Linghua Wang
Tenured Associate Professor
Room 416, North Physics Building
Peking University
Tel: 010-62767193
email：[email protected]
Education
1999 B.S., Space Physics Peking University
2002 M.S., Space Physics Peking University
2009 Ph.D., Physics University of California, Berkeley
Professional Experience
2009 - 2011 Postdoc, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
2011 - 2012 Assistant Research Physicist, Space Science Lab, University of
California, Berkeley
2012 - Tenured Associate Professor, ISPAT, Peking University
Research Interests
I am interested in high-energy solar physics/astrophysics from the experimental point of view. My research is focused on the analysis of observations of suprathermal electrons, ions and neutral particles from the Sun, the heliosphere and the planets’ magnetosphere, as well as the development of space-borne energetic particle instruments.
Current Projects
2013 - 2016 “The temporal and spatial distributions of the energy spectrum of energetic neutral atoms and their parent ions in the heliosheath”, NSFC, PI
2015 - 2018 “The acceleration and transport of solar impulsive energetic particles”, NSFC, PI
Academic Honors and Awards
2014 Peking University Tanglixin Outstanding Young Scholars
Professional Services
2002- American Geophysical Union, member
2012- Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, member
2013- European Geosciences Union, member
Publications
Wang, Linghua; Yang, Liu; He, Jiansen; Tu, Chuanyi; Pei, Zhongtian; Wimmer-Schweingruber, Robert F; Bale, Stuart D, Solar Wind ~20–200 keV Superhalo Electrons at Quiet Times, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 803(1) L2, 2015
Wang, Xin; Tu, Chuanyi; Wang, Linghua; He, Jiansen; Marsch, Eckart, The upstream‐propagating Alfv_enic uctuations with power‐law spectra in the upstream region of the Earth's bow shock, Geophysical Research Letters, 2015, Accepted
He, Jiansen; Wang Linghua; Tu, Chuanyi; Marsch, Eckart; Zong, Qiugang, Evidence of Landau and Cyclotron Resonance between Protons and Kinetic Waves in Solar Wind Turbulence, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 800(2) , L31, 2015
Yang, Liping; Wang, Linghua; He, Jiansen; Tu, Chuanyi; Zhang, Shaohua; Zhang, Lei; Feng, Xueshang, Numerical simulation of superhalo electrons generated by magnetic reconnection in the solar wind source region, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 15, 348–362, 2015
Zhang, L; Yang, L-P; He, J-S; Tu, C-Y; Wang, L-H; Marsch, E; Feng, X-S, Identification of slow magnetosonic wave trains and their evolution in 3-D compressible turbulence simulation, Annales Geophysicae, 33(1), 13-23, 2015
Tan, Lun C; Reames, Donald V; Ng, Chee K; Shao, Xi; Wang, Linghua, Correlation of Electron Path Lengths Observed in the Highly Wound Outer Region of Magnetic Clouds with the Slab Fraction of Magnetic Turbulence in the Dissipation Range, The Astrophysical Journal, 786(2), 122, 2014
Li, Chuan; Zhong, SJ; Wang, Linghua; Su, Wei; Fang, Cheng, Waiting time distribution of solar energetic particle events modeled with a non-stationary Poisson process, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 792(2), L26, 2014
Wang, Xin; Tu, Chuanyi; He, Jiansen; Marsch, Eckart; Wang, Linghua, The Influence of Intermittency on the Spectral Anisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 783(1), L9, 2014
