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Report number	arXiv:2306.09360 ; JLAB-PHY-23-3840 ; JLAB-THY-23-3848
Title	Strong Interaction Physics at the Luminosity Frontier with 22 GeV Electrons at Jefferson Lab
Author(s)	Accardi, A. (Hampton U.) ; Achenbach, P. (Jefferson Lab) ; Adhikari, D. (Virginia Tech.) ; Afanasev, A. (George Washington U.) ; Akondi, C.S. (Florida State U.) ; Akopov, N. (Yerevan Phys. Inst.) ; Albaladejo, M. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Albataineh, H. (Texas A-M ; HARC, Woodlands) ; Albrecht, M. (Jefferson Lab) ; Almeida-Zamora, B. (Sonora U.) ; Amaryan, M. (Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Androić, D. (Zagreb U., Phys. Dept.) ; Armstrong, W. (Argonne, PHY) ; Armstrong, D.S. (William-Mary Coll.) ; Arratia, M. (UC, Riverside) ; Arrington, J. (LBL, Berkeley) ; Asaturyan, A. (North Carolina U., Wilmington) ; Austregesilo, A. (Jefferson Lab) ; Avagyan, H. (Jefferson Lab) ; Averett, T. (William-Mary Coll.) ; Ayerbe Gayoso, C. (William-Mary Coll.) ; Bacchetta, A. (INFN, Pavia) ; Balantekin, A.B. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Baltzell, N. (Jefferson Lab) ; Barion, L. (INFN, Ferrara) ; Barry, P.C. (Jefferson Lab) ; Bashir, A. (IFM-UMSNH, Michoacan ; Jefferson Lab) ; Battaglieri, M. (INFN, Genoa) ; Bellini, V. (INFN, Catania) ; Belov, I. (INFN, Genoa) ; Benhar, O. (INFN, Rome) ; Benkel, B. (Santa Maria U., Valparaiso) ; Benmokhtar, F. (Duquesne U.) ; Bentz, W. (Tokai U., Hiratsuka) ; Bertone, V. (IRFU, Saclay) ; Bhatt, H. (Mississippi State U.) ; Bianconi, A. (Brescia U.) ; Bibrzycki, L. (AGH-UST, Cracow) ; Bijker, R. (Mexico U., ICN) ; Binosi, D. (ECT, Trento) ; Biswas, D. (Virginia Tech.) ; Boër, M. (Virginia Tech.) ; Boeglin, W. (Florida Intl. U.) ; Bogacz, S.A. (Jefferson Lab) ; Boglione, M. (INFN, Turin) ; Bondí, M. (INFN, Catania) ; Boos, E.E. (SINP, Moscow) ; Bosted, P. (William-Mary Coll.) ; Bozzi, G. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Brash, E.J. (Jefferson Lab) ; Briceño, R.A. (UC, Berkeley) ; Brindza, P.D. (Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Briscoe, W.J. (George Washington U.) ; Brodsky, S.J. (SLAC) ; Brooks, W.K. (Santa Maria U., Valparaiso ; Valparaiso U. ; Millenium Inst. Astro., Santiago) ; Burkert, V.D. (Jefferson Lab) ; Camsonne, A. (Jefferson Lab) ; Cao, T. (Jefferson Lab) ; Cardman, L.S. (Jefferson Lab) ; Carman, D.S. (Jefferson Lab) ; Carpinelli, M. (Milan Bicocca U.) ; Cates, G.D. (Virginia U.) ; Caylor, J. (Jefferson Lab) ; Celentano, A. (INFN, Genoa) ; Celiberto, F.G. (Alcala de Henares U.) ; Cerutti, M. (INFN, Pavia) ; Chang, Lei (Nankai U.) ; Chatagnon, P. (Jefferson Lab) ; Chen, C. (PCFT, Hefei ; Hefei, CUST) ; Chen, J.P. (Jefferson Lab) ; Chetry, T. (Florida Intl. U.) ; Christopher, A. (Hampton U.) ; Christy, E. (Jefferson Lab) ; Chudakov, E. (Jefferson Lab) ; Cisbani, E. (INFN, Rome) ; Cloët, I.C. (Argonne, PHY) ; Cobos-Martinez, J.J. (Sonora U.) ; Cohen, E.O. (Tel Aviv U. ; Negev Nucl. Res. Ctr.) ; Colangelo, P. