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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 12pt;">Dear prospective Electron-Ion Collider users, </span><br>
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<div><span style="line-height:normal; font-size:12pt">Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), in association with Thomas Jefferson National</span></div>
<div><span style="line-height:normal; font-size:12pt">Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), would like to invite interested groups to submit an Expression</span></div>
<div><span style="line-height:normal; font-size:12pt">of Interest (EOI) </span><span style="line-height:14.979999542236328px"><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">for their potential cooperation on the experimental equipment</span><span><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">in
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<div><span style="line-height:14.979999542236328px"><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">of a broad and successful science program at the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). </span><span></span><br>
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<div><span style="line-height:normal; font-size:12pt">We encourage interested groups to work together within their country, their geographical</span></div>
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<div><span style="line-height:14.979999542236328px"></span><span style="line-height:normal; font-size:12pt">This call focuses on all detector components </span><span style="line-height:normal; font-size:12pt"> to facilitate the diverse EIC science program</span><span style="line-height:normal; font-size:12pt">,</span></div>
<div><span style="line-height:14.979999542236328px"><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">including those integrated in the interaction region.</span><br>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="line-height:normal; font-size:12pt">Please visit </span><span style="line-height:14.979999542236328px"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bnl.gov_eic_EOI.php&d=DwMFaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=wlj-HLgGB5Tro-f5lyrlkQ&m=CwhlhAexbmiW7mbMQMHqrFqOFkfr0d5GsPHLBvCF-3Q&s=5z0l6GkF_D0661Sz3cEcnjrSPxVgY5ru_hvFyu3fwZk&e=" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">https://www.bnl.gov/eic/EOI.php</span></a></span><span style="line-height:normal; font-size:12pt"> to
see further details about this call and how</span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="line-height:normal; font-size:12pt">to submit an Expression of Interest.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">Best regards,</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt">Elke Aschenauer and Rolf Ent</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size:12pt">for the EIC Project Team</span></div>
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