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Lifan Wang

New York University · US
Area of research
Astronomy and Astrophysics · Instrumentation
Research interest
Research interests include Physics, Astrophysics, Supernova, Astronomy, Galaxy, and Light curve.
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citations
886
works
27
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Kilonova Constraints for the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Neutron Star Merger Candidate S250206dm: GW-MMADS Observations
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2025cited by 6position: middledoi
JWST Observations of SN 2024ggi. I. Interpretation and Model Comparison of the Type II Supernova 2024ggi at 55 Days past Explosion
The Astrophysical Journal 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
An axisymmetric shock breakout indicated by prompt polarized emission from the type II supernova 2024ggi
Science Advances 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Carnegie Supernova Project I and II: Measurements of H <sub>0</sub> Using Cepheid, Tip of the Red Giant Branch, and Surface Brightness Fluctuation Distance Calibration to Type Ia Supernovae*
The Astrophysical Journal 2024cited by 38position: middledoi
ASASSN-15LH: A SUPERLUMINOUS ULTRAVIOLET REBRIGHTENING OBSERVED by SWIFT and HUBBLE
White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) 2024cited by 33position: middledoi
Ground-based and JWST Observations of SN 2022pul. II. Evidence from Nebular Spectroscopy for a Violent Merger in a Peculiar Type Ia Supernova
The Astrophysical Journal 2024cited by 21position: lastdoi
JWST MIRI/Medium Resolution Spectrograph (MRS) Observations and Spectral Models of the Underluminous Type Ia Supernova 2022xkq
The Astrophysical Journal 2024cited by 13position: middledoi
A JWST Medium-resolution MIRI Spectrum and Models of the Type Ia Supernova 2021aefx at +415 days
The Astrophysical Journal 2024cited by 10position: middledoi
The nature of an ultra-faint galaxy in the cosmic dark ages seen with JWST
Nature 2023cited by 73position: middledoi
A shock flash breaking out of a dusty red supergiant
Nature 2023cited by 70position: middledoi
Early Time Spectropolarimetry of the Aspherical Type II Supernova SN 2023ixf
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2023cited by 52position: middledoi
JWST's PEARLS: Transients in the MACS J0416.1−2403 Field
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 2023cited by 33position: middledoi
A JWST Near- and Mid-infrared Nebular Spectrum of the Type Ia Supernova 2021aefx
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2023cited by 33position: lastdoi
JWST Low-resolution MIRI Spectral Observations of SN 2021aefx: High-density Burning in a Type Ia Supernova
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2023cited by 26position: middledoi
Ground-based and JWST Observations of SN 2022pul. I. Unusual Signatures of Carbon, Oxygen, and Circumstellar Interaction in a Peculiar Type Ia Supernova
The Astrophysical Journal 2023cited by 24position: lastdoi
JWST’s PEARLS: Dust Attenuation and Gravitational Lensing in the Backlit-galaxy System VV 191
The Astronomical Journal 2023cited by 14position: middledoi
The core normal Type Ia supernova 2019np – an overall spherical explosion with an aspherical surface layer and an aspherical 56Ni core
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2023cited by 14position: middledoi
JWST NIRCam Observations of SN 1987A: Spitzer Comparison and Spectral Decomposition
The Astrophysical Journal 2023cited by 11position: middledoi
SN 2021fxy: mid-ultraviolet flux suppression is a common feature of Type Ia supernovae
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2023cited by 9position: middledoi
Bump Morphology of the CMAGIC Diagram
The Astrophysical Journal 2023cited by 7position: middledoi
Spectropolarimetry of the Type IIP supernova 2021yja: an unusually high continuum polarization during the photospheric phase
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2023cited by 6position: middledoi
An Independent Determination of the Distance to Supernova SN 1987A by Means of the Light Echo AT 2019xis
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2023cited by 5position: middledoi
JWST PEARLS. Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science: Project Overview and First Results
The Astronomical Journal 2022cited by 160position: middledoi
JWST's PEARLS: Bright 1.5–2.0 μm Dropouts in the Spitzer/IRAC Dark Field
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2022cited by 19position: middledoi
Using 1991T/1999aa-like Type Ia Supernovae as Standardizable Candles
The Astrophysical Journal 2022cited by 17position: middledoi
Spectropolarimetry of the Type Ia SN 2019ein rules out significant global asphericity of the ejecta
arXiv (Cornell University) 2022cited by 17position: middledoi
The interaction of supernova 2018evt with a substantial amount of circumstellar matter – An SN 1997cy-like event
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2022cited by 13position: middledoi
Spectropolarimetry of the Thermonuclear Supernova SN 2021rhu: High Calcium Polarization 79 Days after Peak Luminosity
The Astrophysical Journal 2022cited by 10position: middledoi
An imaging polarimetry survey of Type Ia supernovae: are peculiar extinction and polarization properties produced by circumstellar or interstellar matter?
Institutional Research Information System University of Ferrara (University of Ferrara) 2022cited by 8position: lastdoi
The Interaction of Supernova 2018evt with a Substantial Amount of Circumstellar Matter -- An SN1997cy-like Event
arXiv (Cornell University) 2022cited by 1position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Justyn R. Maund · University of Sheffield15 papers (2016–2025) · 15 papers (2016–2025)J. C. Wheeler · National Institute of Standards and Technology14 papers (2016–2025)Yi Yang · University of California, Berkeley13 papers (2017–2025) · 11 papers (2016–2025)Peter Höflich · Florida State University10 papers (2016–2023)Aleksandar Cikota · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory10 papers (2019–2025)A. V. Filippenko · University of California, Berkeley9 papers (2021–2025)Kishore C. Patra · University of California, Berkeley7 papers (2021–2025)Mattia Bulla · University of Ferrara6 papers (2019–2025)P. Hoêflich · Florida State University5 papers (2022–2025)Thomas G. Brink · University of California, Berkeley5 papers (2021–2023) · 4 papers (2016–2019)Sergiy S. Vasylyev · University of California, Berkeley4 papers (2022–2025)WeiKang Zheng · University of California, Berkeley4 papers (2021–2023)Lingzhi Wang · Texas A&M University3 papers (2013–2017) · 3 papers (2013–2017)M. C. B. Ashley · UNSW Sydney3 papers (2013–2017) · 3 papers (2013–2017)C. Pennypacker · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory3 papers (2013–2017)