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Cole, P.L. (Lamar U.) ; Constantinou, M. (Temple U.) ; Contalbrigo, M. (INFN, Ferrara) ; Costantini, G. (Brescia U.) ; Cosyn, W. (Florida Intl. U.) ; Cotton, C. (Virginia U.) ; Courtoy, A. (Mexico U.) ; Dusa, S. Covrig (Jefferson Lab) ; Crede, V. (Florida State U.) ; Cui, Z.-F. (Nanjing U.) ; D'Angelo, A. (INFN, Rome2 ; Rome U., Tor Vergata) ; Döring, M. (George Washington U.) ; Dalton, M.M. (Jefferson Lab) ; Danilkin, I. (Helmholtz Inst., Mainz) ; Davydov, M. (SINP, Moscow) ; Day, D. (Virginia U.) ; De Fazio, F. (INFN, Bari) ; De Napoli, M. (INFN, Catania) ; De Vita, R. (INFN, Genoa) ; Dean, D.J. (Jefferson Lab) ; Defurne, M. (IRFU, Saclay) ; de Paula, W. (Sao Paulo, Inst. Tech. Aeronautics) ; de Téramond, G.F. (Costa Rica U.) ; Deur, A. (Jefferson Lab) ; Devkota, B. (Mississippi State U.) ; Dhital, S. (Hampton U.) ; Di Nezza, P. (Frascati) ; Diefenthaler, M. (Jefferson Lab) ; Diehl, S. (U. Giessen, II. Phys. Inst. ; Connecticut U.) ; Dilks, C. (Duke U.) ; Ding, M. (HZDR, Dresden) ; Djalali, C. (Ohio U., Athens) ; Dobbs, S. (Florida State U.) ; Dupré, R. (IJCLab, Orsay) ; Dutta, D. (Mississippi State U.) ; Edwards, R.G. (Jefferson Lab) ; Egiyan, H. (Jefferson Lab) ; Ehinger, L. (MIT, LNS) ; Eichmann, G. (Graz U.) ; Elaasar, M. (Loyola U., New Orleans) ; Elouadrhiri, L. (Jefferson Lab) ; El Alaoui, A. (Santa Maria U., Valparaiso) ; El Fassi, L. (Mississippi State U.) ; Emmert, A. (Virginia U.) ; Engelhardt, M. (New Mexico State U.) ; Ent, R. (Jefferson Lab) ; Ernst, D.J. (Vanderbilt U.) ; Eugenio, P. (Florida State U.) ; Evans, G. (Brigham Young U.) ; Fanelli, C. (William-Mary Coll.) ; Fegan, S. (York U., England) ; Fernández-Ramírez, C. (Madrid, Natl. U. Distance Educ. ; Mexico U., ICN) ; Fernandez, L.A. (IFM-UMSNH, Michoacan) ; Fernando, I.P. (Virginia U.) ; Filippi, A. (INFN, Turin) ; Fischer, C.S. (U. Giessen, II. Phys. Inst.) ; Fogler, C. (Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Fomin, N. (Tennessee U.) ; Frankfurt, L. (Tel Aviv U.) ; Frederico, T. (Sao Paulo, Inst. Tech. Aeronautics) ; Freese, A. (Washington U., Seattle) ; Fu, Y. (Michigan State U.) ; Gamberg, L. (Penn State U., Berks-Lehigh Valley) ; Gan, L. (North Carolina U., Wilmington) ; Gao, F. (Beijing, Inst. Tech.) ; Garcia-Tecocoatzi, H. (INFN, Genoa) ; Gaskell, D. (Jefferson Lab) ; Gasparian, A. (North Carolina A-T State U.) ; Gates, K. (Glasgow U.) ; Gavalian, G. (Jefferson Lab) ; Ghoshal, P.K. (Jefferson Lab) ; Giachino, A. (Cracow, INP) ; Giacosa, F. (Jan Kochanowski U.) ; Giannuzzi, F. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Gilfoyle, G.-P. (Richmond U.) ; Girod, F.X. (Jefferson Lab) ; Glazier, D.I. (Glasgow U.) ; Gleason, C. (Union Coll.) ; Godfrey, S. (Carleton U.) ; Goity, J.L. (Jefferson Lab ; Hampton U.) ; Golubenko, A.A. (SINP, Moscow) ; Gonzàlez-Solís, S. (Los Alamos) ; Gothe, R.W. (South Carolina U.) ; Gotra, Y. (Jefferson Lab) ; Griffioen, K. (William-Mary Coll.) ; Grocholski, O. (DESY) ; Grube, B. (Jefferson Lab) ; Guèye, P. (Michigan State U.) ; Guo, F.