Publications

All publications, including papers featured on the Research page.

2026

  1. Mass-Ratio Reversal as an Alternative to Hierarchical Mergers for GW241011

    Rui-Chong Hu, Ying Qin, Bing Zhang

    The Astrophysical Journal Letters (accepted) · 2026

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  2. Reassessing the spin of second-born black holes in coalescing binary black holes and its connection to the χeff – q correlation

    Zi-Yuan Wang, Ying Qin, Rui-Chong Hu, Yuan-Zhu Wang, Georges Meynet, Han-Feng Song

    Astronomy & Astrophysics · 2026

    Paper
  3. Formation Channels of Magnetars

    Rui-Chong Hu, Bing Zhang

    The Astrophysical Journal · 2026

    Paper

2025

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

    Bing Zhang, Rui-Chong Hu

    The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2025

    Paper
  2. Event Rate Density and Luminosity Function of Newborn-magnetar-driven X-Ray Transients from Neutron Star Binary Mergers

    Le Zou, Ji-Gui Cheng, Rui-Chong Hu, Wen-Jin Xie, En-Wei Liang

    The Astrophysical Journal · 2025

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2024

  1. Stable case BB/BC mass transfer to form GW190425-like massive binary neutron star mergers

    Ying Qin, Jin-Ping Zhu, Georges Meynet, Bing Zhang, Fa-Yin Wang, Xin-Wen Shu, Han-Feng Song, Yuan-Zhu Wang, Liang Yuan, Zhen-Han-Tao Wang, Rui-Chong Hu, Dong-Hong Wu, Shuang-Xi Yi, Qing-Wen Tang, Jun-Jie Wei, Xue-Feng Wu, En-Wei Liang

    Astronomy & Astrophysics · 2024

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  2. Origin of the black hole spin in lower-mass-gap black hole-neutron star binaries

    Ying Qin, Zhen-Han-Tao Wang, Georges Meynet, Rui-Chong Hu, Chengjie Fu, Xin-Wen Shu, Zi-Yuan Wang, Shuang-Xi Yi, Qing-Wen Tang, Han-Feng Song, En-Wei Liang

    Astronomy & Astrophysics · 2024

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  3. Formation of GW230529 from Isolated Binary Evolution

    Jin-Ping Zhu, Rui-Chong Hu, Yacheng Kang, Bing Zhang, Hui Tong, Lijing Shao, Ying Qin

    The Astrophysical Journal · 2024

    Paper
  4. Neutron star mergers as the dominant contributor to the production of heavy r-process elements

    Meng-Hua Chen, Li-Xin Li, Qiu-Hong Chen, Rui-Chong Hu, En-Wei Liang

    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2024

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  5. A Channel to Form Fast-spinning Black Hole–Neutron Star Binary Mergers as Multimessenger Sources. II. Accretion-induced Spin-up

    Zhen-Han-Tao Wang, Rui-Chong Hu, Ying Qin, Jin-Ping Zhu, Bing Zhang, Shuang-Xi Yi, Qin-Wen Tang, Xin-Wen Shu, Fen Lyu, En-Wei Liang

    The Astrophysical Journal · 2024

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  6. Formation of lower mass-gap black hole-neutron star binary mergers through super-Eddington stable mass transfer

    Jin-Ping Zhu, Ying Qin, Zhen-Han-Tao Wang, Rui-Chong Hu, Bing Zhang, Shichao Wu

    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2024

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2023

  1. Revisiting the properties of GW190814 and its formation history

    F. Lyu, L. Yuan, D. H. Wu, W. H. Guo, Y. Z. Wang, S. X. Yi, Q. W. Tang, R.-C. Hu, J.-P. Zhu, X. W. Shu, Y. Qin, E. W. Liang

    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2023

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  2. Super-Eddington accretion as a possible scenario to form GW190425

    W. T. Zhang, Z. H. T. Wang, J.-P. Zhu, R.-C. Hu, X. W. Shu, Q. W. Tang, S. X. Yi, F. Lyu, E. W. Liang, Y. Qin

    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2023

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  3. Event Rate of Fast Radio Bursts from Binary Neutron Star Mergers

    Zhi-Lin Chen, Rui-Chong Hu, Da-Bin Lin, En-Wei Liang

    The Astrophysical Journal · 2023

    Paper
  4. MeV neutrino flash from neutron star mergers via r-process nucleosynthesis

    Meng-Hua Chen, Rui-Chong Hu, En-Wei Liang

    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2023

    Paper
  5. Merging binary black holes formed through double-core evolution

    Y. Qin, R.-C. Hu, G. Meynet, Y. Z. Wang, J.-P. Zhu, H. F. Song, X. W. Shu, S. C. Wu

    Astronomy & Astrophysics · 2023

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  6. Formation of Fast-spinning Neutron Stars in Close Binaries and Magnetar-driven Stripped-envelope Supernovae

    Rui-Chong Hu, Jin-Ping Zhu, Ying Qin, Yong Shao, Bing Zhang, Yun-Wei Yu, En-Wei Liang, Liang-Duan Liu, Bo Wang, Xin-Wen Shu, Jian-Feng Liu

    arXiv e-prints · 2023

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2022

  1. Searching for Candidates of Coalescing Binary Black Holes Formed through Chemically Homogeneous Evolution in GWTC-3

    Ying Qin, Yuan-Zhu Wang, Simone S. Bavera, Shichao Wu, Georges Meynet, Yi-Ying Wang, Rui-Chong Hu, Jin-Ping Zhu, Dong-Hong Wu, Xin-Wen Shu, Fang-Kun Peng, Han-Feng Song, Da-Ming Wei

    The Astrophysical Journal · 2022

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  2. Long-duration Gamma-Ray Burst and Associated Kilonova Emission from Fast-spinning Black Hole-Neutron Star Mergers

    Jin-Ping Zhu, Xiangyu Ivy Wang, Hui Sun, Yuan-Pei Yang, Zhuo Li, Rui-Chong Hu, Ying Qin, Shichao Wu

    The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2022

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  3. Radioactively Powered Gamma-Ray Transient Associated with a Kilonova from Neutron Star Merger

    Meng-Hua Chen, Rui-Chong Hu, En-Wei Liang

    The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2022

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  4. A Channel to Form Fast-spinning Black Hole-Neutron Star Binary Mergers as Multimessenger Sources

    Rui-Chong Hu, Jin-Ping Zhu, Ying Qin, Bing Zhang, En-Wei Liang, Yong Shao

    The Astrophysical Journal · 2022

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