Publications

Wei Liu's NASA ADS: Private Library (or http://tinyurl.com/WeiLiu-ADS-Publications, last updated 2018-Oct-04)

ADS General Search (up to date) : Refereed Publications, All (articles + abstracts)

• 2016

  Liu, Wei, Ofman, L., Broder, B., Karlicky, M., and Downs, C. "Quasi-periodic Fast-mode Magnetosonic Wave Trains Within Coronal Waveguides Associated with Flares and CMEs", 2016 AIP, Proceedings of the 14th International Solar Wind Conference (PDF).

• 2015

  Rubio da Costa, F., Liu, Wei, Petrosian, V., Carlsson, M., "Combined Modeling of Acceleration, Transport, and Hydrodynamic Response in Solar Flares. II. Inclusion of Radiative Transfer with RADYN", 2015/11, ApJ, 813, 133, 17 pp. (ADS)

  Tian, H., Young, P. R., Reeves, K. K., Chen, B., Liu, Wei, McKillop, S. "Temporal Evolution of Chromospheric Evaporation: Case Studies of the M1.1 Flare on 2014 September 6 and X1.6 Flare on 2014 September 10", 2015/10, ApJ, 811, 139, 16 pp. (ADS)

  Pesce-Rollins, M., Omodei, N., Petrosian, V., Liu, Wei, Rubio da Costa, F., Allafort, A., Chen, Q. R., "First Detection of >100 MeV Gamma-Rays Associated with a Behind-the-limb Solar Flare", 2015/06, ApJ Letters, 805, L15, 6 pp. (ADS)

  Rubio da Costa, F., Kleint, L., Petrosian, V., Sainz Dalda, A., Liu, Wei. "Solar Flare Chromospheric Line Emission: Comparison Between IBIS High-resolution Observations and Radiative Hydrodynamic Simulations", 2015/05, ApJ, 804, 56, 12 pp. (ADS)

  Liu, Wei, De Pontieu, B., Vial J.-C., Title, A. M., Carlsson, M., Uitenbroek H., Okamoto T. J., Berger T. E., Antolin, P. "First High-resolution Spectroscopic Observations of an Erupting Prominence Within a Coronal Mass Ejection by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)", 2015/04, ApJ, 803, 85, 12 pp. (ADS)

• 2014

  Tian, H., Li, G., Reeves, K. K., Raymond, J. C., Guo, F., Liu, Wei, Chen, B., Murphy, N. A., "Imaging and Spectroscopic Observations of Magnetic Reconnection and Chromospheric Evaporation in a Solar Flare", 2014/12, ApJ Letters, 797, L14, 7 pp. (ADS)

  Nitta, N. V., Liu, Wei, Gopalswamy, N., Yashiro, S. "The Relation Between Large-Scale Coronal Propagating Fronts and Type II Radio Bursts" 2014/12, Solar Physics, 289, 4589-4606. (ADS)

  Jia, Y.-D., Russell, C. T., Liu, Wei, Shou, Y. S. Multi-fluid Model of a Sun-grazing Comet in the Rapidly Ionizing, Magnetized Low Corona", 2014/11, ApJ, 796, 42, 7 pp. (ADS)

  Testa, P., De Pontieu, B., Allred, J., Carlsson, M., Reale, F., Daw, A., Hansteen, V., Martinez-Sykora, J., Liu, Wei, DeLuca, E. E., Golub, L., and 12 coauthors, "Evidence of nonthermal particles in coronal loops heated impulsively by nanoflare", 2014/10, Science, Vol. 346, id. 1255724. (ADS)

  Liu, Wei; Ofman, Leon, "Advances in Observing Various Coronal EUV Waves in the SDO Era and Their Seismological Applications (Invited Review)", 2014/04, Solar Physics, 289, 3233-3277. (ADS, PDF)

  Liu, Wei; Berger, Thomas E.; and Low, B. C. "Coronal Condensation in Funnel Prominences as Return Flows of the Chromosphere-Corona Mass Cycle", 2014/01, in Nature of Prominences and their role in Space Weather, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 300, pp. 441-442 (ADS, PDF)

• 2013

  Nitta, Nariaki V.; Schrijver, Carolus J.; Title, Alan M.; Liu, Wei, "Large-scale Coronal Propagating Fronts in Solar Eruptions as Observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on Board the Solar Dynamics Observatory - an Ensemble Study", 2013/10, ApJ, 776, id. 58, 13 pp. (ADS)

