Publications of Xiaocan Li

A list of publications authored or co-authored by Xiaocan Li, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS). The number in brackets after each title indicates the number of citations that the paper has received.

Orcid ID: 0000-0001-5278-8029

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 47 (refereed: 47)
No. of citations: 1379
First author papers: 12 (refereed: 12)

2026

1. Energetic Nonthermal Electrons within the Above-the-looptop Regions in Solar Flares: Acceleration, Feedback, and Quasiperiodic Pulsations [0]
   Seo, Jeongbhin, Guo, Fan, Li, Xiaocan, Chen, Bin, Shen, Chengcai & Li, Hui, ApJ, 997, 313

2025

1. Nonlinear evolution and energy dissipation in shear-driven collisionless plasma turbulence [4]
   Goodwill, J., Adhikari, S., Li, X., Pucci, F., Yang, Y., Guo, F. & Matthaeus, W. H., Physics of Plasmas, 32, 052301
2. Particle Injection Problem in Magnetic Reconnection and Turbulence [2]
   Guo, Fan, French, Omar, Zhang, Qile, Li, Xiaocan & Seo, Jeongbhin, Space Science Reviews, 221, 103
3. Energy Conversion and Electron Acceleration and Transport in 3D Simulations of Solar Flares [4]
   Li, Xiaocan, Shen, Chengcai, Xie, Xiaoyan, Guo, Fan, Chen, Bin, Oparin, Ivan, Wei, Yuqian, Yu, Sijie & Seo, Jeongbhin, ApJ, 991, 202
4. Modeling Particle Acceleration and Release from Solar Eruptions [0]
   Li, Xiaocan, Dahlin, Joel, Guo, Fan, Zhuang, Bin, Masson, Sophie & Antiochos, Spiro, ApJ, 985, 118
5. Modeling of Ionization and Recombination Processes in Plasma with Arbitrary Non-Maxwellian Electron Distribution [1]
   Shen, Chengcai, Li, Xiaocan, Ko, Yuan-Kuen, Raymond, John C., Guo, Fan, Polito, Vanessa & Pierrard, Viviane, ApJ, 988, 151
6. Low-energy Injection and Nonthermal Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Magnetic Turbulence [3]
   Singh, Divjyot, French, Omar, Guo, Fan & Li, Xiaocan, ApJ, 979, 39
7. Anisotropic Turbulent Flows Observed in Above-the-loop-top Regions during Solar Flares [7]
   Xie, Xiaoyan, Shen, Chengcai, Reeves, Katharine K., Chen, Bin, Li, Xiaocan, Guo, Fan, Yu, Sijie, Wei, Yuqian & Dong, Chuanfei, ApJ, 984, L27

2024

1. Energetic Electrons Accelerated and Trapped in a Magnetic Bottle above a Solar Flare Arcade [17]
   Chen, Bin, Kong, Xiangliang, Yu, Sijie, Shen, Chengcai, Li, Xiaocan, Guo, Fan, Zhang, Yixian, Glesener, Lindsay & Krucker, Säm, ApJ, 971, 85
2. Study of magnetic reconnection at low- β using laser-powered capacitor coils [5]
   Ji, H., Gao, L., Pomraning, G., Sakai, K., Guo, F., Li, X., Stanier, A., Milder, A., Follett, R. K., Fiksel, G., Blackman, E. G., Chien, A. & Zhang, S., Physics of Plasmas, 31, 102112
3. Compression Acceleration of Protons and Heavier Ions at the Heliospheric Current Sheet [5]
   Murtas, Giulia, Li, Xiaocan & Guo, Fan, ApJ, 974, 28
4. Conditions for Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection under the Presence of Shear Flow and Guide Field [5]
   Peery, Sarah, Liu, Yi-Hsin & Li, Xiaocan, ApJ, 964, 144
5. Proton Acceleration in Low-β Magnetic Reconnection with Energetic Particle Feedback [8]
   Seo, Jeongbhin, Guo, Fan, Li, Xiaocan & Li, Hui, ApJ, 977, 146
6. Plasma Dynamics and Nonthermal Particle Acceleration in 3D Nonrelativistic Magnetic Reconnection [9]
   Zhang, Qile, Guo, Fan, Daughton, William, Li, Xiaocan & Li, Hui, ApJ, 974, 47

2023

1. A Model for Nonthermal Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection [15]
   Li, Xiaocan, Guo, Fan, Liu, Yi-Hsin & Li, Hui, ApJ, 954, L37
2. First-principles-integrated Study of Blazar Synchrotron Radiation and Polarization Signatures from Magnetic Turbulence [18]
   Zhang, Haocheng, Marscher, Alan P., Guo, Fan, Giannios, Dimitrios, Li, Xiaocan & Negro, Michela, ApJ, 949, 71

