Lunar and planetary space environment

Ph.D. in Space Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2014

Bachelor in Applied Physics, Central South University, China, 2009

2020/01-:  Associate Researcher in National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2017/09-2019/12:   Assistant Professor in Space Science Insitute, Macau University of Science and Technology

2016/10-2017/01:  Visiting scholar in Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles

2015/08-2017/08:  PostDoc in Space Science Insitute, Macau University of Science and Technology

2014/01-2015/07:  Assistant Researcher in National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1.      H. Jin, X. Li*, G. Wei, X. Zhang, L. Xie, H. Gan, A. Zhang, X. Zhang, L. Li, Z. He, et al. (2024). Properties of lunar dust and their migration on the Moon. Space Sci. Technol. 0: DOI:10.34133/space.0142.

2.      C. Zhao, X. Zhang*, J. Cao, L. Lei, X. Zhang, J. Guo, L. Xie, S. Zhang, X. Wang (2024). Distribution, evolution and origin of the lunar energetic particles. Space Sci. Technol. 0: DOI: 10.34133/space.011.

3.      Wang M., Q. Xu*, L. Xie, L. Li, X. Xu (2024). A 3D Parametric Venusian Bow Shock Model with the Effects of Mach Number and Interplanetary Magnetic Field, The Astronomical Journal, 167(2):81. DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ad192d.

4.      Zhong, T., L., Xie*, L., Li, A., Zhang, et al. (2024). Dependences of Energetic Neutral Atoms Energy on the Solar Wind Energy and Solar Zenith Angle Observed by the Chang’E-4 Rover. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 960:L4 (6pp). DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad1687.

5.      Zhong, J.*, Xie, L.*, Lee, L.-C., Slavin, J. A., Raines, J. M., Dewey, R. M., et al. (2024). North–south plasma asymmetry across Mercury's near-tail current sheet. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL106266. DOI: 10.1029/2023GL106266.

6.      Xie, L.*, L. Li, Y. Zhang, J. D. Wang, X. P. Zhang, Y. Y. Feng, B. Zhou (2024), Numerical investigation of the electrostatic dust transport around a lunar lander, Advances in Space Research, 73, 1198-1207. DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2023.09.058.

7.      Wang, L., Li, L.*, Li, W., Kong, L., Tang, B., Ma, J., Zhang, Y., Xie, L., Zhang, A., Qiao, F., et al. (2024), Characterizing and Removing Ultra-Violet Contamination in Ion Observations on Board Tianwen-1. Atmosphere, 15, 19. DOI: 10.3390/atmos15010019.

8.      Xie, L.*, L. Li, H.Z. Wang, B.B. Tang, Y. Zhang, J. D. Wang, Q.Q, Shi, et al. (2023), Global Hall MHD simulations of the solar wind implantation flux on the lunar surface, Planetary Science Journal, 4: 218 (8pp). DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ad06af.

9.      Wang M., Z. J. Guan, L. Xie*, J. Y. Lu*, X. Xu, et al. (2023). Three-dimensional MHD Simulations of the Magnetic Pileup at Mars, The Astronomical Journal, 166:179. DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/acf56f.

10.   Xu, Q., L. Xie*, Z. Rong, X. Xu, Y. Wei, L. Li, T. Zhang (2023). The magnetic field clock angle departure in the Venusian magnetosheath and its response to IMF rotation. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 677:A142. DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346989.

11.   Xie, L.*, Li, L., Wang, J., Zhang, Y., Zhou, B., Yeng, Y. (2023). Three-dimensional Particle-in-cell Simulations of the Solar Wind Interaction with Asteroid 2016 HO3. The Astrophysical Journal, 952:61. DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/acd6ec.

12.   Zhao, C., H. Gan, L. Xie*, Y. Wang, Y. J. Wang, J. Y. Hong (2023), Theoretical analysis of the electric potential and the electrostatic dust transport around the Shackleton crater in the lunar south pole region, Sci. China Earth Sci, 66, 2278-2286. DOI: 10.1007/s11430-022-1143-3.

