Zhen Liu Particle Physics · UMN

Publications

Publications

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Refereed Journal Articles 80

Electroweak Restoration: SMEFT and HEFT

2026 · Z. Liu, I. Mahbub, submitted · arXiv:2605.08433 · Higgs, BSM, Effective field theory

A New Source of Millicharged Particles: Secondary Showers in the LHC Forward Absorber

2026 · P.R. Li, Z. Liu, S. Trojanowski, A. Zabihi, submitted · arXiv:2605.13964 · Dark sector, Forward physics, LHC

Z Boson Radiative Decay Z-> mu^+mu^-gamma at the LHC

2026 · P.R. Li, Z. Liu, M. Pospelov, submitted · arXiv:2604.13156 · Standard Model, BSM, LHC

A Busy Higgs Signal

2026 · Z. Liu, L.T. Wang, submitted · arXiv:2604.14284 · Higgs, BSM, LHC, Muon collider

LHC Shines on Positivity

2025 · K.F. Lyu, T. Wu, Accepted by CPC as a letter · arXiv:2512.04336 · BSM, LHC, Amplitudes

Probing Millicharged Particles at an Electron Beam Dump with Ultralow-Threshold Sensors

2024 · JHEP04(2025)057 · arXiv:2412.09652 · Dark sector, Forward physics, LHC, Beamdumps, Quantum sensing

Searching for millicharged particles with 1 kg of Skipper-CCDs using the NuMI beam at Fermilab

2023 · JHEP02(2024)072 · arXiv:2304.08625 · Dark sector, Forward physics, LHC

Exploring Uncharted Soft Displaced Vertices in Open Data

2021 · Z. Hu, Z. Liu, D. Yang, submitted · arXiv:2107.11405 · BSM, Long-lived particles, LHC

Enhancing Sensitivities to Long-lived Particles with High Granularity Calorimeters at the LHC

2020 · JHEP11(2020)066 · arXiv:2005.10836 · BSM, Long-lived particles, LHC

Would a Deeply Bound b̄ b b bar b Tetraquark Meson be Observed at the LHC?

2017 · Z. Liu · arXiv:1709.09605 · BSM, Phase transition, LHC

The Fate of Long-Lived Superparticles with Hadronic Decays after LHC Run 1

2015 · JHEP 06 (2015) 042 · arXiv:1503.05923 · BSM, Supersymmetry, Dark sector, Long-lived particles, LHC

Other Publications (co-)Editor 21

New Physics Search at the CEPC: a General Perspective

2025 · S. Antusch et al · arXiv:2505.24810 · BSM, CEPC / FCC

Physics Opportunities at a Beam Dump Facility at PIP-II at Fermilab and Beyond

2023 · A.A. Aguilar-Arevalo et al · arXiv:2311.09915 · BSM, Beamdumps

Report of the Topical Group on Physics Beyond the Standard Model at Energy Frontier for Snowmass 2021

2022 · T. Bose et al · arXiv:2209.13128 · Standard Model, BSM, CEPC / FCC

The Physics potential of the CEPC

2022 · H. Cheng et al · arXiv:2205.08553 · BSM, CEPC / FCC

Physics at Future Colliders: the Interplay Between Energy and Luminosity

2022 · L.-T. Wang and Z. Liu · arXiv:2205.00031 · BSM, LHC

WIMP Dark Matter at High Energy Muon Colliders --A White Paper for Snowmass 2021

2022 · Z. Liu, L.-T. Wang, X. Wang · arXiv:2203.07351 · BSM, Dark sector, Muon collider, CEPC / FCC

The International Linear Collider: Report to Snowmass 2021

2022 · ILC International Development Team · arXiv:2203.07622 · BSM, CEPC / FCC

Strategy for Understanding the Higgs Physics: The Cool Copper Collider

2022 · S. Dasu et al · arXiv:2203.07646 · Higgs, BSM, CEPC / FCC

Snowmass Whitepaper: The Windchime Project

2022 · Windchime Collaboration · arXiv:2203.07242 · BSM, CEPC / FCC

Searches for New Particles

2022 · and Gravitational Waves with SRF Cavities, A. Berlin et al · arXiv:2203.12714 · BSM, Dark sector, Quantum sensing

Higgs boson pair production at colliders: status and perspectives

2019 · B. Di Micco et al · arXiv:1910.00012 · Higgs, BSM

CEPC Conceptual Design Report: Volume 2 - Physics & Detector

2018 · M. Ahmad et al · arXiv:1811.10545 · BSM, CEPC / FCC

Probing the Higgs with angular observables at future e^+e^- colliders

2016 · Int. J. Mod. Phys. A, 31, 1644005 · Higgs, BSM, CEPC / FCC

CEPC-SppC Preliminary Conceptual Design Report Volume I: Physics and Detector

2015 · [hep-ph] · Higgs, BSM, CEPC / FCC

Beyond Standard Model Physics at Current and Future Colliders

2015 · thesis [hep-ph] · BSM, LHC, CEPC / FCC

Diagnosis of a New Neutral Gauge Boson at the LHC and ILC for Snowmass 2013

2013 · P. Langacker, Z. Liu and L.-T. Wang · arXiv:1308.2738 · BSM, LHC, CEPC / FCC