2022

1. On the origin of "patchy" energy conversion in electron diffusion regions [14]
   Genestreti, Kevin J., Li, Xiaocan, Liu, Yi-Hsin, Burch, James L., Torbert, Roy B., Fuselier, Stephen A., Nakamura, Takuma, Giles, Barbara L., Gershman, Daniel J., Ergun, Robert E., Russell, Christopher T. & Strangeway, Robert J., Physics of Plasmas, 29, 082107
2. Variable Ion Compositions of Solar Energetic Particle Events in the Inner Heliosphere: A Field Line Braiding Model with Compound Injections [3]
   Guo, Fan, Zhao, Lulu, Cohen, Christina M. S., Giacalone, Joe, Leske, R. A., Wiedenbeck, M. E., Kahler, S. W., Li, Xiaocan, Zhang, Qile, Ho, George C. & Desai, Mihir I., ApJ, 924, 22
3. Particle Acceleration in Magnetic Reconnection with Ad Hoc Pitch-angle Scattering [5]
   Johnson, Grant, Kilian, Patrick, Guo, Fan & Li, Xiaocan, ApJ, 933, 73
4. Numerical Modeling of Energetic Electron Acceleration, Transport, and Emission in Solar Flares: Connecting Loop-top and Footpoint Hard X-Ray Sources [25]
   Kong, Xiangliang, Chen, Bin, Guo, Fan, Shen, Chengcai, Li, Xiaocan, Ye, Jing, Zhao, Lulu, Jiang, Zelong, Yu, Sijie, Chen, Yao & Giacalone, Joe, ApJ, 941, L22
5. A Model of Double Coronal Hard X-Ray Sources in Solar Flares [10]
   Kong, Xiangliang, Ye, Jing, Chen, Bin, Guo, Fan, Shen, Chengcai, Li, Xiaocan, Yu, Sijie, Chen, Yao & Giacalone, Joe, ApJ, 933, 93
6. Modeling Electron Acceleration and Transport in the Early Impulsive Phase of the 2017 September 10th Solar Flare [27]
   Li, Xiaocan, Guo, Fan, Chen, Bin, Shen, Chengcai & Glesener, Lindsay, ApJ, 932, 92
7. First-principles theory of the rate of magnetic reconnection in magnetospheric and solar plasmas [62]
   Liu, Yi-Hsin, Cassak, Paul, Li, Xiaocan, Hesse, Michael, Lin, Shan-Chang & Genestreti, Kevin, Communications Physics, 5, 97
8. Electron energization and thermal to non- thermal energy partition during earth's magnetotail reconnection [27]
   Oka, Mitsuo, Phan, Tai, Øieroset, Marit, Turner, Drew, Drake, James, Li, Xiaocan, Fuselier, Stephen, Gershman, Daniel, Giles, Barbara, Ergun, Robert, Torbert, Roy, Wei, Hanying, Strangeway, Robert, Russell, Christopher & Burch, James, Physics of Plasmas, 29, 052904
9. Radiation and Polarization Signatures from Magnetic Reconnection in Relativistic Jets. II. Connection with γ-Rays [29]
   Zhang, Haocheng, Li, Xiaocan, Giannios, Dimitrios, Guo, Fan, Thiersen, Hannes, Böttcher, Markus, Lewis, Tiffany & Venters, Tonia, ApJ, 924, 90

2021

1. The relation between the energy conversion rate and reconnection rate in Petschek-type reconnection—Implications for solar flares [5]
   Goodbred, Matthew, Liu, Yi-Hsin, Chen, Bin & Li, Xiaocan, Physics of Plasmas, 28, 082103
2. Magnetic Energy Release, Plasma Dynamics, and Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection [59]
   Guo, Fan, Li, Xiaocan, Daughton, William, Li, Hui, Kilian, Patrick, Liu, Yi-Hsin, Zhang, Qile & Zhang, Haocheng, ApJ, 919, 111
3. The acceleration of charged particles and formation of power-law energy spectra in nonrelativistic magnetic reconnection [42]
   Li, Xiaocan, Guo, Fan & Liu, Yi-Hsin, Physics of Plasmas, 28, 052905
4. The Effect of Thermal Pressure on Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection Rate [20]
   Li, Xiaocan & Liu, Yi-Hsin, ApJ, 912, 152
5. Fast magnetic reconnection induced by resistivity gradients in 2D magnetohydrodynamics [8]
   Lin, Shan-Chang, Liu, Yi-Hsin & Li, Xiaocan, Physics of Plasmas, 28, 072109
6. First-principles Prediction of X-Ray Polarization from Magnetic Reconnection in High-frequency BL Lacertae Objects [16]
   Zhang, Haocheng, Li, Xiaocan, Giannios, Dimitrios & Guo, Fan, ApJ, 912, 129
7. Efficient Nonthermal Ion and Electron Acceleration Enabled by the Flux-Rope Kink Instability in 3D Nonrelativistic Magnetic Reconnection [80]
   Zhang, Qile, Guo, Fan, Daughton, William, Li, Hui & Li, Xiaocan, Physical Review Letters, 127, 185101

