X-ray and multi-wavelength study of supermassive black hole system (e.g. AGN, TDE)
X-ray binary and transients
Interstellar medium (X-ray dust scattering)
Design and development of space science missions

2008-10 -- 2012-06   Durham University, Durham, UK, PhD in Physics
2004-09 -- 2008-07   Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, BSc in Physics

   

2017 till now, National Astronomical Observatories (NAOC), CAS, Research Staff
2015 -- 2017, Max Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), Postdoc
2014 -- 2015, Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Qianxuesen Laboratory, Researcher
2012 -- 2013, Institute of High Energy Physics, Visiting Scholar

High-Energy Astrophysics (UCAS, graduate course)

• Statistics (till 2024): 60 refereed publicaitons with > 2000 citations (ADS link)
  
  
• Refereed publications (1st author)

【1】Jin C., Lusso E., Ward M., Done C., Middei R., 2024, MNRAS, 527, 356, 18 pages, Wavelength Dependences of the Optical/UV and X-ray Luminosity Correlations of Quasars

【2】Jin C., Done C., Ward M., 2023, MNRAS, 518, 6065, 18 pages, Multi-wavelength Campaign on the Super-Eddington NLS1 RX J0134.2-4258 – II. an Archetypal Weak-Line Seyfert Galaxy

【3】Jin C., Done C., Ward M., 2022, MNRAS, 512, 5642, 15 pages, Multiwavelength campaign on the Super-Eddington NLS1 RX J0134.2-4258 - I. Peculiar X-ray spectra and variability

【4】Jin C., 2021b, ApJ, 920, 60, 16 pages, Long-term Evolution of the Short-term X-ray Variability of the Jetted TDE Swift J1644+57

【5】Jin C., Done C., Ward M., 2021a, MNRAS, 500, 2475, 21 pages, Re-observing the NLS1 Galaxy RE J1034+396. II. New Insights on the Soft X-ray Excess, QPO and the Analogy with GRS 1915+105

【6】Jin C., Done C., Ward M., 2020, MNRAS, 495, 3538, 13 pages, Re-observing the NLS1 Galaxy RE J1034+396. I. the Long-term, Recurrent X-ray QPO with a High Significance

【7】Jin C., Ponti G., Li G., Bogensberger D., 2019, ApJ, 875, 157, 18 pages, Exploring the Interstellar Medium Using an Asymmetric X-Ray Dust Scattering Halo

【8】Jin C., Ponti G., Haberl F., Smith R., Valencic L., 2018, MNRAS, 477, 3480, 27 pages, Effects of interstellar dust scattering on the X-ray eclipses of the LMXB AX J1745.6-2901 in the Galactic Centre

【9】Jin C., Ponti G., Haberl F., Smith R., 2017c, MNRAS, 468, 2532, 20 pages, Probing the interstellar dust towards the Galactic Centre: dust-scattering halo around AX J1745.6-2901

【10】Jin C., Done C., Ward M., 2017b, MNRAS, 471, 706, 16 pages, Super-Eddington QSO RX J0439.6-5311 - II. Multiwavelength constraints on the global structure of the accretion flow

【11】Jin C., Done C., Ward M., 2017a, MNRAS, 468, 3663, 19 pages, Super-Eddington QSO RX J0439.6-5311 - I. Origin of the soft X-ray excess and structure of the inner accretion flow

【12】Jin C., Done C., Ward M., 2016, MNRAS, 455, 691, 12 pages, Strong constraints on a super-Eddington accretion flow: XMM-Newton observations of an intermediate-mass black hole

【13】Jin C., Done C., Middleton M., Ward M., 2013, MNRAS, 436, 3173, 13 pages, A long XMM-Newton observation of an extreme narrow-line Seyfert 1: PG 1244+026

【14】Jin C., Ward M., Done C., 2012c, MNRAS, 425, 907, 23 pages, A combined optical and X-ray study of unobscured type 1 active galactic nuclei - III. Broad-band SED properties

【15】Jin C., Ward M., Done C., 2012b, MNRAS, 422, 3268, 17 pages, A combined optical and X-ray study of unobscured type 1 active galactic nuclei - II. Relation between X-ray emission and optical spectra

【16】Jin C., Ward M., Done C., Gelbord J., 2012a, MNRAS, 420, 1825, 23 pages, A combined optical and X-ray study of unobscured type 1 active galactic nuclei - I. Optical spectra and spectral energy distribution modelling

