Yero, C. (Old Dominion U. ; Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Yuan, F. (LBL, Berkeley ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Zajc, W.A. (Columbia U.) ; Zhang, C. (SUNY, Stony Brook ; Stony Brook U.) ; Zhang, J. (Virginia U. (main) ; Virginia U.) ; Zhao, F. (Cal State, L.A.) ; Zhao, Y. (Argonne ; Argonne, PHY) ; Zhao, Z.W. (Duke U.) ; Zheng, X. (Virginia U. (main) ; Virginia U.) ; Zhou, J. (Duke U.) ; Zurek, M. (Argonne ; Argonne, PHY)
Publication	2024-04-15
Imprint	2023-03-04
Number of pages	111
In:	Nucl. Phys. A 1047 (2024) 122874
DOI	10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2024.122874 (publication)
Subject category	nucl-th ; Nuclear Physics - Theory ; nucl-ex ; Nuclear Physics - Experiment ; hep-ex ; Particle Physics - Experiment ; hep-ph ; Particle Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract	This White Paper presents the community inputs and scientific conclusions from the Hot and Cold QCD Town Meeting that took place September 23-25, 2022 at MIT, as part of the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) 2023 Long Range Planning process. A total of 424 physicists registered for the meeting. The meeting highlighted progress in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) nuclear physics since the 2015 LRP (LRP15) and identified key questions and plausible paths to obtaining answers to those questions, defining priorities for our research over the coming decade. In defining the priority of outstanding physics opportunities for the future, both prospects for the short (  5 years) and longer term (5-10 years and beyond) are identified together with the facilities, personnel and other resources needed to maximize the discovery potential and maintain United States leadership in QCD physics worldwide. This White Paper is organized as follows: In the Executive Summary, we detail the Recommendations and Initiatives that were presented and discussed at the Town Meeting, and their supporting rationales. Section 2 highlights major progress and accomplishments of the past seven years. It is followed, in Section 3, by an overview of the physics opportunities for the immediate future, and in relation with the next QCD frontier: the EIC. Section 4 provides an overview of the physics motivations and goals associated with the EIC. Section 5 is devoted to the workforce development and support of diversity, equity and inclusion. This is followed by a dedicated section on computing in Section 6. Section 7 describes the national need for nuclear data science and the relevance to QCD research.
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