赖东/ 李政道讲席教授(访问)
天文与天体物理研究部
N625 dong AT astro.cornell.edu
教育背景
- 1991- 1994, 美国康奈尔大学 , 博士
- 1988- 1991, 美国康奈尔大学 , 硕士
- 1983- 1988, 中国科学技术大学 , 学士
工作经历
- 2008-至今, 美国康奈尔大学, 教授
- 2002-2008, 美国康奈尔大学, 副教授
- 1997-2002, 美国康奈尔大学, 助理教授
- 1994-1997, 美国加州理工, 博士后
研究方向
- 地外行星：动力学、原行星盘、恒星-行星相互作用
- 致密物体：中子星、黑洞、白矮星、引力波、中微子等
- 天体物理动力学：天体力学、波、振动、不稳定性
荣誉信息
- 1988年 中美联合培养物理研究生项目（CUSPEA）入选学者
- 1988年 康奈尔大学Sage研究生奖学金
- 1991年 康奈尔大学刘氏纪念学术卓越奖
- 1994-1997年 加州理工学院理论天体物理学Richard C. Tolman博士后研究奖金
- 1998-2002年 Alfred P. Sloan研究奖, A.P. Sloan 基金
- 2000年 康奈尔大学应用与工程物理系杰出本科研究指导周氏奖
- 2004年 中华人民共和国海外杰出青年科学家基金
- 2016年 Simons 基金会理论物理学Simons学者
- 2020年 加州大学伯克利分校Miller访问教授
- 2021年 康奈尔大学研究生教学与指导卓越教务长奖
- 2024年 美国天文学会天体动力学Dirk Brouwer奖
代表性论文专著
- 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 orbital evolution'', 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
- Liu, B., Lai, D., Wang, Y.-H. 2019,``Binary Mergers near a Supermassive Black Hole: Relativistic Effects in Triples'',ApJ Letters, 883, L7
- Li, Jiaru, Lai, D. 2020,``Planetary Spin and Obliquity from Mergers'', ApJ Letters, 898, L20
- 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
- O'Connor, C.E., Teyssandier, J., Lai, Dong 2022,``Secular chaos in white-dwarf planetary systems: origins of metal pollution and short-period planetary companions'', MNRAS, 513, 4178-4195
- 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
- Li, Rixin, & Lai, Dong 2022, ``Hydrodynamical Evolution of Black-Hole Binaries Embedded in AGN Discs'',MNRAS, 517, 1602-1624
- Rodet, Laetitia, & Lai, Dong 2022, ``Eccentric debris belts reveal the dynamical history of the companion exoplanet'', MNRAS, 516, 5544-5554
- 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