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).

Probing the Dispersion and Rotation Measure Contributions from Supernova Remnants in Fast Radio Burst Source Environments with 1D SNR Simulation

Z.J. Zhang, G. Kawashima, S.H. Lee, K. Nagamine, B. Zhang, Y. Fujimaru

The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 1005(2), 234:1-25, 2026

IXPE Polarizations of the Lighthouse Pulsar, Trail, and Filament

J.T. Dinsmore, R.W. Romani, S.M. Zhang, C.-Y. Ng, S. Silvestri, O. Kargaltsev, N. Bucciantini, P. Kaaret, J. Wong, P. Slane, P. Soffitta, M.C. Weisskopf

The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 1005(2), 237:1-8, 2026

Kes 75 with IXPE: Detection of Nebular X-Ray Polarization and Change in Pulsar Lightcurve

J. Wong, J.T. Dinsmore, R.W. Romani, S. Silvestri, S.M. Zhang, R.L. Jin, M. Bachetti, C.Y. Ng, N. Di Lalla, W. Deng, F. Xie, P. Slane, N. Bucciantini, P. Kaaret, T. Mizuno, M. Pilia, Y.J. Yang, S. Zane, M. C. Weisskopf

The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 1006(2), 113:1-13, 2026

Spectral and Hybrid Jet Analysis of the Precursor and Main Burst Phase I of GRB 221009A

H.Y. Deng, S.Y. Zhu, J.M. Chen, P.H.T. Tam, B. Zhang

The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 1007(1), 84:1-15, 2026

JWST’s PEARLS: Temperatures of Nine Highly Magnified Stars in a Galaxy at Redshift 0.94 and Simulated Stellar Population Dependence on Stellar Metallicity and the Initial Mass Function

H. Williams, P.L. Kelly, R.A. Windhorst, A.V. Filippenko, A. Alfred, T. Broadhurst, W.L. Chen, C.J. Conselice, S.H. Cohen, J.M. Diego, B.W. Holwerda, A.M. Koekemoer, S.K. Li, A.K. Meena, J.M. Palencia, M. Ricotti, C.D. Robertson, B.Z. Sun, H.J. Yan, A. Zitrin

The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 996(1), 105:1-23, 2026

Magnetic-field Order in the Southwestern Rim of RCW 86 Constrained Using X-Ray Polarimetry

Y.J. Yang, S.C.Y. Ng, (with Collaboration)

The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 998(1), 172:1-12, 2026