Xing Li
Guest Professor
Institute of
Mathematics and Physics,AberystwythUniversityAberystwyth, SY23 3BZ, UK
Education:
•1987:B.Sc., Dept. of Modern Physics, Univ. of Science and Technology of
China (USTC), Hefei, China.Major in plasma physics.
•1990: M.Sc. in plasma
physics, USTC
•1998: PhD in
space physics, USTC (The research was carried out primarily at the
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA)).
Thesis
advisors:
Prof.ShadiaR.HabbalatCfAand Prof. You-QiuHuat USTC.
•2004: PostgraduateCertificatein Higher Education (Master), University
of Wales atAberystwyth
Positions
and Fellowships:
•1990-1995:
Lecturer at Dept. of Earth and Space Science, USTC
•1993-1995:
Associate director of Space Physics Laboratory, Department of Earth and SpaceSciences,USTC.
•1995-1998:Pre-doctoral fellow, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
Cambridge, MA, USA.
•1998-2001:
Post-doctoral fellow, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
•2001.3-
present:Lecturer, Institute of Mathematical and Physical
Sciences, University of Wales,Aberystwyth, United
Kingdom.
•Since 2007.7,
Visiting professor, Shandong University atWeihai.
UK
National Astronomical Society press release
•2013, Solar
prominences put on strange and beautiful show in the Sun’s
sky,http://www.ras.org.uk/news-
and-press/224-news-2013/2315-solar-prominences-put-on-strange-and-beautiful-show-in-the-suns-sky.
•2012, Huge
tornadoes discovered on the Sun, http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/219-news-2012/2106-
huge-tornadoes-discovered-on-the-sun.
This discovery has been widely reported by media (NewSci-
entistsnews, National Geographic news, Yahoo news, BBC news, ....)
UK
Solar Physics nuggets
•2013: 36. Observations
ofAlfv´enVortices in the fast solar wind,
http://www.uksolphys.org/uksp-
nugget/36-observations-of-alfven-vortices-in-the-fast-solar-wind/.
•2012: 22. A
huge solar tornado observed by Solar Dynamic Observatory,
http://www.uksolphys.org/uksp-
nugget/22-a-huge-solar-tornado-observed-by-solar-dynamic-observatory/
Prize:
Winner
of Outstanding National Doctoral Thesis Prize of China for year 2000.
In 2003, my
research work (before 1998) won an award for excellence in Natural Sciences
Research of
Anhui Province,
China.
Professional
Societies
•IAGA
(International Association of Geomagnetism andAeronomy)
chairperson of Division IV (Solar
Wind and Interplanetary Field) from 2011-2015.
•American
Geophysical Union
•European
Geophysical Society
•Asia Oceania
Geosciences Society
Grants:
•2013, IAGA
conference grants
•2011, IUGG
conference grants
•2010,NuffieldFoundation student bursaries.
•2008, Royal
Society International short-visit grant.
•Sept 2001 -
present, co-investigator, PPARC Rolling Grant to UWA
•April 2001 to
2004, co-investigator, NASA grant NAG5-10873 to Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics
•2004, Royal
Society conference grant.
Teaching
and administration:
I teach the
following modules.
•Electromagnetism (year 3)
•General relativity and cosmology (year 3)
•Electromagnetic Theory (year 4)
•The Sun’s atmosphere andHeliosphere(year 3)
•Space Plasmas (year 3)
•Projects (PH35530, PHM5010)
Administration
duties:
•Year 3 coordinator
•Erasmus exchange coordinator
PDRA
and PhD Students:
I supervised a
PDRA Dr. Bo Li July 2002 to March 2009.
Students I have
supervised:
•Co-supervised: ChrisMountfordandHuwMorgan
•Supervised: Ian O’Neill
Current
PhD students:
Owen Roberts, LaurenJeska,JeffSmith
Selected
Publications in Refereed Journals (in descending chronological order)
1.Owen Roberts,Xing Li(corresponding author), Bo Li, KINETIC PLASMA TURBULENCE IN
THE FAST SOLAR WIND MEASURED BY CLUSTER,Astrophys.
