Publications

Azam, S. K., Othman, M., Latef, T. A., Illias, H. A., Hossain, A. Z., Yamada, Y., ... & Abidin, Z. Z. (2025). Standalone Identification Antenna for Resonator Tag-Free Far-Field Chipless RFID Sensors. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.  10.1109/TAP.2025.3574862 

Ng, Z., Algaba, J. C., & Abidin, Z. Z. (2025). Investigating the jet width profile of CTA 102 with very long baseline interferometry at parsec scales. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 542(1), 417-425. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf1268 

Hassan, M. S. R., Abidin, Z. Z., & Nazri, A. A. (2025). The RAWS Project–I. Do AGNs quench their activity in cosmic filaments at redshifts up to z∼ 0.6?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 541(4), 3696-3708. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf1209 

Nazri, A. A., Abidin, Z. Z., Sabri, M. R. M., Rosli, Z., Hassan, M. S. R., Radzi, M. S. M., ... & Dong, L. (2025). Temporal variability in low-frequency radio interference: Insight from high-cadence monitoring at a candidate radio notification zone in Malaysia. Advances in Space Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2025.05.035

Baharin, N. B., Nazri, A. A., Rosli, Z., Abidin, Z. Z., Tajuddin, H. A., Esimbek, J., ... & Tang, X. (2025). Rethinking Habitability using Biogenic Precursors: Formaldehyde in Millimeter Molecular Clouds of the Inner Galaxy. arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.15027. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.15027

Lai, K. C., Algaba, J. C., & Abidin, Z. B. Z. (2025). Variability of the Faraday rotation measure in the parsec-scale jet of AGN 1633+ 382. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 540(1), 1-20.  https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf662 

Musa, M. L. H., Abidin, Z. Z., Annuar, A., & Lee, D. A. A. (2025). X-ray and CO-Derived Column Densities in AGN: A Study of Obscuration Properties in CTAGN and Non-CTAGN (Version 1). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2502.19059.

Aznam, M., Abidin, Z. Z., Hashim, N., Goto, T., Hashimoto, T., Zakie, M. H., & Jayaganthan, M. K. (2025). Composite periodogram analysis for low-event-count fast radio burst repeaters. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 695, A68.  https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202452508

Belya, A. H., Umara, R., Sabrib, N. H., Mohd, A. L. A., Nasira, E. Z. Z. C., Redzuana, A. A., ... & Rakhmadif, A. J. Review on Site Suitability of Observatory Locations for Astronomy Purposes. 

Zhou, D., Greve, T. R., Gullberg, B., Lee, M. M., Di Mascolo, L., Dicker, S. R., ... & Ibrahim, U. F. S. U. (2024). The RAdio Galaxy Environment Reference Survey (RAGERS)-Evidence of an anisotropic distribution of submillimeter galaxies in the 4C 23.56 protocluster at z= 2.48. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 690, A196. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348500

Bely, A. H., Umar, R., Sabri, N. H., Abidin, Z. Z., Nasir, A. L. A. M., Ismail, I., Hussaini, R., Zulkifli, E. Z., & Rakhmadi, A. J. (2024). Light Pollution Monitoring Through Zenithal Sky Brightness at Selected Malaysian Observatories. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 2915, Issue 1, p. 012003). IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2915/1/012003

Abidin, Z. Z., Asmi, N., Mat Sabri, M. R., Rohaizi, M. A., Hashim, N., & Ibrahim, U. F. S. U. (2024). The excess of diffuse radio emission in galaxy clusters A4038 and A1664. Physics of the Dark Universe, 44(101449), 101449. doi:10.1016/j.dark.2024.101449

Rosli, Z., Burns, R. A., Nazri, A. A., Sugiyama, K., Hirota, T., Kim, K.-T., … Abidin, Z. Z. (2024). Limits of water maser kinematics: insights from the high-mass protostar AFGL 5142-MM1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(4), 10031–10037. doi:10.1093/mnras/stad3767

Hassan, M. S. R., Abidin, Z. Z., Ibrahim, U. F. S. U., & Hashim, N. (2023). HI mass fraction as a measure of physical processes efficiency in cluster environment of A262. Acta Astronomica, 73(1), 87–104. doi:10.32023/0001-5237/73.1.5

