Program Details

 Detector functionality areas of interest include:

  1. Particle identification reach at higher momenta and wide rapidity coverage;
  2. Calorimetry, including:
    1. Hadronic calorimetry resolutions,
    2. Large-scale production and low-energy photon detection efficiency of possible glass-based electromagnetic calorimetry,
    3. Zero-degree calorimeters, or,
    4. Other means to improve spatial or timing resolution of collision events;
  3. Tracking; and,
  4. Readout electronics, including:
    1. Silicon photomultipliers,
    2. Large area picosecond photodetectors, or
    3. Application specific integrated circuits for streaming modes.

Funded proposals will be selected on the basis of peer review by an EIC-related Generic Detector R&D Advisory Committee consisting of internationally recognized experts in detector technology and collider physics. The review will be conducted by Jefferson Lab, however voting committee members will not be employed by Jefferson Lab.  

 The Office of Nuclear Physics (NP) intends to support researching and developing technologies suitable for detectors the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) may incorporate.  Such a program would not duplicate, but would instead synergize, with the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs administered by NP through the Department of Energy, Office of Science.