Dr Xuan-Gong Wang

ARC Grant-Funded Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

College of Science

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


My early research focused on hadron physics, chiral effective field theory, and nucleon/nuclear structure. My current work centres on the theory and phenomenology of new physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM) and dark matter searches.

Date Position Institution name
2020 - ongoing ARC Grant Funded Researcher Adelaide University
2018 - 2019 Postdoc University of Adelaide
2013 - 2016 Postdoc University of Adelaide
2011 - 2013 Postdoc Institute of High Energy Physics

Date Institution name Country Title
2006 - 2011 Peking University China PhD

Year Citation
2026 Wang, X. -G., Loizos, B. M., & Thomas, A. W. (2026). WIMP dark matter within the dark photon portal. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 53(4), 045001-1-045001-9.
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2026 Wang, X. G., & Thomas, A. W. (2026). Relaxed constraints for dark matter with axial coupling to a dark photon. Physical Review D, 113(11), 115014 -1-115014 -8.
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2025 Wang, X. -G., & Thomas, A. W. (2025). Challenges in the extraction of physics beyond the Standard Model from electron scattering. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 52(1), 015006-1-015006-11.
DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2025 Wang, X. G., Hunt-Smith, N. T., Melnitchouk, W., Sato, N., & Thomas, A. W. (2025). Constraints on the U(1)B− L model from global QCD analysis. Physical Review D, 111(1), 015019-1-015019-5.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2025 Wang, X. G., & Thomas, A. W. (2025). Searching for the dark photon at the Future Circular Lepton Collider. Physics Letters B, 866, 139573-1-139573-6.
DOI Scopus1 WoS2
2025 Felix, J. R., Thomas, A. W., & Wang, X. G. (2025). Relaxing constraints on a broad dark photon. Physical Review D, 112(3), 035011-1-035011-6.
DOI Scopus2 WoS3
2024 Loizos, B. M., Wang, X. -G., Thomas, A. W., White, M., & Williams, A. G. (2024). Constraints on the dark sector from electroweak precision observables. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 51(7), 1075002-1-1075002-15.
DOI Scopus11 WoS9
2024 Owa, S., Leinweber, D. B., Thomas, A. W., & Wang, X. G. (2024). Chiral analysis of the nucleon mass and sigma commutator. Physical Review D, 109(11), 116022-1-116022-22.
DOI Scopus3 WoS5
2023 Wang, X. G., & Thomas, A. W. (2023). Dark photon effect on the rare kaon decay KL→π⁰vv‾. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 50(8), 1-12.
DOI Scopus11 WoS9
2023 Hunt-Smith, N. T., Melnitchouk, W., Sato, N., Thomas, A. W., Wang, X. G., & White, M. J. (2023). Global QCD analysis and dark photons. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(9), 96-0-96-15.
DOI Scopus10 WoS8
2023 Xing, W., Wang, X. -G., & Thomas, A. W. (2023). Electromagnetic form factors for nucleons in short-range correlations. Physics Letters B, 846, 138195.
DOI Scopus2 WoS3
2022 Owa, S., Thomas, A. W., & Wang, X. G. (2022). Effect of the pion field on the distributions of pressure and shear in the proton. Physics Letters B, 829, 137136-1-137136-5.
DOI Scopus10 WoS11
2022 Wang, X. -G., Bentz, W., Cloet, I. C., & Thomas, A. W. (2022). Gluon EMC effects in nuclear matter. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 49(3), 03LT01-1-03LT01-10.
DOI Scopus6 WoS7
2022 Thomas, A. W., Wang, X. G., & Williams, A. G. (2022). Constraints on the dark photon from deep inelastic scattering. Physical Review D, 105(3), L031901-1-L031901-5.
DOI Scopus19 WoS19
2022 Thomas, A. W., Wang, X. G., & Williams, A. G. (2022). Sensitivity of Parity-Violating Electron Scattering to a Dark Photon. Physical Review Letters, 129(1), 6 pages.
DOI Scopus20 WoS20 Europe PMC1
2022 He, F., Ji, C. -R., Melnitchouk, W., Salamu, Y., Thomas, A. W., Wang, P., & Wang, X. G. (2022). Helicity-dependent distribution of strange quarks in the proton from nonlocal chiral effective theory. Physical Review D, 105(9), 12 pages.
DOI Scopus7 WoS8
2022 Thomas, A. W., & Wang, X. G. (2022). Constraints on the dark photon from parity violation and the W mass. Physical Review D, 106(5), 6 pages.
DOI Scopus23 WoS21
2021 Wang, X. G., & Thomas, A. W. (2021). Relativistic mean-field corrections for interactions of dark matter particles with nucleons. Physical Review C, 103(3), 1-4.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2020 Wang, X. G., & Thomas, A. W. (2020). Refined analysis on the parton distribution functions of the proton. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 47(1), 015102-1-015102-11.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2020 Wang, X. G., Thomas, A. W., & Melnitchouk, W. (2020). Do short-range correlations cause the nuclear EMC effect in the Deuteron?. Physical Review Letters, 125(26), 262002-1-262002-6.
DOI Scopus17 WoS16
2020 Wang, X. G., Ji, C. -R., Melnitchouk, W., Salamu, Y., Thomas, A. W., & Wang, P. (2020). Strange quark helicity in the proton from chiral effective theory. Physical Review D, 102(11), 1-24.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2019 Salamu, Y., Ji, C. -R., Melnitchouk, W., Thomas, A. W., Wang, P., & Wang, X. G. (2019). Parton distributions from nonlocal chiral SU(3) effective theory: flavor asymmetries. Physical Review D, Particles and fields, 100(9), 094026-1-094026-2.