13.   Hui Zhang, Jinbin Cao, Yangting Lin, Yong Wei, Lei Li, Xianguo Zhang, Honglei Lin, Lianghai Xie (2023). Key Questions of Solar Wind–Moon Interaction. Space Sci. Technol. 3; 2023:0060. DOI:10.34133/space.0060.

14.   SHI QuanQi,  ZHANG Jiang,  YUE Chao,  ZONG QiuGang,  XIE LiangHai,  WANG HuiZi,  HAN ChenYao,  FU Yue,  SHANG WenSai,  GUO RuiLong,  TIAN AnMin. (2023). Review of particle radiation environment of the Earth-Moon space and its impact on Lunar surficial material generation. Chinese Journal of Geophysics (in Chinese), 66(7):2685-2702. DOI: 10.6038/cjg2022Q0892.

15.   Zhang Y, Li L, Xie L, Kong L, Li W, Tang B, Ma J, Zhang A. (2023). Inversion of Upstream Solar Wind Parameters from ENA Observations at Mars. Remote Sensing, 15(7):1721. DOI: 10.3390/rs15071721.

16.   Gou, X., Li, L., Zhou, B., Zhang, Y., Xie, L., Cheng, B., et al. (2023). Electrostatic ion cyclotron waves observed by CSES in the equatorial plasma bubble. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL101791. DOI: 10.1029/2022GL101791.

17.   Jin, T. F., Ni, B. B., Kong, L. G., Zhang, A. B., Li, L., Fu, S., Cao, X., Li, W. Y., Tang, B. B., Xie, L., … Ma, J. J. (2023). Proton pitch angle distributions in the Martian induced magnetosphere: A survey of Tianwen-1 Mars Ion and Neutral Particle Analyzer observations. Earth Planet. Phys., 7(5), 1–7. DOI: 10.26464/epp2023072.

18.   Wang M., X. Xu*, L-C Lee*, J. Y. Lu, L. Xie, J. Wang, et al. (2022), A magnetohydrodynamic simulation of the dayside magnetic reconnection between the solar wind and the Martian crustal field. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 667:A41(10pp).  https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202243323

19.   Xie, L.*, Li, L., Zhang, A., et al. (2022). Multipoint Observation of the Solar Wind Interaction with Strong Lunar Magnetic Anomalies by ARTEMIS Spacecraft and Chang'E-4 Rover. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 937:L5 (5pp). DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac903f.

20.   Shuai F., Ding Z., Zhang Y., Zhang X., Li C., and et al. (2022), First Report of a Solar Energetic Particle Event Observed by China’s Tianwen-1 Mission in Transit to Mars. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 934(1):L15. DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac80f5.

21.   Wang M., H. Y. Sui, J. Y. Lu*, L. Xie*, K. Kabin, Y. Zhou, H. X. Zhang, B. H. Qu, Z. J. Guan,  F. H. Qiao and L. Li (2022). A 3D parametric Martian magnetic pileup boundary model with the effects of solar wind density, velocity, and IMF, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 664: A74(15pp). https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202142885.

22.   WANG Chi, LI Lei, ZHANG Aibing, ZHANG Shenyi, HOU Donghui, XU Zigong, XIE Lianghai, WANG Huizi, LUO Pengwei, GUO Jingnan, SHI Quanqi, ZHANG Xiaoping (2022). The Solar Wind and Particle Radiation Environment on the Surface of the Moon—New Observations from Chang’E-4 (in Chinese). Journal of Deep Space Exploration. doi: 10.15982/j.issn.2096-9287.2022.20220020.

23.   Qi Xu, Xiaojun Xu, Pingbing Zuo, Lianghai Xie, Ming Wang, Qing Chang, et al. (2022). The Dependence of the Venusian Induced Magnetosphere on the Interplanetary Magnetic Field: An MHD Study. The Astrophysical Journal, 931:95. DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac6ac5.

24.   Hong Gan, Xiaoping Zhang*, Xiongyao Li, Hong Jin, Lianghai Xie, and Yongliao Zou (2022). Experiments on the Electrostatic Transport of Charged Anorthite Particles under Electron Beam Irradiation. The Astrophysical Journal, 930:42. DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac5d48.