Journal, 769, 58, 2013,doi:10.1088/0004-637X/769/1/58
2.Gao,Xinliang; Lu,Quanming;Li, Xing; et al., ELECTROMAGNETIC
PROTON/PROTON IN-STABILITY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ION HEATING IN THE EXTENDED
FAST SOLAR WIND,Astrophys. Journal, 764, ,71, 2013,
doi:10.1088/0004-637X/764/1/71
3.Li, Bo;Li, Xing; Yu,Hui, Interpretation of the
coronal magneticfieldconfigurationof the Sun, RE-SEARCH IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS, 12, 1693, 2012, DOI:
10.1088/1674-4527/12/12/011
4.Xing
Li,HuwMorgan, L. Drew, L.Jeska, A SOLAR TORNADO OBSERVED BY AIA/SDO:ROTATIONALFLOW AND EVOLUTION OF MAGNETIC HELICITY IN A
PROMINENCE AND CAVITY,Astrophys. Journal, 752, L22,
2012, doi:10.1088/2041-8205/752/2/L22
5.Gao,Xinliang; Lu,Quanming;Li, Xing; et al., Heating of the
background plasma by obliquely propagating Alfven waves excited in the
electromagnetic alpha/proton instability, Physics of Plasmas,19, 032901, 2012,
DOI: 10.1063/1.3693373
6.Li Bo; Chen Yan-Jun;Li Xing, Standing Shocks in the Inner
Slow Solar Wind, CHINESE PHYSICSLETTERS, 28, 059601, 2011, DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/28/5/059601
7.Lu,Quanming;Gao,Xinliang;Li, Xing, Comment on ”Heating of ions
by low-frequencyAlfvenwavesin partially ionized
plasmas” [Phys. Plasmas 18, 030702 (2011)], 18, 084703, 2011,
DOI:10.1063/1.3626547
8.Chen, Y,Feng,
SW, Li, B; Song, HQ; Xia, LD; Kong, XL;Li,
X, A CORONAL SEISMOLOGICAL STUDY WITH STREAMER WAVES,Astrophys.
Journal, 728, 147, 2011, DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/728/2/147.
9.Li Bo; ChenYanjun;Li Xing, Standing Shocks in the
Inner Slow Solar Wind, 28, 059601-1-059601-4,2011.
10.Xing LiandQuanmingLu, Heating and deceleration of minor
ions in the extended fast solar wind by oblique Alfven waves, J.Geophys. Res., 115, A08105, doi:10.1029/2010JA015303,
2010.
11.Xing Li,QuanmingLu, Yao Chen, Bo Li,LidongXia, KineticAlfv´enwave and proton distribution
function in the fast solar wind,ApJLetters, 719,
L190, DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/719/2/L190, 2010.
12.Wang,Ronghseng,QuanmingLu,Xing Li,Can Huang,ShuiWang, observation of secondary island accelerating electrons up to 200keV near
the center of iondiffusionregion: A cluster
case study,J.Geophys. Res., 115, A11201, 2010, DOI:
10.1029/2010JA015473.
13.Yao
Chen, H.Q. Song, B. Li, L.D. Xia, Z. Wu, H. Fu,X. Li, Streamer Waves Driven by Coronal Mass Ejections,ApJ, 714, 644, DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/714/1/644, 2010.
14.QuanmingLu,Xing Li,ChuanFeiDong, Ion pickup by the intrinsic low-frequency Alfven waves with a spectrum,
Chinese Physics B, 18, 1674-1056/2009/18(05)/1-08, 2009.
15.Bo
Li andXing Li, Angular momentum
transport in amulticomponentsolar wind withdifferentiallyflowing,
thermally anisotropic ions, A&A, 494, 361, 2009.
16.Yao
Chen,Xing Li,etc.,Intrinsicinstabilities of coronal streamers,ApJ, 691, 1936, 2009.
