Yangyang Cai/ Postdoctoral Scholar
Astronomy and Astrophysics Division
N431 yangyang.cai@sjtu.edu.cn

Educational Background

  • 2013- 2017, Nankai University , Bachelor
  • 2017- 2023, University of Arizona , Doctor

Work Experience

  • 2023-Now, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Project Postdoc

Research Interests

  • High energy astrophysics theory
  • Extreme electromagnetic environment around compact objects
  • GRPIC simulations on black hole magnetosphere

Representative Papers And Monographs

  • Hakobyan, H., Böss, L.M., Cai, Y., Chernoglazov, A., Galishnikova, A., Gorbunov, E.A., Mahlmann, J.F., Philippov, A., Solanki, S., Vanthieghem, A. and Zhou, M., 2025. Entity--Hardware-agnostic Particle-in-Cell Code for Plasma Astrophysics. I: Curvilinear Special Relativistic Module. arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.17710.
  • Dynamics of ultra-relativistic charged particles with strong radiation reaction. II. Approach to the equilibrium. Y. Cai, S. Gralla, and V. Paschalidis, Phys. Rev. D(2023)
  • Dynamics of ultra-relativistic charged particles with strong radiation reaction. I. Aristotelian equilibrium state. Y. Cai, S. Gralla, and V. Paschalidis, Phys. Rev. D(2023)
  • Consistent Blandford-Znajek Expansion J. Armas, Y. Cai, G. Compere, D. Garfinkle and S. Gralla, JCAP 04 (2020)