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Work Experience

Assistant Professor

Tsinghua University

November 2023 - Present

Postdoctoral Fellow

Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics

September 2019 - August 2023

Postdoctoral Fellow

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

September 2019 - August 2022

Education

PhD (Physics)

Columbia University

September 2013 - August 2019

MSc

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

August 2012 - June 2013

BSc (Physics)

University of Hong Kong

September 2009 - June 2012

(Physics)

Tsinghua University

September 2008 - June 2009

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Publications
WORKING PAPER
Li, Xinyu, Jiang, Hong-Xuan, Mizuno, Yosuke (2026). Electromagnetic Signatures of Supermassive Binary Black Holes. I. Thermal Synchrotron, Self-Lensing Flares, and Jet Precession. arXiv e-prints.
Li, Xinyu, Yang, Jixuan, Wang, Lile (2026). The effects of star-gas interactions on binary evolution in open clusters . arXiv e-prints.
Li, Xinyu, Dong, Xiaobo, Zhu, Yongda, Rieke, Marcia, Rieke, George, Behroozi, Peter, Ma, Haixia, Meng, Runyu, Mao, Zhiying, Sun, Zhe (2025). A Promise for the JWST era: Massive black holes directly collapsed from wave dark matter haloes, and Star formation in and around their accretion flows . arXiv e-prints.
Li, Xinyu, Sun, Houyi, Zou, Yuan-Chuan, Yang, Huan (2025). Micro-Tidal Disruption Events at Galactic Centers . arXiv e-prints.
Li, Xinyu, Chen, Alexander Y., Yuan, Yajie, Mahlmann, Jens F. (2022). Propagation of a Strong Fast Magnetosonic Wave in the Magnetosphere of a Neutron Star. arXiv e-prints.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Xinyu Li, Houyi Sun, Yuan-Chuan Zou, Huan Yang (2026). Micro–Tidal Disruption Events at Galactic Centers . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Sun, Houyi, Zou, Yuan-Chuan, Yang, Huan(2026). Micro–Tidal Disruption Events at Galactic Centers . Astrophys.J. 996. (2). p. 120.
Xinyu Li, Sean M. Ressler, Luciano Combi, Bart Ripperda (2025). Black Hole Collisions with Thin Accretion Disks: OJ 287 and Small Mass Ratio Supermassive Black Hole Binary Candidates . The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Ressler, Sean M., Combi, Luciano, Ripperda, Bart (2025). Black Hole Collisions with Thin Accretion Disks: OJ 287 and Small Mass Ratio Supermassive Black Hole Binary Candidates . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Ressler, Sean M., Combi, Luciano, Ripperda, Bart(2025). Black Hole Collisions with Thin Accretion Disks: OJ 287 and Small Mass Ratio Supermassive Black Hole Binary Candidates . Astrophys.J.Lett. 993. (1). p. L22.
Ge, Mingyu, Ji, Long, Taverna, Roberto (2025). Physics of strong magnetism with eXTP . Science China Physics, Mechanics, and Astronomy.
Li, Xinyu, Mahlmann, Jens F., Aloy, Miguel Á.(2024). Force-free Wave Interaction in Magnetar Magnetospheres: Computational Modeling in Axisymmetry . Astrophys.J. 972. (2). p. 139.
Xinyu Li, Jens F. Mahlmann, Miguel Á. Aloy (2024). Force-free Wave Interaction in Magnetar Magnetospheres: Computational Modeling in Axisymmetry . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Mahlmann, Jens F., Aloy, Miguel Á. (2024). Force-free Wave Interaction in Magnetar Magnetospheres: Computational Modeling in Axisymmetry . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Ressler, Sean M., Combi, Luciano, Ripperda, Bart, Yang, Huan(2024). Black Hole–Disk Interactions in Magnetically Arrested Active Galactic Nuclei: General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations Using a Time-dependent, Binary Metric . Astrophys.J. 967. (1). p. 70.