Wang, Linghua; Li, Gang; Shih, Albert Y; Lin, Robert P; Wimmer-Schweingruber, Robert F, Simulation of Energetic Neutral Atoms from Solar Energetic Particles, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 793(2), L37, 2014
Yoon, PH; Ziebell, LF; Gaelzer, R; Wang, L; Lin, RP, Solar wind electron acceleration via langmuir turbulence, Terr,Atmos. Ocean, 2013
Tan, Lun C; Malandraki, Olga E; Reames, Donald V; Ng, Chee K; Wang, Linghua; Patsou, Ioanna; Papaioannou, Athanasios, Comparison between Path Lengths Traveled by Solar Electrons and Ions in Ground-Level Enhancement Events, The Astrophysical Journal, 768(1), 68, 2013
Wang, Linghua; Lin, Robert P; Salem, Chadi; Pulupa, Marc; Larson, Davin E; Yoon, Peter H; Luhmann, Janet G, Quiet-time solar wind superhalo electrons at solar minimum, SOLAR WIND 13: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Solar Wind Conference, 1539(1), 299-302, 2013
Yao, Shuo; He, J-S; Tu, C-Y; Wang, L-H; Marsch, E, Small-scale Pressure-balanced Structures Driven by Oblique Slow Mode Waves Measured in the Solar Wind, The Astrophysical Journal, 774(1), 59, 2013
Wang, Xin; Tu, Chuanyi; He, Jiansen; Marsch, Eckart; Wang, Linghua, On intermittent turbulence heating of the solar wind: Differences between tangential and rotational discontinuities, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 772(2), L14, 2013
Yang, Liping; He, Jiansen; Peter, Hardi; Tu, Chuanyi; Chen, Wenlei; Zhang, Lei; Marsch, Eckart; Wang, Linghua; Feng, Xueshang; Yan, Limei, Injection of plasma into the nascent solar wind via reconnection driven by supergranular advection, The Astrophysical Journal, 770(1), 6, 2013
Yao, Shuo; He, J-S; Tu, C-Y; Wang, L-H; Marsch, E, Small-scale Pressure-balanced Structures Driven by Mirror-mode Waves in the Solar Wind, The Astrophysical Journal, 776(2), 94, 2013
Tan, Lun C; Malandraki, Olga E; Reames, Donald V; Ng, Chee K; Wang, Linghua; Dorrian, Gareth, Use of incident and reflected solar particle beams to trace the topology of magnetic clouds, The Astrophysical Journal, 750(2), 146, 2012
Wang, Linghua; Lin, RP; Krucker, Säm; Mason, Glenn M, A statistical study of solar electron events over one solar cycle, The Astrophysical Journal, 759(1), 69, 2012
Yoon, PH; Ziebell, LF; Gaelzer, R; Lin, RP; Wang, L, Langmuir turbulence and suprathermal electrons, Space Science Reviews, 173(1-4), 459-489, 2012
Wang, Linghua; Lin, Robert P; Salem, Chadi; Pulupa, Marc; Larson, Davin E; Yoon, Peter H; Luhmann, Janet G, Quiet-time Interplanetary~ 2-20 keV Superhalo Electrons at Solar Minimum, The Astrophysical Journal Letters,753(1), L23, 2012
Luhmann, JG; Li, Yan; Bercik, DJ; Wang, Linghua; Odstrcil, D, Issues in heliospheric field mapping to flare SEP sources, SPACE WEATHER: THE SPACE RADIATION ENVIRONMENT: 11th Annual International Astrophysics Conference, 1500(1), 3-13, 2012
Lee, Ensang; Kwon, Hyuk-Jin; Park, Jong-Sun; Seon, Jongho; Jin, Ho; Kim, Khan-Hyuk; Lee, Dong-Hun; Wang, Linghua; Lin, Robert P; Parks, George K, Modeling of Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) Emissions During a Magnetic Storm for CINEMA/TRIO, 37(2), 117-117, 2012,
Wang, L; Lin, RP; Krucker, Säm, Pitch-angle Distributions and Temporal Variations of 0.3-300 keV Solar Impulsive Electron Events, The Astrophysical Journal, 727(2), 121, 2011
Tan, Lun C; Reames, Donald V; Ng, Chee K; Shao, Xi; Wang, Linghua, What Causes Scatter-free Transport of Non-relativistic Solar Electrons?, The Astrophysical Journal, 728(2), 133, 2011
