Hongwei Ge,      Male,   Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Email:       gehw@ynao.ac.cn

Address:   Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 396 YangFangWang, Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan

Postcode: 650216


Research Areas

Stellar Physics,

Stellar structure and evolution,

Binary star evolution

Education

2000.9-2004.6:  Hebei University

2004.9-2010.7: Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Experience

   
Work Experience

2020.10-             : Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor

2022.01-2023.01: University of Cambridge, Academic Visitor

2018.05-2019.05: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Visiting Scholar

2016.08-2020.10: Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor

2013.01-2014.01: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Visiting Scholar

2010.07-2016.08: Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Professor

Publications

[1] Ge, Hongwei; Tout, Christopher Adam; Chen, Xuefei; Wang, Song; Xiong, Jianping; Zhang, Lifu; Liu, Qingzhong; Han, Zhanwen. Adiabatic Mass Loss in Binary Stars. V. Effects of Metallicity and Nonconservative Mass Transfer -- Application in High Mass X-ray Binaries. The Astrophysical Journal[J]. 2024, 975, id 254, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad7ea6

[2] Ge, Hongwei; Tout, Christopher A.; Webbink, Ronald F.; Chen, Xuefei; Sarkar, Arnab; Li, Jiao; Li, Zhenwei; Zhang, Lifu; Han, Zhanwen. The Common Envelope Evolution Outcome. II. Short-orbital-period Hot Subdwarf B Binaries Reveal a Clear Picture. The Astrophysical Journal[J]. 2024, 961(2), id 202, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad158e

[3] Zhang, Lifu; Ge, Hongwei; Chen, Xuefei; Han, Zhanwen. Adiabatic Mass Loss in Binary Stars. IV. Low- and Intermediate-mass Helium Binary Stars. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series[J]. 2024, 274(1), id. 11, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/ad6263

[4] Li, En-Kun; Liu, Shuai; Torres-Orjuela, Alejandro; Chen, Xian; Inayoshi, Kohei; Wang, Long; Hu, Yi-Ming; Amaro-Seoane, Pau; Askar, Abbas; Bambi, Cosimo; Capelo, Pedro R.; Chen, Hong-Yu; Chua, Alvin J.K.; Condés-Breña, Enrique; Dai, Lixin; Das, Debtroy; Derdzinski, Andrea; Fan, Hui-Min; Fujii, Michiko; Gao, Jie; Garg, Mudit; Ge, Hongwei; Giersz, Mirek; Huang, Shun-Jia; Hypki, Arkadiusz; Liang, Zheng-Cheng; Liu, Bin; Liu, Dongdong; Liu, Miaoxin; Liu, Yunqi; Mayer, Lucio; Napolitano, Nicola R.; Peng, Peng; Shao, Yong; Shashank, Swarnim; Shen, Rongfeng; Tagawa, Hiromichi; Tanikawa, Ataru; Toscani, Martina; Vázquez-Aceves, Verónica; Wang, Hai-Tian; Wang, Han; Yi, Shu-Xu; Zhang, Jian-dong; Zhang, Xue-Ting; Zhu, Lianggui; Zwick, Lorenz; Huang, Song; Mei,Jianwei; Wang, Yan; Xie, Yi; Zhang, Jiajun; Luo, Jun. Gravitational wave astronomy with TianQin, Reports on Progress in Physics[J], 2025, vol. 88, no. 5, Art. no. 056901. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6633/adc9be

[5] Yang, Z. L.; Han, J. L.; Zhou, D. J.; Jing, W. C.; Chen, W. C.; Wang, T.; Li, X. D.; Wang, S.; Wang, B.; Ge, H. W.; Guo, Y. L.; Li, L. H.; Shao, Y.; Liu, J. F.; Su, W. Q.; Hou, L. G.; Huang, W. J.; Jiang, J. C.; Jiang, P.; Sun, J. H.; Wang, B. J.; Wang, C.; Wang, H. G.; Wang, J. B.; Wang, N.; Wang, P. F.; Wang, S. Q.; Xu, H.; Xu, J.; Xu, R. X.; Yan, W. M.; Yan, Y.; You, X. P.; Yu, D. J.; Yuan, Z. S.; Zhang, C. F. A pulsar-helium star compact binary system formed by common envelope evolution. Science[J]. 2025, Vol 388, Issue 6749, pp. 859-863, https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado0769

