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).

Spectral Hardening Reveals Afterglow Emergence in Long-duration Fast X-Ray Transients: A Case Study of GRB 250404A/EP250404a

Y.H.I. Yin, Y. Fang, B.B. Zhang, C. Deng, J. Yang, R.C. Chen, Y. Liu, Y.H. Cheng, D. Xu, X.F. Wang, R.F. Shen, R.Z. Li, J.R. Mao, W.X. Li, A.J. Castro-Tirado, W.H. Lei, S.Y. Fu, Y.P. Yang, S.Q. Jiang, J. An, C. Chen, Z.N. Dong, G.W. Du, A. Esamdin, Z. Fan, H.C. Feng, L. Feng, E. Fernández-García, X. Gao, M. Gritsevich, W.J. Guo, J.W. Hu, Y.D. Hu, Y.L. Hua, A. Iskandar, J.J. Jin, N. Li, X. Li, Z.W. Li, J.Q. Lin, D.Z. Liu, J.Z. Liu, Q.C. Liu, X.W. Liu, X. Liu, D.B. Malesani, I. Pérez-García, H. Sun, X.F. Wu, Y.A. Xiao, D.R. Xiong, S.Y. Yan, B.B. Zhang, J.H. Zhang, H.C. Zhu, Z.P. Zhu, H. Zou, W.M. Yuan, B. Zhang

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 989(2), L39:1-14, 2025

EP241021a: A Months-duration X-Ray Transient with Luminous Optical and Radio Emission

X.W. Shu, L. Yang, H.N. Yang, F. Xu, J.H. Chen, R.A.J. Eyles-Ferris, L.X. Dai, Y.W. Yu, R.F. Shen, L.M. Sun, H.C. Ding, W.K. Zheng, N. Jiang, W.X. Li, N.C. Sun, D. Xu, Z.M. Zhang, C.C. Jin, A. Rau, T.G. Wang, X.F. Wu, W.M. Yuan, B. Zhang, K. Nandra, A.V. Filippenko, F. Poidevin, R. Soria, A. Kumar, D.S. Aguado, F.X. An, T. An, J. An, M. Andrews, R. Anutarawiramkul, P. Baldini, T.G. Brink, P. Butpan, Z.M. Cai, A. J. Castro-Tirado, H.Q. Cheng, W.W. Cui, J. Farah, S.Y. Fu, J.P.U. Fynbo, X. Gao, D.W. Han, X.H. Han, D. A. Howell, J.W. Hu, S.Q. Jiang, B. Kumar, W.H. Lei, D.Y. Li, C.K. Li, H.Q. Liu, X. Liu, Y. Liu, X.W. Liu, A. López-Oramas, D. L. Fernández-Nespral, J. R. Maund, C. McCully, Z.X. Niu, M. Newsome, P. O’Brien, H.W. Pan, Y. Pan, E.P. Gonzalez, I. Pérez-Fournon, W. Silima, H. Sun, S.L. Sun, X.J. Sun, G. Terreran, S. Tinyanont, J.X. Wang, Y.N. Wang, Y. Wang, K. Wiersema, Y.F. Xu, Y.Q. Xue, Y. Yang, F.B. Zhang, J. Zhang, P.P. Zhang, W.D. Zhang, Y.H. Zhang, H.S. Zhao, Z.P. Zhu, L.P. Xin, Z.H. Yao, B. Cordier, J.Y. Wei, Y.L. Qiu, F. Daigne

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 990(1), L29:1-21, 2025

Einstein Probe Discovery of EP J182730.0−095633: A New Black Hole X-Ray Binary Candidate in Faint Outburst?

H. Q. Cheng, Q. C. Zhao, L. Tao, H. Feng, F. Coti Zelati, H. W. Pan, A. L. Wang, Y. N. Wang, M. Y. Ge, A. Rau, A. Marino, L. Zhang, W. J. Zhang, F. Carotenuto, L. Ji, C. C. Jin, D. Y. Li, B. F. Liu, Y. Liu, E. L. Qiao, N. Rea, R. Soria, S. Wang, Z. Yan, W. Yuan, B. Zhang, G. B. Zhang, S. N. Zhang, W. D. Zhang, A. Beardmore, J. S. Bright, X. L. Chen, Z. Fan, S. Y. Fu, J. P. U. Fynbo, J. W. Hu, J. J. Jin, P. G. Jonker, A. K. H. Kong, E. Kuulkers, C. K. Li, H. L. Li, Z. K. Lin, C. X. Liu, H.-Y. Liu, J. Z. Liu, X. W. Liu, Z. Lu, C. Maitra, H. Y. Mu, C.-Y. Ng, Y. L. Qiu, S. Tinyanont, Y. Wang, S. X. Wen, S. S. Weng, J.F. Wu, D. Xu, Y. K. Yan, Z. Yan, Y.-P. Yang, P. Zhang, S. Zhang, Q. Zhao, Z. M. Cai, Y. Chen, Y. F. Chen, C. Z. Cui, W. W. Cui, H. B. Hu, M. H. Huang, S. M. Jia, G. Jin, Z. X. Ling, H. Q. Liu, S. L. Sun, X. J. Sun, Y. F. Xu, C. Zhang, M. Zhang, and Y. H. Zhang

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 991(2), L41:1-18, 2025

Ultraviolet Spectral Evidence for Ansky as a Slowly Evolving Featureless Tidal Disruption Event with Quasiperiodic Eruptions

J.Z. Zhu, N. Jiang, Y.B. Wang, T.G. Wang, L.M. Sun, S.Y. Zhong, Y.H. Yao, R. Chornock, L.X. Dai, J.W. Lyu, X.W. Shu, C. Fremling, E. Hammerstein, S.F. Huang, W.K. Li, B. You

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 994(1), L16:1-12, 2025

Magnetars in Binaries as the Engine of Actively Repeating Fast Radio Bursts

B. Zhang, R.C. Hu

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 994(1), L20:1-13, 2025

A Possible Periodic Rotation Measure Evolution in the Repeating FRB 20220529

Y.F. Liang, Y. Li, Z.F. Tang, X. Yang, S.B. Zhang, Y.P. Yang, F.Y. Wang, B. Wang, D. Xiao, Q. Zhao, J.J. Wei, J.J. Geng, J.R. Niu, J.S. Zhang, G. Chen, M. Fang, X.F. Wu, Z.G. Dai, W.W. Zhu, P. Jiang, B. Zhang

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 994(1), L32:1-9, 2025