Publications

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2023

2023

  1. ApJL
    A Model for Nonthermal Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection
    Xiaocan Li, Fan Guo, Yi-Hsin Liu, and 1 more author
    The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Sep 2023
  2. Whitepaper
    Particle acceleration in solar flares with imaging-spectroscopy in soft X-rays
    Mitsuo Oka, Amir Caspi, Bin Chen, and 15 more authors
    In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Jul 2023
  3. Whitepaper
    Quantifying Energy Release in Solar Flares and Solar Eruptive Events: New Frontiers with a Next-Generation Solar Radio Facility
    Bin Chen, Dale Gary, Sijie Yu, and 38 more authors
    In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Jul 2023
  4. Whitepaper
    Advancing Theory and Modeling Efforts in Heliophysics
    Fan Guo, Spiro Antiochos, Paul Cassak, and 15 more authors
    In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Jul 2023
  5. ApJ
    First-principles-integrated Study of Blazar Synchrotron Radiation and Polarization Signatures from Magnetic Turbulence
    Haocheng Zhang, Alan P. Marscher, Fan Guo, and 3 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal, Jun 2023
  6. PhRvL
    Comment on “Nonideal Fields Solve the Injection Problem in Relativistic Reconnection”
    Fan Guo, Xiaocan Li, Omar French, and 7 more authors
    Physical Review Letters, May 2023

2022

2022

  1. ApJL
    Numerical Modeling of Energetic Electron Acceleration, Transport, and Emission in Solar Flares: Connecting Loop-top and Footpoint Hard X-Ray Sources
    Xiangliang Kong, Bin Chen, Fan Guo, and 8 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Dec 2022
  2. CmPhy
    First-principles theory of the rate of magnetic reconnection in magnetospheric and solar plasmas
    Yi-Hsin Liu, Paul Cassak, Xiaocan Li, and 3 more authors
    Communications Physics, Dec 2022
  3. PhPl
    On the origin of “patchy” energy conversion in electron diffusion regions
    Kevin J. Genestreti, Xiaocan Li, Yi-Hsin Liu, and 9 more authors
    Physics of Plasmas, Aug 2022
  4. PhPl
    Electron energization and thermal to non- thermal energy partition during earth’s magnetotail reconnection
    Mitsuo Oka, Tai Phan, Marit Oieroset, and 12 more authors
    Physics of Plasmas, May 2022
  5. ApJ
    A Model of Double Coronal Hard X-Ray Sources in Solar Flares
    Xiangliang Kong, Jing Ye, Bin Chen, and 6 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal, Jul 2022
  6. ApJ
    Particle Acceleration in Magnetic Reconnection with Ad Hoc Pitch-angle Scattering
    Grant Johnson, Patrick Kilian, Fan Guo, and 1 more author
    The Astrophysical Journal, Jul 2022
  7. ApJ
    Modeling Electron Acceleration and Transport in the Early Impulsive Phase of the 2017 September 10th Solar Flare
    Xiaocan Li, Fan Guo, Bin Chen, and 2 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal, Jun 2022
  8. ApJ
    Radiation and Polarization Signatures from Magnetic Reconnection in Relativistic Jets. II. Connection with \ensuremathγ-Rays
    Haocheng Zhang, Xiaocan Li, Dimitrios Giannios, and 5 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal, Jan 2022
  9. ApJ
    Variable Ion Compositions of Solar Energetic Particle Events in the Inner Heliosphere: A Field Line Braiding Model with Compound Injections
    Fan Guo, Lulu Zhao, Christina M. S. Cohen, and 8 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal, Jan 2022

