Scientist

Yuan Liu

Positions:
Academic Title: Professor
E-mail: liuyuan@bao.ac.cn
Mailing Address: Yuan Liu
Education and Career History

2018-03 ~ present, Professor

National Astronomical Observatories,

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 

2012-07 ~ 2018-03, Associate Professor

Institute of High Energy Physics,

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

2010-07 ~ 2012-06, Assistant Professor

Institute of High Energy Physics,

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

2005-09 ~ 2010-07, Ph.D. in Astrophysics,

Department of Physics, Tsinghua University

2008-09 ~ 2009-08, Joint-Supervision Ph.D.

Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Research Fields

Active galactic nucleus, High energy Astrophysics

Achievements
Selected Publication

Zhang, S.-N., et al. 2020, Overview to the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) Satellite, Science China Physics, Mechanics, and Astronomy, 63, 249502

Li, T., et al. 2018, Insight-HXMT observations of the first binary neutron star merger GW170817, Science China Physics, Mechanics, and Astronomy, 61, 031011

Liu, Y., & Li, X. 2017, Diagnosing the Kinematics of the Tori in Active Galactic Nuclei with the Velocity-resolved Reverberation Mapping of the Narrow Iron Kα Line, ApJ, 844, L8

Abbott, B. P., et al. 2017, Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger, ApJ, 848, L12

Liu, Y. 2016, Finding binary active galactic nuclei candidates by the centroid shift in imaging surveys. II. Testing the method with SDSS J233635.75-010733.7, A&A, 592, L4

Liu, Y., Zhang, J., & Zhang, S. N. 2015, Intranight optical variability of radio-quiet BL Lacertae objects, A&A, 576, A3

Liu, Y. 2015, Finding binary active galactic nuclei by the centroid shift in imaging surveys, A&A, 580, A133

Liu, Y., & Li, X. 2015, A direct comparison of X-ray spectral models for tori in active galactic nuclei, MNRAS, 448, L53

Liu, Y., & Li, X. 2014, An X-Ray Spectral Model for Clumpy Tori in Active Galactic Nuclei, ApJ, 787, 52

Liu, Y., & Zhang, S. N. 2011, Dusty Torus Formation by Anisotropic Radiative Pressure Feedback of Active Galactic Nuclei, ApJ, 728, L44

Liu, Y., et al. 2010, Suzaku Monitoring of the Iron K Emission Line in the Type 1 Active Galactic Nucleus NGC 5548, ApJ, 710, 1228

Liu, Y., & Zhang, S. N. 2009, Exact solutions for shells collapsing towards a pre-existing black hole,

Physics Letters B, 679, 88

Liu, Y., & Zhang, S. N. 2008, Is the anti-correlation between the X-ray variability amplitude and black hole mass of AGNs intrinsic?, A&A, 480, 699

Liu, Y., & Zhang, S. N. 2007, The Lorentz Factor Distribution and Luminosity Function of Relativistic Jets in AGNs, ApJ, 667, 724

Liu, Y., Zhang, S. N., & Zhang, X. L. 2007, Relativistic Effects on the Observed AGN Luminosity Distribution, PASJ, 59, 185