College of Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
This group's research focus is on theoretical particle physics, especially phenomenology at high energy colliders such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and other future collider programs (ILC, CLIC, CEPC/SPPC, FCC-ee/hh, muon colliders, etc.). The research includes interesting Standard Model (SM) phenomenology, in particular the Higgs boson (exotic decays, Electroweak Phase Transition (EWPT) and Baryogensis (EWBG)), Effective Field Theory (EFT) ), Beyond Standard Model (BSM) physics such as Supersymmetry, Dark Matter (including other probes, DM direct/indirect detection), Long-Lived Particles, Heavy Resonances (e.g., Z', W', Colored, Higgs), and in terms of Simplified Models. They also conduct innovative small-scale experiments in searches for exotic particles, such as dark photons, axion-like particles, and millicharged particles.