亚利桑那大学樊晓辉教授来访并作学术报告

Prof. Xiaohui Fan from University of Arizona visited SWIFAR

2019年10月16日，亚利桑那大学讲席教授樊晓辉教授应邀访问中国西南天文研究所，并为研究所及物理与天文学院师生作学术报告。

樊晓辉教授主要从事观测天体物理研究，在类星体、宇宙再电离等领域作出了杰出的贡献。此次报告中，他介绍了宇宙黎明时期高红移类星体的观测进展、类星体吸收谱对宇宙再电离物理过程的限制、探测高红移引力透镜类星体系统的方法及对该领域的展望。报告结束后，师生们就相关问题与樊晓辉教授进行了深入交流。

 

 

           

Xiaohui Fan，a Regents’ Professor from The University of Arizona visited SWIFAR on Oct. 16, 2019, and presented a colloquium on “Extreme Quasars During the Cosmic Dawn”. 

Prof. Fan’s research is in observational astronomy. He has made fundamental contributions to understand quasar physics and the cosmic reionization process. In the colloquium, he discussed their recent studies on detecting high-redshift quasars at cosmic dawn and the constraints on reionization of the universe. He presented the first high-redshift lensed quasar system with the quasar at redshift above 5. Future prospect of the field was also discussed. His presentation intrigued extensive and stimulating discussions among the faculty members and students.

Brief introduction to Xiaohui Fan:

Prof. Xiaohui Fan graduated from Nanjing University and obtained his master degree from Beijing Astronomical Observatory, the predecessor of National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2000. He joined University of Arizona as a faculty member in 2002 and is now a Regents’ Professor there.