Research Interest:Theoretical Nuclear Physics, Heavy-Ion Collisions, Quark Gluon Plasma, EOS of Dense Matter and Compact Stars, Computational Physics

Professor Chen received his Ph.D. in Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics in 2000 from Institute of Modern Physics, the Chinese Academy of Science. He held a Research Associate position at Texas A&M University, College Station, USA (2002.02 - 2004.08), and a Visiting Professor position at Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA (2007.02 - 2007.05). Currently, he serves as the Vice-Director of the Institute of Nuclear, Particle, Astronomy, and Cosmology (INPAC), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and is a Guest Professor of Center of Theoretical Nuclear Physics, National Laboratory of Heavy Ion Accelerator, Lanzhou, China.

Professor Chen's studies mainly focus on the theoretical aspects of heavy-ion collisions at intermediate and relativistic energies. As a theorist, he made important contributions on many topics in isospin physics, compact stars and ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions, especially:

1) isospin effects in heavy-ion collisions at intermediate energies;

2) EOS of isospin asymmetric nuclear matter and the nuclear symmetry energy;

3) structure of neutron stars;

4) collective flow phenomena, exotic particle production and quark coalescence model in heavy-ion collisions at relativistic energies. Currently, his research interests mainly include theoretical studies of

a) EOS of dense matter and physics of compact stars,

b) isospin effects in heavy ion collisions with rare isotopes,

c) signals and properties of the quark-gluon plasma in relativistic heavy ion collisions. He has authored more than 100 SCI publications, including 4 papers published in Physical Review Letters and 1 paper published in Physics Reports. The details of his SCI publications and the citations can be found in ResearcherID. His partial publications and preprints as well as the citations can also be found in SPIRES.

Selected publications

1. J. Xu, Lie-Wen Chen, B. A. Li, and H. R. Ma

   Nuclear Constraints on Properties of Neutron Star Crusts

   Astrophys. J. 697, (2009) 1549-1568

2. Zhigang Xiao, Bao-An Li, Lie-Wen Chen, Yong-Gao Chan, and Ming Zhang

   Circumstantial Evidence for a Soft Nuclear Symmetry Energy at Suprasaturation Densities

   Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, (2009) 062502

3. Jun Xu, Lie-Wen Chen, Bao-An Li, and H. R. Ma

   Effects of isospin and momentum dependent interactions on thermal properties of asymmetric nuclear matter

   Phys. Rev. C77, (2008) 014302

4. Bao-An Li, Lie-Wen Chen, Che Ming Ko

   Recent Progress and New Challenges in Isospin Physics with Heavy-Ion Reactions

   Phys. Rep. 464, (2008) 113-281

5. L.W. Chen, C.M. Ko, W. Liu, and M. Nielsen

   DsJ(2317) meson production in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions

   Phys.Rev. C76, (2007) 014906

6. Lie-Wen Chen, Che Ming Ko, and Bao-An Li

   Isospin-dependent properties of asymmetric nuclear matter in relativistic mean-field models

   Phys. Rev. C76, (2007) 054316

7. Lie-Wen Chen and C. M. Ko

   φ and Ω production in relativistic heavy ion collisions in a dynamical quark coalescence model

   Phys.Rev. C73, (2006) 044903

8. Lie-Wen Chen, C. M. Ko, Bao-An Li

   High-energy behavior of the nuclear symmetry potential in asymmetric nuclear matter

   Phys.Rev. C72, (2005) 064606

9. Lie-Wen Chen, C. M. Ko, Bao-An Li

   Nuclear matter symmetry energy and the neutron skin thickness of heavy nuclei

   Phys.Rev. C72, (2005) 064309

10. Lie-Wen Chen, C. M. Ko, Bao-An Li

     Determination of the stiffness of the nuclear symmetry energy from isospin diffusion

     Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, (2005) 032701

11. Lie-Wen Chen, C. M. Ko, and Zi-Wei Lin

     Partonic effects on higher-order anisotropic flows in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

     Phys.Rev. C69(R), (2004) 031901

12. Lie-Wen Chen, V. Greco, C.M. Ko, and B. A. Li

     Effect of Symmetry Energy on two-nucleon correlation functions in heavy-ion collisions induced by neutron-rich nuclei

     Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, (2003) 162701

13. Lie-Wen Chen, Feng-Shou Zhang, Zhao-Hu Lu, and Hong-Ru Ma

     Isospin dependent Pauli blocking and nucleon mean free path in isospin-asymmetric nuclear matter

     Phys. Rev. C 64, (2001) 064315

14. Chen Liewen, Zhang Fengshou, Jin Genming

     Analysis of Isospin Dependence of Nuclear Collective Flow in an Isospin-Dependent Quantum Molecular Dynamics Model

     Phys. Rev. C58(4), (1998) 2283-2291

15. Chen Liewen, Ge Lingxiao, Zhang Xiaodong, Zhang Fengshou

     Isospin Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium in Heavy-Ion Collisions at Intermediate Energies

     J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 23, (1997) 211-218