1999.2-2004.12 PhD, High Energy Nuclear Physics, Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen,Germany

1993.10-1999.1 Diplom, High Energy Nuclear Physics, Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen,Germany

2011.10 till now Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Tenure-Track Associate Professor

2009.9-2011.9 Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Junior Fellow

2005.1-2009.8 Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt, Postdoctor

Journal Articles

[24] I. Bouras, A. El, O. Fochler, H. Niemi, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Transition from ideal to viscous Mach cones in a kinetic transport approach

Phys. Lett. B 710, 641-646 (2012)

[23] W.-T. Deng, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Elliptic and Triangular Flow and their Correlation in Ultrarelativistic High Multiplicity Proton Proton Collisions at 14 TeV

Phys. Lett. B 711, 301-306 (2012)

[22] F. Reining, I. Bouras, A. El, C. Wesp, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Extraction of shear viscosity in stationary states of relativistic particle systems

Phys. Rev. E 85, 026302 (2012)

[21] C. Wesp, A. El, F. Reining, Z. Xu, I. Bouras, and C. Greiner

Calculation of shear viscosity using Green-Kubo relations within a parton cascade

Phys. Rev. C 84, 054911 (2011)

[20] J. Uphoff, O. Fochler, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Elliptic flow and energy loss of heavy quarks in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions

Phys. Rev. C 84, 024908 (2011)

[19] J. Uphoff, O. Fochler, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Heavy quark production at RHIC and LHC within a partonic transport model

Phys. Rev. C 82, 044906 (2010)

[18] A. El, A. Muronga, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

A relativistic dissipative hydrodynamic description for systems including particle number changing processes

Nucl. Phys. A848, 428 (2010)

[17] I. Bouras, E. Molnar, H. Niemi, Z. Xu, A. El, O. Fochler, C. Greiner, and D.H. Rischke

Investigation of shock waves in the relativistic Riemann problem: A comparison of viscous fluid dynamics to kinetic theory

Phys. Rev. C 82, 024910 (2010)

[16] O. Fochler, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Energy loss in a partonic transport model including bremsstrahlung processes

Phys. Rev. C 82, 024907 (2010)

[15] X.-F. Chen, C. Greiner, E. Wang, X.-N. Wang, and Z. Xu

Bulk matter evolution and extraction of jet transport parameters in heavy-ion collisions at energies available at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)

Phys. Rev. C 81, 064908 (2010)

[14] Z. Xu and C. Greiner

Dependence of elliptic flow on number of parton degrees of freedom

Phys. Rev. C 81, 054901 (2010)

[13] A. El, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Extension of relativistic dissipative hydrodynamics to third order

Phys. Rev. C 81, 041901(R) (2010)

[12] I. Bouras, E. Molnar, H. Niemi, Z. Xu, A. El, O. Fochler, C. Greiner, and D.H. Rischke

Relativistic shock waves in viscous gluon matter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 032301 (2009)

[11] A. El, A. Muronga, Z. Xu and C. Greiner

Shear viscosity and out of equilibrium dynamics

Phys. Rev. C 79, 044914 (2009)

[10] O. Fochler, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Towards a unified understanding of jet-quenching and elliptic flow within perturbative QCD parton transport

Phys.Rev. Lett. 102, 202301 (2009)

[9] Z. Xu and C. Greiner

Elliptic flow of gluon matter in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions

Phys. Rev. C 79, 014904 (2009)

[8] A. El, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Thermalization of a color glass condensate and review of the 'Bottom-Up' scenario

Nucl. Phys. A806, 287 (2008)

[7] Z. Xu, C. Greiner, and H. Stoecker

Perturbative QCD Calculations of Elliptic Flow and Shear Viscosity in Au+Au Collisions at \sqrt{s_{N N}} = 200 GeV

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 082302 (2008)

[6] Z. Xu and C. Greiner

Shear viscosity in a gluon gas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 172301 (2008)

[5] Z. Xu and C. Greiner

Transport rates and momentum isotropization of gluon matter in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions

Phys. Rev. C 76, 024911 (2007)

[4] O. Fochler, S. Vogel, M. Bleicher, C. Greiner, P. Koch-Steinheimer, Z. Xu

Canonical suppression in microscopic transport models

Phys. Rev. C 74, 034902 (2006)

[3] Z. Xu and C. Greiner

Thermalization of gluons in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions by including three-body interactions in a parton cascade

Phys. Rev. C 71, 064901 (2005)

[2] K. Gallmeister, C. Greiner, and Z. Xu

Quenching of high transverse momentum hadron spectra by hadronic interactions in heavy ion collisions at RHIC

Phys. Rev. C 67, 044905 (2003)

[1] Z. Xu and C. Greiner

Stochastic treatment of disoriented chiral condensates within a LangevinDescription

Phys. Rev. D 62, 036012 (2000)

Conference Proceedings

[28] O. Fochler, J. Uphoff, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Jet quenching and elliptic flow at RHIC and LHC within a pQCD-based partonic transport model

