activity
20242026
collaborators

6 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Mapping the Milky Way with Gaia Bp/Rp spectra-IV: the broken and asymmetric density profile of the stellar disk traced by a large sample of red clumps

Wenbo Wu, Yuqin Chen, Jianhui Lian +10

This study explores the density profile of the stellar disk, radially and azimuthally, based on approximately 8.4 million red clump stars selected from Gaia Bp/Rp spectra. After co…

astro-ph.HE2025

SN 2024aecx: A double-peaked rapidly evolving Type IIb supernova at 11 Mpc

Xingzhu Zou, Brajesh Kumar, Rishabh Singh Teja +28

We present the results of low-resolution spectroscopic and densely sampled multi-band photometric follow-up of supernova (SN) 2024aecx. The SN was discovered in the spiral galaxy N…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Milky Way is a less massive galaxy--new estimates of the Milky Way's local and global stellar masses

Jianhui Lian, Tao Wang, Qikang Feng +2

Stellar mass is the most fundamental property of a galaxy. While it has been robustly measured for millions of external galaxies, it remains poorly constrained for the Milky Way be…

astro-ph.GA2025

Unveiling a young thick disk in the Milky Way

Jianhui Lian, Min Du, Shuai Lu +5

The thickness of a galaxy's disk provides a valuable probe of its formation and evolution history. Observations of the Milky Way and local galaxies have revealed an ubiquitous disk…

astro-ph.GA2024

The Stellar Disk Structure Rrevealed by the Mono-age Populations of the LAMOST Red Clump Sample

Zheng Yu, Bingqiu Chen, Jianhui Lian +2

Understanding the structure of the Galactic disk is crucial for understanding the formation and evolutionary history of the Milky Way. This study examines the structure of the Gala…

astro-ph.HE2024

Simultaneous Multiband Photometry of the Early Optical Afterglow of GRB 240825A with Mephisto

Yehao Cheng, Yu Pan, Yuan-Pei Yang +19

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most luminous transients in the universe. The interaction of the relativistic jet with the circumburst medium produces an afterglow and generates mu…