Future Physicist International Summer Camp 2023

Speaker & Supervisor

Prof. LI Jian

Title: Astronomy in the Multi-messenger Age

Abstract:Astronomy is an ancient science. The earliest astronomical observations began when human first pointed their eyes to the sky and were amazed by the stars. For centuries, astronomers were limited to visible light. But visible light isn’t the only message the cosmos is sending us. With instrument development, astronomers have unlocked the ability to detect photons, neutrinos, cosmic rays, and gravitational waves. All these messengers providing new insights into the universe. In this talk, I will give a brief introduction to multi-messenger astronomy.

Curriculum Vitae：

Education:

Sept. 2008 – Jul. 2013,  Ph.D. in High Energy Astrophysics,

Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Employment:

Jan. 2022 – Now,       Professor, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Mar. 2021 – Jan. 2022,  Faculty Researcher, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Nov. 2017 – Oct. 2020,  Humboldt Fellow, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Germany

Dec. 2015 – Oct. 2017,  Research Scientist, Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC), Spain

Oct. 2013 – Nov. 2015,  Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC), Spain

Research Interests:

High energy and multi-wavelength emission of compact objects, Magnetic-powered neutron stars (magnetars),   

Rotation-powered pulsars, and their nebulae, Gamma-ray binaries, Galactic high energy astrophysics 

Publications:

  1. J. Li, R.Y. Liu, E. de Ona Wilhelmi, D. F. Torres, Q. C, Liu, M.Kerr “Investigating the nature of MGRO J1908+06 with multi-wavelength observations”,  2021, ApJ Letters 913, L33
  2. J. Li, D. F. Torres, R.-Y. Liu, M. Kerr, E. de Ona Wilhelmi, Y. Su“Gamma-ray heartbeat powered by the microquasar SS433”, 2020, Nature Astronomy, 4, 1177. (press release by DESY, Arecibo observatory, CSIC, IEEC, ICE and wide international media coverage https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1164-6/metrics)
  3. J. Li, D. F. Torres, F. Coti Zelati, A. Papitto, M. Kerr, R. Nanda  “Theoretically motivated search and detection of non-thermal pulsations from PSRs J1747-2958, J2021+3651, and J1826-1256”,  2018, ApJ Letters, 868, 29   (press release by ESA http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=60950)
  4. J. Li, D. F. Torres, T. T. Lin, M. Grondin, M. Kerr, M. Lemoine-Goumard, E. de Ona Wilhelmi “Observing and modelling the gamma-ray emission from pulsar/pulsar wind nebula complex PSR J0205+6449/3C 58”,   2018, ApJ, 858, 84
  5. J. Li, D. F. Torres, K. S. Cheng, Peter Kretschmar, S. Zhang“GeV detection of HESS J0632+057”,2017, ApJ, 846, 169
  6. J. Li, R. Nanda, D. F. Torres, E. de Ona Wilhelmi,“Gamma-ray upper limits on magnetars with six years of Fermi-LAT observations”,2017, ApJ, 835, 30