Probing the polarized photon content of the proton in $ep$ collisions at
the EIC
Probing the polarized photon content of the proton in $ep$ collisions at
the EIC
We study the single-inclusive production of prompt photons in electron proton collisions, $ep \to \gamma X $, for kinematics relevant at the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). We perform a perturbative calculation of the differential cross section to next-to-leading order in QCD and to lowest order in QED. We consider unpolarized collisions …