DOI Scopus19 WoS19
2016 Wang, X., Thomas, A., & Young, R. (2016). Electromagnetic contribution to charge symmetry violation in parton distributions. Physics Letters B, 753, 595-599.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2016 Wang, X., Ji, C., Melnitchouk, W., Salamu, Y., Thomas, A., & Wang, P. (2016). Constraints on the s−s¯ asymmetry of the proton in chiral effective theory. Physics Letters B, 762, 52-56.
DOI Scopus23 WoS21
2016 Wang, X., Ji, C., Melnitchouk, W., Salamu, Y., Thomas, A., & Wang, P. (2016). Strange-quark asymmetry in the proton in chiral effective theory. Physical Review D, 94(9), 094035-1-094035-22.
DOI Scopus31 WoS29
2015 Thomas, A., Wang, X., & Young, R. (2015). Electromagnetic contribution to the proton-neutron mass splitting. Physical Review C, 91(1), 015209-1-015209-4.
DOI Scopus28 WoS22
2013 Wang, P., & Wang, X. G. (2013). Study of X(3872) from effective field theory with pion-exchange interaction. Physical Review Letters, 111(4), 5 pages.
DOI Scopus45 WoS46
2012 Dai, L. Y., Wang, X. G., & Zheng, H. Q. (2012). Pole analysis of unitarized one loop χ PT amplitudes - A triple channel study. Communications in Theoretical Physics, 58(3), 410-414.
DOI Scopus24 WoS22
2012 Wang, P., & Wang, X. G. (2012). Erratum: Study of 0+ states with open charm in the unitarized heavy meson chiral approach (Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology (2012) 86 (014030)). Physical Review D Particles Fields Gravitation and Cosmology, 86(3).
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2012 Wang, P., & Wang, X. G. (2012). Study of 0 + states with open charm in the unitarized heavy meson chiral approach. Physical Review D Particles Fields Gravitation and Cosmology, 86(1), 8 pages.
DOI Scopus31 WoS33
2012 Dai, L. Y., Wang, X. G., & Zheng, H. Q. (2012). Pole analysis on unitarized SU(3) × SU(3) one loop χpT amplitudes. Communications in Theoretical Physics, 57(5), 841-848.
DOI Scopus37 WoS34
2011 Mennessier, G., Narison, S., & Wang, X. G. (2011). σ and f0(980) substructures from γγ→ππ, J/Ψ,φ radiative and Ds semi-leptonic decays. Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics, 696(1-2), 40-50.
DOI Scopus38 WoS37
2010 Mennessier, G., Narison, S., & Wang, X. G. (2010). The σ and f0(980) from Ke4ππ, γγ scatterings, J/ψ, π→γσB and Ds→lνσB. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, 207-208(1 C), 177-180.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2010 Mennessier, G., Narison, S., & Wang, X. G. (2010). The σ and f0 (980) from Ke 4 ⊕ π π scatterings data. Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics, 688(1), 59-66.
DOI Scopus43 WoS41
2009 Mao, Y., Wang, X. G., Zhang, O., Zheng, H. Q., & Zhou, Z. Y. (2009). Dispersive analysis on the f0(600) and f0(980) resonances in γγ→π+π-, π0π0 processes. Physical Review D Particles Fields Gravitation and Cosmology, 79(11), 13 pages.
DOI Scopus31 WoS29
- Wang, X. G., & Thomas, A. W. (2021). Relativistic mean-field corrections for interactions of dark matter particles with nucleons. Physical Review C, 103(3).
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Year Citation
2026 Wang, X. G., & Thomas, A. W. (2026). Evidence for and implications of a dark photon. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 500 (pp. 180). Sissa Medialab.
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2025 Loizos, B. M., Wang, X. G., Thomas, A. W., White, M. J., & Williams, A. G. (2025). Constraints on the dark sector from electroweak precision observables. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 483 (pp. 272). Sissa Medialab.
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2025 Thomas, A. W., Wang, X. G., & Williams, A. G. (2025). Dark photon in parity-violating electron scatterings. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 483 (pp. 233). Sissa Medialab.
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2016 Wang, X. (2016). Constraints on the s-s asymmetry of the proton in chiral effective theory. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 2016-September (pp. 294). Sissa Medialab.
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2010 Zheng, H. (2010). Investigations on the properties of the f0(600) and f0(980) resonances in gamma gamma to pi pi Process. In Proceedings of 6th International Workshop on Chiral Dynamics — PoS(CD09) (pp. 084). Sissa Medialab.
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2009 Wang, X. G., Zhang, O., Jin, L. C., Zheng, H. Q., & Zhou, Z. Y. (2009). Investigations on the property of f0(600) and f0(980) resonances in γγ → ππ process. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 86.

Year Citation
2024 Wang, X. G., Hunt-Smith, N. T., Melnitchouk, W., Sato, N., & Thomas, A. W. (2024). Constraints on the $U(1)_{B-L}$ model from global QCD analysis.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2022 Co-Supervisor Dark Matter and Beyond the Standard Model Physics Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Bill Michael Loizos

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