Lu, Xianguo 卢显国 | Elementary Particle Physics Group

Associate Professor (CVLink opens in a new window)

I earned my BSc from Peking University (北京大学) and completed my Diplom-Physiker at the University of Hamburg. After obtaining my PhD under Johanna Stachel at the University of Heidelberg, I remained for a brief postdoctoral position before moving to the University of Oxford. I was awarded an STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship and became a faculty member in Oxford's Department of Physics in 2019. While at Oxford, I also served as a Stipendiary Lecturer in Physics and later as a Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College. I joined the University of Warwick in 2021.

Outside of academia, I am a regular runner, having logged 570 kilometres in 2024. Been there, done that: Neckar River, Heidelberg (7k); Danube River, Bratislava (5k); Garonne River, Bordeaux (7k); Weiming Lake, Peking University (北大未名湖, 5k); Venice (5k); Central Park, New York (12k); and Lake Senba, Mito (水戸市千波湖, 10k).

Lectures

1. Warwick PX454: Theoretical Particle Physics, Part One: Introduction to Quantum Field Theory [lecture notes (2 MB )Link opens in a new window], 2024, 2025
2. Accelerator and Atmospheric Neutrinos, The 2nd JUNO Neutrino Summer SchoolLink opens in a new window, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Studies, Hangzhou, China, August 2025
   • Part 1: full (65 MB )Link opens in a new window, no animation (14 MB )Link opens in a new window
   • Part 2: full (71 MB )Link opens in a new window, no animation (15 MB )Link opens in a new window

Research Focus: Transverse Kinematic Imbalance (TKI)

Since 2015, Transverse Kinematic Imbalance (TKI)—along with its longitudinal and three-dimensional variations and the derived asymmetry ^[1,2,3]—has been a key observable in accelerator neutrino experiments, providing valuable insights into primary neutrino interactions and the underlying nuclear processes ^{[4, 5, 6, 7, 8]}. Beyond probing in-medium effects, TKI enables event-by-event measurements of neutrino-hydrogen interactions ^{[9, 10]}, further advancing precision neutrino physics.

Visualising Neutrino Oscillations

VISOS (VISualisation of OScillation)