17.Bo
Li,Xing Li,Effectsof Non-WKB Alfven waves on amulticomponentsolar
wind withdifferentialionflow, Astrophysical Journal, 682, 667, 2008.
18.Xing Li,QuanmingLu and Bo Li, Ion pick-up byfiniteamplitude Alfvenwav´es,
Astrophysical Journal, 661, L105, 2007.
19.QuanmingLu andXing Li, heating of ions by
low-frequency Alfven waves, Physics of Plasmas, 14,42303,
2007.
20.Bo
Li,ShadiaR.HabbalandXing Li, Angular momentum transport and
proton-alphadifferentialstreaming in the
solar wind, submitted to Astrophysical Journal, 2006.
21.Bo.
Li andX. Li, A global 2D solar wind
model with alpha particles, J.Geophys. Res., 111,
A08106,doi:10.1029/2005JA01130, 2006.
22.B.
Li andX. Li,Effectsof α particles on the angular momentum loss from the Sun,Asrtronomy& Astrophysics, 456, 359, 2006.
23.Labrosse, N.,X. Li, and B. Li, On the Lyman alpha
and Lyman beta in solar coronal streamers, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 455:
719-723, 2006.
24.B.
Li, andX. Li,Alfvenic-turbulence-heated
magnetic loops:effectsof lateral expansion
and magnetic twist, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 364
(1839): 533, 2006.
25.B.
Li, S.R.Habbal,X. Li, C.Mountford,Effectof the latitudinal distribution of temperature atthecoronalbase on the interplanetary magneticfieldconfigurationand the solar windflow,
J.Geophys. Res., 110, A12112, doi:10.1029/2005JA011332,
2005.
26.X. Liand
S.R.Habbal, Hybrid simulation of ion cyclotron
resonance in the solar wind: evolution of velocity distribution functions, J.Geophys. Res., 110, A10109, 2005.
27.I.
O’Neill,X. Li, Coronal loops heated
by turbulence-driven Alfven waves – a twofluidmodel,
Astron. &Astrophys., 435, 1159, 2005.
28.Y.
Chen andX. Li,An ion-cyclotron
resonance driven three-fluidmodel of the slow wind
near the Sun,Astrophys. J., 609, L41, 2004.
29.H.
Morgan, S.RifaiHabbal,
andX. Li, Hydrogen Lyman Alpha
Intensity Oscillations Observed by UVCS/SOHO,Astrophys.
J., 605, 521, 2004.
30.B.
Li,X. Li, Y-QHu,
S.R.Habbal, A 2D Alfven-wave driven solar wind model
with proton temperature anisotropy, J.Geophys. Res.,
119, doi10.1029/2003JA010313, 2004.
31.Xing Li,ShadiaHabbal, Coronal
loops heated by turbulence-driven Alfven waves,Astrophys.
J.,598, L125, 2003.
32.Y.Q.Hu,X. Li,S.R.Habbal, A 2.5 dimensional MHD Alfven-wave-driven
solar wind model,J.Geophys. Res., 108,
doiL10.1029/2003JA009889, 2003.
33.Y.Q.Hu, S.R.Habbal, Y. Chen,X. Li, Are coronal holes the only
source of fast solar wind atsolarminimum?,J.Geophys. Res., 108, doi:10.1029/2002JA009776, 2003.
34.X. Li,
Transition region, coronal heating and the fast solar wind, Astron. &Astrophys., 406, 345,2003.
35.C.J.Mountford, S.H.Habbal,X. Li,Effectof solar windflowgeometry on solar wind parameters
at 1AU, J.Geophys. Res., 108, DOI
10.1029/2002JA009525, 2003.
36.Heating
in Corona Funnels by Ion Cyclotron Waves,X.
Li,Astrophys. J., 571, L67, 2002.
37.Damping
of fast and ion-cyclotron oblique waves in the multi-ion fast solar wind,X. Liand S. R.Habbal,
J.Geophys. Res., 106, 10669, 2001.
