Heavy-quark energy-loss measurements at the Electron-Ion Collider

Electron-nucleus collisions at the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) will provide a new mean to precisely measure the space-time evolution of energetic quarks as they traverse the nuclear medium. Such measurements will complement results from RHIC and the LHC on energetic quarks passing through a hot quark-gluon plasma. Heavy-quark energy-loss measurements will require the ability to observe the decay vertex of the hadrons containing the heavy-quarks, and to distinguish it from the collision vertex. The performance for several candidate EIC detector designs is presented, including one with an all-silicon particle tracker. The potential of using deep neural networks for these measurements is discussed.