Guest guest Posted September 9, 2000 Report Share Posted September 9, 2000 To ciro..hope this will help Zhi-Yun Li, Assistant Professor Email: zl4h@...Phone: (804) 924-4891Fax: (804) 924-3104Office: 259 Astronomy BuildingAddress: Department of Astronomy PO Box 3818 Charlottesville, VA 22903 Curriculum Vitae Ph.D., University of Colorado Presently: Assistant Professor, University of Virginia Research Interests Star formation Magneto-Hydrodynamics Active Galactic Nuclei Gamma-Ray Bursts Recent Research Assistants Former: Hung-Yu Jian (M.A., 2000) Current: Ronak Shah (Ph.D.) Courses Recently Taught Astronomy 121 Astronomy 124 Astronomy 543 Astronomy 544 One aspect of my research is in the areas of Gamma Ray Bursts and Star Formation. With the HETE II satellite scheduled to launch in May 2000, there is added urgency to make detailed calculations of the broad band emission in radio, optical and X-rays immediately following the burst of gamma rays, on time scales that HETE II will be sensitive to, namely, seconds to minutes. Early emission should help us pin down the mass distribution surrounding gamma ray bursters, which has implications for the nature of their progenitors. In the area of star formation, I am involved in two projects. The first is to extend my calculations of multiple star formation in axisymmetric magnetized clouds to those without axisymmetry, aiming at elucidating the role of magnetic fields in forming multiple stars and cluster systems. In the second project, I will explore the global properties of MHD outflows from accretion disks and stellar surfaces, using the numerical code I developed with Krasnopolsky and Blandford of Caltech over the last few years. Selected Recent Papers and Preprints A Spherical Model for Starless Cores of Magnetic Molecular Clouds and Dynamical Effects of Dust Grains, Zhi-Yun Li 1999, ApJ, 526, p. 806 Abstract Radio Supernova SN 1998BW and Its Relation to GRB 980425, Zhi-Yun Li and R.A. Chevalier 1999, ApJ, 526 p. 716 Abstract Self-similar Collapse of Magnetized Molecular Cloud Cores with Ambipolar Diffusion and the "Magnetic Flux Problem" in Star Formation, Zhi-Yun Li 1998, ApJ, 497, p. 850 Abstract More publications... Last modified Thursday, May 11, 2000Copyright © 1996-2000 University of Virginia Department of Astronomy.All rights reserved. Maintained by the webmaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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