Dong Lai
Benson Jay Simon ’59 MBA ’62 and Mary Ellen Simon MA ’63 Professor - On Leave AY 25-26
Publications
- Lai, D. 2001,``Matter in Strong Magnetic Fields'',Review of Modern Physics, 73, 629-661
- Harding, A. K., Lai, D. 2006, ``Physics of Strongly Magnetized Neutron Stars'', Report of Progress of Physics, 69, 2631
- Lai, D., Tsang, D. 2009, ``Corotational Instability of Inertial-Acoustic Modes in Black Hole Accretion Discs and Quasi-Periodic Oscillations'', MNRAS, 393, 979-991
- Lai, D., Foucart, F., Lin, D.N.C. 2011, ``Evolution of Spin Direction of Accreting Magnetic Protostars and Spin-Orbit Misalignment in Exoplanetary Systems'', MNRAS, 412, 2790-2798
- Fuller, J., Lai, D. 2012, ``Dynamical Tides in Compact White Dwarf Binaries: Tidal Synchronization and Dissipation'', MNRAS, 421, 426-445
- Lai, D. 2012, ``DC Circuit Powered by Orbital Motion: Magnetic Interactions in Compact Object Binaries and Exoplanetary Systems'', ApJ, 757, L3
- Storch, N.I., Anderson, K.R., Lai, D. 2014, ``Chaotic Dynamics of Stellar Spin in Binaries and the Production of Misaligned Hot Jupiters'', Science, 345, 1317
- Wang, C., Lai, D. 2016, ``Axion-Photon Propagation in Magnetized Universe'', JCAP, 6, 006
- Xu, Wenrui, Lai, D. 2017, ``Resonant Tidal Excitation of Oscillation Modes in Merging Binary Neutron Stars: Inertial-Gravity Modes", Phys. Rev. D 96, 083005
- Zanazzi, J.J., Lai, D. 2018, ``Inclination Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks Around Eccentric Binaries'', MNRAS, 473, 603-615
- Liu, B., Lai, D. 2018, ``Black Hole and Neutron Star Binary Mergers in Triple Systems: Merger Fraction and Spin-Orbit Misalignment'', ApJ, 863, 68
- Munoz, D.J., Miranda, R., Lai, D. 2019, ``Hydrodynamics of circumbinary accretion: Angular momentum transfer and binary orbitalevolution'', ApJ, 871, 84
- Vick, M., Lai, D., Anderson, K.R. 2019, ``Chaotic Tides in Migrating Gas Giants: Forming Hot and Transient Warm Jupiters via High-Eccentricity Migration'', MNRAS, 484, 5645-5668
- Lai, Dong 2021,``Jupiter's Dynamical Love Number'',Planetary Science Journal, 2, 122
- Su, Yubo, & Lai, Dong 2022,``Dynamics of Colombo's Top: Tidal Dissipation and Resonance Capture, with Applications to Oblique Super-Earths, Ultra-Short-Period Planets and Inspiraling Hot Jupiters'' MNRAS, 509, 3301-3320
- Li, Jiaru, Lai, Dong, & Rodet, L. 2022, ``Long-term Evolution of Tightly-Packed Stellar Black Holes in AGN Disks: Formation of Merging Black-Hole Binaries via Close Encounters'', ApJ, 934, 154
- Lai, Dong 2023, ``IXPE Detection of Polarized X-rays from Magnetars and Photon Mode Conversion at QED Vacuum Resonance'', PNAS, 120, 17, e2216534120
- Lai, Dong, & Munoz, Diego J. 2023, ``Circumbinary Accretion: From Binary Stars to Massive Binary Black Holes'', Ann Review Astron. Astrophys.Chai 61, 517-560
- Qian, Kecheng, Li, Jiaru, Lai, D 2024, ``Dynamical Friction Models for Black-Hole Binary Formation in AGN Disks'', ApJ, 962, 143
- Liu, B, and Lai, D 2024, ``Extreme resonant eccentricity excitation of stars around merging black-hole binary'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 231403
- Laune, JT, Li, Rixin, and Lai, D. 2024 ``Migration of Accreting Planets and Black Holes in Disks'', ApJ, 975, 296
- O'Connor, CE, & Lai, D. 2025 ``Metal pollution in Sun-like stars from destruction of ultra-short-period planets'', ApJL, 978, L26
- Miao, Zhiqiang, Zhu, Zhengyu, and Lai, D. 2025 ``Quark Star Mergers: The Equation of State of Decompressed Quark Matter and Ob\ servational Signatures'', Phys. Rev. Lett., 135, 091402
- Yu, Fangyuan, & Lai, D. 2025 ``Binary Stars Approaching Supermassive Black Holes: Hydrodynamics of Stellar Collisions, Mass Fallback and Partial TDEs'', ApJ, 993, 88
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