[6] Lin, Jiamao; Ren, Liangliang; Li, Chengyuan; Nancy, Elias-Rosa; Cang, Tianqi; Ge, Hongwei; Thomas Tam, Pak-Hin; Huang, Wenjun; Li, Yilong; Wang, Xiaofeng; Huang, Yang; Ma, Bo, Discovery and characterization of ZTF J0112+5827: An 80.9-minute polar with strong cyclotron features, Astronomy and Astrophysics[J], 2025, vol. 694, Art. no. A112, EDP, https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/02/aa52177-24/aa52177-24.html

[7] Wang, Song; Zhao, Xinlin; Feng, Fabo; Ge, Hongwei; Shao, Yong; Cui, Yingzhen; Gao, Shijie; Zhang, Lifu; Wang, Pei; Li, Xue; Bai, Zhongrui; Yuan, Hailong; Huang, Yang; Yuan, Haibo; Zhang, Zhixiang; Yi, Tuan; Xiang, Maosheng; Li, Zhenwei; Li, Tanda; Zhang, Junbo; Zhang, Meng; Han, Henggeng; Fan, Dongwei; Li, Xiangdong; Chen, Xuefei; Liu, Zhengwei; Meng, Xiangcun; Liu, Qingzhong; Zhang, Haotong; Gu, Wei-Min; Liu, Jifeng. A potential mass-gap black hole in a wide binary with a circular orbit. Nature Astronomy[J], 2024, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02359-9

[8] Chen, Zhangliang; Chen, Yizhi; Chen, Chen; Ge, Hongwei; Ma, Bo. Probing the shape of the brown dwarf desert around main-sequence A-F-G-type stars using post-common-envelope WD-BD binaries. Astronomy & Astrophysics[J]. 2024, 687, id A256, https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2024/07/aa48870-23.pdf

[9] Li, Zhenwei; Zhang, Yangyang; Chen, Hailiang; Ge, Hongwei; Jiang, Dengkai; Li, Jiangdan; Chen, Xuefei; Han, Zhanwen. A New Route to Massive Hot Subdwarfs: Common Envelope Ejection from Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars. The Astrophysical Journal[J]. 2024, 964(1), id. 22, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2206

[10] Xiong, Jianping; Ding, Xu; Li, Jiadong; Ge, Hongwei; Cheng, Qiyuan; Ji, Kaifan; Han, Zhanwen; Chen, Xuefei. The Distribution of Semidetached Binaries. I. An Efficient Pipeline. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series[J]. 2024, 270(2), id. 20, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/ad0ceb

[11] Zhao, Zi-Qi; Li, Zhen-Wei; Xiao, Lin; Ge, Hong-Wei; Han, Zhan-Wen. The radius variations of accreting main-sequence stars and mass transfer instability. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters[J]. 2024, 531(1), L45-L51, https://academic.oup.com/mnrasl/article/531/1/L45/7643647

[12] Guo, Yun-Lang; Wang, Bo; Chen, Wen-Cong; Li, Xiang-Dong; Ge, Hong-Wei; Jiang, Long; Han, Zhan-Wen. Electron-capture supernovae in NS + He star systems and the double neutron star systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society[J], 2024, Volume 530(4), pp.4461-4473, https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/530/4/4461/7657820

[13] Hongwei Ge, Christopher A Tout, Xuefei Chen, Arnab Sarkar, Dominic J Walton, Zhanwen Han. Criteria for Dynamical Timescale Mass Transfer of Metal-poor Intermediate-mass Stars. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL[J]. 2023, 945(1), id 7, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/acb7e9

[14] Ge, Hongwei, Tout, Christopher A, Chen, Xuefei, Kruckow, Matthias U, Chen, Hailiang, Jiang, Dengkai, Li, Zhenwei, Liu, Zhengwei, Han, Zhanwen. The Common Envelope Evolution Outcome-A Case Study on Hot Subdwarf B Stars. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL[J]. 2022, 933(2), id 137, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac75d3

[15] Arnab Sarkar, Hongwei Ge, Christopher A Tout. Evolved cataclysmic variables as progenitors of AM CVn stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society[J]. 2023, 520(2), 3187-3200, https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/520/2/3187/7022328

