Zhen Pan
Research Interests
I am interested in understanding the governing laws of cosmology and astrophysics by constraining different theories and models using measurements of Cosmic Microwave Background, Gravitational Waves and Electromagnetic phenomena of all bands.
Positions Held
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2018-2021
- PhD Graduate Student, Department of Physics, University of Carlifornia, Davis, 2013-2018
Recent Publications
- 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
- 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
- Pan, Z., & Yang, H. (2022). ATCA observations of J1430+ 2303. https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=15267
- 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
- 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
Seminars
- Chaos and resonances in EMRI (extreme mass ratio inspiral) dynamics, Cosmology and Gravitation, 2023/05/15, PIRSA:23050144
- Extreme mass ratio inspirals:wet, dry and mass-gap, International Centre for Theoretical Physics Asia-Pacific, Beijing, 2022/01/01
- What can we learn from compact binary mergers, T.D. Lee Institute Colloquium , Shanghai, 2022/01/01
- Mass-gap extreme mass ratio inspirals, CITA focus group on GWs, Toronto, 2022/01/01
- Mass-gap extreme mass ratio inspirals, 25th Capra Meeting, 2022/01/01
- Extreme mass ratio inspirals as probes of fundamental (astro)physics, CAP Congress, McMaster University, Hamilton, 2022/01/01