38.Electron
kineticfirehoseinstability,X. Liand S. R.Habbal, J.Geophys. Res., 105, 27,377, 2000.
39.Thermal
couplings of protons and neutral hydrogen with anisotropic temperatures in the
fast solar wind, L. A. Allen, S. R.Habbal, andX. Li, J.Geophys.
Res., 105, 23,123, 2000.
40.Ion
cyclotron waves, instabilities and solar wind heating, X. Li and S. R.Habbal, Solar Physics,190, 485,
1999.
41.Proton/alphamagnetosonicinstability in the fast solar wind, X.
Li and S. R.Habbal, J.Geophys.
Res., 105, 7495, 2000.
42.Heating
and cooling of protons by turbulence driven ion cyclotron waves in the fast
solar wind,X. Li, S. R.Habbal, J.V.Hollweg, R.Esser,J.Geophys.
Res., 104, 2521, 1999.
43.Proton
temperature anisotropy in the fast solar wind: A 16-moment bi-Maxwellianmodel,X.
Li, J.Geophys. Res., 104, 19,773, 1999.
44.A
16-moment fast solar wind model,X. Li,
Space Sci. Rev., 87, 253, 1999.
45.On
the Cascade Processes ofAlfv´enWaves, Y. Q.Hu, S. R.Habbal, andX. Li, J.Geophys.
Res., 104, 24819, 1999.
46.An
Empirical Model of a Polar Coronal Hole at Solar Minimum, S.R. Cranmer,…,X. Li,Astrophys. J., 511, 481, 1999.
47.Theeffectof temperature anisotropy on observations of
Doppler dimming and pumping in theinnercorona,X. Li, S.R.Habbal,
J. Kohl and G.Noci, Astrophysical J., 501, L133,
1998.
48.UVCS/SOHO
Empirical Determinations of Anisotropic Velocity Distributions in the Solar
Corona, J.L. Kohl, ...,X. Li, ...,
Astrophysical J., 501, L127, 1998.
49.Influenceof
heavy ions on the high speed solar wind,X.
Li, R.Esser, S.Habbal,
Y.Q.Hu, J.Geophys. Res.,
102, 17419, 1997.
50.Evolution
of MagneticHelicityin Magnetic Reconnection, Y.Q.Hu, L.D. Xia,X. Li,
J.X. Wang, and G.X. Ai, Solar Physics, 170, 283, 1997.
51.Formation
of current sheets, X. Li, Chinese J. Space Sci., 16, 71, 1996.
52.Release
of magnetic energy in asymmetricalquadrupolarforce-freefields,X. Liand Y. Q.Hu, Chin. Astron.Astrophys., 20, 205, 1996, orActaAstronomicaSinica, 36,
358, 1995.
53.Triggered
Magnetic Energy Release in Solar Flares, Y. Q.Hu,X. Li, and G. X. Ai, Astrophysical J.,
451, 843, 1995.
54.Triggered
magnetic reconnection of force-freefieldsand solarflares,X. Liand
Y. Q.Hu, Chinese Journal of Space Science, 12, 185,1992.
Conference
Presentations, Proceedings and Invited Talks
1.Multi-spacecraft Data Analysis of Solar
Wind Turbulence at Ion Kinetic Scales, Li, X.; Roberts, O.; Li, B., 26 June,
2013, AOGS Brisbane (invited)
2.Dynamics of solarfilaments/prominences:
persistent horizontalflows, hot plasma bombardment,
giant rotating disk and fast counter-streamingflows,
Li, X.;Jeska, L.; Smith, J., July 1-5, 2013, UK
National Astronomical Meeting, St. Andrews.
3.Kinetic plasma turbulence measured by
Cluster using k-filteringmethod, Li, X.; Roberts, O.,
August 15, 2012, Singapore, AOGS 2012 meeting (invited)
4.Observation of a solar tornado, Li, X.;,
Morgan, H. et al., UK-Germany National Astronomy Meeting NAM2012, March 27-30,
Manchester, 2012
5.How is the (fast) solar wind heated and
accelerated? Li, X., July 2, 2011 Melbourne, Australia, IUGG meeting (invited)
6.KineticAlfv´enwave and ion velocity distribution functions in the solar wind, Li, X.; Lu,
Q.M., et al., AGU Fall meeting, Dec. 2010.
