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XING Chen
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Contact: Email:chenxing[at]nju.edu.cn
Personal introduction Biography

Dr. Chen Xing is currently a postdoc at the School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University. He obtained the PhD degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics at Paris Observatory - PSL and the PhD degree in Astronomy at Nanjing University in 2023.

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My research focuses on the solar eruptions. Specifically, my works specialize in the kinematics, the magnetic field properties, and the accompanying phenomena of coronal mass ejections through numerical simulations and observations.

Academic publications Publications

1. Kinematics of Coronal Mass Ejections:

(1) C. Xing, X. Cheng, G. Aulanier, M. D. Ding, 2025, The Astrophysical Journal, 986, 37, Initiation Route of Coronal Mass Ejections. II. The Role of Filament Mass   [paper link]

(2) C. Xing, G. Aulanier, X. Cheng, C. Xia, M. D. Ding, 2024, The Astrophysical Journal, 966, 70, Unveiling the Initiation Route of Coronal Mass Ejections through their Slow Rise Phase   [paper link]

(3) X. Cheng, C. Xing, G. Aulanier, S. K. Solanki, H. Peter, M. D. Ding, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 954, L47, Deciphering the Slow-rise Precursor of a Major Coronal Mass Ejection   [paper link]

(4) X. Cheng, J. Zhang, B. Kliem, T. Török, C. Xing, Z. J. Zhou, B. Inhester, M. D. Ding, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal, 894, 85, Initiation and Early Kinematic Evolution of Solar Eruptions   [paper link]

(5) C. Xing, H. C. Li, B. Jiang, X. Cheng, M. D. Ding, 2018, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 857, L14, Two Types of Long-duration Quasi-static Evolution of Solar Filaments   [paper link]


2. Evolution of Magnetic Flux in Coronal Mass Ejections:

(1) C. Xing, X. Cheng, M. D. Ding, 2020, The Innovation, 1, 100059, Evolution of the Toroidal Flux of CME Flux Ropes during Eruption   [paper link]

(2) C. Xing, X. Cheng, J. Qiu, Q. Hu, E. R. Priest, M. D. Ding, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal, 889, 125, Quantifying the Toroidal Flux of Pre-existing Flux Ropes of Coronal Mass Ejections   [paper link]

  


3. Accompanying Phenomena of Coronal Mass Ejections:

(1) C. Xing, G. Aulanier, B. Schmieder, X. Cheng, M. D. Ding, 2024, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 682, A3, Identifying Footpoints of Pre-eruptive and Coronal Mass Ejection Flux Ropes with Sunspot Scars   [paper link]