Advanced Calorimetry R&D for the ePIC Detector at the EIC

The Electron-Ion Collider is poised to be a unique machine that will significantly extend our knowledge of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). The combination of high luminosity and high beam polarization will provide unprecedented precision for studying the fundamental structure of hadrons and nuclei. To deliver on the EIC physics program, the ePIC collaboration was formed with the goal of designing and building a detector capable of addressing the full range of the EIC science program. Calorimetry, both electromagnetic and hadronic, are crucial subsystems of the ePIC detector and have a significant impact on the detector design. These subsystems are being designed and developed by the collaboration to meet the required precision. As a hermetic detector, it is crucial to optimize different regions around the interaction point for measuring various particles/jets with appropriate resolution and be able to separate them from the background. In this talk, I will describe the different calorimeter subsystems and provide the most recent updates on their current status, with emphasis on the new features in ePIC that advance the state-of-the-art in calorimetry.