Key topics

• Gluon and heavy-quark PDFs at mid and large x
  • gluon in the proton
  • gluon in the neutron
  • heavy-quark in the nucleons

• Spin physics
  • Gluon Sivers function studies via transverse SSAs
  • Final-states polarisation studies
  • Drell-Yan and transverse SSAs

• Nuclear matter effects
  • nuclear PDFs
  • Energy loss
  • Cronin effects

• W/Z production
  • QCD corrections near threshold
  • very high-x quark pdfs

• Deconfinement in heavy-ion collisions
  • Quarkonium sequential suppression
  • GQP formation from the viewpoint of the target rest frame

• Exclusive and semi-exclusive processes
  • Ultra-peripheral collisions
  • Diffractive hadrons production/heavy baryon production