Research
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2023.11.10
Exploring galaxy dark matter with dynamical models using combined stellar and HI kinematics
The dynamical modelling technique is one of the major methods to measure the dark matter distribution in galaxies. Due to the degeneracy of baryonic and dark matter and the limitation of extended tracers in galaxies, accurate measurements of dark matter distribution in large sample of galaxies are still inadequate. We introduce our method to constrain the dark matter distribution in galaxies wi...
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2023.11.09
Like a wrecking ball: understanding giant planets as the key to finding Earths
Jupiter-like planets are the key to understanding Earth-like planets. Their presence can disrupt the orbits of inner habitable worlds, or deliver life-sustaining water. While the search for Earth-like planets orbiting nearby stars garners the most attention, it is critically important to understand the presence and properties of giant planets in those systems. In the next decade, three space mi...
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2023.11.03
Unprecedented insights into the formation and evolution of the Galactic disk.
The Galactic disk contains a substantial fraction of the baryonic matter angular momentum and at least two main stellar populations. Therefore, the formation and evolution of the Galactic disk is essential for understanding how our Galaxy was formed and evolved. We used accurate photometric metallicity estimates and Gaia Early Data Release 3 astrometries and two independent techniques (velocity...
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2023.11.02
Feeding and Feedback of Low-luminosity AGNs
Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) spend most of their lifetime accreting at a rate well below the Eddington limit, manifesting themselves as low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs). The prevalence of a hot wind from LLAGNs is a generic prediction by theories and numerical simulations of black hole accretion and has recently become a crucial ingredient of AGN kinetic feedback in cosmologic...
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2023.10.31
Surveying galaxy clusters in the X-ray Universe: New results from eROSITA
The eROSITA X-ray telescope has performed four X-ray all-sky surveys since its launch in July 2019. In this talk, I will briefly overview eROSITA's early results on galaxy clusters, with an emphasis on the eFEDS PV-phase program. I will also report the latest progress on clusters and superclusters from the first eROSITA All-Sky Survey.BIODr. Ang Liu is a postdoc researcher at Max Planck Institu...
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