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Prof. Zhang is a theoretical astrophysicist. He applies physical laws to understand astronomical phenomena. His primary research interest is high-energy astrophysics, which studies, among other things, black holes of various scales, neutron stars of various species, and the intense "jets" they launch. He is a world-leader on the physical mechanisms of Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most luminous explosions in the universe.  Recently, he has dedicated most of his research time to studying multi-messenger astrophysics and a type of mysterious phenomenon known as fast radio bursts (FRBs).

1. Bing Zhang, “The physics of gamma-ray bursts”, 2018, Cambridge University Press, DOI: 10.1017/9781107027619 (a 578-page textbook/monograph)
2. Bing Zhang, “The physics of fast radio bursts”, 2023, Reviews of Modern Physics, 95 (3), 035005
3. Bing Zhang, “The physical mechanisms of fast radio bursts”, 2020, Nature, 587, 45-53 
4. Pawan Kumar & Bing Zhang, “The physics of gamma-ray bursts & relativistic jets”, 2015, Physics Reports, 561, 1-109
5. Bing Zhang & Pawan Kumar, “Model-dependent high-energy neutrino flux from gamma-ray bursts”, 2013, Physical Review Letters, 110(12), 121101
6. Bing Zhang & Huirong Yan, “The internal-collision-induced magnetic reconnection and turbulence (ICMART) model of gamma-ray bursts”, 2011, The Astrophysical Journal, 726(2), 90
7. Bing Zhang, Yi-Zhong Fan, Jaroslaw Dyks, Shiho Kobayashi, Peter Meszaros, David N. Burrows, John A. Nousek & Neil Gehrels, “Physical processes shaping GRB X-ray afterglow lightcurves: theoretical implications from the Swift XRT observations”, 2006, The Astrophysical Journal, 642, 354