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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).

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

Polarization of reflected X-ray emission from the Sgr A molecular complex: Multiple flares, multiple sources?

I. Khabibullin, E. Churazov, R. Ferrazzoli, P. Kaaret, J.J. Kolodziejczak, F. Marin, R. Sunyaev, J. Svoboda, A. Vikhlinin, T. Barnouin, C.T. Chen, E. Costa, L. Di Gesu, A. Di Marco, S.R. Ehlert, W. Forman, D.E. Kim, R. Kraft, W.P. Maksym, G. Matt, J. Poutanen, P. Soffitta, D.A. Swartz, I. Agudo, L.A. Antonelli, L. Baldini, W.H. Baumgartner, R. Bellazzini, S. Bianchi, S.D. Bongiorno, R. Bonino, A. Brez, N. Bucciantini, F. Capitanio, S. Castellano, E. Cavazzuti, S. Ciprini, A. De Rosa, E. Del Monte, N. Di Lalla, I. Donnarumma, V. Doroshenko, M. Dovciak, T. Enoto, Y. Evangelista, S. Fabiani, J.A. Garcia, S. Gunji, K. Hayashida, J. Heyl, W. Iwakiri, S.G. Jorstad, V. Karas, F. Kislat, T. Kitaguchi, H. Krawczynski, F. La Monaca, L. Latronico, I. Liodakis, S. Maldera, A. Manfreda, A.P. Marscher, H.L. Marshall, F. Massaro, I. Mitsuishi, T. Mizuno, F. Muleri, M. Negro, C.Y. Ng, S.L. O’Dell, N. Omodei, C. Oppedisano, A. Papitto, G.G. Pavlov, A.L. Peirson, M. Pesce-Rollins, P.-O. Petrucci, M. Pilia, A. Possenti, S. Puccetti, B.D. Ramsey, J. Rankin, A. Ratheesh, O.J. Roberts, R.W. Romani, C. Sgro, P. Slane, G. Spandre, T. Tamagawa, F. Tavecchio, R. Taverna, Y. Tawara, A.F. Tennant, N.E. Thomas, F. Tombesi, A. Trois, S.S. Tsygankov, R. Turolla, J. Vink, M.C. Weisskopf, K.W. Wu, F. Xie, S. Zane

Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 707, A270:1-17, 2026

Infrared observations reveal the reprocessing envelope in the tidal disruption event AT 2019azh

T.M. Reynolds, L. Thomsen, S. Mattila, T. Nagao, J.P. Anderson, F.E. Bauer, P. Charalampopoulos, L.X. Dai, S. Faris, M. Gromadzki, C.P. Gutiérrez, H. Kuncarayakti, C. Inserra, E. Kankare, T. Kravtsov, J. Moldon, S. Moran, M. Pérez Torres, P. Wiseman, S. van Velzen

Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 708, A139:1-18, 2026

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

Milliarcsecond-scale spectrum of the persistent radio source associated with FRB 20190417A and constraints for FRB 20181030A

G. Bruni, L. Piro, Y.-P. Yang, L. Nicastro, A. Rossi, E. Palazzi, E. Maiorano, S. Savaglio, B. Zhang

Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 710, L31:1-6, 2026

Coupling dynamical accretion and chemical differentiation: A unified framework for the diversity of Earth and Mars

Z.H. Kong, B.B. Liu, Z. Zhang, H.L. Tang, Z.B. Deng, Q.K. Xia, S.L. Grimm, M.H. Lee, Y. Huang, L.P. Qin, J.H. Jiang

Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 711, A196:1-15, 2026