  Liu, Rui; Liu, Chang; Xu, Yan; Liu, Wei; Kliem, Bernhard; Wang, Haimin. "Observation of a Moreton Wave and Wave-Filament Interactions Associated with the Renowned X9 Flare on 1990 May 24", 2013/08, ApJ, 773, id. 166, 13 pp. (ADS)

  Liu, Wei; Chen, Qing-Rong; Petrosian, Vahé. "Plasmoid Ejections and Loop Contractions in an Eruptive M7.7 Solar Flare: Evidence of Particle Acceleration and Heating in Magnetic Reconnection Outflows", 2013/04, ApJ, 767, id. 168., 18 pp. (ADS, PDF)

• 2012

  Berger, Thomas E.; Liu, Wei; Low, B. C. "SDO/AIA Detection of Solar Prominence Formation within a Coronal Cavity", 2012/10, ApJ Letters, 758, L37. (ADS)

  Low, B. C.; Liu, Wei; Berger, T.; Casini, R. "The Hydromagnetic Interior of a Solar Quiescent Prominence. II. Magnetic Discontinuities and Cross-field Mass Transport", 2012/09, ApJ, 757, id. 21. (ADS)

  Low, B. C.; Berger, T.; Casini, R.; Liu, Wei. "The Hydromagnetic Interior of a Solar Quiescent Prominence. I. Coupling between Force Balance and Steady Energy Transport", 2012/08, ApJ, 755, id. 34. (ADS)

  Liu, Wei; Ofman, Leon; Nitta, Nariaki V.; Aschwanden, Markus J.; Schrijver, Carolus J.; Title, Alan M.; Tarbell, Theodore D. "Quasi-periodic Fast-mode Wave Trains within a Global EUV Wave and Sequential Transverse Oscillations Detected by SDO/AIA", 2012/07, ApJ, 753, id. 52. (ADS)

  Schrijver, Carolus J.; Brown, John C.; Battams, Karl; Saint-Hilaire, Pascal; Liu, Wei ; Hudson, Hugh; Pesnell, William Dean. "Destruction of Sun-Grazing Comet C/2011 N3 (SOHO) Within the Low Solar Corona", 2012/01/20, Science, 335, 324-328. (ADS, Science Report, Science Perspective by Dr. Carey M. Lisse, Media Coverage: National Geographic, Discover Magzine, Space.com)

  Liu, Wei; Berger, Thomas E.; and Low, B. C. "First SDO/AIA Observation of Solar Prominence Formation Following an Eruption: Magnetic Dips and Sustained Condensation and Drainage" 2012/02, ApJ Letters, 745, L21. (ADS, astroph)

• 2011

  Ofman, L.; Liu, Wei; Title, A.; Aschwanden, M. "Modeling Super-fast Magnetosonic Waves Observed by SDO in Active Region Funnels", 2011/10, ApJ Letters, 740, L33. (ADS)

  Holman, G. D.; Aschwanden, M. J.; Aurass, H.; Battaglia, M.; Grigis, P. C.; Kontar, E. P.; Liu, Wei; Saint-Hilaire, P.; Zharkova, V. V. "Implications of X-ray Observations for Electron Acceleration and Propagation in Solar Flares", 2011/09, Space Science Reviews, 159, Issue 1-4, pp. 107-166. (ADS)

  Fletcher, L.; Dennis, B. R.; Hudson, H. S.; Krucker, S.; Phillips, K.; Veronig, A.; Battaglia, M.; Bone, L.; Caspi, A.; Chen, Q.; Gallagher, P.; Grigis, P. T.; Ji, H.; Liu, Wei; Milligan, R. O.; Temmer, M. "An Observational Overview of Solar Flares", 2011/09, Space Science Reviews, 159, Issue 1-4, pp. 19-106. (ADS)

  Liu, Wei; Title, Alan M.; Zhao, Junwei; Ofman, Leon; Schrijver, Carolus J.; Aschwanden, Markus J.; De Pontieu, Bart; Tarbell, Theodore D. "Direct Imaging of Quasi-periodic Fast Propagating Waves of ~2000 km s-1 in the Low Solar Corona by the Solar Dynamics Observatory Atmospheric Imaging Assembly", 2011/07, ApJ Letters, 736, L13. (ADS, Lockheed Martin Press Release and Visuals, Media Coverage: Astronomy Now (UK), Space Daily, joint with Leon Ofman: Fox News, MSNBC)