[16] Arnab Sarkar, Hongwei Ge, Christopher A Tout. New insights into the helium star formation channel of AM CVn systems with explanations of Gaia14aae and ZTFJ1637+49. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society[J]. 2023, 519(2), 2567-2577, https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/519/2/2567/6918852

[17] Zhenwei Li, Xuefei Chen, Hongwei Ge, Hailiang Chen, Zhanwen Han. Influence of a mass transfer stability criterion on double white dwarf populations. Astronomy & Astrophysics[J]. 2023, 669, id A82, https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2023/01/aa43893-22/aa43893-22.html

[18] Liao Li (李蛟), Jiang-Dan Li (李江丹), Yan-Jun Guo (郭彦君), Zhan-Wen Han (韩占文), Xue-Fei Chen (陈雪飞), Chao Liu (刘超), Hong-Wei Ge (葛宏伟), Deng-Kai Jiang (姜登凯), Li-Fang Li (李立芳), Bo Zhang (章博), Jia-Ming Liu (刘佳明), Hao Tian (田浩), Hao-Tong Zhang (张昊彤), Hai-Long Yuan (袁海龙), Wen-Yuan Cui (崔文元), Juan-Juan Ren (任娟娟), Jing-Hao Cai (蔡靖豪) and Jian-Rong Shi (施建荣). LAMOST medium-resolution spectroscopic survey of binarity and exotic star (LAMOST-MRS-B): Observation strategy and target selection. Chinese Physics B[J]. 2023, 32(1), id.019501, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-1056/ac9362

[19] Yongzhi Cai et al. Forbidden hugs in pandemic times. III. Observations of the luminous red nova AT 2021biy in the nearby galaxy NGC 4631. Astronomy & Astrophysics[J]. 2023, 667, id A4, https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/11/aa44393-22/aa44393-22.html

[20] Ge, Hongwei, Webbink, Ronald F, Chen, Xuefei, Han, Zhanwen. Adiabatic Mass Loss in Binary Stars. III. From the Base of the Red Giant Branch to the Tip of the Asymptotic Giant Branch. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL[J]. 2020, 899(2), id 132, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aba7b7

[21] Ge, Hongwei, Webbink, Ronald F, Han, Zhanwen. The Thermal Equilibrium Mass-loss Model and Its Applications in Binary Evolution. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES[J]. 2020, 249(1), id 9, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/ab98f6

[22] Han, ZhanWen, Ge, HongWei, Chen, XueFei, Chen, HaiLiang. Binary Population Synthesis. RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS[J]. 2020, 20(10): 207-220, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-4527/20/10/161

[23] Liu, D, Wang, B, Ge, H, Chen, X, Han, Z. The progenitors of type-Ia supernovae in semidetached binaries with red giant donors. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS[J]. 2019, 622, id A35, https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2019/02/aa33010-18/aa33010-18.html

[24] Ge, Hongwei, Webbink, Ronald F, Chen, Xuefei, Han, Zhanwen. ADIABATIC MASS LOSS IN BINARY STARS. II. FROM ZERO-AGE MAIN SEQUENCE TO THE BASE OF THE GIANT BRANCH. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL[J]. 2015, 812(1), id 40, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/812/1/40.

[25] Lei, ZhenXin, Zhang, FengHui, Ge, HongWei, Han, ZhanWen. Synthetic horizontal branch morphology for different metallicities and ages under tidally enhanced stellar wind. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS[J]. 2013, 554: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2013/06/aa20998-12/aa20998-12.html

[26] Ivanova, N, Justham, S, Chen, X, De Marco, O, Fryer, C L, Gaburov, E, Ge, H, Glebbeek, E, Han, Z, Li, X D, Lu, G, Marsh, T, Podsiadlowski, P, Potter, A, Soker, N, Taam, R, Tauris, T M, van den Heuvel, E P J, Webbink, R F. Common envelope evolution: where we stand and how we can move forward. ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS REVIEW[J]. 2013, 21: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00159-013-0059-2

[27] Jiang, Dengkai, Han, Zhanwen, Ge, Hongwei, Yang, Liheng, Li, Lifang. The short-period limit of contact binaries. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY[J]. 2012, 421(4): 2769-2773, https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/421/4/2769/1083522

