The present and future of QCD
P. Achenbach, D. Adhikari, Andrei Afanasev, F. Afzal, C. Aidala, A. Al-bataineh, D.K. Almaalol, M. J. Amaryan, D. Androić, W. Armstrong, M. Arratia, J. Arrington, A. Asaturyan, E. C. Aschenauer, H. Ataç, H. Avakian, T. Averett, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, X. Bai, K. N. Barish, Nir Barnea, G. Basar, M. Battaglieri, A.A. Baty, Irais Bautista, A. Bazilevsky, C. Beattie, S. Behera, Vincenzo Bellini, R. Bellwied, Jay Benesch, F. Benmokhtar, C. A. Bernardes, J. C. Bernauer, H. Bhatt, S. Bhatta, M. Boër, T.J. Boettcher, S. A. Bogacz, H.J. Bossi, J. D. Brandenburg, E. J. Brash, Raúl A. Briceño, W. J. Briscoe, Stanley J. Brodsky, David Brown, Volker Burkert, H. Caines, Ivan Amos Cali, A. Camsonne, D. S. Carman, J. Caylor, D.S. Cerci, S. Cerci, M. Chamizo Llatas, S. Chatterjee, J.P. Chen, Y. Chen, Y.-C. Chen, Yang-Ting Chien, Pin-Chun Chou, X. Chu, E. Chudakov, E. Cline, Ian C. Cloët, P. L. Cole, M. Connors, M. Constantinou, Wim Cosyn, S. Covrig Dusa, R. Cruz-Torres, U. D’Alesio, C. da Silva, Zohreh Davoudi, C. T. Dean, D. J. Dean, M. Demarteau, A. Deshpande, William Detmold, A. Deur, B.R. Devkota, S. Dhital, M. Diefenthaler, S. Dobbs, M. Döring, X. Dong, R. Dotel, K. Dow, E. J. Downie, J. L. Drachenberg, Adrian Dumitru, J. C. Dunlop, R. Dupré, J. M. Durham, Dipanwita Dutta, Robert G. Edwards, R. J. Ehlers, L. El Fassi, M. Elaasar, L. Elouadrhiri
Abstract
This White Paper presents an overview of the current status and future perspective of QCD research, based on the community inputs and scientific conclusions from the 2022 Hot and Cold QCD Town Meeting. We present the progress made in the last decade toward a deep understanding of both the fundamental structure of the sub-atomic matter of nucleon and nucleus in cold QCD, and the hot QCD matter in heavy ion collisions. We identify key questions of QCD research and plausible paths to obtaining answers to those questions in the near future, hence defining priorities of our research over the coming decades.