  Liu, Wei; Berger, Thomas E.; Title, Alan M.; Tarbell, Theodore D; and Low, B. C. "Chromospheric Jet and Growing "Loop" Observed by Hinode: New Evidence of Fan-Spine Magnetic Topology Resulting From Flux Emergence", 2011/02, ApJ, 728, 103-118. (ADS, astroph)

• 2010

  Nitta, Nariaki V.; Freeland, Samuel L.; Liu, Wei. "An Alternative View of the Masuda Flare", 2010/12, ApJ Letters, 725, L28-L33. (ADS)

  Liu, Wei; Nitta, Nariaki V.; Schrijver, Carolus J.; Title, Alan M.; Tarbell, Theodore D. "First SDO AIA Observations of a Global Coronal EUV Wave: Multiple Components and Ripples", 2010/11, ApJ Letters, 723, L53-59. (ADS, PDF)

• 2009

  Liu, Wei; Berger, Thomas E.; Title, Alan M.; Tarbell, Theodore D. "An Intriguing Chromospheric Jet Observed by Hinode: Fine Structure Kinematics and Evidence of Unwinding Twists", 2009/12, ApJ Letters, 707, L37-L41. (ADS, PDF)

  Liu, Wei; Petrosian, Vahé; Mariska, John T. "Combined Modeling of Acceleration, Transport, and Hydrodynamic Response in Solar Flares. I. The Numerical Model", 2009, ApJ, 702, 1553-1566. (ADS, PDF)

  Liu, Wei; Wang, Tong-Jiang; Dennis, Brian R.; Holman, Gordon D. "Episodic X-Ray Emission Accompanying the Activation of an Eruptive Prominence: Evidence of Episodic Magnetic Reconnection", 2009, ApJ, 698, 632-640. (ADS, PDF)

  Liu, Wei; Petrosian, Vahé; Dennis, Brian R.; Holman, Gordon D. "Conjugate Hard X-Ray Footpoints in the 2003 October 29 X10 Flare: Unshearing Motions, Correlations, and Asymmetries", 2009, ApJ, 693, 847-867. (ADS, PDF)

• 2008

  Liu, Wei. "Solar Flares as Natural Particle Accelerators: A High-energy View from X-ray Observations and Theoretical Models", monograph based on my PhD Thesis, published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller (Saarbrücken, Germany), July 2008, ISBN: 978-3-8364-7432-0, 252 pages. (ADS, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Free Download PDF)

  Liu, Wei; Petrosian, Vahé; Dennis, Brian R.; Jiang, Yan-Wei. "Double Coronal Hard and Soft X-Ray Source Observed by RHESSI: Evidence for Magnetic Reconnection and Particle Acceleration in Solar Flares", 2008, ApJ, 676, 704-716. (ADS, PDF)

• 2007

  Liu, Wei; Petrosian, Vahé. "Double Coronal Hard X-ray Source", Oct. 2007, RHESSI Science Nuggets. (Online)

• 2006

  Liu, Wei. "Characteristics of Solar Flare Hard X-ray Emissions: Observations and Models", Dec. 2006, Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University (Advisor: Petrosian, Vahé). Published by Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007, Section 0212, Part 0373, 224 pages; Publication Number: AAT 3242584; ISBN: 9780542984037; ProQuest document ID: 1246584791. (ADS, UMI/Proquest, PDF)

  Liu, W., Liu, S., Jiang, Y. W., Petrosian, V. "RHESSI Observation of Chromospheric Evaporation", 2006, ApJ, Vol. 649, 1124-1139. (ADS, PDF)

  Jiang, Yan Wei; Liu, Siming; Liu, Wei; Petrosian, Vahé. "Evolution of the Loop-Top Source of Solar Flares--Heating and Cooling Processes". 2006, ApJ, 638, 1140-1153. (ADS, astro-ph/0508532)

• 2005

  Liu, W., Zhao, X. P., Wu, S. T., & Scherrer, P. H. "Magnetic Topologies and Two-class Coronal Mass Ejections: a Numerical Magnetohydrodynamic Study" 2005, astro-ph/0511023 (ADS).