25.   Taifeng Jin, Li Lei*, Zhang Yiteng, Xie Lianghai, and Qiao Fuhao (2022). Statistical Analysis of the Distribution and Evolution of Mirror Structures in the Martian Magnetosheath. The Astrophysical Journal, 929:165. DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac5f00.

26.   XIE Lianghai, ZHANG Aibing*, LI Lei, WANG Huizi, SHI Quanqi, ZHANG Jiang, WANG Wenjing, WEISER Martin, ZHANG Yiteng, KONG Linggao, FENG Yongyong, ZHOU Bin, WANG Jindong. Chang’E-4 Energetic Neutral Atom Observation Reveals New Features about the Solar Wind–Moon Interaction (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Space Science, 2022, 42(1): 11-24. DOI:10.11728/cjss2022.01.20220113.

27.   Zhang A. B., L. G. Kong, W. Y. Li, L. Li, B. B. Tang, Z. J. Rong, Y. Wei, J. J. Ma, Y. T. Zhang, L. H. Xie, et al. (2022). Tianwen-1 MINPA observations in the solar wind. Earth and Planetary Physics, 6(1):1–9. DOI: 10.26464/epp2022014.

28.   Wang H. Z., C, Xiao, Q. Q. Shi*, R. L. Guo, C. Yue, L. H. Xie, J. Zhang, et al. (2021). Energetic Neutral Atom Distribution on the Lunar Surface and Its Relationship with Solar Wind Conditions. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 922(2):L41. DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac34f3.

29.   Wang, M., L-C Lee*, L. Xie*, X. Xu, J. Y. Lu, K. Kabin, J. Wang, L. Li, H. Y. Sui (2021). Effect of solar wind density and velocity on the subsolar standoff distance of the Martian magnetic pileup boundary. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 651:A22. DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140511.

30.   Xie, L., Lee, L.-C. *, Li, L. *, Zhang Y. (2021). Multifluid MHD Studies of the Ionospheric Magnetic Flux Ropes at Mars. The Astrophysical Journal, 915(1):6. DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abfdaf.

31.   Li Cunhui, Zhang Xiaoping, Zhang He, Xie Lianghai, Yan Qi, et al. (2021). Lunar dust detection progress and future prospects (in Chinese). Journal of Jilin University. 51(4):1276-1283. DOI: 10.13278/j.cnki.jjuese.20200129.

32.   Xie, L., Li, L. *, Zhang, A., Zhang, Y., Cao, J., Wieser, M., et al. (2021). Inside a lunar mini-magnetosphere: First energetic neutral atom measurements on the lunar surface. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL093943. DOI: 10.1029/2021GL093943.

33.   Zhang X P, Gan H, Li C H, Xie L, Sun Y. (2021). Recent progress in lunar dust migration and biological toxicity research (in Chinese). Reviews of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, 52(5): 495-506. DOI: 10.19975/j.dqyxx.2021-027.

34.   Xie, L., Zhang, X. *, Li, L., Zhou, B., Zhang, Y., Yan, Q., et al. (2020). Lunar dust fountain observed near twilight craters. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL089593. DOI: 10.1029/2020GL089593.

35.   Wang, M., L. Xie*, L-C Lee*, X. Xu, K. Kabin, J. Y. Lu, J. Wang, L. Li. (2020). A 3D parametric Martian bow shock model with the effects of Mach number, dynamic pressure, and the interplanetary magnetic field. The Astrophysical Journal, 903(2):125. DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abbc04.

36.   Yan, Q., Zhang, X. *, Xie, L., Guo, D., Li, Y., Xu, Y., et al. (2019). Weak dust activity near a geologically young surface revealed by Chang'E-3 mission. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 9405–9413. DOI: 10.1029/2019GL083611.

37.   Dawei Guo, Xiaoping Zhang*, Lianghai Xie*, Xiaojun Xu, Aoao Xu, Qi Yan, Yi Xu, and Fan Yang (2019), Diamagnetic plasma clouds in the near lunar wake observed by ARTEMIS, The Astrophysical Journal, 883:12 (8pp). DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab3652.

