Meng-Ru Wu  Assistant Research Fellow



Room:  P716  |  Tel:  +886-2-2789-6779  |  Email:  mwu_at_gate.sinica.edu.tw
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My research interests lie in the interface between the theoretical particle physics, nuclear physics and astrophysics. Some recent particular focuses include the astrophysical and cosmological neutrinos, core-collapse supernovae, neutron star mergers, and the fundamental formation processes of elements in the Universe.

Education

- PhD in Physics, University of Minnesota, 2012- B.S. Physics, National Tsing-Hua University, 2005

Position

Assistant Research Fellow

Experience

- Postdoc Fellow, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark, 2016-2017- Postdoc Fellow, Technische University Darmstadt, Germany, 2013-2016

Research Fields

Theoretical particle astrophysics and nuclear astrophysics

Journal Papers

  • T. Fischer, N.-U. F. Bastian, M.-R. Wu, et. al.,. (2018/10). Quark deconfinement as supernova explosion engine for massive blue-supergiant stars. arXiv:1712.08788 2 980
  • M.-R. Wu, I. Tamborra, O. Just, H.-T. Janka. (2017/12). Imprints of neutrino-pair flavor conversions on nucleosynthesis in ejecta from neutron-star merger remnants. PRD 96 123015
  • Meng-Ru Wu, Jennifer Barnes, Gabriel Martinez-Pinedo, Brian Metzger. (2019/2). Fingerprints of heavy element nucleosynthesis in the late-time lightcurves of kilonovae. Phys. Rev. Lett. 122 062701
  • Tobias Fischer, Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo, Meng-Ru Wu, Andreas Lohs, Yong-Zhong Qian. (2020/2). Neutrino signal from proto-neutron star evolution: effects of opacities from charged current neutrino interactions and inverse neutron decay. PRC 101 025804
  • A. Sung, H. Tu, M.-R. Wu. (2019/6). New constraint from supernova explosions on light particles beyond the Standard Model . PRD  99 121305
  • S. Giuliani, G. Martinez-Pinedo, M.-R. Wu, L. Robledo. (2020/10). Fission and the r-process nucleosynthesis of translead nuclei . PRC 102 045804
  • Z. Xiong, M.-R. Wu, Y.-Z. Qian. (2019/8). Active-sterile Neutrino Oscillations in Neutrino-driven Winds: Implications for Nucleosynthesis . ApJ 880 81
  • M.-R. Wu, P. Banerjee, B. D. Metzger et al. (2019/7). Finding the remnants of the Milky Ways last neutron star mergers. ApJ 880 23
  • J. R. Westernacher-Schneider, E. OConnor, E. OSullivan, I. Tamborra, M.-R. Wu, S. M. Couch, F. Malmenbeck. (2019/12). Multimessenger Asteroseismology of Core-Collapse Supernovae. PRD 100 123009
  • A. Suliga, I. Tamborra, M.-R. Wu. (2019/12). Tau lepton asymmetry by sterile neutrino emission -- Moving beyond one-zone supernova models. JCAP 1912 019
  • G. Guo, Y.-Z. Qian, M.-R. Wu. (2020/2). Neutrino Production Associated with Late Bumps in Gamma-Ray Bursts and Potential Contribution to Diffuse Flux at IceCube. ApJ 890 83
  • T. Fischer, M.-R. Wu, B. Wehmeyer, N.-U. F. Bastian, G. Martinez-Pinedo, F.-K. Thielemann. (2020/4). Core-collapse supernova explosions driven by the hadron-quark phase transition as rare r process site. ApJ  894 9
  • Gang Guo, Yue-Lin Sming Tsai, Meng-Ru Wu. (2020/10). Probing cosmic-ray accelerated light dark matter with IceCube. JCAP 10 049
  • A. M. Suliga, I. Tamborra, M.-R. Wu. (2020/8). Lifting the core-collapse supernova bounds on keV-mass sterile neutrinos. JCAP 08 018
  • J. Tang, T.C. Wang, M.-R. Wu. (2020/10). Constraining sterile neutrinos by core-collapse supernovae with multiple detectors. JCAP 10 038
  • P. Banerjee, M.-R. Wu, Z. Yuan. (2020/10). Neutron Star Mergers as the Main Source of R-process: Natal Kicks And Inside-Out Evolution to The Rescue. ApJL 902 L34
  • Gang Guo, Yue-Lin Sming Tsai, Meng-Ru Wu, Qiang Yuan. (2020/10). Elastic and Inelastic Scattering of Cosmic-Rays on Sub-GeV Dark Matter. Phys. Rev. D 102 103004
  • Manu George, Meng-Ru Wu, Irene Tamborra, Ricard Ardevol-Pulpillo, Hans-Thomas Janka. (2020/11). Fast neutrino flavor conversion, ejecta properties, and nucleosynthesis in newly-formed hypermassive remnants of neutron-star mergers. Phys. Rev. D 102 103015
  • Allan Sung, Gang Guo, Meng-Ru Wu. (2021/05). Supernova Constraint on Self-Interacting Dark Sector Particles. Phys. Rev. D 103 103005


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    Pre-print

  • Andreas Bauswein, Gang Guo, Jr-Hua Lien, Yen-Hsun Lin, Meng-Ru Wu. (2020/12). Compact Dark Objects in Neutron Star Mergers. 2012.11908