Accretion on all scales:

Dr. Liu’s primary research interests are on accretion physics in various astronomical systems. Her current and previous work focus on the accretion flows, in particular the accretion disk corona model in black hole X-ray binaries and active galactic nuclei.

Dr. Liu and her collaborators established a disk-corona coupling model, interpreting the spectral state transition in BHXRBs as disk evaporation.

A two-phase accretion model, originating from condensation of wind, was developed for AGN and Cyg X-1.

A magnetic reconnection-heated corona model was proposed to solve energy shortage problem in AGN.

A Hybrid Two Component Accretion Flow Surrounding Supermassive Black Holes in AGN; Liu, B.F. & Taam, R.E., Qiao, Erlin, Yuan, W. 2015, ApJ, 806：223

The existence of inner cool disks in the low hard state of accreting black holes；Liu, B.F. Taam, R.E.,Meyer-Hofmeister, E.,Meyer, F.,2007,ApJ,671, 695-705

Spectra from a magnetic reconnection-heated corona in AGN；Liu, B. F., Mineshige, S., & Ohsuga, K., 2003, ApJ, 587, 571-579

Two-temperature coronal flow above a thin disk； Liu, B. F., Mineshige, S., Meyer, F., Meyer-Hofmeister, E., & Kawaguchi, T., 2002, ApJ, 575, 117-126

Truncation of geometrically thin disks around massive black holes in galactic nuclei ；Liu, B. F. & Meyer-Hofmeister, E., 2001, A&A, 372, 386-390