Hailin Xu/ Postdoctoral Scholar
Particle and Nuclear Physics Division
N526 hailin.xu@sjtu.edu.cn

Educational Background

  • 2019- 2025, Stony Brook University , Ph.D
  • 2014- 2018, Nanjing University , B.Sc

Research Interests

  • Theoretical Particle Physics, including astrophysical and cosmological probes for dark matter, direct and indirect detection of dark matter, physics beyond the standard model.

Honorary Distinctions

  • 2025, Siyuan Postdoctoral (Overseas Talent Recruitment) Program
  • 2025, Shanghai "Super Postdoc" Incentive Program

Representative Papers And Monographs

  • P. Alpine, S. Bhatia, A. M. Botti, B. A. Cervantes-Vergara, C. R. Chavez, F. Chierchie, A. Drlica-Wagner, R. Essig, J. Estrada, E. Etzion, R. Harnik, T. Kim, M. Lembeck, Q. Lim, S. E. Perez, B. J. Rauscher, N. Safford, J. Tiffenberg, S. Uemura and H. Xu, “DarkNESS: A skipper-CCD nanosatellite for dark matter searches”, Adv. Space Res. 76 (2025) 4793-4814.
  • P. Du, R. Essig, B. J. Rauscher and H. Xu, “Direct Constraints on Strongly Interacting Dark Matter from the James Webb Space Telescope”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 135 (2025) 051002.
  • R. Essig, P. Li, Z. Liu, M. McDuffie, R. Plestid and H. Xu, “Probing millicharged particles at an electron beam dump with ultralow-threshold sensors”, Journal of High Energy Physics 04 (2025) 057.
  • T. Emken, R. Essig and H. Xu, “Solar reflection of dark matter with dark-photon mediators”, JCAP 07 (2024) 023.
  • SENSEI Collaboration and H. Xu, “First Direct-Detection Results on Sub-GeV Dark Matter Using the SENSEI Detector at SNOLAB”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134 (2025) 011804.