[28] Ge, Hongwei, Webbink, Ronald F, Han, Zhanwen, Chen, Xuefei. Stellar adiabatic mass loss model and applications. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE[J]. 2010, 329(1-2): 243-248, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10509-010-0286-1

[29] Ge, Hongwei, Hjellming, Michael S, Webbink, Ronald F, Chen, Xuefei, Han, Zhanwen. ADIABATIC MASS LOSS IN BINARY STARS. I. COMPUTATIONAL METHOD. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL[J]. 2010, 717(2): 724-738, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/717/2/724

[30] Li, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Chen, H.; Ge, H.; Jiang, D.; Li, J.; Chen, X.; Han, Z., “A new route to massive helium-rich hot subdwarfs”, Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnate Pleso, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 211–216, 2025. doi:10.31577/caosp.2025.55.3.211

[31] Liu, Qichun; Wang, Xiaofeng; Lin, Jie; Wu, Chengyuan; Li, Chunqian; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Brink, Thomas G.; Yang, Yi; Zheng, Weikang; Liu, Cheng; Song, Cuiying; Kovalev, Mikhail; Ge, Hongwei; Zhang, Fenghui; Zhang, Xiaobin; Xia, Qiqi; Peng, Haowei; Xi, Gaobo; Mo, Jun; Yan, Shengyu; Shi, Jianrong; Li, Jiangdan; Yi, Tuan, A post-common-envelope binary with double-peaked Balmer emission lines from TMTS, Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 698, Art. no. A81, EDP, 2025. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202553732

[32] Bao, Y., Li, Z., Ge, H., Chen, X., and Han, Z., “A Be Star + He Star Binary as an Indicator of a Binary Mass Transfer Phase”, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 987, no. 2, Art. no. 210, IOP, 2025. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/addfd8

​[33] Yan, Huahui; Lin, Jiamao; Zheng, Rizhong; Wang, Li; Liu, Genghao; Ren, Liangliang; Guo, Zhen; Xu, Siyi; Chen, Zhangliang; Chen, Chun; Ma, Bo; Shao, Yong; Li, Zhenwei; Zhang, Xianfei; Fremling, Christoffer; Eldridge, Jan J.; Ge, Hongwei; Li, Chengyuan., A Magnetic White Dwarf Formed through a Binary Merger within 35 Million Yr, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 991, no. 1, Art. no. L7, IOP, 2025. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/adfec2

[34] Li, Lei; Lü, Guoliang; Zhu, Chunhua; Guo, Sufen; Ge, Hongwei; Gu, Weimin; Li, Zhuowen; He, Xiaolong, “Explanation of the mass distribution of binary black hole mergers”, Physical Review D, vol. 112, no. 10, Art. no. 103005, APS, 2025. doi:10.1103/drq9-dpy4

[35] He, Tongyu; Li, Jiao; Zhang, Xiaobin; Kovalev, Mikhail; Dai, Zhibin; Li, Zhenwei; Ge, Hongwei; Lan, Shunyi; Li, Jiangdan; Jiang, Dengkai; Xiong, Jianping; Chen, Xuefei; Han, Zhanwen, “A new Algol-type binary with an accretion disc”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 544, no. 2, OUP, pp. 1361–1372, 2025. doi:10.1093/mnras/staf1669

[36] Mou, Jian; Chen, Hai-Liang; Jiang, Dengkai; Ge, Hongwei; Zhang, Lifu; Zheng, Rizhong; Chen, Xuefei; Han, Zhanwen, “The Relation between Helium White Dwarf Mass and Orbital Period under Two Types of Opacity”, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 996, no. 1, Art. no. 74, IOP, 2026. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae23d1

[37] Li, Zhenwei; Jia, Shi; Wei, Dandan; Ge, Hongwei; Chen, Hailiang; Zhang, Yangyang; Chen, Xuefei; Han, Zhanwen, “Formation of Be stars via wind accretion: Case study on Black hole + Be star binaries”, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 996, L42, 2026. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ae3008

[38] Jiang, Dengkai; Chen, Kun; Li, Jiao; Ge, Hongwei; Li, Zhenwei; Chen, Hailiang; Chen, Xuefei; Han, Zhanwen, “Merger of Noncompact Binaries: Triggering Mechanisms and Merger Timescales of W UMa Contact Binaries”, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 998, no. 2, Art. no. 232, IOP, 2026. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae3720