-K. (Beijing, Inst. Theor. Phys. ; UCAS, Beijing) ; Guo, Y. (Maryland U.) ; Guo, L. (Florida Intl. U.) ; Hague, T.J. (LBL, Berkeley) ; Hammoud, N. (Cracow, INP) ; Hansen, J.-O. (Jefferson Lab) ; Hattawy, M. (Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Hauenstein, F. (Jefferson Lab) ; Hayward, T. (Connecticut U.) ; Heddle, D. (Jefferson Lab) ; Heinrich, N. (Regina U.) ; Hen, O. (MIT, LNS) ; Higinbotham, D.W. (Jefferson Lab) ; Higuera-Angulo, I.M. (IFM-UMSNH, Michoacan) ; Hiller Blin, A.N. (Tubingen U.) ; Hobart, A. (IJCLab, Orsay) ; Hobbs, T. (Argonne, PHY) ; Holmberg, D.E. (William-Mary Coll.) ; Horn, T. (Jefferson Lab ; Catholic U.) ; Hoyer, P. (Helsinki U. ; Helsinki Inst. of Phys.) ; Huber, G.M. (Regina U.) ; Hurck, P. (Glasgow U.) ; Hutauruk, P.T. P. (Pukyong Nat. U.) ; Ilieva, Y. (South Carolina U.) ; Illari, I. (George Washington U.) ; Ireland, D.G. (Glasgow U.) ; Isupov, E.L. (SINP, Moscow) ; Italiano, A. (INFN, Catania) ; Jaegle, I. (Jefferson Lab) ; Jarvis, N.S. (Carnegie Mellon U.) ; Jenkins, D.J. (Virginia Tech.) ; Jeschonnek, S. (Ohio State U., Newark) ; Ji, C-R. (North Carolina State U.) ; Jo, H.S. (Kyungpook Natl. U.) ; Jones, M. (Jefferson Lab) ; Jones, R.T. (Connecticut U.) ; Jones, D.C. (Jefferson Lab) ; Joo, K. (Connecticut U.) ; Junaid, M. (Regina U.) ; Kageya, T. (Jefferson Lab) ; Kalantarians, N. (Virginia Commonwealth U.) ; Karki, A. (Mississippi State U.) ; Karyan, G. (Yerevan Phys. Inst.) ; Katramatou, A.T. (Kent State U.) ; Kay, S.J. D. (York U., England) ; Kazimi, R. (Jefferson Lab) ; Keith, C.D. (Jefferson Lab) ; Keppel, C. (Jefferson Lab) ; Kerbizi, A. (INFN, Trieste) ; Khachatryan, V. (Indiana U.) ; Khanal, A. (Florida Intl. U.) ; Khandaker, M. (Cal State, Sacramento) ; Kim, A. (Connecticut U.) ; Kinney, E.R. (Colorado U.) ; Kohl, M. (Hampton U.) ; Kotzinian, A. (Yerevan Phys. Inst. ; CERN) ; Kriesten, B.T. (MURA ; Jefferson Lab) ; Kubarovsky, V. (Jefferson Lab) ; Kubis, B. (Bonn U. ; Ruhr U., Bochum ; Beijing, Inst. Phys.) ; Kuhn, S.E. (Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Kumar, V. (Regina U.) ; Kutz, T. (MIT, LNS) ; Leali, M. (Brescia U. ; INFN, Pavia) ; Lebed, R.F. (Arizona State U.) ; Lenisa, P. (Ferrara U. ; INFN, Ferrara) ; Leskovec, L. (Ljubljana U.) ; Li, S. (LBL, Berkeley) ; Li, X. (MIT, LNS) ; Liao, J. (Indiana U.) ; Lin, H.-W. (Michigan State U.) ; Liu, L. (U. Giessen, II. Phys. Inst.) ; Liuti, S. (Virginia U.) ; Liyanage, N. (Virginia U.) ; Lu, Y. (Nanjing U.) ; MacGregor, I.J. D. (Glasgow U.) ; Mack, D.J. (Jefferson Lab) ; Maiani, L. (Rome U.) ; Mamo, K.A. (Argonne, PHY) ; Mandaglio, G. (Messina U.) ; Mariani, C. (Virginia Tech.) ; Markowitz, P. (Florida Intl. U.) ; Marukyan, H. (Yerevan Phys. Inst.) ; Mascagna, V. (Brescia U. ; INFN, Pavia) ; Mathieu, V. (Barcelona U. ; ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Maxwell, J. (Jefferson Lab) ; Mazouz, M. (Monastir U.) ; McCaughan, M. (Jefferson Lab) ; McKeown, R.D. (Jefferson Lab) ; McKinnon, B. (Glasgow U.) ; Meekins, D. (Jefferson Lab) ; Melnitchouk, W. (Jefferson Lab) ; Metz, A. (Temple U.) ; Meyer, C.A. (Carnegie Mellon U.) ; Meziani, Z.