Forward pp and p+A measurements at the LHC probe the same QCD dipole scattering amplitudes as ep and e+A measurements at the EIC, and a comprehensive search for non-linear QCD evolution effects (“saturation”) requires extensive measurements at both facilities. The ALICE Forward Calorimeter upgrade (FoCal) provides a key element in this program. FoCal is a highly-granular forward calorimeter,...
I am going to present phenomenological predictions for cross section for forward jest production within ITMD factorization both for future FoCal calorimeter as well as for EIC. Besides that, I will discuss the recent description of hadronic entropy in inclusive as well as diffractive DIS.
The measurement of coherent diffractive Vector-Meson (VM) production sheds light on the internal structure of nuclei - probing the gluon density and saturation phenomena. However, the incoherent VM photoprduction serves as a substantial background to these measurements. In my talk, I will discuss these challenges, emphasizing the parallels as they pertain to both the LHC and EIC.
