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| LIU Tao 劉滔 |
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| PhD, University of Pennsylvania |
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| Associate Professor |
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2358 7984 |
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2358 1652 |
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Room 4470 |
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Professor Tao Liu obtained his BA degree (2000) from the University of Science and Technology in China, and his PhD (2007) degree from University of Pennsylvania in the United States. He was awarded a McCormick Fellowship (2007-2010) to pursue post-doctoral research at the Enrico Fermi Institute in University of Chicago, and then worked as a post-doctoral fellow (2010-2013) at University of California, Santa Barbara. He joined the Department of Physics of the HKUST in 2013. Prof Liu received the School of Science Research Award in 2016.
Professor Liu is dedicated to addressing some of the most fundamental questions in Nature: What is dark matter in the Universe? Why is there more baryonic matter than antimatter in the Universe today? How do elementary particles in the Universe interact with each other, and if they are massive, how do they obtain their mass? Does there exist a unified fundamental theory to describe the Nature?
His research program involves developing theories at both phenomenological and ultraviolet-complete levels to address these questions. In connection to experiments, his research program involves devising strategies to test these candidate theories, studying potential of discovering physics beyond the Standard Model at Large Hadron Collider, and exploring physics targets for colliders of next generation, such as Higgs factory and hadron collider with a higher energy scale. His research program will help reveal the fundamental rules governing the Nature. |
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Physics beyond the standard model (e.g., supersymmetry), Higgs physics, collider physics, particle cosmology |
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| Representative Publications |
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"Supersymmetric Exotic Decays of the 125 GeV Higgs Boson", J. Huang, T. Liu, L.-T. Wang and F. Yu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 221803 (2014).
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"Unraveling The Physics Behind Modified Higgs Couplings -- LHC vs. a Higgs Factory", S. B. Giddings, T. Liu, I. Low and E. Mintun, Phys. Rev. D 88, 095003 (2013).
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"125 GeV Higgs Boson, Enhanced Di-photon Rate, and Gauged U(1)_PQ-Extended MSSM'', H. An, T. Liu and L.-T. Wang, Phys. Rev. D 86, 075030 (2012).
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"Electroweak Beautygenesis: From b to s CP-violation to the Cosmic Baryon Asymmetry", T. Liu, M. J. Ramsey-Musolf and J. Shu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 221301 (2012).
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"A Polarized View of the Top Asymmetry", D. Krohn, T. Liu, J. Shelton and L. T. Wang, Phys. Rev. D 84, 074034 (2011).
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"Dark Light-Higgs Bosons", P. Draper, T. Liu, C. E. M. Wagner, L. T. Wang and H. Zhang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 121805 (2011).
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"b to s Transitions in Family-dependent U(1)’ Models", V. Barger, L. L. Everett, J. Jiang, P. Langacker, T. Liu and C. E. M. Wagner, JHEP 0912, 048 (2009).
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"Prospects for MSSM Higgs Searches at the Tevatron", P. Draper, T. Liu and C. E. M. Wagner, Phys. Rev. D 80, 035025 (2009).
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"Dynamically Solving the mu/B_mu Problem in Gauge-mediated Supersymmetry Breaking", T. Liu and C. E. M. Wagner, JHEP 0806, 073 (2008).
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"Electroweak Baryogenesis in a Supersymmetric U(1)' Model", J. Kang, P. Langacker, T.-J. Li and T. Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 061801 (2005).
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| Full Publication List [HKUST Scholarly Publications] |
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