【17】Jin C., Done C., Ward M., Gierlinski M., Mullaney J., 2009, MNRAS, 398, L16, 5 pages, The Seyfert AGN RX J0136.9-3510 and the spectral state of super-Eddington accretion flow

• Refereed publications (2nd author)

【1】Hu J., Jin C., Cheng H., Yuan W., 2022, ApJ, 936, 19 pages, A Systematic Study of the Short-term X-Ray Variability of Seyfert Galaxies. I. Diversity of the X-Ray rms Spectra

【2】Yang H., Jin C., Yuan W., 2022, ApJ, 936, 19 pages, Exploring the Link between the X-Ray Power Spectra and Energy Spectra of Active Galactic Nuclei

【3】Carpano S., Jin C., 2018, MNRAS, 477, 7 pages, Discovery of a 23.8 h QPO in the Swift light curve of XMMU J134736.6+173403

【4】Ponti G., Jin C., De Marco B., Rea N., Rau A., Haber F., Coti Zelati F., Bozzo E., Ferrigno C., Bower G., Demorest P., 2016, MNRAS, 461, 14 pages, Swift J174540.7-290015: a new accreting binary in the Galactic Centre

【5】Done C., Jin C., 2016, MNRAS, 460, 9 pages, The mass and spin of the extreme Narrow Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy 1H 0707-495 and its implications for the trigger for relativistic jets

【6】Done C., Jin C., Middleton M., Ward M., 2013, MNRAS, 434, 9 pages, A new way to measure supermassive black hole spin in accretion disc-dominated active galaxies

• Recent Academic Activities:

       【1】2023 till now, Einstein Probe mission, science team, Science Topical Panel-1: TDE & AGN, chair
       【2】2018 till now, Einstein Probe mission, mission team, PI assistant & deputy chief designer of the science application system
       【3】2023, European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, Special Session (SS8): black hole accretion discs 50 years on, SOC
       【4】2023, NAOC/Caltech Bilateral Workshop on Transient Science and Follow-up Observations, SOC 
       【5】2019 till now, Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia, SOC
       【6】2019 -- 2022, National Natural Science Foundation of China: General Program, "Multi-wavelength Study of Super-Eddington AGN", PI    
       【7】2019 -- 2022, ISSI (Bern) team: "Active Galaxies in Crisis: A Statistical Study of Ultra-Violet Variability", team member

• Observational Programs:

【1】Co-I: XMM-Newton ToO,  AO-22, 129 ksec, ID: 092347 (accepted) 

【2】PI: Chandra ToO，Cycle-21, 40 ksec Chandra + 40 ksec XMM-Newton，ID: 21910146 (accepted)

【3】PI: XMM-Newton GO, AO-19, 123 ksec，ID: 08637901 (accepted)

【4】PI: XMM-Newton GO, AO-18, 133 ksec XMM-Newton + 200 ksec NuSTAR, ID: 0841801 (observed)

【5】PI: XMM-Newton GO, AO-18, 132 ksec, ID: 8418201 (observed)

【6】PI (*Large Program*): XMM-Newton GO, AO-17, 396 ksec XMM-Newton + 260 ksec NuSTAR, D: 08240801 (observed)

【7】PI: XMM-Newton GO, AO-17, 72 ksec XMM-Newton + 100 ksec NuSTAR, ID: 08240301 (observed)

【8】PI: XMM-Newton ToO, AO-16, 43 ksec, ID: 08032301 (accepted)

【9】PI: XMM-Newton GO, AO-15, 124 ksec, ID: 07849301 (observed)

【10】PI: XMM-Newton GO, AO-15, 132 ksec, ID: 07849701 (accepted)

【11】PI: XMM-Newton GO, AO-14, 124 ksec, ID: 07645301 (accepted)

【12】PI: XMM-Newton GO, AO-12, 123 ksec, ID: 07248401 (observed)

【13】PI: XMM-Newton GO, AO-12, 63 ksec, ID: 07251301 (accepted)

【14】PI: XMM-Newton GO, AO-11, 102 ksec, ID: 06910601 (observed)

【15】PI: XMM-Newton GO, AO-10, 122 ksec, ID: 06753201 (accepted)

       *I also led tens of Swift ToO programs as PI, with a total obs time of  > 100 ks, including a long-term multi-wavelength monitoring campaign of a perculiar Seyfert galaxy RX J0134.2-4258.