Bio
Ya-Xian Mao is currently a Professor in Central China Normal University (CCNU).Her research interest has been on experimental particle physics and high-energy heavy-ion physics. In particular, her work in understanding of transport properties of elementary particles of the Standard Model to infer the fundamental properties of QCD matter. Her goal is to fully characterize jet properties (jet energy loss, azimuthal asymmetry, fragmentation properties, jet broadening, …) that probe the hot QCD system formed at present LHC and at future high luminosity LHC in high multiplicity pp, pA and AA collisions.
Education
2008-2011,Doctor Degree in Physics, Grenoble University, France & Central China Normal University, China
2006-2008, Master Degree in Physics,Central China Normal University, China
2002-2006 Bachor Degree in Physics,Central China Normal University, China
Professional Experience
2022 – present, Professor,Central China Normal University, China
2015-2022，Associate Professor,Central China Normal University, China
2011 –2015，Research Associate postdoctoral fellow, Vanderbilt University, US
2008，Visiting Doctoral Student,European Center of Theory (ECT*), Italy
2007，CERN Summer Student, CERN, Switzerland
2007，Visiting Exchange Student, Nante University, France
Scientific Position and Awards
2024-present, Conference CommitteeMember, ALICE Collaboration
2022-2024, Physics BoardMemberand Convener of JET Physics Working Group (PWG-JE), ALICE Collaboration
2022-present，Collaboration BoardMember，Deputy Team Leader of ALICE-Wuhan group
2022-present，Best Thesis AwardCommittee Member, ALICE Collaboration
2021-2022,Coordinator of “Jets and Hard Photons” Physics Analysis Group (JP-PAG), ALICE Collaboration
2019-2022，Guizi Youth Scholar, Central China Normal University, China
Recent Publications (5 years)
1. ALICE Collaboration (Y. Mao, et. al), "Observation of medium-induced yield enhancement and acoplanarity broadening of low-pT jets from measurements in pp and central Pb-Pb collisions”,Phys. Rev. Lett. 133 (2024) 0223011, arXiv: 2308.16131
2. ALICE Collaboration (Y. Mao, et. al), “Measurements of jet quenching using semi-inclusive hadron+jet distributions in pp and central Pb–Pb collisions”,Phys. Rev. C110 (2024) 014906, arXiv: 2308.16128
3. Ao Luo,Ya-Xian Mao, Huang-You Qin, En-Ke Wang, Han-Zhong Zhang, “Enhancement of baryon-to-meson ratios around jets as a signature of medium response”,Phys. Lett. B 837 (2023) 137638, arXiv: 2109.14314
4. Ao Luo,Ya-Xian Mao, Huang-You Qin, En-Ke Wang, Han-Zhong Zhang, “Jet shape and redistribution of the lost energy from jets in Pb + Pb collisions at the LHC in a multiphase transport model”,Eur. Phys. J. C 82 (2022) 156, arXiv: 2107.11751
5. ALICE Collaboration (Y. Mao, et. al), “Multiplicity dependence of charged jet production in pp collisions at sqrtS = 13 TeV”,Eur. Phys. J. C 82 (2022) 514, arXiv: 2202.01548
6. ALICE Collaboration (Y. Mao, et. al), “Underlying Event properties in pp collisions at sqrtS = 13 TeV”,JHEP 04 (2020) 192.
Selected Publications:
1. ALICE Collaboration (Y. Mao, et. al), "Observation of medium-induced yield enhancement and acoplanarity broadening of low-pT jets from measurements in pp and central Pb-Pb collisions”,Phys. Rev. Lett. 133 (2024) 0223011
2. ALICE Collaboration (Y. Mao, et. al), “Jet-like correlations with neutral pion triggers in pp and central Pb–Pb collisions at 2.76TeV”, Phys. Lett. B 763 (2016) 238
3. CMS Collaboration (Y. Mao, et. al), “Evidence of b-jet quenching in PbPb collisions at √sNN= 2.76 TeV”,Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 (2014) 132301, arXiv:1312.4198
4. CMS Collaboration (Y. Mao, et. al), “Modification of Jet Shapes in PbPb Collisions at √sNN= 2.76 TeV”,Phys. Lett. B, 730 (2014) 243, arXiv:1310.0878
5. Y. Mao, G. C. Balbastre, M. Sano, Y. Schutz, D. Zhou, “Gamma - hadron correlation measurements to study jets fragmentation with ALICE at LHC”, Eur. Phys. J. C 57 (2008) 613