-E. (Argonne, PHY) ; Mezrag, C. (James Madison U.) ; Michaels, R. (Jefferson Lab) ; Miller, G.A. (Washington U., Seattle) ; Mineeva, T. (Santa Maria U., Valparaiso) ; Miramontes, A.S. (IFM-UMSNH, Michoacan) ; Mirazita, M. (Frascati) ; Mizutani, K. (Jefferson Lab) ; Mkrtchyan, A. (Yerevan Phys. Inst.) ; Mkrtchyan, H. (Yerevan Phys. Inst.) ; Moffit, B. (Jefferson Lab) ; Mohanmurthy, P. (MIT, LNS) ; Mokeev, V.I. (Jefferson Lab) ; Monaghan, P. (Jefferson Lab) ; Montaña, G. (Jefferson Lab) ; Montgomery, R. (Glasgow U.) ; Moretti, A. (INFN, Trieste ; Trieste U.) ; Chàvez, J.M. Morgado (James Madison U.) ; Mosel, U. (U. Giessen, II. Phys. Inst.) ; Movsisyan, A. (Yerevan Phys. Inst.) ; Musico, P. (INFN, Genoa) ; Nadeeshani, S.A. (Mississippi State U.) ; Nadolsky, P.M. (Southern Methodist U.) ; Nakamura, S.X. (Shandong U.) ; Nazeer, J. (Hampton U.) ; Nefediev, A.V. (Stefan Inst., Ljubljana) ; Neupane, K. (South Carolina U.) ; Nguyen, D. (Jefferson Lab) ; Niccolai, S. (IJCLab, Orsay) ; Niculescu, I. (James Madison U.) ; Niculescu, G. (James Madison U.) ; Nocera, E.R. (INFN, Turin) ; Nycz, M. (Virginia U.) ; Olness, F.I. (Southern Methodist U.) ; Ortega, P.G. (Salamanca U.) ; Osipenko, M. (INFN, Genoa) ; Pace, E. (INFN, Rome2 ; Rome U., Tor Vergata) ; Pandey, B. (Kentucky U.) ; Pandey, P. (Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Papandreou, Z. (Regina U.) ; Papavassiliou, J. (Valencia U. ; Valencia U., IFIC) ; Pappalardo, L.L. (Ferrara U. ; INFN, Ferrara) ; Paredes-Torres, G. (IFM-UMSNH, Michoacan) ; Paremuzyan, R. (Jefferson Lab) ; Park, S. (Jefferson Lab) ; Parsamyan, B. (INFN, Turin ; CERN) ; Paschke, K.D. (Virginia U.) ; Pasquini, B. (INFN, Pavia) ; Passemar, E. (Indiana U. ; Valencia U. ; Valencia U., IFIC ; Jefferson Lab) ; Pasyuk, E. (Jefferson Lab) ; Patel, T. (Hampton U.) ; Paudel, C. (Florida Intl. U.) ; Paul, S.J. (UC, Riverside) ; Peng, J-C. (Illinois U., Urbana) ; Pentchev, L. (Jefferson Lab) ; Perrino, R. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Perry, R.J. (Barcelona U. ; ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Peters, K. (Darmstadt, GSI) ; Petratos, G.G. (Kent State U.) ; Phelps, W. (George Washington U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Piasetzky, E. (Tel Aviv U.) ; Pilloni, A. (INFN, Catania ; Messina U.) ; Pire, B. (Ecole Polytechnique, CPHT) ; Pitonyak, D. (Unlisted) ; Pitt, M.L. (Virginia Tech.) ; Polosa, A.D. (Rome U.) ; Pospelov, M. (Minnesota U.) ; Postuma, A.C. (Regina U.) ; Poudel, J. (Jefferson Lab) ; Preet, L. (Regina U.) ; Prelovsek, S. (Ljubljana U.) ; Price, J.W. (Cal State, Dominguez Hills) ; Prokudin, A. (Penn State U., Berks-Lehigh Valley ; Jefferson Lab) ; Puckett, A.J. R. (Connecticut U.) ; Pybus, J.R. (MIT, LNS) ; Qin, S.-X. (Chongqing U.) ; Qiu, J.-W. (Jefferson Lab) ; Radici, M. (INFN, Pavia) ; Rashidi, H. (Bou Ali Sina U.) ; Rathnayake, A.D. (Virginia U.) ; Raue, B.A. (Florida Intl. U.) ; Reed, T. (Florida Intl. U.) ; Reimer, P.E. (Argonne, PHY) ; Reinhold, J. (Florida Intl. U.) ; Richard, J.