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Yu Liu

Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1981Rising activity
Solar and Space Plasma DynamicsStellar, planetary, and galactic studiesIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsAstro and Planetary ScienceAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing

Publications

360

Citations

5,850

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

46

Publishing since 1981

Research summary
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This publication record appears to combine work from multiple researchers who share the name 'Yu Liu,' spanning solar and stellar astrophysics, remote sensing, materials science, and biomedical research. Within the solar/astrophysics thread, the work focuses on solar coronal observations, filament and sunspot dynamics, coronagraph instrumentation, and related astronomical phenomena such as pulsars and black hole optics. Because the topics and venues are so varied, prospective students should verify which specific body of work corresponds to the individual they are interested in before drawing conclusions about research focus.

Solar corona and coronagraph instrumentationSolar filaments and sunspot dynamicsAstrophysical phenomena (pulsars, black holes, galaxy simulations)Remote sensing and physics-informed machine learningCross-disciplinary topics (biomedical, materials science, agriculture) likely from name overlap

Publication counts have grown notably in recent years, rising from roughly 13-18 per year between 2017 and 2023 to 31 in 2024 and 44 in 2025, suggesting increasing output, though this may partly reflect aggregation of multiple same-named authors.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 23.2/year recently
2017: 13 publications172018: 24 publications182019: 14 publications192020: 18 publications202021: 18 publications212022: 15 publications222023: 13 publications232024: 31 publications242025: 44 publications44252026: 13 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×20
  • Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics×13
  • The Astrophysical Journal×12
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters×10
  • Universe×8
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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