Other Publications (Contributor/Endorsor) 42

Building an AI-native Research Ecosystem for Experimental Particle Physics: A Community Vision

2026 · Aarrestad et al · arXiv:2602.17582 · BSM, AI / ML

MuCol Milestone Report No. 7: Consolidated Parameters

2025 · MuCol Collaboration · arXiv:2510.27437 · BSM, Muon collider

CEPC Technical Design Report - Reference Detector

2025 · CEPC Study Group · arXiv:2510.05260 · BSM, CEPC / FCC

A Beamdump Facility at Jefferson Lab

2025 · P. Achenbach et al · arXiv:2510.09652 · BSM, Beamdumps

The Muon Collider

2025 · International Muon Collider Collaboration (IMCC) · arXiv:2504.21417 · BSM, Muon collider

Conceptual Design Report for the MATHUSLA Long-Lived Particle Detector near CMS

2025 · Aitken et al · arXiv:2503.20893 · BSM, Long-lived particles, Forward physics, LHC

Flavor Physics at CEPC: a General Perspective

2024 · Ai et al · arXiv:2412.19743 · BSM, CEPC / FCC

MuCol Milestone Report No. 5: Preliminary Parameters

2024 · MuCoL collaboration · arXiv:2411.02966 · BSM, Muon collider

MuCol Milestone Report No. 5: Preliminary Parameters

2024 · MuCoL Collaboration · arXiv:2411.02966 · BSM, Muon collider

Interim report for the International Muon Collider Collaboration (IMCC)

2024 · International Muon Collider Collaboration · arXiv:2407.12450 · BSM, Muon collider

Dark sector searches with the CMS experiment

2024 · CMS Collaboration · arXiv:2405.13778 · BSM, Dark sector, LHC

CEPC Technical Design Report -- Accelerator

2023 · CEPC study group · arXiv:2312.14363 · BSM, CEPC / FCC

Towards a Muon Collider

2023 · C. Accettura et al · arXiv:2303.08533 · BSM, Muon collider

The Future of US Particle Physics -- The Snowmass 2021 Energy Frontier Report

2022 · M. Narain et al · arXiv:2211.11084 · BSM, CEPC / FCC

TF07 Snowmass Report: Theory of Collider Phenomena

2022 · F. Maltoni et al · arXiv:2210.02591 · BSM, CEPC / FCC

Report of the Topical Group on Higgs Physics for Snowmass 2021: The Case for Precision Higgs Physics

2022 · S. Dawson et al · arXiv:2209.07510 · Higgs, BSM, CEPC / FCC

Muon Collider Forum Report

2022 · K. Black et al · arXiv:2209.01318 · BSM, Muon collider

The physics case of a 3 TeV muon collider stage

2022 · Muon Collider Collaboration · arXiv:2203.07261 · BSM, Muon collider

The Forward Physics Facility at the High-Luminosity LHC

2022 · J. Feng et al · arXiv:2203.05090 · BSM, Dark sector, Forward physics, LHC

Recent Progress and Next Steps for the MATHUSLA LLP Detector

2022 · MATHUSLA Collaboration · arXiv:2203.08126 · BSM, Long-lived particles, Forward physics, LHC

New Horizons: Scalar and Vector Ultralight Dark Matter

2022 · D. Antypas et al · arXiv:2203.14915 · BSM, Dark sector

Muon Collider Physics Summary

2022 · C. Amie et al · arXiv:2203.07256 · BSM, Muon collider

A Muon Collider Facility for Physics Discovery

2022 · International Muon Collider Collaboration · arXiv:2203.08033 · BSM, Muon collider

The Forward Physics Facility: Sites

2021 · and Physics Potential, L. Anchordoqui et al · arXiv:2109.10905 · BSM, Dark sector, Forward physics, LHC

An Update to the Letter of Intent for MATHUSLA: Search for Long-Lived Particles at the HL-LHC

2020 · MATHUSLA Collaboration · arXiv:2009.01693 · BSM, Long-lived particles, Forward physics, LHC

Higgs Physics at the HL-LHC and HE-LHC

2019 · Physics of the HL-LHC Working Group · arXiv:1902.00134 · Higgs, BSM, LHC

MATHUSLA: A Detector Proposal to Explore the Lifetime Frontier at the HL-LHC

2019 · Physics of the HL-LHC Working Group · arXiv:1901.04040 · BSM, Long-lived particles, Forward physics, LHC

Beyond the Standard Model Physics at the HL-LHC and HE-LHC

2018 · X. Cid Vidal et al · arXiv:1812.07831 · Standard Model, BSM, LHC

New Particles Working Group Report of the Snowmass 2013 Community Summer Study

2013 · Y. Gershtein et al · arXiv:1311.0299 · BSM, CEPC / FCC

Higgs Working Group Report of the Snowmass 2013 Community Planning Study

2013 · S. Dawson et al · arXiv:1310.8361 · Higgs, BSM, CEPC / FCC

Muon Collider Higgs Factory for Snowmass 2013

2013 · Y. Alexahin et al · arXiv:1308.2143 · Higgs, BSM, Muon collider, CEPC / FCC

The Case for a Muon Collider Higgs Factory

2013 · Y. Alexahin et al · arXiv:1307.6129 · Higgs, BSM, Muon collider