-M. (IP2I, Lyon) ; Rinaldi, M. (INFN, Perugia) ; Ringer, F. (Old Dominion U. (main) ; Jefferson Lab) ; Ripani, M. (INFN, Genoa) ; Ritman, J. (Darmstadt, GSI) ; Rittenhouse West, J. (LBL, Berkeley) ; Rivero-Acosta, A. (Guanajuato U.) ; Roberts, C.D. (Nanjing U.) ; Rodas, A. (Jefferson Lab) ; Rodini, S. (Ecole Polytechnique, CPHT) ; Rodríguez-Quintero, J. (Escuela Poli. Sup. U., Huelva) ; Rogers, T.C. (Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Rojo, J. (NIKHEF, Amsterdam ; Vrije U., Amsterdam) ; Rossi, P. (Jefferson Lab ; Frascati) ; Rossi, G.C. (INFN, Rome2 ; Rome U., Tor Vergata) ; Salmè, G. (INFN, Rome) ; Santiesteban, S.N. (Durham U.) ; Santopinto, E. (INFN, Genoa) ; Sargsian, M. (Florida Intl. U.) ; Sato, N. (Jefferson Lab) ; Schadmand, S. (Darmstadt, GSI) ; Schmidt, A. (George Washington U.) ; Schmidt, S.M. (HZDR, Dresden) ; Schnell, G. (Basque U., Bilbao) ; Schumacher, R.A. (Carnegie Mellon U.) ; Schweitzer, P. (Connecticut U.) ; Scimemi, I. (Madrid U.) ; Scott, K.C. (Hampton U.) ; Seay, D.A. (Virginia U.) ; Segovia, J. (Pablo de Olavide U., Seville) ; Semenov-Tian-Shansky, K. (Kyungpook Natl. U.) ; Seryi, A. (Jefferson Lab) ; Sharda, A.S. (Tennessee U.) ; Shepherd, M.R. (Indiana U.) ; Shirokov, E.V. (SINP, Moscow) ; Shrestha, S. (Temple U.) ; Shrestha, U. (Connecticut U.) ; Shvedunov, V.I. (SINP, Moscow) ; Signori, A. (INFN, Turin) ; Slifer, K.J. (Durham U.) ; Smith, W.A. (Indiana U.) ; Somov, A. (Jefferson Lab) ; Souder, P. (Syracuse U. (main)) ; Sparveris, N. (Temple U.) ; Spizzo, F. (Ferrara U. ; INFN, Ferrara) ; Spreafico, M. (INFN, Genoa ; Genoa U.) ; Stepanyan, S. (Jefferson Lab) ; Stevens, J.R. (William-Mary Coll.) ; Strakovsky, I.I. (George Washington U.) ; Strauch, S. (South Carolina U.) ; Strikman, M. (Penn State U.) ; Su, S. (Orsay, IPN ; Arizona U.) ; Sumner, B.C. L. (Arizona State U.) ; Sun, E. (Jefferson Lab) ; Suresh, M. (Hampton U.) ; Sutera, C. (INFN, Catania) ; Swanson, E.S. (Pittsburgh U.) ; Szczepaniak, A.P. (Indiana U.) ; Sznajder, P. (NCBJ, Warsaw) ; Szumila-Vance, H. (Jefferson Lab) ; Szymanowski, L. (NCBJ, Warsaw) ; Tadepalli, A.-S. (Jefferson Lab) ; Tadevosyan, V. (Yerevan Phys. Inst.) ; Tamang, B. (Mississippi State U.) ; Tarasov, V.V. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Thiel, A. (Bonn U. ; Ruhr U., Bochum ; Beijing, Inst. Phys.) ; Tong, X.-B. (Hong Kong, Chinese U.) ; Tyson, R. (Glasgow U.) ; Ungaro, M. (Jefferson Lab) ; Urciuoli, G.M. (INFN, Rome) ; Usman, A. (Regina U.) ; Valcarce, A. (Salamanca U.) ; Vallarino, S. (Ferrara U. ; INFN, Ferrara) ; Vaquera-Araujo, C.A. (Conacyt, Mexico ; Guanajuato U. ; Dual C-P Inst. High Energy Phys.) ; Venturelli, L. (Brescia U. ; INFN, Pavia) ; Vera, F. (Florida Intl. U.) ; Vladimirov, A. (Madrid U.) ; Vossen, A. (Jefferson Lab ; Duke U.) ; Wagner, J. (NCBJ, Warsaw) ; Wei, X. (Jefferson Lab) ; Weinstein, L.B. (Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Weiss, C. (Jefferson Lab) ; Williams, R. (York U., England) ; Winney, D. (South China Normal U.) ; Wojtsekhowski, B. (Jefferson Lab) ; Wood, M.H. (Canisius Coll., Buffalo) ; Xiao, T. (North Texas State U.) ; Xu, S.