J. Phys. G G38, 124152 (2011)

[27] J. Uphoff, K. Zhou, O. Fochler, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Heavy quarks and charmonium at RHIC and LHC within a partonic transport model

PoS BORMIO2011, 032 (2011)

[26] O. Fochler, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Jets and flow within a pQCD-based partonic transport model

Nucl. Phys. A855, 420 (2011)

[25] J. Uphoff, O. Fochler, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Heavy quarks at RHIC and LHC within a partonic transport model

Nucl. Phys. A855, 444 (2011)

[24] I. Bouras, A. El, O. Fochler, F. Lauciello, F. Reining, J. Uphoff, C. Wesp, E. Molnar H. Niemi, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Mach Cone in Viscous Matter

J. Phys.Conf. Ser. 270, 012012 (2011)

[23] J. Uphoff, O. Fochler, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Production, elliptic flow and energy loss of heavy quarks in the quark-gluon plasma

J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 270, 012028 (2011)

[22] I. Bouras, E. Molnar, H. Niemi, Z. Xu, A. El, O. Fochler, F. Lauciello, C. Greiner, and D.H. Rischke

Relativistic Shock Waves and Mach Cone in Viscous Gluon Matter

J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 230, 012045 (2010)

[21] A. El, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Third-order dissipative hydrodynamics from the entropy principle

J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 230, 012046 (2010)

[20] J. Uphoff, O. Fochler, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Production and elliptic flow of heavy quarks at RHIC and LHC within a partonic transport model

J. Phys.Conf. Ser. 230, 012004 (2010)

[19] O. Fochler, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Investigation of jet quenching and elliptic flow within a pQCD based partonic transport model

J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 230, 012019 (2010)

[18] I. Bouras, E. Molnar, H. Niemi, Z. Xu, A. El, O. Fochler, C. Greiner, and D.H. Rischke

Development of relativistic shock waves in viscous gluon matter

Nucl. Phys. A830, 741C-744C (2009)

[17] I. Bouras, A. El, O. Fochler, C. Greiner, E. Molnar, H. Niemi, and Z. Xu

Comparisons between transport and hydrodynamic calculations

Acta Phys. Polon. B 40, 973 (2009)

[16] A. El, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Thermalization of a color glass condensate in a partonic cascade

Acta Phys. Polon. B 40, 925 (2009)

[15] Z. Xu, L. Cheng, A.El, K. Gallmeister, and C. Greiner

QCD Matter Thermalization at RHIC and LHC

J. Phys. G 36, 064035 (2009)

[14] I. Bouras, L. Cheng, A. El, O. Fochler, J. Uphoff, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Viscous Effects on Elliptic Flow and Shock Waves

J. Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. 62, 462 (2009)

[13] A. El, Z. Xu, and C. Greiner

Review of the 'Bottom-Up' scenario

J. Phys. G 35, 104072 (2008)

[12] Z. Xu, C. Greiner, and H. Stoecker

QCD plasma thermalization, collective flow and extraction of shear viscosity

J. Phys.G 35, 104016 (2008)

[11] N. Armesto, (ed.) et al.

Heavy Ion Collisions at the LHC - Last Call for Predictions

J. Phys. G 35, 054001 (2008)

[10] Z. Xu, A. El, O. Fochler, and C. Greiner

Parton thermalization and energy loss in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions within a parton cascade

J. Phys.G 34, 855 (2007)

[9] Z. Xu and C. Greiner

The Role of the gluonic ggggg interactions in early thermalization in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions

Eur. Phys. J. C 49, 187 (2007)

[8] A. El, C. Greiner, and Z. Xu

Thermalization of gluon matter including ggggg interactions

Nucl. Phys. A785, 132 (2007)

[7] Z. Xu and C. Greiner

Thermalization of gluons at RHIC: Dependence on initial conditions

Eur. Phys. J. A 29, 33 (2006)

[6] Z. Xu and C. Greiner

Thermalization of gluons at RHIC including ggggg interactions ina parton cascade

Nucl. Phys. A774, 787 (2006)

[5] E.L. Bratkovskaya et al.

Collective flow signals the quark gluon plasma

AIP Conf. Proc. 739, 305 (2005), Acta Phys. Hung. A 24, 189 (2005)

[4] C. Greiner and Z. Xu

Inelastic multiparticle collisions in a parton cascade

Acta Phys. Hung. A 24, 269 (2005)

[3] C. Greiner, S. Juchem, and Z. Xu

Aspects of nonequilibrium quantum field theory in relativistic heavy ion collisions

Camyuva-Kemer 2003, Structure and dynamics of elementary matter, 143-158；e-print: hep-ph/0404022

[2] K. Gallmeister, C. Greiner, and Z. Xu

Energy loss of high p_T hadrons by final hadronic state

Hirschegg 2002, Ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions, 320-325；e-print: nucl-th/0202051

[1] T.S. Biro, Z. Xu and C. Greiner

Dissipation and fluctuation at the chiral phase transition

Matrahaza 1998, Correlations and fluctuations, 226-233