Research

Publications

*The list contains only the publications affiliating HKU (Physics) or publications by members of our departments (sorted by publication year and the name of the Journal).

Exploring the connection between compact object mergers and fast X-ray transients: The cases of LXT 240402A and EP250207b

R. L. Becerra, Y.-H. Yang, E. Troja, M. El Kabir, S. Dichiara, N. Passaleva, B. O’Connor, R. Ricci, C. Fryer, L. Hu, Q. Wu, M. Yadav, A. M. Watson, A. Tsvetkova, C. Angulo-Valdez, M. D. Caballero-García, A. J. Castro-Tirado, C. C. Cheung, D. Frederiks, M. Gritsevich, J. E. Grove, M. Kerr, W. H. Lee, A. L. Lysenko, M. Pereyra, A. Ridnaia, R. Sánchez-Ramírez, H. Sun, D. Svinkin, M. Ulanov, R. Woolf, B. Zhang

Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 705, A233:1-14, 2026

Revisiting the unification of tidal disruption events with polarimetry

H.C.I. Wichern, G. Leloudas, M. Pursiainen, A. Cikota, G.K. Jaisawal, P. Charalampopoulos, M. Bulla, L. Dai, J.P. Anderson, M. Gromadzki, C.P. Gutiérrez, T.E. Müller-Bravo, M. Nicholl

Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 705, A250:1-26, 2026

Mini-supernovae from white dwarf–neutron star mergers: Viewing-angle-dependent spectra and light curves

Y.C. Kang, J.P. Zhu, L.J. Shao, J.H. Zhong, J.H. Zhang, B. Zhang

Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 706, A106:1-12, 2026

Optically induced heating in diamond based thermometers

M.S. Hossain, J.T. Xu, T.N.A. Mai, N.M. Nguyen, T.V. Doan, C.H. Chen, Q.P. Su, Y.L. Chen, E. Ekimov, T. Dinh, X.X. Xu, T.T. Tran

Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 163, 113411:1-11, 2026

Diphosphate coating of MnPO4/Na3PO4 enhances interfacial stability of P2-Na0.67Mn0.95Mg0.05O2 cathode in sodium-ion batteries

Y.C. Chen, Y.F. Huang, J.L. Ling, C.R. Yu, J. Li, F.C.C. Ling, Q. Ru

Electrochimica Acta, Vol. 546, 147847:1-10, 2026

The Ep-Liso correlation: A new diagnostic tool for kilonova transients

R. Farinelli, F. Cogato, M. Bulla, P. Singh, G. Stratta, A. Rossi, E. Palazzi, C. Guidorzi, E. Maiorano, L. Amati, B. Zhang, L. Rezzolla, F. Frontera

Journal of High Energy Astrophysics, Vol. 51, 100532:1-11, 2026