-S. (Nanjing U. Posts Telecom) ; Ye, Z. (Tsinghua U., Beijing) ; Yero, C. (Old Dominion U. (main)) ; Yuan, C.-P. (Michigan State U.) ; Yurov, M. (Mississippi State U.) ; Zachariou, N. (York U., England) ; Zhang, Z. (Wuhan U.) ; Zhao, Y. (Argonne, PHY) ; Zhao, Z.W. (Duke U.) ; Zheng, X. (Virginia U.) ; Zhou, X. (Wuhan U.) ; Ziegler, V. (Jefferson Lab) ; Zihlmann, B. (Jefferson Lab)
Publication	2024-09-04
Imprint	2023-06-13
Number of pages	139
Note	Updates to the list of authors; Preprint number changed from theory to experiment; Updates to sections 4 and 6, including additional figures
In:	Eur. Phys. J. A 60 (2024) 173
DOI	10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01282-x
Subject category	nucl-th ; Nuclear Physics - Theory ; hep-ph ; Particle Physics - Phenomenology ; hep-ex ; Particle Physics - Experiment ; nucl-ex ; Nuclear Physics - Experiment
Abstract	This document presents the initial scientific case for upgrading the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at Jefferson Lab (JLab) to 22 GeV. It is the result of a community effort, incorporating insights from a series of workshops conducted between March 2022 and April 2023. With a track record of over 25 years in delivering the world's most intense and precise multi-GeV electron beams, CEBAF's potential for a higher energy upgrade presents a unique opportunity for an innovative nuclear physics program, which seamlessly integrates a rich historical background with a promising future. The proposed physics program encompass a diverse range of investigations centered around the nonperturbative dynamics inherent in hadron structure and the exploration of strongly interacting systems. It builds upon the exceptional capabilities of CEBAF in high-luminosity operations, the availability of existing or planned Hall equipment, and recent advancements in accelerator technology. The proposed program cover various scientific topics, including Hadron Spectroscopy, Partonic Structure and Spin, Hadronization and Transverse Momentum, Spatial Structure, Mechanical Properties, Form Factors and Emergent Hadron Mass, Hadron-Quark Transition, and Nuclear Dynamics at Extreme Conditions, as well as QCD Confinement and Fundamental Symmetries. Each topic highlights the key measurements achievable at a 22 GeV CEBAF accelerator. Furthermore, this document outlines the significant physics outcomes and unique aspects of these programs that distinguish them from other existing or planned facilities. In summary, this document provides an exciting rationale for the energy upgrade of CEBAF to 22 GeV, outlining the transformative scientific potential that lies within reach, and the remarkable opportunities it offers for advancing our understanding of hadron physics and related fundamental phenomena.
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