Huan Yang

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Tsinghua University
Visiting Fellow
Areas of research:
Strong Gravity
http://i.astro.tsinghua.edu.cn/~yanghuan/all/member_en.html
If you are interested in pursuing a MSc degree, please apply to the Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) masters program. If you are interested in working with me as a PhD student, please send me an email at [email protected] or submit an application directly to my department at the University of Guelph and indicate that you would like to be supervised by me.
My current research interest mainly focuses on gravitational wave astrophysics, with strong connection to gravitational wave observations. There are two main themes: 1. Strong-field gravitational astrophysics. The objectives are to unravel physics buried within the data, provide new insights to guide observations and propose methods to improve data quality. Part of my research projects are related to the dynamics of compact binary and triple (neutron stars and black holes) systems, as well as their associated gravitational-wave emissions. I am also studying electromagnetic counterparts of binary neutron stars or neutron star-black hole mergers, in relation to future multi-messenger observations. 2.Fundamental physics with strongly gravitating systems. The goals are to examine dynamical signatures of modified theories of gravity and develop methods to measure or constrain violationsof General Relativity based on observed gravitational-wave data. As more and more detections are expected in the next a few years, there are unprecedented opportunities to search for "unknown unknowns" in fundamental physics with gravitational waves.
  • Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2022
  • CEPS Assistant Professor Research Excellence Award, University of Guelph, 2020
  • Yang, H., & Zou, L. (2024). Renormalization-group perspective on gravitational critical collapse. Physical Review D, 109(10), 104034. doi:10.1103/physrevd.109.104034
  • Combi, L., Yang, H., Gutierrez, E., Noble, S. C., Romero, G. E., & Campanelli, M. (2024). General relativistic magnetohydrodynamical simulations of accretion flows through traversable wormholes. Physical Review D, 109(10), 103034. doi:10.1103/physrevd.109.103034
  • Ma, S., & Yang, H. (2024). Excitation of quadratic quasinormal modes for Kerr black holes. Physical Review D, 109(10), 104070. doi:10.1103/physrevd.109.104070
  • Ressler, S. M., Combi, L., Li, X., Ripperda, B., & Yang, H. (2024). Black Hole–Disk Interactions in Magnetically Arrested Active Galactic Nuclei: General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations Using a Time-dependent, Binary Metric. The Astrophysical Journal, 967(1), 70. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad3ae2
  • Lyu, Z., LaHaye, M., Yang, H., & Bonga, B. (2024). Probing spin-induced quadrupole moments in precessing compact binaries. Physical Review D, 109(6), 064081. doi:10.1103/physrevd.109.064081
  • Khera, N., Metidieri, A. R., Bonga, B., Forteza, X. J., Krishnan, B., Poisson, E., . . . Yang, H. (2023). Nonlinear Ringdown at the Black Hole Horizon. Physical Review Letters, 131(23), 231401. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.131.231401
  • Pan, Z., Yang, H., Bernard, L., & Bonga, B. (2023). Resonant dynamics of extreme mass-ratio inspirals in a perturbed Kerr spacetime. Physical Review D, 108(10), 104026. doi:10.1103/physrevd.108.104026
  • Pan, Z., Yang, H., & Yagi, K. (2023). Repeating fast radio bursts from neutron star binaries: Multiband and multimessenger opportunities. Physical Review D, 108(6), 063014. doi:10.1103/physrevd.108.063014
  • Lyu, Z., LaHaye, M., Yang, H., & Bonga, B. (2023). Probing Spin-Induced Quadrupole Moments in Precessing Compact Binaries. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2308.09032
  • LaHaye, M., Yang, H., Bonga, B., & Lyu, Z. (2023). Efficient fully precessing gravitational waveforms for binaries with neutron stars. Physical Review D, 108(4), 043018. doi:10.1103/physrevd.108.043018
  • Fang, Y., & Yang, H. (2023). Probing the delay time of supermassive black hole binary mergers with gravitational waves. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523(4), 5120-5133. doi:10.1093/mnras/stad1746
  • Pan, Z., & Yang, H. (2023). Improving the detection sensitivity to primordial stochastic gravitational waves with reduced astrophysical foregrounds. Physical Review D, 107(12), 123036. doi:10.1103/physrevd.107.123036
  • Pan, Z., Yang, H., Bernard, L., & Bonga, B. (2023). Resonant dynamics of extreme mass-ratio inspirals in a perturbed Kerr spacetime. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2306.06576
  • Zhang, T., Yang, H., Martynov, D., Schmidt, P., & Miao, H. (2023). Gravitational-Wave Detector for Postmerger Neutron Stars: Beyond the Quantum Loss Limit of the Fabry-Perot-Michelson Interferometer. Physical Review X, 13(2), 021019. doi:10.1103/physrevx.13.021019
