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Following the successful pre-town hall meeting workshop “Theory for EIC <br>
in the next decade” at MIT, September 20-22, 2022 <br>
(<a href="https://indico.bnl.gov/event/16740/" id="LPlnk186425">https://indico.bnl.gov/event/16740/</a> ), where the idea of the national
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EIC Theory Alliance was proposed, and the subsequent Hot and Cold QCD <br>
Town Hall meeting at MIT, September 23-25, 2022 <br>
(<a href="https://indico.mit.edu/event/538/" id="LPNoLPOWALinkPreview">https://indico.mit.edu/event/538/</a> ), where this idea gained wide
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community support, a subset of the workshop participants decided to <br>
commence a process of writing a community white paper in support of the <br>
EIC Theory Alliance. As part of this effort, we wish to invite the <br>
broad theory community interested in the EIC to participate in the <br>
writing of the white paper and to gather input on the Theory Alliance. <br>
This white paper will serve as input for NSAC when preparing the next <br>
Nuclear Physics Long Range Plan as well as for the funding agencies in <br>
follow up discussions.<br>
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In order to gather community input we created a google form where <br>
interested researchers can sign up and provide input:<br>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5VBzZO8f22C3PdI-Qzpt5-XXC0PfZ1F5GIU7yhay9AhPCmg/viewform" id="LPNoLPOWALinkPreview_1" class="OWAAutoLink" contenteditable="true" style="pointer-events: auto;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5VBzZO8f22C3PdI-Qzpt5-XXC0PfZ1F5GIU7yhay9AhPCmg/viewform</a>
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This form contains a possible outline of the whitepaper with fourteen <br>
sections. You can sign up for one or more sections and suggest <br>
additional sections/topics we might have overlooked. You can also <br>
indicate your interest in reading and signing the final whitepaper, even <br>
if you do not intend to contribute to the writing.<br>
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We also envision organizing a virtual workshop early next year, where <br>
ideas pertinent to the EIC Theory Alliance will be discussed.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
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M. Constantinou, W. Cosyn, W. Detmold, L. Gamberg, Y. Hatta, Z. Kang,<br>
D. Kharzeev, Y. Mehtar-Tani, P. Petreczky, A. Prokudin, N. Sato, B. <br>
Schenke,<br>
P. Shanahan, I. Stewart, A. Szczepaniak, R. Venugopalan, I. Vitev, W. <br>
Vogelsang, R. Vogt, F. Yuan, Y. Zhao<br>
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