2021

2021

  1. ApJ
    Magnetic Energy Release, Plasma Dynamics, and Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection
    Fan Guo, Xiaocan Li, William Daughton, and 5 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal, Oct 2021
  2. PhPl
    The relation between the energy conversion rate and reconnection rate in Petschek-type reconnection—Implications for solar flares
    Matthew Goodbred, Yi-Hsin Liu, Bin Chen, and 1 more author
    Physics of Plasmas, Aug 2021
  3. PhPl
    Fast magnetic reconnection induced by resistivity gradients in 2D magnetohydrodynamics
    Shan-Chang Lin, Yi-Hsin Liu, and Xiaocan Li
    Physics of Plasmas, Jul 2021
  4. PhPl
    The acceleration of charged particles and formation of power-law energy spectra in nonrelativistic magnetic reconnection
    Xiaocan Li, Fan Guo, and Yi-Hsin Liu
    Physics of Plasmas, May 2021
  5. PhRvL
    Efficient Nonthermal Ion and Electron Acceleration Enabled by the Flux-Rope Kink Instability in 3D Nonrelativistic Magnetic Reconnection
    Qile Zhang, Fan Guo, William Daughton, and 2 more authors
    Physical Review Letters, Oct 2021
  6. ApJ
    First-principles Prediction of X-Ray Polarization from Magnetic Reconnection in High-frequency BL Lacertae Objects
    Haocheng Zhang, Xiaocan Li, Dimitrios Giannios, and 1 more author
    The Astrophysical Journal, May 2021
  7. ApJ
    The Effect of Thermal Pressure on Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection Rate
    Xiaocan Li, and Yi-Hsin Liu
    The Astrophysical Journal, May 2021

2020

2020

  1. ApJ
    Radiation and Polarization Signatures from Magnetic Reconnection in Relativistic Jets. I. A Systematic Study
    Haocheng Zhang, Xiaocan Li, Dimitrios Giannios, and 3 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal, Oct 2020
  2. ApJ
    Fast Magnetic Reconnection with Turbulence in High Lundquist Number Limit
    Liping Yang, Hui Li, Fan Guo, and 5 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal, Oct 2020
  3. ApJ
    Exploring the Acceleration Mechanisms for Particle Injection and Power-law Formation during Transrelativistic Magnetic Reconnection
    Patrick Kilian, Xiaocan Li, Fan Guo, and 1 more author
    The Astrophysical Journal, Aug 2020
  4. PhPl
    Recent progress on particle acceleration and reconnection physics during magnetic reconnection in the magnetically-dominated relativistic regime
    Fan Guo, Yi-Hsin Liu, Xiaocan Li, and 3 more authors
    Physics of Plasmas, Aug 2020
  5. ApJL
    The Critical Role of Collisionless Plasma Energization on the Structure of Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection
    Yi-Hsin Liu, Shan-Chang Lin, Michael Hesse, and 4 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Mar 2020
  6. PhRvE
    Energy dissipation and entropy in collisionless plasma
    Senbei Du, Gary P. Zank, Xiaocan Li, and 1 more author
    Physical Review E, Mar 2020
  7. Major Scientific Challenges and Opportunities in Understanding Magnetic Reconnection and Related Explosive Phenomena throughout the Universe
    H. Ji, A. Alt, S. Antiochos, and 97 more authors
    arXiv e-prints, Mar 2020
  8. ApJ
    Heating of Heavy Ions in Low-beta Compressible Turbulence
    Xiangrong Fu, Fan Guo, Hui Li, and 1 more author
    The Astrophysical Journal, Feb 2020

2019

2019

  1. ApJ
    Formation of Power-law Electron Energy Spectra in Three-dimensional Low-\ensuremathβ Magnetic Reconnection
    Xiaocan Li, Fan Guo, Hui Li, and 2 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal, Oct 2019
  2. ApJL
    Energetic Electron Acceleration in Unconfined Reconnection Jets
    G. Chen, H. S. Fu, Y. Zhang, and 5 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Aug 2019
  3. Terabyte-scale Particle Data Analysis: An ArrayUDF Case Study
    Bin Dong, Patrick Kilian, Xiaocan Li, and 3 more authors
    In Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, Aug 2019
  4. ApJ
    Particle Acceleration in Kinetic Simulations of Nonrelativistic Magnetic Reconnection with Different Ion-Electron Mass Ratios
    Xiaocan Li, Fan Guo, and Hui Li
    The Astrophysical Journal, Jul 2019
  5. PhPl
    Influence of 3D plasmoid dynamics on the transition from collisional to kinetic reconnection
    A. Stanier, W. Daughton, A. Le, and 2 more authors
    Physics of Plasmas, Jul 2019
  6. ApJL
    Determining the Dominant Acceleration Mechanism during Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection in Large-scale Systems
    Fan Guo, Xiaocan Li, William Daughton, and 5 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Jul 2019

2018

2018

  1. ApJ
    Plasma Energization in Colliding Magnetic Flux Ropes
    Senbei Du, Fan Guo, Gary P. Zank, and 2 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal, Nov 2018
  2. Particle Acceleration in Interacting Magnetic Flux Ropes
    Senbei Du, Gary P. Zank, Fan Guo, and 2 more authors
    In Journal of Physics Conference Series, Oct 2018
  3. ApJ
    Large-scale Compression Acceleration during Magnetic Reconnection in a Low-\ensuremathβ Plasma
    Xiaocan Li, Fan Guo, Hui Li, and 1 more author
    The Astrophysical Journal, Oct 2018
  4. ApJL
    Large-amplitude Blazar Polarization Angle Swing as a Signature of Magnetic Reconnection
    Haocheng Zhang, Xiaocan Li, Fan Guo, and 1 more author
    The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Aug 2018
  5. ApJ
    The Roles of Fluid Compression and Shear in Electron Energization during Magnetic Reconnection
    Xiaocan Li, Fan Guo, Hui Li, and 1 more author
    The Astrophysical Journal, Mar 2018
  6. ApJ
    Parametric Decay Instability and Dissipation of Low-frequency Alfvén Waves in Low-beta Turbulent Plasmas
    Xiangrong Fu, Hui Li, Fan Guo, and 2 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal, Mar 2018

2017

2017

  1. ApJ
    Particle Acceleration during Magnetic Reconnection in a Low-beta Plasma
    Xiaocan Li, Fan Guo, Hui Li, and 1 more author
    The Astrophysical Journal, Jul 2017
  2. Dissipation and particle energization in moderate to low beta turbulent plasma via PIC simulations
    Kirit Makwana, Hui Li, Fan Guo, and 1 more author
    In Journal of Physics Conference Series, May 2017

2016

2016

  1. Dissertation
    Numerical simulations of particle acceleration during solar flares
    Xiaocan Li
    May 2016
  2. PhPl
    Particle acceleration during magnetic reconnection in a low-beta pair plasma
    Fan Guo, Hui Li, William Daughton, and 2 more authors
    Physics of Plasmas, May 2016
  3. ApJL
    Efficient Production of High-energy Nonthermal Particles during Magnetic Reconnection in a Magnetically Dominated Ion-Electron Plasma
    Fan Guo, Xiaocan Li, Hui Li, and 6 more authors
    The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Feb 2016

2015

2015

  1. ApJL
    Nonthermally Dominated Electron Acceleration during Magnetic Reconnection in a Low-β Plasma
    Xiaocan Li, Fan Guo, Hui Li, and 1 more author
    The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Oct 2015

2014

2014

  1. ASR
    Energization of charged particle in a time-dependent chaotic magnetic field with an implication of the production of seed particles in solar energetic particle events
    Xiaocan Li, Brahmananda Dasgupta, and Gang Li
    Advances in Space Research, Apr 2014

2013

2013

  1. ApJ
    Observation of Flux-tube Crossings in the Solar Wind
    L. Arnold, G. Li, X. Li, and 1 more author
    The Astrophysical Journal, Mar 2013

2012

2012

  1. Particle transport and acceleration in a chaotic magnetic field: Implications for seed population to solar flare and CME
    B. Dasgupta, Gang Li, Xiaocan Li, and 1 more author
    In Space Weather: the Space Radiation Environment: 11th Annual International AstroPhysics Conference, Nov 2012

2011

2011

  1. SCTS
    Investigation of electrons inside the satellite by the Geant4 simulation
    XiaoCan Li, HongFei Chen, YongQiang Hao, and 2 more authors
    Science China Technological Sciences, Nov 2011