38.   Xie, L., & Lee, L.-C*. (2019). A new mechanism for the field line twisting in the ionospheric magnetic flux rope. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124. DOI: 10.1029/2019JA026621.

39.   Xie, L., X. Zhang*, Y. Zheng, and D. Guo (2017), The effects of spacecraft charging and outgassing on the LADEE ion measurements, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 122, 5825–5834, DOI: 10.1002/2016JA023539.

40.   Xie, L., X. Zhang*, Y. Zheng, and D. Guo (2016), Solar wind-generated current in the Lunar Dust Experiment, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 3662–3669, DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068640.

41.   Xie, L. *, L. Li, Y. Zhang, Y. Feng, X. Wang, A. Zhang, and L. Kong (2015), Three-dimensional Hall MHD simulation of lunar minimagnetosphere: General characteristics and comparison with Chang'E-2 observations, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 120, 6559–6568, DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021647.

42.   Xie, L. *, Li, L., Wang, J. et al. (2015), Determining Wind Field and Electric Field by a Barium Release Experiment in the Ionosphere, Sci. China Earth Sci, 58(7), DOI: 10.1007/s11430-014-5051-9.

43.   Lianghai Xie*, Lei Li, Jingdong WANG and Yiteng Zhang (2014), Three-dimensional, two-species magnetohydrodynamic studies of the early time behaviors of the Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite G2 barium release, Physics of Plasmas, 21: 042903. DOI: 10.1063/1.4871729.

44.   Wang Jindong, Li Lei, Tao Ran, Liu Cheng, Liu Yue, Cheng Bingjun, Xie Lianghai. Research on active plasma release experiment in ionosphere (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Space Science, 2014, 34(6): 837-842, DOI: 10.11728/cjss2014.06.837.

45.   Lianghai Xie*, LI Lei, WANG Jingdong, TAO Ran, CHENG Bingjun and ZHANG Yiteng (2014), Photometric calibration of the barium cloud image in a space active experiment: determining the release efficiency, Chin. Phys. Lett., 30(01):019401, DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/31/1/019401.

46.   Lei Li, Lianghai Xie, Yiteng Zhang and Tongdi Liu (2013), Model investigation of current system and influence of the crustal fields on the large scale structure of current sheets at Mars, Planet. Space Sci., DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2013.07.004.

47.   Xie, L., L. Li*, Y. T. Zhang, and D. L. De Zeeuw (2013), Three-dimensional MHD simulation of the lunar wake, Sci. China Earth Sci., 56(2), 330–338, DOI: 10.1007/s11430-012-4383-6.

48.   Liu Tongdi, Li Lei, Zhang Yiteng, Xie Lianghai. Global distribution of currents in Martian space (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Space Science, 2012, 32(6): 765-770. DOI: 10.11728/cjss2012.06.765.

Lianghai Xie has been engaged in the research of lunar and planetary space environment, committed to carrying out numerical simulations and observations on the cutting-edge scientific problems around China's deep space exploration missions, and has completed some representative achievements as follows: 1. The first Hall MHD model that can simulate the global features of lunar mini-magnetosphere with the information of crustal magnetic fields has been established, and for the first time, the mini-magnetosphere has been directly measured on the lunar surface by Chang’E-4 mission and the formation condition as well as the internal structure of the mini-magnetosphere was revealed; 2. The hypothesis that an electrostatic dust fountain can be caused by the topographic shielding of lunar surface was developed, which successfully explained the dust enhancement around a crater in the LADEE mission and the lunar horizon glow observed in the Apollo missions; 3. A new mechanism for the formation of magnetic flux rope was proposed, and the reason for the magnetic flux ropes in the un-magnetized ionospheres of Venus and Mars were explained with multi-fluid MHD simulations, and such magnetic flux rope was found to be an important passage for the ion escape from the ionosphere. 

现指导学生

陈俊弟  硕士研究生  070802-空间物理学  

Dr. Xie serves as the Co-I (theory) of the BepiColombo mission to Mercury, and has won “the third prize for military scientific and technological progress” and “the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences” honors.