  • Yang, H., & Zhang, J. (2023). Spectral stability of near-extremal spacetimes. Physical Review D, 107(6), 064045. doi:10.1103/physrevd.107.064045
  • Yang, H., Bonga, B., & Pan, Z. (2023). Dynamical Instability of Self-Gravitating Membranes. Physical Review Letters, 130(1), 011402. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.130.011402
  • Dou, L., Jiang, N., Wang, T., Shu, X., Yang, H., Pan, Z., . . . Ai, Y. (2022). X-ray view of a merging supermassive black hole binary candidate SDSS J1430+2303: Results from the first ~200 days of observations. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 665, l3. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244450
  • Pan, Z., Yang, H., & Yagi, K. (2022). Repeating Fast Radio Bursts from Neutron Star Binaries: Multi-band and Multi-messenger Opportunities. arxiv:2208.08808v3
  • Yang, H., & Zou, L. (2022). Renormalization-group Perspective on Gravitational Critical Collapse. arxiv:2207.04373v3
  • An, T., Zhang, Y., Wang, A., Shu, X., Yang, H., Jiang, N., . . . Zheng, Z. (2022). VLBI imaging of the pre-coalescence SMBHB candidate SDSS J143016.05+230344.4. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 663, a139. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243821
  • Whittaker, T., East, W. E., Green, S. R., Lehner, L., & Yang, H. (2022). Using machine learning to parametrize postmerger signals from binary neutron stars. Physical Review D, 105(12), 124021. doi:10.1103/physrevd.105.124021
  • Tahura, S., Pan, Z., & Yang, H. (2022). Science potential for stellar-mass black holes as neighbors of Sgr A*. Physical Review D, 105(12), 123018. doi:10.1103/physrevd.105.123018
  • Feng, X., Lyu, Z., & Yang, H. (2022). Black-hole perturbation theory with post-Newtonian theory: Towards hybrid waveforms for neutron-star binaries. Physical Review D, 105(10), 104043. doi:10.1103/physrevd.105.104043
  • Pan, Z., Lyu, Z., & Yang, H. (2022). Mass-gap extreme mass ratio inspirals. Physical Review D, 105(8), 083005. doi:10.1103/physrevd.105.083005
  • Baryakhtar, M., Caputo, R., Croon, D., Perez, K., Berti, E., Bramante, J., . . . Zhang, J. (2022). Dark Matter In Extreme Astrophysical Environments. arxiv:2203.07984v3
  • Pan, Z., & Yang, H. (2022). ATCA observations of J1430+ 2303. https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=15267
  • Fang, Y., & Yang, H. (2022). Orbit Tomography of Binary Supermassive Black Holes with Very Long Baseline Interferometry. The Astrophysical Journal, 927(1), 93. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac4bd7
  • Jiang, N., Yang, H., Wang, T., Zhu, J., Lyu, Z., Dou, L., . . . Zheng, Z. (2022). Tick-Tock: The Imminent Merger of a Supermassive Black Hole Binary. arxiv:2201.11633v1
  • Pan, Z., & Yang, H. (2021). Supercritical Accretion of Stellar-mass Compact Objects in Active Galactic Nuclei. The Astrophysical Journal, 923(2), 173. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac249c
  • Kalogera, V., Sathyaprakash, B. S., Bailes, M., Bizouard, M. -A., Buonanno, A., Burrows, A., . . . Brand, J. V. D. (2021). The Next Generation Global Gravitational Wave Observatory: The Science Book. arxiv:2111.06990v1
  • Zhang, J., Lyu, Z., Huang, J., Johnson, M. C., Sagunski, L., Sakellariadou, M., & Yang, H. (2021). First Constraints on Nuclear Coupling of Axionlike Particles from the Binary Neutron Star Gravitational Wave Event GW170817. Physical Review Letters, 127(16), 161101. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.127.161101
  • Bonga, B., & Yang, H. (2021). Mimicking Kerr’s multipole moments. Physical Review D, 104(8), 084040. doi:10.1103/physrevd.104.084040
  • Pan, Z., Lyu, Z., & Yang, H. (2021). Wet extreme mass ratio inspirals may be more common for spaceborne gravitational wave detection. Physical Review D, 104(6), 063007. doi:10.1103/physrevd.104.063007
  • Pan, Z., & Yang, H. (2021). Formation rate of extreme mass ratio inspirals in active galactic nuclei. Physical Review D, 103(10), 103018. doi:10.1103/physrevd.103.103018
  • Yang, H. (2021). Relating black hole shadow to quasinormal modes for rotating black holes. Physical Review D, 103(8), 084010. doi:10.1103/physrevd.103.084010
  • Zhang, T., Smetana, J., Chen, Y., Bentley, J., Martynov, D., Miao, H., . . . Yang, H. (2021). Toward observing neutron star collapse with gravitational wave detectors. Physical Review D, 103(4), 044063. doi:10.1103/physrevd.103.044063
  • Kilohertz gravitational wave astronomy, 2023/08/16
  • Extreme mass ratio inspirals: formation, dynamics and astrophysical implications, 2023/07/31
  • Resonance of extreme mass-ratio inspirals in a perturbed kerr spacetime, 2023/07/22
  • Renormalization-group perspective on gravitational critical collapse, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2022/12/22
  • Astrophysics Opportunities with LISA, 2022/08/24
  • Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals as Probes for Fundamental (Astro)physics, CAP Congress, 2022/06/01
  • Modelling Tidal Effects in Compact Binaries, High Precision Gravitational Waves - KITP, KITP, 2022/05/01