Wanpeng Tan's Personal Home Page

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Dr. Wanpeng Tan

Research Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Notre Dame

225 Nieuwland Science Hall
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

My Blog: Perfectly Imperfect Mirrors
Mirror Matter Theory and Tests: The Mirror Universe

Education:

1994	B.S.	Beijing University
1997	M.S.	Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2002	Ph.D.	Michigan State University

Research Interests:

Particle Physics and Cosmology

New Mirror Matter Theory and Related Experimental Tests
standard model of cosmology (ΛCDM)'s extension with mirror matter (ΛM³)
dark energy/matter, baryon asymmetry, and big bang nucleosynthesis
neutron lifetime anomaly
n-n' and K0-K0' oscillations

Nuclear Astrophysics

CNO cycle breakout reactions
rp/ap-process for X-ray bursts and novae
p-process for nucleosynthesis of p-nuclei
carbon burning
evolution of stars and 7Li problem under mirror matter model

Publications:

Here is the list of my publications.
See my publications on mirror matter theory.

Links To My Affiliations:

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Notre Dame

Institute of Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics (ISNAP)

Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA)