Siyao Xu

Ph.D. Peking University (2017)
NASA Hubble Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2017-2020)
NASA Hubble Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study (2020-2023)

xusiyao@ufl.edu
Office: 2174 NPB

Research Group: Theoretical Astrophysics

Awards

International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Young Scientist Prize in Astroparticle Physics (2019)
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Doctoral Dissertation Award in Astrophysics (2019)
International Astronomical Union (IAU) PhD Prize (2017)

Research Focus

MHD turbulence, magnetic reconnection and turbulent dynamo, cosmic rays, star formation and interstellar medium, high-energy astrophysics

Selected Publications

Xu S., Hwang H.C., Hamilton C., & Lai D. Wide-binary stars formed in the turbulent interstellar medium, 2023, ApJL, 949, 28

Xu S. & Lazarian A. Turbulent reconnection acceleration, 2023, ApJ, 942, 21

Xu S. Quasi-perpendicular shock acceleration and tidal disruption event radio flares, 2022, ApJ, 934, 136

Xu S. & Li H. On the injection scale of the turbulence in the partially ionized local interstellar medium, 2022, ApJL, 941, 19

Xu S., Weinberg D., & Zhang B. Statistical measurements of dispersion measure fluctuations of FRBs, 2021, ApJL, 922, L31

Xu S. Mirror diffusion of cosmic rays in highly compressible turbulence near supernova remnants, 2021, ApJ, 922, 264

Xu S., Garain, S., Balsara, D. & Lazarian A. Turbulent dynamo in a weakly ionized medium, 2019, ApJ, 872, 62

Xu S. & Zhang B. Adiabatic non-resonant acceleration in magnetic turbulence and hard spectrum of gamma-ray bursts, 2017, ApJL, 846, 28