General

Xilu Wang

Particle Astrophysics Division, 

Institute of High Energy of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

email address: wangxl@ihep.ac.cn

Research Areas

High energy astrophysics, nucelar astrophysics, particle astrophysics, gamma ray astronomy

Education

2011-08--2018-08   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   Ph.D.
2007-09--2011-06   Wuhan University   B.Sc.


Experience

   
Work Experience

2021-12~Now, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor
2018-11~2021-11,University of California, Berkeley, N3AS Postdoctoral Researcher


Publications

   
Papers

(1) Collective neutrino oscillations and heavy-element nucleosynthesis in supernovae: exploring potential effects of many-body neutrino correlations, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2024, corrsponding author
(2) Thallium-208: A Beacon of In Situ Neutron Capture Nucleosynthesis, Physical Review Letters, 2024, corrsponding author
(3) Proposed Lunar Measurements of r-Process Radioisotopes to Distinguish the Origin of Deep-sea 244 Pu, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2023, 1st author
(4) Flares from Merged Magnetars: Their Prospects as a New Population of Gamma-Ray Counterparts of Binary Neutron Star Mergers, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2023, corrsponding author

(5) r-Process Radioisotopes from Near-Earth Supernovae and Kilonovae, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2021, corrsponding author 

(6) MeV Gamma Rays from Fission: A Distinct Signature of Actinide Production in Neutron Star Mergers, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS, 2020, 1st author
(7) Sandblasting the r-process: Spallation of Ejecta from Neutron Star Mergers, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2020, 1st author
(8) The R-process Alliance: The Peculiar Chemical Abundance Pattern of RAVE J183013.5-455510, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2020, 6th author
(9) Using gamma ray monitoring to avoid missing the next Milky Way Type Ia supernova, MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2019, 1st author
(10) All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory: Exploring the Extreme Multimessenger Universe, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 2019, 第 172th author
(11) Are starburst galaxies proton calorimeters?, MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2018, 1st author
(12) The Plane's The Thing: The Case for Wide-Fast-Deep Coverage of the Galactic Plane and Bulge, 2018,  24th author


Research Interests

nucleosynthesis, gamma rays, neutrinos, cosmic rays, supernovae, neutron star mergers, starburst galaxies

Collaboration

N3AS (Network for Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries) Collaboration                  

JINA-CEE (Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics Center for the Evolution of Elements)                                    

IReNA (International Research Network for Nuclear Astrophysics)