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).

Aql X-1 from dawn ’til dusk: the early rise, fast state transition, and decay of its 2024 outburst

A. Marino, F. Coti Zelati, K. Alabarta, D. M. Russell, Y. Cavecchi, N. Rea, S. K. Rout, T. Di Salvo, J. Homan, Á. Jurado-López, L. Ji, R. Soria, T. D. Russell, Y. L. Wang, A. Anitra, M. C. Baglio, H. Feng, S. Fijma, S. Guillot, Y. F. Huang, G. Illiano, M. Imbrogno, C. Jin, F. Lewis, Y. F. Liang, M. J. Liu, R. Ma, G. Mastroserio, S. E. Motta, J. U. Ness, E. Parent, A. Patruno, P. Saikia, L. Tao, M. Veresvarska, X. P. Xu, W. Yuan, G. B. Zhang, Z. J. Zhang

Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 710, A115:1-20, 2026

Artificial Cooper-Pair Density Modulation in Buckled Heterostructure

Z.R. Wang, Y.B. Wang, X.J. Bai, L. Cao, Y.C. Xue, Y. Cao, D.W. Zhai, H.J. Gao, F.M. Peeters, B. Jorissen, L. Covaci, Y.H. Jiang, J.H. Mao

Chinese Physics Letters, Vol. 43(3), 030707:1-8, 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

Measurement of the top-quark Yukawa coupling from t(t)over-bar production in the lepton plus jets final state using pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

K.Y. Fan, Q.M. Jiang, D.K. Paredes Hernandez, L. Pizzimento, K.C. Tam, Y.J. Tu, (with The ATLAS collaboration)

Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2026(1), 117:1-46, 2026