[39] Chen, Zhangliang; Jin, Hongming; Ge, Hongwei; Yu, Cong; Wang, Kejun; Chen, Dichang; Ma, Bo, “Fates of the sub-stellar objects (FOSSO): I. Fates of the known brown dwarfs in main-sequence─BD binaries”, Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 707, Art. no. A312, EDP, 2026. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557835

[40] Yan, Huahui; Wang, Li; Miller, David R.; He, Chenyu; Lin, Jiamao; Pang, Xiaoying; Zhao, Jingkun; Guo, Jincheng; de Grijs, Richard; Ge, Hongwei; Guo, Zhen; Ma, Bo; Chen, Dichang; Li, Chengyuan, “Searching for White Dwarf Candidates Formed Through Binary Evolution in Star Clusters”, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 999, no. 2, Art. no. 167, IOP, 2026. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae3f07

[41] Zhang, Lifu; Ge, Hongwei; Li, Zhenwei; Chen, Hailiang; Jiang, Dengkai; Lü, Guoliang; Wang, Xiaofeng; Chen, Xuefei; Han, Zhanwen, “Adiabatic Mass Loss in Binary Stars. VI. Massive Mass Helium Binary Stars”, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 999, no. 2, Art. no. 253, IOP, 2026. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae448d

[42] Li, Jiangdan; Xiong, Jianping; Li, Jiao; Chen, Hai-Liang; Ge, Hongwei; Yang, Mingkuan; Chen, Xuefei; Han, Zhanwen, “Stellar Parameters and Orbital Period Estimates for Composite-spectrum Subdwarf + Main-sequence Binaries from LAMOST”, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 1001, no. 1, Art. no. 29, IOP, 2026. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae5221

[43] Moyano, Facundo D.; Ge, Hongwei; Han, Zhanwen; Bordadágua, Beatriz; Uzundag, Murat; Podsiadlowski, Philipp; Schaffenroth, Veronika; Chen, Xuefei; Liu, Zhengwei, “Asteroseismic rotation rates of hot subdwarf B stars hint at transient accretion from leftover common envelope matter”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 548, no. 4, Art. no. stag790, OUP, 2026. doi:10.1093/mnras/stag790

[44] Bao, Yuchen; Li, Zhenwei; Ge, Hongwei; Chen, Hailiang; Jiang, Dengkai; Chen, Xuefei; Han, Zhanwen, “A New Pathway to Single Be Stars: Ejected Companions from Type Ia Supernovae”, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 26, no. 9, Art. no. 095003, IOP, 2026. doi:10.1088/1674-4527/ae5f6e

[45] Li, Zhenwei; Wei, Dandan; Jia, Shi; Chen, Hailiang; Ge, Hongwei; Chen, Zhuo; Zhang, Yangyang; Chen, Xuefei; Han, Zhanwen, “A Path to Constraints on Common Envelope Ejection in Massive Binaries: Full Evolutionary Reconstruction of Three Black Hole X-Ray Binaries”, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 1004, no. 1, Art. no. 31, IOP, 2026. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae66fd

[46] Zhao, Ziqi; Li, Zhenwei; Liu, Zhengwei; Chen, Hailiang; Ge, Hongwei; Meng, Xiangcun; Jiang, Dengkai; Chen, Xuefei; Han, Zhanwen, “Formation of Extremely Low-mass White Dwarf Binaries Undergoing Enhanced Angular Momentum Loss”, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 1004, no. 2, Art. no. 237, IOP, 2026. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae6fa0

[47] Kovalev, Mikhail Yu.; Chen, Hailiang; Guo, Sufen; Li, Jiao; Ge, Hongwei; Jiang, Dengkai; Burlak, Marina A.; Ikonnikova, Natalia P.; Chen, Xuefei; Han, Zhanwen, “First Double Red Giant Algol System with Active Mass Transfer”, The Astronomical Journal, vol. 172, no. 3, Art. no. 163, IOP, 2026. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ae9086

[48] Li, Jiao; Luo, Changqing; Chen, Hai-Liang; Liu, Zhicun; Zhang, Bo; Jia, Shi; Ge, Hongwei; Wu, Tao; Yao, Yuhan; Wang, Pei; Gilfanov, Marat; Wu, You; Li, Zhenwei; Liu, Zhengwei; Meng, Xiangcun; Chen, Xue-Fei; Podsiadlowski, Philipp; Liu, Chao; Han, Zhan-Wen, “A Helium-shell Burning Blue Horizontal Branch Star Produced from Common Envelope Evolution”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, OUP, 2026. doi:10.1093/mnras/stag1525