de Koning, Curt A; Gosling, JT; Skoug, Ruth M; Steinberg, John T; Lin, Robert P; Wang, Linghua, Electron distributions during the solar electron burst of 22 March 2002, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (1978–2012), 116(A4), 2011
Agueda, Neus; Krucker, Säm; Lin, Robert P; Wang, Linghua, On the Near-Earth observation of protons and electrons from the decay of low-energy solar flare neutrons, The Astrophysical Journal, 737(2), 53, 2011
Wang, Linghua; Lin, RP; Parks, GK; Brandt, PC; Roelof, EC; Sample, JG; Eastwood, JP; Larson, DE; Curtis, DW; Luhmann, JG, Energetic,∼ 5–90 keV neutral atom imaging of a weak substorm with STEREO/STE, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, 8, 2010
Tan, Lun C; Reames, Donald V; Ng, Chee K; Saloniemi, Oskari; Wang, Linghua, Observational evidence on the presence of an outer reflecting boundary in solar energetic particle events, The Astrophysical Journal, 701(2), 1753, 2009
Hsieh, KC; Frisch, PC; Giacalone, J; Jokipii, JR; Kóta, J; Larson, DE; Lin, RP; Luhmann, JG; Wang, Linghua, A re-interpretation of STEREO/STE observations and its consequences, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 694(1), L79, 2009
Wang, Linghua, Solar impulsive energetic electron events, Ph.D. thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 2009
Liu, Y; Luhmann, JG; Müller-Mellin, R; Schroeder, PC; Wang, L; Lin, RP; Bale, SD; Li, Y; Acuña, MH; Sauvaud, J-A, A comprehensive view of the 2006 December 13 CME: from the Sun to interplanetary space, The Astrophysical Journal, 689(1), 563, 2008
Wang, Linghua; Lin, Robert P; Larson, Davin E; Luhmann, Janet G, Domination of heliosheath pressure by shock-accelerated pickup ions from observations of neutral atoms, Nature, 454(7200), 81-83, 2008
Lin, RP; Curtis, DW; Larson, DE; Luhmann, JG; McBride, SE; Maier, MR; Moreau, T; Tindall, CS; Turin, P; Wang, Linghua, The STEREO IMPACT suprathermal electron (STE) instrument, Space Science Reviews, 136(1-4), 241-255, 2008
Pick, M; Mason, GM; Wang, Y-M; Tan, C; Wang, L, Solar source regions for 3He-rich solar energetic particle events identified using imaging radio, optical, and energetic particle observations, The Astrophysical Journal, 648(2), 1247, 2006
Wang, Linghua; Lin, Robert P; Krucker, Sam; Gosling, John T, Evidence for double injections in scatter‐free solar impulsive electron events, Geophysical research letters, 33(3), 2006,
Wang, L; Lin, RP; Krucker, S; Mason, GM, A study of the solar injection for eleven impulsive electron/3he-rich sep events, Solar Wind 11/SOHO 16, Connecting Sun and Heliosphere, 592, 457, 2005
Tu, C‐Y; Wang, L‐H; Marsch, E, A possible way of understanding the differential motion of minor ions in the solar wind, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (1978–2012), 108(A4), 2003,
Tu, CY; Marsch, E; Wang, LH, Cyclotron-resonant diffusion regulating the core and beam of solar wind proton distributions, AIP Conference Proceedings, 389-392, 2003
Oral Presentations (* invited)
*Wang, L. (2015), Solar wind superhalo electrons at quiet times, the 14th Annual International Astrophysics conference, April 20-24, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
Wang, L. (2014), Solar wind 20-300 keV superhalo electrons, 2014 Fall AGU, Dec 16, 2014, San Francisco, USA
*Wang, L. (2014), Comparison of solar energetic electron events between solar cycle 23 and 24, Huntsville workshop 2014: Solar and Stellar Processes from the Chromosphere to the Outer Corona., March 27, 2014, Orlando, Florida, USA