7.Electrostatic waves induced by ion beam
driven nonlinear Alfven waves, Li, X.; Lu, Q.M., EGU General Assembly, April
2009.
8.Non-WKB Alfven waves in the solar wind,
3rdKuafuSymposium, Kunming, Sept., 2008.
9.Steepening ofAlfvenicspectrum in the dissipation range and the nature of the proton heatfluxin the solar wind, UK Solar Physics Meeting, Belfast,
April, 2008 (oral).
10.Effectsof non-WKB Alfven waves on amulticomponentsolar
wind withdifferentialionflow, B. Li & X. Li, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, April
2008 (poster).
11.Energizationof
minor ions in the fast solar wind, 6th Space weather workshop, Guiyang, China,
July 7-13, 2007 (invited talk).
12.Ion
pickup byfiniteamplitude Alfven waves, EGU General
Assembly, Vienna, April, 2007 (poster).
13.Propagation
of non-WKB Alfven waves in amulticomponentsolar
wind, B Li & X. Li, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, April, 2007 (poster).
14.Alpha
particles in the solar wind: a 2D model, The Seventh Cross-Strait Space
Sciences Workshop,Chungli, Taiwan, Nov. 2006
15.Solar
wind electron temperature evolution: from the lower corona to 3 AU, X. Li and
D. Hubert, 36th COSPARScientificAssembly, Beijing,
July 2006.
16.Alpha
particles in the slow solar wind and streamers, UVCS/SOHO science meeting,GiardiniNaxos, Italy, May 2006 (invited).
17.The
Lyman- and Lyman- lines in solar coronal streamers, N.Labrosse,
X. Li, B. Li, SOHO-17: 10 Years of SOHO and Beyond,GiardiniNaxos, Italy, May 2006.
18.Angular
momentum transport and proton-alphadifferentialstreaming in the low-latitude fast solar wind,B.LiandX.Li, SOHO-17: 10 Years of SOHO and Beyond,GiardiniNaxos, Italy, May 2006.
19.Solar
Wind 11, Whistler, Canada, June 2005, X. Li, Hybrid simulation of ion cyclotron
resonance in the solar wind: evolution of velocity distribution functions
(oral).
20.Coronal
heating along openfieldlines and the fast solar wind
acceleration, X. Li, AOGS Meeting, Singapore,July,
2004 (invited).
21.On
the origin of the fast solar wind at mid-latitudes: Role of density,
temperature and magneticfielddistribution at the
coronal base, S.R.Habbal, C.J.Mountford,
X. Li and Y.Q.Hu, AOGS Meeting, Singapore, July,
2004 (invited).
22.Mapping
the solar windoutflowin the inner corona with UVCS,
S.R.Habbal, CH. Morgan, X. Li and R. Woo, AOGS
Meeting, Singapore, July, 2004 (oral).
23.Transition
region, coronal heating and the fast solar wind, X. Li, EGU Meeting, Nice,
France, May, 2004 (oral).
24.Turbulent
Alfven wave-driven Coronal Loops: a Two Fluid Model, I. O’Neill, X. Li, UK
Solar Physics Meeting, Edinburgh, April, 2004 (oral).
25.Localized
Heating, Siphon Flow and Shocks in Coronal Loops. X. Li, and I. O’Neill, UK
Solar Physics Meeting, Edinburgh, April, 2004 (oral).
26.Proton
Temperature Anisotropy In Alfven-Turbulence-Driven Solar Wind Models: 1D And 2D
Results, B. Li, X. Li, Y.Q.Hu, and S.R.Habbal, UK Solar Physics Meeting, Edinburgh, April,
2004(poster paper).
