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  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
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  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1995 - High Energy and Particle Physics Prize, European Physical Society
  • 1991 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For significant contributions to the highenergy physics her measurements of the properties of the gluon revealed by the structure of three jet events in ee collisions

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Particle physics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron

Sau Lan Wu mainly focuses on Particle physics, Nuclear physics, Large Hadron Collider, Higgs boson and ATLAS experiment. His Particle physics study deals with Lepton intersecting with Neutrino. His Nuclear physics course of study focuses on Photon and Electron.

His Large Hadron Collider research includes themes of Detector, Supersymmetry, Atlas, Pair production and Quark. In the subject of general Higgs boson, his work in Vector boson is often linked to Fusion, thereby combining diverse domains of study. His studies deal with areas such as Jet and Massless particle as well as ATLAS experiment.

His most cited work include:

  • Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC (8435 citations)
  • Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC (7376 citations)
  • The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (2415 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Particle physics, Nuclear physics, Large Hadron Collider, Electron–positron annihilation and Hadron are his primary areas of study. Particle physics is closely attributed to Lepton in his work. His work in Nuclear physics is not limited to one particular discipline; it also encompasses Detector.

His research in Large Hadron Collider intersects with topics in Muon and Atlas. Sau Lan Wu combines subjects such as B meson, Aleph, CP violation, Annihilation and Asymmetry with his study of Electron–positron annihilation. His Hadron research includes elements of Pion, Quantum chromodynamics, Monte Carlo method and Charged particle.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Particle physics (183.56%)
  • Nuclear physics (147.44%)
  • Large Hadron Collider (134.65%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Particle physics (183.56%)
  • Large Hadron Collider (134.65%)
  • Atlas detector (60.53%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of investigation include Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, Atlas detector, Lepton and Higgs boson. Nuclear physics covers Sau Lan Wu research in Large Hadron Collider. The concepts of his Nuclear physics study are interwoven with issues in Charged particle, Monte Carlo method and Detector.

His Atlas detector study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Rapidity, Transverse momentum, Quantum chromodynamics and Atlas. His Lepton research integrates issues from Physics beyond the Standard Model and Neutrino. The study incorporates disciplines such as Bottom quark and Branching fraction in addition to Higgs boson.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (2415 citations)
  • Combined measurements of Higgs boson production and decay using up to 80 fb− 1 of proton-proton collision data at √s=13 TeV collected with the ATLAS experiment (230 citations)
  • Observation of Higgs boson production in association with a top quark pair at the LHC with the ATLAS detector (219 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Particle physics
  • Electron

His primary areas of study are Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, Higgs boson, Atlas detector and ATLAS experiment. The study of Particle physics is intertwined with the study of Lepton in a number of ways. His study on Large Hadron Collider is covered under Nuclear physics.

His Nuclear physics study incorporates themes from Detector and Photon. His study in Higgs boson is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Physics beyond the Standard Model, Gluon and Standard deviation. His ATLAS experiment study combines topics in areas such as Production and Gluino.

Best Publications

  • Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

    G. Aad;T. Abajyan;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah

  • Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider

    G. Aad;E. Abat;J. Abdallah;J. Abdallah;A. A. Abdelalim

  • The ATLAS Simulation Infrastructure

    G. Aad;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah;A.A. Abdelalim

  • Performance of the ATLAS trigger system in 2015

    M. Aaboud;G. Aad;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah

  • Search for dark matter candidates and large extra dimensions in events with a jet and missing transverse momentum with the ATLAS detector

    G. Aad;T. Abajyan;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah

  • Electron performance measurements with the ATLAS detector using the 2010 LHC proton-proton collision data

    G. Aad;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah;A. A. Abdelalim

  • Performance of the ATLAS Trigger System in 2010

    G. Aad;G. Aad;B. Abbott;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah;A. A. Abdelalim;A. A. Abdelalim

  • Muon reconstruction performance of the ATLAS detector in proton–proton collision data at √ s =13 TeV

    G. Aad;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah;O. Abdinov

  • Expected performance of the ATLAS experiment - detector, trigger and physics

    G. Aad;E. Abat;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah

  • Search for the bb ¯ decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson in associated (W/Z)H production with the ATLAS detector

    G. Aad;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah

  • Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics

    G. Aad;E. Abat;B. Abbott

  • Luminosity determination in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector at the LHC

    Morad Aaboud;Alexander Kupco;Peter Davison;Samuel Webb

  • Multi-channel search for squarks and gluinos in √s = 7 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

    G. Aad;T. Abajyan;B. Abbott

  • Measurement of the top quark-pair production cross section with ATLAS in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7\TeV$

    G. Aad;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah;A. A. Abdelalim

  • Topological cell clustering in the ATLAS calorimeters and its performance in LHC Run 1

    Georges Aad;Alexander Kupco;Peter Davison;Samuel Webb

  • Electron reconstruction and identification efficiency measurements with the atlas detector using the 2011 lhc proton-proton collision data

    G. Aad;T. Abajyan;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah

  • Measurement of the inclusive and dijet cross-sections of b-jets in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

    G. Aad;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah

  • Measurement of the jet fragmentation function and transverse profile in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

    G. Aad;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah;A. A. Abdelalim

  • Luminosity Determination in pp Collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV Using the ATLAS Detector at the LHC

    D. Aad;D. Aad;B. Abbott;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah;J. Abdallah;A. A. Abdelalim;A. A. Abdelalim

Frequent Co-Authors

Bobby Samir Acharya
Bobby Samir Acharya King's College London
Masahiro Morii
Masahiro Morii Harvard University
J. E. Brau
J. E. Brau University of Oregon
Kaushik De
Kaushik De The University of Texas at Arlington
Richard Brenner
Richard Brenner Uppsala University
Tord Ekelof
Tord Ekelof Uppsala University

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