The physics of the Electron Ion Collider (EIC)
Prof. Andreas Schäfer (University of Regensburg)

The EIC project ist rapidly approaching CD-2 stage (Critical Decision 2; approval of preliminary design, cost, and schedule) and a large fraction of the international hadron physics community is focusing on the opportunities the EIC will provide and the challenges it will pose for theory. Precision and scope of the EIC experiments will be unprecedented and matching both is a highly non-trivial task. As illustrations I will review some aspects of this multifaceted topic without any claim to completeness.