Research
Zirui's research focuses on the high-energy frontier at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), with a special emphasis on precisely measuring Higgs boson properties and using the Higgs boson to explore dark matter

As the lead analyzer and analysis contact, Zirui has significantly improved the precision of Higgs interaction measurements, with results published in Nature in 2022. Additionally, he has established the most stringent upper limit on the Higgs invisible decay branching ratio on LHC to date and achieved the best sensitivity for the LHC dark matter benchmark model 2HDM+a
Additionally, Zirui is working on the calibration of the ATLAS muon Monitored Drift Tubes (MDT) detector, providing important support for experiment operation and upgrade
Since 2022, Zirui has served as the convener of the ATLAS experiment Common Dark Matter physics subgroup, coordinating dark matter searches within the ATLAS experiment. He has also worked in the LHC Dark Matter Working Group as the ATLAS experiment contact person, to establish the LHC dark matter benchmark model and plan for related physics analyses
Featured Publications
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- Higgs
- Dark Matter


Phys. Lett. B, 829:137066, 2022
Search for the invisibly decaying of the Higgs boson in association with a Z Boson

Phys. Lett. B, 842:137963, 2023
Combination of searches for the invisibly decaying of the Higgs boson

Science Bulletin, 69: 3005, 2024
The most comprehensive experimental results on the 2HDM with a pseudo-scalar mediator model dark matter model at the LHC