Xinyu Li, Sean M. Ressler, Luciano Combi, Bart Ripperda, Huan Yang (2024). Black Hole–Disk Interactions in Magnetically Arrested Active Galactic Nuclei: General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations Using a Time-dependent, Binary Metric . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Ressler, Sean M., Combi, Luciano, Ripperda, Bart, Yang, Huan (2024). Black Hole–Disk Interactions in Magnetically Arrested Active Galactic Nuclei: General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations Using a Time-dependent, Binary Metric . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Widmark, Axel, Yavetz, Tomer D. (2024). Fuzzy dark matter dynamics in tidally perturbed dwarf spheroidal galaxy satellites . Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics.
Li, Xinyu, Wang, Jie-Shuang, Dai, Zigao, Wu, Xuefeng (2023). An Intermediate-field Fast Radio Burst Model and the Quasi-periodic Oscillation . Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Li, Xinyu, Wang, Jie-Shuang, Dai, Zigao, Wu, Xuefeng(2023). An Intermediate-field Fast Radio Burst Model and the Quasi-periodic Oscillation . Res.Astron.Astrophys. 23. (3). p. 035010.
Li, Xinyu, Kulkarni, Mihir, Visbal, Eli, Bryan, Greg L.(2022). If Dark Matter is Fuzzy, the First Stars Form in Massive Pancakes . Astrophys.J.Lett. 941. (1). p. L18.
Xinyu Li, Mihir Kulkarni, Eli Visbal, Greg L. Bryan (2022). If Dark Matter is Fuzzy, the First Stars Form in Massive Pancakes . The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Li, Xinyu, Kulkarni, Mihir, Visbal, Eli, Bryan, Greg L. (2022). If Dark Matter is Fuzzy, the First Stars Form in Massive Pancakes . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Laroche, Alexander, Gilman, Daniel, Bovy, Jo, Du, Xiaolong (2022). Quantum fluctuations masquerade as haloes: bounds on ultra-light dark matter from quadruply imaged quasars . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Li, Xinyu, Laroche, Alexander, Gilman, Daniel, Bovy, Jo, Du, Xiaolong(2022). Quantum fluctuations masquerade as haloes: bounds on ultra-light dark matter from quadruply imaged quasars . Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 517. (2). p. 1867--1883.
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Quantum fluctuations masquerade as haloes: bounds on ultra-light dark matter from quadruply imaged quasars <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=/servlet/useragent"> </head> . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Li, Xinyu, Wang, Lile(2022). Dynamical Effects of Colliding Outflows in Binary Systems . Astrophys.J. 932. (2). p. 108.
Xinyu Li, Lile Wang (2022). Dynamical Effects of Colliding Outflows in Binary Systems . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Wang, Lile (2022). Dynamical Effects of Colliding Outflows in Binary Systems . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Chen, Alexander Y., Yuan, Yajie, Beloborodov, Andrei M.(2022). Relativistic Alfvén Waves Entering Charge-starvation in the Magnetospheres of Neutron Stars . Astrophys.J. 929. (1). p. 31.
Xinyu Li, Alexander Y. Chen, Yajie Yuan, Andrei M. Beloborodov(2022). Relativistic Alfvén Waves Entering Charge-starvation in the Magnetospheres of Neutron Stars . The Astrophysical Journal. 929. (1). p. 31. American Astronomical Society
Li, Xinyu, Chen, Alexander Y., Yuan, Yajie, Beloborodov, Andrei M. (2022). Relativistic Alfvén Waves Entering Charge-starvation in the Magnetospheres of Neutron Stars . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Yavetz, Tomer D., Hui, Lam(2022). Construction of wave dark matter halos: Numerical algorithm and analytical constraints . Phys.Rev.D. 105. (2). p. 023512.
