<p>While the exoplanetary field is replete with remarkable discoveries, perhaps the two most intriguing findings have been the detection of hot Jupiters – giant planets orbiting perilously close to their parent stars, and the startling abundance of super-Earths. The mere existence of these worlds was wholly unpredicted based on the expectations that were gleaned from centuries of observation of o...</p>
<p>With the fast development of high-precision large photometric surveys, weak lensing (WL) effects have become one of the major probes in cosmology. While the two-point shear correlations are the most extensively employed analyses, other statistics beyond that are desired because of the non-Gaussian nature of cosmic structures. In this presentation, I will discuss the cosmological application of ...</p>
<p>Transients with fast brightness variance in UV/optical wavelengths ("fast transients," such as early-phase supernovae, fast blue optical transients, kilonovae) are of great interest in astronomy. Although great progresses in time-domain astronomy have been made via wide, shallow, and day(s)-cadence surveys, the limited observing depth and low time resolution make traditional time-domain surveys...</p>
<p>30 years after the ROSAT all-sky survey (1990), eROSITA performed X-ray all-sky surveys again in 2020-2022, in which 90% of the sky was observed in the X-ray band with high resolution for the first time. The eROSITA all-sky surveys (eRASSs) will detect millions of AGNs and tens of thousands of galaxy clusters and open a large space of discoveries. I will introduce eRASS and three research topic...</p>
<p>I will introduce some of our recent work focused on the measurement and modeling of galaxy distribution. We have developed a new method called PAC to make use of the complementary information from redshift and photometric galaxy surveys. With this method, we are able to significantly improve the measurements of some important observational quantities such as the galaxy stellar mass function and...</p>
<p>Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental physical process in various astrophysical, space, and laboratory environments. In solar physics, it is even believed to be a key mechanism to heat/accelerate plasmas and drive the eruption of large-scale magnetic field, giving rise to coronal mass ejections and flares, as well as solar energetic particles. High-cadence and high-resolution observations rece...</p>
<p>Red supergiants are important contributors to interstellar medium through massive wind. Due to serious interstellar extinction, the complete sample of RSGs is extremely difficult to obtain in our Galaxy. As two of the largest spiral galaxies in the Local Group, M31 and M33 can serve as a reference to analyze the global contribution of RSGs to the galactic medium. By using evident branching of...</p>
<p>The migration of planets, through the exchange of angular momentum with the protoplanetary discs in which they form, is likely to be important during planet formation. Evidence for migration is provided by systems of multiple exoplanets in which the planets are in mean motion resonances, and by the orbital configurations of circumbinary planets. However, attempts to reproduce the known populati...</p>
<p>Our standard cosmological model predicts that most of the matter in the universe is distributed into a network of filaments - the Cosmic Web - in which galaxies form and evolve. Because most of this material is too diffuse to form stars, its direct detection in emission has remained elusive for several decades leaving fundamental questions still open, including: How are galaxies linked to each ...</p>
<p>Massive stars have a significant impact on the dynamical evolution of star clusters. They play a crucial role during star formation, as their radiation can push surrounding gas away and inhibit further star formation. Additionally, strong mass loss from massive stars via strong winds can rapidly reduce the gravitational potential of star clusters and trigger their fast expansion. Once these mas...</p>