Tong Bao （鲍通）

The left one

Postdoc,

Via Emilio Bianchi, 46 23807 Merate, LC, Italy

PhD.,
School of Astronomy and Space Science, Room 430,
Nanjing university,
163 Xianlin Ave, Nanjing, China
Email: baotong@smail.nju.edu.cn

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ORCID:0000-0002-5082-5049

About Me

I am now a Postdoc of I.N.A.F-Merate, Italy, collaborated with Dr. Gabriele Ponti. Before that I got my PhD at Nanjing University under the supervision of Prof. Zhiyuan Li (2019-2024). Before that, I achieved the B.S. degree from Nanjing University. My research interest primarily lie in the X-ray population in globular clusters and the Galactic center. The main research is carried out in periodic variations of X-ray sources, such as X-ray binaries, cataclysmic variables. Using their periodicity as the tracer, I study effects of cluster environment on formation and evolution of close binaries and more importantly, the origin of nuclear star cluster and the link to Globular clusters. Besides, I also work on the time-varying characteristic of active galactic nuclei, such as the (quasi-) periodic oscillations and eruptions.

In addition to astrophysical research, I am also interested in development and deployment of methods in data-intensive research, particularly in the time domains.

Research Interests

Stellar populations and dynamics in Globular clusters
Periodic variations of X-ray binaries (black hole/neutron star binaries, cataclysmic variables, etc)
Quasi-periodic oscillations/eruptions of AGNs
Origins and X-ray populations of nuclear star clusters in the Galactic center

Publications

(ADS Library)

[1] Bao, T., Li, Z., & Cheng, Z. 2023, MNRAS, 521, 4257, “Periodic X-ray sources in the massive globular cluster 47 Tucanae: Evidence for dynamically formed cataclysmic variables” [ADS]

[2] Bao, T., & Li, Z. 2022, MNRAS, 509, 3504, “Searching for quasi-periodic oscillations in active galactic nuclei of the Chandra Deep Field South” [ADS]

[3] Bao, T., & Li, Z. 2020, MNRAS, 498, 3513, “Periodic X-ray sources in the Galactic bulge: application of the Gregory-Loredo algorithm” [ADS]

[4] Bao. T., Li, Z., Cheng, Z., Belloni, Diogo. 2024, MNRAS, 527, 7173, “A Chandra Survey of Milky Way Globular Clusters – IV. Periodic X-ray sources” [ADS].

[5] Zhang. J, Bao. T., Li, Z., 2024, 530, 2096, ``A Chandra Search for Periodic X-ray Sources in the Bulge of M31’’, [ADS]

[6] Mondal, S., Ponti, G., Bao, T., et al., 2024, “Periodicity from X-ray sources within the inner Galactic disk”, A\&A, 686, 125 [ADS].

[7] Mondal, S., Ponti, G., Filor, L., Bao, T., et al., 2024, “XMM-Newton and NuSTAR discovery of a likely IP candidate XMMU J173029.8-330920 in the Galactic Disk”, accepted by A\&A. [ADS]

[8] Yu, Z.-l., Xu, X.-j., Li, X.-D., Bao, T., et al. 2018, ApJ, 853, 182, “An Empirical Correlation of $T_{max} -M_{WD}$ of Dwarf Novae and the Average White Dwarf Mass in Cataclysmic Variables in the Galactic Bulge” [ADS]

[9] Mori, K., Ponti, G., Bachetti, M., Bodaghee, A., Grindlay, J., Hong, J., Kuznetsovam, E., Mandel, S., and Rodriguez, A., Stel, G., Zhang, S., Bao, T., et al. 2023, “The high energy x-ray probe (hex-p): resolving the nature of sgr a* ﬂares, compact object binaries and diﬀuse x-ray emission in the galactic center and beyond”, arXiv:2311.04854 [ADS]

Seminars and Conference Oral Presentations

Department Colloquium, Columbia University, Department of Physics, New York, NY, 2023. Title: “Periodicities in X-ray sources: diagnosing the nature and evolution for exotic binaries in dense environment”
The 20th Meeting of the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the AAS, Waikōloa, Hawaii, 2023. Title: “Periodic X-ray sources in globular clusters : diagnosing dynamical formation and evolution of cataclysmic variables” (Poster)
Chandra Data Science: Novel Methods in Computing and Statistics for X-ray Astronomy, 2021. Title: “Searching for Quasi-periodic Oscillations of Active Galactic Nuclei in the Chandra Deep Field South” (Talk)
Chandra Frontiers in Time-Domain Science, 2020. Title: “Periodic X-ray Sources in the Galactic Center/Bulge – Application of the Gregory-Loredo Algorithm” (Talk)
Structure, Formation, and Evolution of Star Clusters, Zhuhai, China, 2023. Title: “Periodic X-ray sources in globular clusters : diagnosing dynamical formation and evolution of cataclysmic variables” (Talk & Poster)
Research on the Variations of Active Galactic Nuclei, Xiamen, China, 2023. Title: “Searching for Quasi-periodic Oscillations in Active Galactic Nuclei of the Chandra Deep Field South” (Talk)
The 60th Anniversary of X-Ray Astronomy: X-ray Astronomy in the Time-domain & Multi-messenger Era, Beijing, China, 2022. Title: “Searching for Quasi-periodic Oscillations in Active Galactic Nuclei of the Chandra Deep Field South” (Talk)
2021-2022 Academic Annual Meeting of Jiangsu Astronomical Society, Nanjing, China, 2022. Title: “Periodic X-ray sources: Diagnosing dynamical origin of exotic binaries in the massive globular cluster 47 Tucanae” (Talk)
The 4th X-ray binary Multi-Band research Symposium, Kunming, China, 2021. Title: “Periodic X-ray sources: Diagnosing dynamical origin of exotic binaries in the massive globular cluster 47 Tucanae” (Talk)
The 3rd X-ray binary Multi-Band research Symposium, Jinan, China, 2020. Title: “Periodic X-ray Sources in dense environment” (Talk)

Fundings

The leader of project: “ The search and statistical analysis of Periodic X-ray Sources in Globular Clusters ”, funded by the Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province. The project is granted with an amount of 15,000 RMB, under project number KYCX22_0106.

Teaching and Mentoring

2019-2022: Teaching assistants for the course ”An Introduction to X-ray Astronomy”

Scientific Collaborations and Outreach

Member of the The High Energy X-ray Probe (HEX-P) Collaboration （2023-)
Member of Magnetic CV collaboration (2023-)
Visitor in the Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory at Columbia University, New York. (April 2023)
Research Assistant in the Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory at Columbia University, New York. (June 2018 - September 2018)

Awards

The Principal Special Scholarship for PhD students of Nanjing University, 2019
The annual scholarship of National Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017
The second-Class People’s Scholarship, 2017
The Third-Class People’s Scholarship, 2016