Li, Xinyu, Yavetz, Tomer D., Hui, Lam (2022). Construction of wave dark matter halos: Numerical algorithm and analytical constraints . Physical Review D.
Li, Xinyu, Chen, Alexander Y., Yuan, Yajie, Mahlmann, Jens F.(2022). Propagation of a Strong Fast Magnetosonic Wave in the Magnetosphere of a Neutron Star .
Li, Xinyu, Beloborodov, Andrei M., Sironi, Lorenzo(2021). Fast Dissipation of Colliding Alfvén Waves in a Magnetically Dominated Plasma . Astrophys.J. 915. (2). p. 101.
Xinyu Li, Andrei M. Beloborodov, Lorenzo Sironi(2021). Fast Dissipation of Colliding Alfvén Waves in a Magnetically Dominated Plasma . The Astrophysical Journal. 915. (2). p. 101. American Astronomical Society
Li, Xinyu, Beloborodov, Andrei M., Sironi, Lorenzo (2021). Fast Dissipation of Colliding Alfvén Waves in a Magnetically Dominated Plasma . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Chang, Philip, Levin, Yuri, Matzner, Christopher D., Armitage, Philip J. (2021). Erratum: Simulation of a compact object with outflows moving through a gaseous background . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Xinyu Li, Daniel M. Siegel (2021). Neutrino Fast Flavor Conversions in Neutron-Star Postmerger Accretion Disks . Physical Review Letters.
Li, Xinyu, Siegel, Daniel M.(2021). Neutrino Fast Flavor Conversions in Neutron-Star Postmerger Accretion Disks . Phys.Rev.Lett. 126. (25). p. 251101.
Li, Xinyu, Siegel, Daniel M. (2021). Neutrino Fast Flavor Conversions in Neutron-Star Postmerger Accretion Disks . Physical Review Letters.
Li, Xinyu, Chang, Philip, Levin, Yuri, Matzner, Christopher D., Armitage, Philip J.(2021). Simulation of a compact object with outflows moving through a gaseous background . Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 494. (2). p. 2327--2336.
Xinyu Li, Philip Chang, Yuri Levin, Christopher D Matzner, Philip J Armitage(2021). Erratum: Simulation of a compact object with outflows moving through a gaseous background . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 504. (3). p. 3166--3167. Oxford University Press ({OUP})
Li, Xinyu, Dalal, Neal, Bovy, Jo, Hui, Lam(2021). Don't cross the streams: caustics from Fuzzy Dark Matter . JCAP. 03. p. 076.
Li, Xinyu, Dalal, Neal, Bovy, Jo, Hui, Lam (2021). Don't cross the streams: caustics from fuzzy dark matter . Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics.
Li, Xinyu, Hui, Lam, Joyce, Austin, Landry, Michael J.(2021). Vortices and waves in light dark matter . JCAP. 01. p. 011.
Li, Xinyu, Hui, Lam, Yavetz, Tomer D.(2021). Oscillations and Random Walk of the Soliton Core in a Fuzzy Dark Matter Halo . Phys.Rev.D. 103. (2). p. 023508.
Xinyu Li, Lam Hui, Tomer D. Yavetz(2021). Oscillations and random walk of the soliton core in a fuzzy dark matter halo . Physical Review D. 103. (2). American Physical Society ({APS})
Li, Xinyu, Hui, Lam, Yavetz, Tomer D. (2021). Oscillations and random walk of the soliton core in a fuzzy dark matter halo . Physical Review D.
Li, Xinyu, Hui, Lam, Joyce, Austin, Landry, Michael J. (2021). Vortices and waves in light dark matter . Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics.
Xinyu Li, Philip Chang, Yuri Levin, Christopher D Matzner, Philip J Armitage(2020). Simulation of a compact object with outflows moving through a gaseous background . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 494. (2). p. 2327--2336. Oxford University Press ({OUP})
