Research
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2023.11.21
A two-phase model of galaxy formation: the growth of galaxies and supermassive black holes
I will describe a model for galaxy formation and the growth of supermassive black holes (SMBHs), based on the fact that cold dark matter halos form their gravitational potential wells through a fast phase with rapid change in the potential, and that the high universal baryon fraction makes cooled gas in halos self-gravitating and turbulent before it can form rotation-supported disks. Gas fragme...
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2023.11.17
Robust detection of the hot phase WHIM emission with eRASS
The highly ionized warm/hot intergalactic medium (WHIM) permeating the vast space of the cosmic filaments is one of the least explored baryon contents in the local Universe. The properties of the WHIM in long cosmic filaments with lengths reaching up to 20-100Mpc, which account for >80% of the total filament volume and 50% of the baryonic mass, remain to be explored. In this work, we examine th...
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2023.11.17
SRG/eROSITA Lockman Hole Survey: X-ray Sources Classification and Obscured AGN Candidates
Lockman Hole field is an area in the sky with an extremely low column density of neutral hydrogen on the line of sight (Lockman et al., 1986). This outstanding characteristic turns Lockman Hole into a perfect window to observe extragalactic sources. The SRG/eROSITA space telescope conducted a deep X-ray survey in this area during the performance verification phase in 2019.My talk will be divide...
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2023.11.21
High contrast imaging science with coronagraphic instruments
While high-contrast imaging surveys in the past decade have produced only a handful of self-luminous exoplanets, they opened new gates for studying the forming environments of planetary systems. With multi-epoch and multi-wavelength imaging, I will talk about our ongoing efforts on scientific expeditions using current flagship observatories. They include (1) pinpointing the orbits of hidden pla...
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2023.11.10
The binarity in massive star explosion -- A 12.4 day periodicity in a close binary system after a supernova
Neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes are the remnants of massive star explosions. Most massive stars reside in close binary systems, but signatures for binarity or evidence for the formation of a compact object during a supernova explosion are still lacking. In this talk, I report the discovery of a stripped-envelope supernova, SN2022jli, which shows 12.4-day periodic undulations during...
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