• 2004

  Liu, Wei, Yan-Wei Jiang, Siming Liu, & Vahé Petrosian. "RHESSI Observations of a Simple Large X-ray Flare on 2003 November 3", 2004, ApJ Letters, 611, L53-L56. (ADS, PDF)

• Pre-2003

  Liu, Wei, Xue-Pu Zhao, Shi Tsan Wu, and Philip H. Scherrer, " Effects of Magnetic Topology on CME Kinematic Properties (PDF)", Proceedings of International Solar Cycle Studies (ISCS) Symposium 2003: Solar Variability as an Input to the Earth's Environment, June 23-28, 2003, Tatranska Lomnica, Slovak Republic. Ed.: A. Wilson, pp. 459-464 (ESA SP Series 535, Sept. 2003, ISBN 92-9092-845-X ).

  Liu, Wei, Yan-Wei Jiang, Vahé Petrosian, and Thomas R. Metcalf, A Statistical Study of Limb Flares Observed by RHESSI: Imaging (PDF, PS), AAS/SPD 2003 meeting, June 16-20, 2003, Laurel, Maryland.

  Boberg, Fredrik; Lundstedt, Henrik; Hoeksema, J. Todd; Scherrer, Philip H.; Liu, Wei Solar mean magnetic field variability: A wavelet approach to Wilcox Solar Observatory and SOHO/Michelson Doppler Imager observations, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), Vol. 107, No. A10, doi: 1318, 10.1029/2001JA009195, 2002

  Zhao, Xue-Pu, Simon P. Plunkett, and Wei Liu, " Determination of geometrical and kinematical properties of halo coronal mass ejection using the cone model" (PDF), Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), Vol. 107, No. A8, 1223, 10.1029/2001JA009143, 2002.

  Liu, Wei, Simon P. Plunkett, Xue-Pu Zhao, A Cone Model for Coronal Mass Ejections (PS), in COSPAR Colloquia Series, 14 : Solar-Terrestrial Magnetic Activity and Space Environment, edited by H. Wang and R. Xu, pp. 267-269, Elsevier, 2002 (meeting: September 10-12, 2001, Beijing, P. R. China).

  Liu, Wei, Yang Liu, Xue-Pu Zhao, Philip H. Scherrer, Are the Signals in the Sun's Mean Magnetic Field Associated With Coronal Mass Ejections? (PDF, PS), AGU 2001 Spring Meeting, May 29 - June 2, 2001, Boston, Massachusetts.
  Hu, You-Qiu, Yan-Wei Jiang, and Wei Liu, Coronal Magnetic Flux Rope Equilibria and Magnetic Helicity (PDF), Chinese Journal of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 1, pp. 77-84, 2001.
  Hu, You-Qiu and Wei Liu, A 2.5-dimensional Ideal Magnetohydrodynamic Model for Coronal Magnetic Flux Ropes (PDF), The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 540, No. 2, pp. 1119-1125, September, 2000. Click here to view the movie of the evolution of a magnetic flux rope.
  Chen, Yao; Zhong-Yuan Li; Wei Liu; and Zhi-Dong Shi, Solitary Kinetic Alfvén Waves in The Inertial Limit Region (PDF), Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 371-374, January, 2000.
  Liu, Wei, You-Qiu Hu, Li-Dong Xia, and Yu-Lin Yang, Prominence Disturbance Caused by Magnetic Cancellation, Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 24, Issue 3, pp. 365-373, 2000. (Also Chinese version in Acta Astrophysica Sinica, Vol. 20, No. 2, April, 2000.)
  Yang, Yu-Lin, Shao-Liang Liu, You Qiu-Hu, and Wei Liu, Numerical Study of Propagation Properties of Interplanetary Shocks, Acta Geophysica Sinica, 2000.
  Hu, You-Qiu, and Wei Liu, Eruption of Emerged Magnetic Flux Ropes from The Photosphere, in Proceedings of The First Franco-Chinese Meeting on Solar Physics, edited by C. Fang, J. C. Hénoux, M. D. Ding, pp. 1, International Academic Publishers, Beijing, 1999 (Conference at Xi-an, P. R. China, November, 1999).

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