Li, Xinyu, Chang, Philip, Levin, Yuri, Matzner, Christopher D., Armitage, Philip J. (2020). Simulation of a compact object with outflows moving through a gaseous background . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Xinyu Li, F. Y. Wang, D. O. Chernyshov, C. Y. Hui, G. Q. Zhang, K. S. Cheng (2019). Consequences of Energetic Magnetar-like Outbursts of Nearby Neutron Stars: 14C Events and the Cosmic Electron Spectrum . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Wang, F. Y., Chernyshov, D. O., Hui, C. Y., Zhang, G. Q., Cheng, K. S. (2019). Consequences of Energetic Magnetar-like Outbursts of Nearby Neutron Stars: <SUP>14</SUP>C Events and the Cosmic Electron Spectrum . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Brummel-Smith, Corey, Bryan, Greg, Butsky, Iryna, Corlies, Lauren, Emerick, Andrew, Forbes, John, Fujimoto, Yusuke, Goldbaum, Nathan, Grete, Philipp, et al. (2019). ENZO: An Adaptive Mesh Refinement Code for Astrophysics (Version 2.6) . The Journal of Open Source Software.
Xinyu Li, Jonathan Zrake, Andrei M. Beloborodov (2019). Dissipation of Alfvén Waves in Relativistic Magnetospheres of Magnetars . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Zrake, Jonathan, Beloborodov, Andrei M. (2019). Dissipation of Alfvén Waves in Relativistic Magnetospheres of Magnetars . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Hui, Lam, Kabat, Daniel, Santoni, Luca, Wong, Sam S.C.(2019). Black Hole Hair from Scalar Dark Matter . JCAP. 06. p. 038.
Li, Xinyu, Hui, Lam, Kabat, Daniel, Santoni, Luca, Wong, Sam S. C. (2019). Black hole hair from scalar dark matter . Journal of Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics.
Li, Xinyu, Hui, Lam, Bryan, Greg L.(2019). Numerical and Perturbative Computations of the Fuzzy Dark Matter Model . Phys.Rev.D. 99. (6). p. 063509.
Li, Xinyu, Hui, Lam, Bryan, Greg L. (2019). Numerical and perturbative computations of the fuzzy dark matter model . Physical Review D.
Li, Xinyu, Wang, F.Y., Chernyshov, D.O., Hui, C.Y., Zhang, G.Q., Cheng, K.S.(2019). Consequences of Energetic Magnetar-Like Outbursts of Nearby Neutron Stars: $^{14}$C Events and the Cosmic Electron Spectrum .
Li, Xinyu, Zrake, Jonathan, Beloborodov, Andrei M.(2018). Dissipation of Alfvén Waves in Relativistic Magnetospheres of Magnetars .
Li, Xinyu, Beloborodov, Andrei M.(2016). Magnetar heating . Astrophys.J. 833. (2). p. 261.
Xinyu Li, Yuri Levin, Andrei M. Beloborodov (2016). MAGNETAR OUTBURSTS FROM AVALANCHES OF HALL WAVES AND CRUSTAL FAILURES . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Levin, Yuri, Beloborodov, Andrei M.(2016). Magnetar Outbursts from Avalanches of Hall Waves and Crustal Failures . Astrophys.J. 833. (2). p. 189.
Li, Xinyu, Levin, Yuri, Beloborodov, Andrei M. (2016). Magnetar Outbursts from Avalanches of Hall Waves and Crustal Failures .
Li, Xinyu, Beloborodov, Andrei M. (2016). Magnetar Heating . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Beloborodov, Andrei M. (2015). Plastic Damping of Alfvén Waves in Magnetar Flares and Delayed Afterglow Emission . The Astrophysical Journal.
Li, Xinyu, Beloborodov, Andrei M.(2015). Plastic damping of Alfvén waves in magnetar flares and delayed afterglow emission . Astrophys.J. 815. p. 25.
Li, X. Y., Wang, F. Y., Cheng, K. S. (2012). Gravitational effects of condensate dark matter on compact stellar objects .
Li, X. Y., Harko, T., Cheng, K. S. (2012). Condensate dark matter stars .
Li, X.Y., Harko, T., Cheng, K.S.(2012). Condensate dark matter stars . JCAP. 06. p. 001.
Li, Xinyu, Wang, Fayin, Cheng, K.S.(2012). Gravitational effects of condensate dark matter on compact stellar objects . JCAP. 10. p. 031.
CONFERENCE ABSTRACT
Li, Xinyu, Chen, Yuran, Yuan, Yajie (2022). Propagation of a strong fast wave in the magnetosphere of a neutron star. AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division.