Developing electron ID algorithms for a new forward electron magnetic calorimeter at the Electron Ion Collider

The Electron Ion Collider (EIC) is a new nuclear physics facility that will provide collisions of high energy electron and ion beams, with the goal of studying strong interactions at an unprecedented precision. The detection and identification of the scattered electron allows for the reconstruction of the kinematics of the interaction and is essential for the vast majority of the proposed measurements. The EIC Collider Experiment (ECCE) Consortium is in the process of designing a high resolution forward electron endcap calorimeter. This presentation will discuss the proposed detector performance and the efficacy of the various electron identification algorithms, as evaluated in the ECCE GEANT based simulation packages.