Wang, L. (2014), Solar Wind Superhalo electrons, 2014 SHINE, Jun 24, 2014, Telluride, CO, USA
Wang, L. (2014), Quiet-time interplanetary superhalo electrons, 2014 AOGS, August 1, 2014, Sapporo, Japan
*Wang, L. (2014), ENA Imaging of a Weak Substorm with STEREO/STE, Energetic Neutral Atom symposium, July 1, 2014, Nanjing, China
Wang, L. (2013), Simulation of Energetic Neutral Atom Imaging of Solar Energetic Particles, EGU General Assembly, April 07-12, 2013, Vienna, Austria,
Wang, L. (2013), Quiet-Time Interplanetary Superhalo Electrons at Solar Minimum, EGU General Assembly, April 07-12, 2013, Vienna, Austria,
*Wang, L. (2013), Quiet-time Solar Wind Superhalo Electrons, the 12th Scientific Assembly of the IAGA, Aug 25-31, 2013, Mérida, Yucatán, México
*Wang, L. (2013), A Statistical Study of Solar Electron Events over one Solar Cycle, AOGS 2013,June 24-28, 2013, Brisbane, Australia
*Wang, L. (2013), Chinese space program, Robert Lin’s symposium, Sept. 21, 2013, Berkeley, USA
*Wang, L. (2013), Solar Energetic Electron Events, workshop on energetic particles in the heliosphere, Oct 7-11, 2013, Nanjing, China
*Wang, L. (2013), Solar Energetic Particle Events， The third International Conference on Storms, Substorms, and Space Weather, Nov 3-7, 2013, Shenzhen, China
Wang, L. (2013), Comparison of solar energetic electron events between solar cycle 23 and 24, the FALL AGU meeting, Dec 9-13, 2013, San Francisco, USA
Wang, L. (2012), Quiet-time Interplanetary ~2-20keV Superhalo Electrons at Solar Minimum, AOGS, Singapore, August 13-17, 2012
Wang, L. (2012), Pitch Angle Distributions and Temporal Variations of 0.3-300 Kev Solar Impulsive Electron Events, AOGS, Singapore, August 13-17, 2012
Wang, L. (2011), Solar Impulsive Energetic Electron Events, Physics 290 B, March 8, University of California, Berkeley.
Wang, L. (2011), Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) Imaging of Weak Substorms with STEREO STE, International Symposium From Solar Storm to Geomagnetic Storm, Shanghai, China, May 8-14, 2011.
Wang, L. (2011), Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) Imaging of Weak Substorms with STEREO STE, Peking University, Beijing, China, June 15, 2011.
*Wang, L. (2011), Suprathermal electrons in the quite-time solar wind, Invited seminar, December 21, Peking University, Beijing, China.
*Wang, L. (2010, invited), Interplanetary propagation of ~0.3-300 keV Solar Impulsive Electron Events, West Lake International Symposium on Space Physics, Session MA1, April 18-21, Hangzhou, China.
*Wang, L. (2010), Energetic Neutral Atom Imaging of a Weak Substorm with STEREO/STE, Invited seminar, May 6, Peking University, Beijing, China.
*Wang, L. (2010), Solar Impulsive Electron Events, Invited seminar, May 7, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Wang, L. (2010), A Timing Study of Impulsive Solar Energetic Particle Events, the 216th American Astronomical Society meeting, SPD, thesis talk, May 23-27, Miami, Florida, USA.
Wang, L. (2010), Interplanetary Propagation of Solar Impulsive Energetic Electrons, Joint Meeting of the ACE / SOHO / STEREO / WIND Spacecraft Teams, June 8-11, Kennebunkport, Maine, USA.
Wang, L. (2010), When and Where are Impulsive SEPs Accelerated?, Joint Meeting of the ACE / SOHO / STEREO / WIND Spacecraft Teams, June 8-11, Kennebunkport, Maine, USA.
