Publications

Selected List of Publications

First (Co-)Author

[1] Zhang, S., Liu, B., & Bromm, V. A Novel Formation Channel for Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in the Early Universe via Primordial Black Holes, submitted to The Astrophysical Journal, [arXiv:2508.00774].

[2] Zhang, S., et al. How do Massive Primordial Black Holes Impact the Formation of the First Stars and Galaxies, The Astrophysical Journal 987.2 (2025): 185, [arXiv:2503.17585].

[3] Zhang, S., Bromm, V., & Liu. B. How do Primordial Black Holes change the Halo Mass Function and Structure, The Astrophysical Journal 975.1 (2024): 139, [arXiv:2405.11381].

[4] Zhang, S., Ilie, C., & Freese, K. Detectability of Supermassive Dark Stars with the Roman Space Telescope, The Astrophysical Journal 965.2 (2024): 121, [arXiv:2306.11606].

[5] Zhang, S., Liu, B., & Bromm, V. 2023. Distinguishing the impact and signature of black holes from different origins in early cosmic history, MNRAS, 528, 180., [arXiv:2310.01763].

[6] Ilie, Cosmin, and Saiyang Zhang. Multiscatter capture of superheavy dark matter by Pop III stars, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2019. 12 (2019): 051, [arXiv:1908.02700].

Second or Third Co-author

[1] Maiolino, R., ..., Zhang, S., ..., et al. A black hole in a near-pristine galaxy 700 million years after the Big Bang, submitted to Nature., [arXiv:2505.22567].

[2] Liu, B., Zhang, S., & Bromm, V. 2022, Effects of stellar-mass primordial black holes on first star formation, MNRAS, 514, 2376., [arXiv:2204.06330].

[3] Ilie, C., Levy, C., Pilawa, J., & Zhang, S. Constraining dark matter properties with the first generation of stars, Phys. Rev. D, 104,123031., [arXiv: 2009.11474].

[4] Ilie, C., Pilawa, J., & Zhang, S. Comment on “Multiscatter stellar capture of dark matter”, Phys. Rev. D, 102, 048301., [arXiv:2005.05946].

[5] Weaver, Zachary R., ..., Saiyang Zhang, ..., et al. The 2016 June Optical and Gamma-Ray Outburst and Optical Microvariability of the Blazar 3C 454.3, The Astrophysical Journal 875.1 (2019): 15., [arXiv:1903.04587].

Non-published or Reports

[1]* Ilie, C., Pilawa, J., & Zhang, S. Probing below the neutrino floor with the first generation of stars, ArXiv Prerpint. [arXiv:2009.11478]

[2] Galvez, Enrique J., Ishir Dutta, and Saiyang Zhang. M¨obius Polarization of Non-Collinear Poincare Superpositions, Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference. Optical Society of America, 2018.

[3] Balonek, Thomas J., ..., Saiyang Zhang, ..., et al. The Optical Variability of the Blazar 3C 454.3 over Three Decades from the Colgate University Foggy Bottom Observatory, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts# 229. Vol. 229. 2017.

[4] Balonek, Thomas J., Saiyang Zhang, et al. Blazar CTA 102 Reaches Historic Optical Maximum During Current Extended Period of Activity, The Astronomer’s Telegram 9732 (2016).

[5] Chapman, Katie J., ..., Saiyang Zhang, ... et al. A Spectacular, Unprecedented Optical Flare in the Blazar CTA 102, The Astronomer’s Telegram 9756 (2016).

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