Xiaoxuan Chu
Assistant Scientist, Cold QCD, Physics Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Physics Department
Bldg. 510D, Room 2-194
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-2126
xchu@bnl.gov
I'm a physicist working in experimental high-energy and nuclear physics, with ongoing involvement in the STAR experiment at RHIC and the ePIC experiment at the EIC, both at Brookhaven National Laboratory. My research focuses on understanding nucleon structure, proton spin, and its 3D imaging to uncover the fundamental properties of matter.
Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Highlights | Awards
Research Activities
Research Interests
Gluon saturation, 3D imaging of proton structure and tomography, EIC detector simulations, p-Carbon polarimeters
Responsibilities
- Convener of Spin/Cold QCD physics working group at STAR Collaboration
- Mentor of the DOE’s SULI program
- Referee for Phys. Rev. Lett, Phys. Rev. D, and JINST
- Reviewer for NSF Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-scale RI-1) Program
Education
2018, Ph.D. from Central China Normal University & BNL
Professional Appointments
- 2023 - present: Research Staff at BNL
- 2019 - 2023: Postdoctoral Researcher at BNL
Selected Publications
- Cassar K, Wang Z, Chu X, Aschenauer EC (2025) Investigating the broadening phenomenon in two-particle correlations induced by gluon saturation. Physical Review D 112:. https://doi.org/10.1103/7jxl-8pzn
- Rathmann F, Nass A, Eyser KO, et al (2025) Eliminating beam-induced depolarizing effects in the hydrogen jet target for high-precision proton beam polarimetry at the Electron-Ion Collider
- STAR Collaboration, Measurements of the Z/γ cross section and transverse single spin asymmetry in 510 GeV p+p collisions, Phys. Lett. B 854 (2024) 138715, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138715
- STAR Collaboration, Longitudinal and transverse spin transfer to Lambda and anti-Lambda hyperons in polarized p+p collisions at 200 GeV, Phys Rev D 109, 012004 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.109.012004
- P. Achenbach et al., The present and future of QCD, Nucl. Phys. A 1047 (2024) 122874, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2024.122874
- STAR Collaboration, Evidence for Nonlinear Gluon Effects in QCD and Their Mass Number Dependence at STAR, Phys. Rev. Lett. 129 (2022) 9, 092501, https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.129.092501
- ATHENA proto-Collaboration, ATHENA detector proposal - a totally hermetic electron nucleus apparatus proposed for IP6 at the Electron-Ion Collider, JINST 17 (2022) 10, P10019, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/10/p10019
- R. Abdul Khalek et al., Science Requirements and Detector Concepts for the Electron-Ion Collider, Nucl. Phys. A 1026 (2022) 122447, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2022.122447
- STAR Collaboration, Measurement of transverse single-spin asymmetries of pion and electromagnetic jets at forward rapidity in 200 and 500 GeV transversely polarized proton-proton collisions, Phys. Rev. D 103 (2021) 92009, https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.103.092009
- B. S. Page , X. Chu, and E. C. Aschenauer, Experimental aspects of jet physics at a future EIC, Phys. Rev. D 101, 072003 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.101.072003
- R. Chen et al., Hydrothermal synthesis of Nd3+-doped heterojunction ms/tz-BiVO 4 and its enhanced photocatalytic performance, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 117 (2018) 28-35, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2018.02.010
- X. Chu, E. C. Aschenauer, J. H. Lee and L. Zheng, Photon structure studied at an electron ion collider, Phys. Rev. D 96, 074035 (2017), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.96.074035
Research Highlights
Signs of gluon saturation emerge from particle collisions: BNL news, CERN Courier news, and DOE higlight
Awards & Recognition
BNL Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Awards:
- 2024 - 2026: Awarded $500,000 in funding
- 2023 - 2024: Awarded $110,000
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Physics Department
Bldg. 510D, Room 2-194
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-2126
xchu@bnl.gov