[49] Zhang, L., Ge, H., Chen, X., and Han, Z., “Erratum: "Adiabatic Mass Loss in Binary Stars. IV. Low- and Intermediate-mass Helium Binary Stars" (2024, ApJS, 274, 11)”, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 285, no. 2, Art. no. 73, IOP, 2026. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ae8ba0

[50] Zhang, Lifu; Ge, Hongwei; Li, Zhenwei; Chen, Hailiang; Jiang, Dengkai; Lü, Guoliang; Wang, Xiaofeng; Chen, Xuefei; Han, Zhanwen, “Erratum: "Adiabatic Mass Loss in Binary Stars. VI. Massive Mass Helium Binary Stars" (2026, ApJ, 999, 253)”, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 1007, no. 1, Art. no. 101, IOP, 2026. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae8b8a

[51] Shi, Yanxu; Ge, Hongwei; Li, Zhenwei; Belloni, Diogo; Zheng, Rizhong; Jiang, Dengkai; Chen, Hailiang; Santos-Garcia, A.; Torres, S.; Rebassa-Mansergas, A.; Chen, Xuefei; Han, Zhanwen, “Influence of Mass-transfer Stability on the Formation of Post-common-envelope Binaries”, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 1007, no. 1, Art. no. 15, IOP, 2026. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae876a

Research Interests

Stellar Physics,

Stellar structure and evolution,

Binary star evolution,

Rapid mass transfer process,

Common envelope evolution


Conferences

(1)Constraining the common envelope evolution using short-orbital hot subdwarf binaries   12th International Meeting on Hot Subdwarfs and Related Objects   Hongwei Ge   2025-05-21

(2)The fundamental problems in binary star evolution   The Era When Pulsars Meet FRBs  Hongwei Ge   2025-05-14

(3)Mass Transfer Physics and Application in Double Compact Stars   2024 China-Spain Bilateral Workshop on the Milky Way and Exoplanets   Hongwei Ge   2024-12-02

(4)Binary Star Evolution   The 17th International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies   Hongwei Ge   2024-09-10

(5)Adiabatic mass loss model and its applications   The Progenitors of Supernovae and their Explosions   Hongwei Ge   2024-08-29

(6)The Criteria for Dynamical Timescale Mass Transfer and its Applications in DWDs   IAU 389 | Gravitational Wave Astrophysics   Hongwei Ge   2024-08-10

(7)Mass Transfer Stability Criteria in Binary Stars and its Impact on Double White Dwarfs   The fifth Gravitational Wave Astrophysics Workshop   Hongwei Ge   2024-07-04

(8)Fundamental problems in binary star evolution   Workshop on stable mass transfer in binaries: from onset to remnants   Hongwei Ge   2024-03-11

(10)Binary Star I and II   Low-Frequency Gravitational Wave Astronomy and Gravitational Physics Summer School Hongwei Ge   2023-08-02

(11)The common envelope outcome - a case study on hot subdwarf B stars   Stars: in Celebrating Peter Eggleton's 80 Birthday   Hongwei Ge   2022-08-14

(12)Adiabatic and Thermal Equilibrium Mass Loss Models and Applications   Binary Stars in Cambridge 2016   Hongwei Ge 2016-07-29


Organized Conferences

Binary Stars in a New Era 

Lijiang, China 

24-30 Aug 2025 

Webpage: https://binarystars2025.casconf.cn/

SOC: Floor Broekgaarden; Xuefei Chen; Hongwei Ge (Chair); Zhanwen Han; Natalia Ivanova; Christopher Adam Tout

Collaboration

Collaborators Outside of Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences


Professor Christopher A Tout, University of Cambridge

Professor Ronald F Webbink, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Professor Chengyuan Li, Sun Yat-sen University

Associate Professor Bo Ma, Sun Yat-sen University

Students

现指导学生

张力夫  博士研究生  070401-天体物理  

郑日中  硕士研究生  070401-天体物理  

汤雨晴  硕士研究生  070401-天体物理