27.Acceleration
of the fast solar wind through minor ions, X. Li, SOHO 13 meeting, Spain, Sep.
29 October 3, 2003 (Oral).
28.Transition
region and coronal loops heated by turbulence, Xing Li, Ian O’Neill andShadiaR.Habbal, SOHO 13
meeting, Spain, Sep. 29 – October 3, 2003 (poster paper).
29.A
multifluidmodel of the corona andchromosphere, C.Mountford, S.R.Habbal, X. Li, UK Solar Physics meeting, Dublin, April,
2003 (poster).
30.Ion
cyclotron resonant heating ofoxygensionsin a coronal holes, X. Li, AGU Fall meeting, Dec., 2002.
31.Heating
in Coronal funnels by high frequency Alfven waves (oral presentation), X. Li, Solar
Wind 10, Volume 679, page 283, AIP conference proceedings,2003.
32.Sixteen
moment solar wind models including alpha particles, L. Allen, X. Li, Solar Wind
10, Volume 679, page 339, AIP conference proceedings 2003.
33.Coronal
heating by ion cyclotron waves (oral presentation), X. Li, UK solar physics
meeting, April 2002,Sheffield.
34.Sixteen
moment solar wind models including alpha particles (Oral presentation), L.
Allen and X. Li, UK solar physics meeting, April, 2002,Sheffield.
35.Oblique
fast and ion cyclotron waves in the corona, X. Li and S.Habbal,
AGU Fall meeting, Dec. 2001, San Francisco, USA.
36.Multi-ionflowmodellingof the solar
wind (invited talk), X. Li, IAGA Assembly meeting, August 2001, Hanoi, Vietnam.
37.Theeffectsof plasma dispersion and turbulence-driven
ion cyclotron waves on models of the fast solar wind (invited), X. Li, UVCS
Science Meeting, 24 - 28, September 2000, Northeast Harbor, Maine, USA.
38.Transition
region, coronal heating and double proton streams in the solar wind (oral
presentation), X. Li and S. R.Habbal, AGU Spring
Meeting, May 30 – June 3, 2000, Washington, DC.
39.Dispersion
of ion cyclotron waves on solar wind heating and acceleration (poster
presentation), X. Li and S. R.Habbal, AGU Fall
Meeting, December 13 –17, 1999, San Francisco, California.
40.Ion
cyclotron waves, instabilities and solar wind heating (oral presentation), X.
Li and S. R.Habbal, TRACE workshop, August 25, 1999,
Monterey, California.
41.Steepening
of theAlfv´enicspectrum in the dissipation range
(poster presentation), X. Li and S. R.Habbal, AGU
Spring Meeting, June 1 –4, 1999, Boston, Massachusetts.
42.Proton
Temperature Anisotropy in the Fast Solar Wind: Turbulence-Driven Dispersive Ion
Cyclotron Waves (poster presentation), X. Li, S. R.Habbal,
J.V.Hollweg, R.Esser, Solar
Wind 9, Oct. 5 –9, 1998, Nantucket, Massachusetts, (edited by S. R.Habbal, R.Esser, J.V.Hollwegand P.A. Isenberg, American Institute of Physics,
New York, 531, 1998).
Invited
lectures or seminars:
1.Solar wind and coronal mass ejections,
STFC Advanced Summer School, St. Andrews,Sept. 6,
2007(invited lecture).
2.August 2006, University of Science and
Technology of China, 2D solar windmodellingwith
alpha particles.
3.Nov. 2005, University of Hawaii,
Diagnostic of the inner corona and solar windmodelling.
4.Sept. 2005, Leeds University, lecture
given to PPARC summer school, coronal heating and the solar wind.
5.Sept. 2003, Univ. of Warwick, lecture
given to PPARC advance summer school, ion cyclotron resonance and the solar
wind acceleration.
6.July 2001, Harvard-Smithsonian Center
for Astrophysics, Oblique fast wave and the fast solar wind.
7.Sept. 2001, Univ. of Science and
Technology of China, Oblique fast waves and the solar wind.
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