2020

1. Energy dissipation and entropy in collisionless plasma [38]
   Du, Senbei, Zank, Gary P., Li, Xiaocan & Guo, Fan, Physical Review E, 101, 033208
2. Heating of Heavy Ions in Low-beta Compressible Turbulence [11]
   Fu, Xiangrong, Guo, Fan, Li, Hui & Li, Xiaocan, ApJ, 890, 161
3. Exploring the Acceleration Mechanisms for Particle Injection and Power-law Formation during Transrelativistic Magnetic Reconnection [37]
   Kilian, Patrick, Li, Xiaocan, Guo, Fan & Li, Hui, ApJ, 899, 151
4. Fast Magnetic Reconnection with Turbulence in High Lundquist Number Limit [32]
   Yang, Liping, Li, Hui, Guo, Fan, Li, Xiaocan, Li, Shengtai, He, Jiansen, Zhang, Lei & Feng, Xueshang, ApJ, 901, L22
5. Radiation and Polarization Signatures from Magnetic Reconnection in Relativistic Jets. I. A Systematic Study [43]
   Zhang, Haocheng, Li, Xiaocan, Giannios, Dimitrios, Guo, Fan, Liu, Yi-Hsin & Dong, Lingyi, ApJ, 901, 149

2019

1. Formation of Power-law Electron Energy Spectra in Three-dimensional Low-β Magnetic Reconnection [87]
   Li, Xiaocan, Guo, Fan, Li, Hui, Stanier, Adam & Kilian, Patrick, ApJ, 884, 118
2. Particle Acceleration in Kinetic Simulations of Nonrelativistic Magnetic Reconnection with Different Ion-Electron Mass Ratios [32]
   Li, Xiaocan, Guo, Fan & Li, Hui, ApJ, 879, 5
3. Influence of 3D plasmoid dynamics on the transition from collisional to kinetic reconnection [30]
   Stanier, A., Daughton, W., Le, A., Li, X. & Bird, R., Physics of Plasmas, 26, 072121

2018

1. Plasma Energization in Colliding Magnetic Flux Ropes [51]
   Du, Senbei, Guo, Fan, Zank, Gary P., Li, Xiaocan & Stanier, Adam, ApJ, 867, 16
2. Parametric Decay Instability and Dissipation of Low-frequency Alfvén Waves in Low-beta Turbulent Plasmas [21]
   Fu, Xiangrong, Li, Hui, Guo, Fan, Li, Xiaocan & Roytershteyn, Vadim, ApJ, 855, 139
3. Large-scale Compression Acceleration during Magnetic Reconnection in a Low-β Plasma [53]
   Li, Xiaocan, Guo, Fan, Li, Hui & Li, Shengtai, ApJ, 866, 4
4. The Roles of Fluid Compression and Shear in Electron Energization during Magnetic Reconnection [67]
   Li, Xiaocan, Guo, Fan, Li, Hui & Birn, Joachim, ApJ, 855, 80

2017

1. Particle Acceleration during Magnetic Reconnection in a Low-beta Plasma [107]
   Li, Xiaocan, Guo, Fan, Li, Hui & Li, Gang, ApJ, 843, 21

2016

1. Efficient Production of High-energy Nonthermal Particles during Magnetic Reconnection in a Magnetically Dominated Ion-Electron Plasma [140]
   Guo, Fan, Li, Xiaocan, Li, Hui, Daughton, William, Zhang, Bing, Lloyd-Ronning, Nicole, Liu, Yi-Hsin, Zhang, Haocheng & Deng, Wei, ApJ, 818, L9

2015

1. Nonthermally Dominated Electron Acceleration during Magnetic Reconnection in a Low-β Plasma [95]
   Li, Xiaocan, Guo, Fan, Li, Hui & Li, Gang, ApJ, 811, L24