Wang, L. (2010), Superhalo Electrons in the Solar Wind, Joint Meeting of the ACE / SOHO / STEREO / WIND Spacecraft Teams, June 8-11, Kennebunkport, Maine, USA.
Wang, L. (2009), STEREO/STE Detections of Terrestrial ENAs and Anomalous ENAs, February 3-5, Pasadena, California.
Wang, L (2009), Lin, R. P., Roelof, E. C., and Luhmann, J. G., Upper Limits on Heliosheath ENA Intensities (4-70 keV) from STEREO/STE, American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, abstract #SH24A-07, May 24–27, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Wang, L. (2009), Energetic Neutral Atom Imaging of Earth's Ring Current with STEREO/STE from low altitude and latitude, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, abstract #SM14A-07, December 14-18, San Francisco, California, USA.
Wang, L. (2008), Direct observations of heliospheric ENAs by STEREO/STE, Joint meeting of STEREO/Wind/ACE/Ulysses, February 19-21, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.
*Wang, L. (2008), STEREO Mapping of Energetic Neutral Atoms from Heliosheath, Space Sciences Laboratory colloquium, May 16, University of California, Berkeley.
Wang, L. (2008), STEREO Observations of Energetic, ~4- 20 keV Neutral Atoms from the Heliosheath, American Geophysical Union, the Joint Assembly, abstract #SH24A-05, May 27-30, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
*Wang, L. (2008), STEREO Mapping of Energetic Neutral Atoms from Heliosheath, Invited seminar, September 25, Peking University, Beijing, China.
*Wang, L. (2008), STEREO Observations of Heliosheath ENAs in 2008, Huntsville Workshop - The Physical Processes for Energy and Plasma Transport across Magnetic Boundaries, October 26-31, Huntsville, Alabama, USA.
Wang, L. (2008), STEREO/STE observations of X-rays and ENAs, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, abstract #SH14A-05, December 10-14, San Francisco, California, USA.
Wang, L. (2007), The injection and propagation of Solar Impulsive Electron Events, Physics 290 B, May 8, University of California, Berkeley.
Wang, L. (2007), The timing between impulsive electrons and type III radio bursts and 3He-rich ions, SHINE Workshop, July 30-August 3, Whistler, Canada.
Wang, L. (2007), STE quiet-time observations during solar minimum, the STEREO SWG meeting, November 13-14, Caltech, Pasadena, California.
Wang, L. (2007), Pitch Angle Distributions for Solar Impulsive Electron Events, the WIND SWG meeting, December 20, University of California, Berkeley.
Wang, L. (2006), Solar Energetic Electron Events observed by WIND/3DP, Physics 290 B, April 4, University of California, Berkeley.
Wang L. (2006), A study of the solar injection for nine scatter-free impulsive electron events, American Geophysical Union, the Joint Assembly, abstract # SH41A-03, May 23-26, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Wang L. (2006), A statistical study of solar energetic electron events over one solar cycle, American Astronomical Society, SPD meeting, June 25-30, University of New Hampshire.
Wang L. (2006), A study of the solar injection for nine scatter-free impulsive electron events, the 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, July 16-23, Beijing, China.
Wang L. (2006), A statistical study of solar energetic electron events over one solar cycle, the 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, July 16-23, Beijing, China.
Wang L. (2006), A Study of Pitch Angle Distributions for Solar Impulsive Electron Events, the WIND SWG meeting, December 16, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.
Wang L. (2005), Comparison between impulsive 3He-rich events and energetic electron events, American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, abstract #SH33A-01, May 23-27, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Wang L. (2005), A study of solar injection of impulsive electron/3He-rich SEP events, the WIND/SWG meeting, December 4, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.
Wang, L. (2004), A study of the injection of electrons in three solar impulsive events observed by WIND, Physics 290 B, University of California, Berkeley.