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2023.05.24
Toward Accurate Metallicity Measurements in ISM and Distribution of HI in CGM from 3D Spectroscopy
Galaxies in the universe are intricately connected to the gas in and around galaxies. Accurately measuring the statistical properties of this gas is crucial for testing modern theories of galaxy formation and evolution. In this talk, I will present our recent efforts to characterize interstellar and circumgalactic media using integral field spectroscopy with high sensitivity in two aspects. 1) ...
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2023.04.21
Turbulence in outer protoplanetary disks
Turbulence is essential to many fundamental processes in protoplanetary disks, including angular momentum transport, dust evolution, and planet migration. I will focus on two instabilities that can drive turbulent motions in outer disks. In the first part of this talk, a series of global 3D non-ideal MHD simulations via Athena++ code will be presented. The outer disk is found to be weakly MRI t...
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2023.04.13
Coronal magnetic field Measurements
Coronal magnetic fields are at the heart of most of the unsolved problems in solar physics and of the solar–terrestrial relationship. However, no routine measurements have been carried out for the magnetic field measurement in the solar corona, due to the weakness of its signature. In the past several decades, a number of techniques have been developed for coronal magnetic field diagnostics. I...
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2023.03.31
Supercritical growth of seed BHs at cosmic dawn and co-evolution with host galaxies: a perspective regarding outflows
Supercritical growth of massive/stellar mass seed BHs at high-z universe is believed to be one of the possible solutions to grow the observed supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at z~6. We study the long-term evolution of the global structure of axisymmetric accretion flows onto a black hole (BH) at rates substantially higher than the Eddington value, performing two-dimensional radiation hydrodyna...
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2023.04.06
Solving the Mystery of Small Exoplanets through Holistic Characterization
The first detection of another planet around a Sun-like star marked the beginning of a new era in which our understanding of how planets typically form and the uniqueness of our Solar System were radically upended. We now know that planet formation is incredibly resilient, and produces a diverse myriad of planets around a wide range of stellar types. These remarkable findings tell us that the S...
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