Sabri, M. R. M., Abidin, Z. Z., Hwang, C. Y., Kiew, C. Y., Asmi, N., Subramaniam, S., & Lee, D. A. A. (2023). The investigation of dark matter density profiles on the neutralino mass and cross-section annihilation (mχ−〈σv〉) constraint lines of selected galaxy clusters by considering their synchrotron emission. New Astronomy, 102(102023), 102023. doi:10.1016/j.newast.2023.102023

Abidin, Z. Z., Zulkiplee, A. N., Epin, V., & Pauzi, F. A. M. (2023). Investigation on the formation of herringbone structure in Type II solar radio bursts. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 23(5), 055010. doi:10.1088/1674-4527/acc14e

Burns, R. A., Uno, Y., Sakai, N., Blanchard, J., Rosli, Z., Orosz, G., Yonekura, Y., Tanabe, Y., Sugiyama, K., Hirota, T., Kim, K.-T., Aberfelds, A., Volvach, A. E., Bartkiewicz, A., Caratti o Garatti, A., Sobolev, A. M., Stecklum, B., Brogan, C., Phillips, C., … Chen, X. (2023). A Keplerian disk with a four-arm spiral birthing an episodically accreting high-mass protostar. In Nature Astronomy (Vol. 7, Issue 5, pp. 557–568). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-01899-w

Ariffin Lee, D. A., Zainal Abidin, Z., Md Jwel, A. K., & Hassan, M. S. R. (2022). Identifying merging galaxies in MaNGA using H-a and Hi observations. Sains Malaysiana, 51(7). https://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2022-5107-20

Sugiyama, K., Jaroenjittichai, P., Leckngam, A., Kramer, B. H., Rujopakarn, W., Soonthornthum, B., Abidin, Z. Z., … Poshyachinda, S. (2022). The 40-m Thai National Radio Telescope with its key sciences and a future South-East Asian VLBI Network. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. International Astronomical Union, 18(S380), 461–469. doi:10.1017/s1743921323002909

Abidin, Z. Z., Ramadhani, F., Algaba, J. C., Mohamed Shah, N., Dahari, M., & Adli Wan Mokhtar, W. Z. (2022). Control system performance of a 7.3-meter radio telescope converted from telecommunication antenna to radio astronomy purposes in Malaysia. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 8(03), 037001. doi:10.1117/1.jatis.8.3.037001

Abidin, Z. Z., Ramadhani, F., Shah, N. M., Ibrahim, Z. A., Zhong, C., Dahari, M., & Radzi, M. S. M. (2022). Optimal performance of data transmission between Malaysia-China for VLBI-based radio astronomy observation using Jive5ab. Experimental Astronomy, 53(3), 1165–1176. doi:10.1007/s10686-022-09838-9

Abidin, Z. Z., Rosli, Z., Radzi, M. S. M., Shah, N. M., Dahari, M., Ramadhani, F., Ghazali, M. I. M., Azarbad, B., Ibrahim, U. F. S. U., & Hashim, N. (2021). Radio quiet and radio notification zones characteristics for radio astronomy in medium densely populated areas and humid tropical countries. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 7(02). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jatis.7.2.027001

Tan, W. S., Abidin, Z. Z., & Hashim, N. (2021). A comprehensive analysis using 9 dark matter halo models on the spiral galaxy NGC 4321. Indian Journal of Physics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-021-02027-y

Lv, M., Chen, Y., Vasanth, V., Radzi, M. S., Abidin, Z. Z., & Monstein, C. (2021). An Observational Revisit of Stationary Type IV Solar Radio Bursts. Solar Physics, 296(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-021-01769-6

Zhang, C. F., Xu, J. W., Men, Y. P., Deng, X. H., Xu, H., Jiang, J. C., Wang, B. J., Lee, K. J., Li, J., Yuan, J. P., Liu, Z. Y., Huang, Y. X., Xu, Y. H., Li, Z. X., Hao, L. F., Luo, J. T., Dai, S., Luo, R., Zakie, H., & Ma, Z. Y. (2021). Fast radio burst detection in the presence of coloured noise. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503(4), 5223–5231. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab823

Komesh, T., Baan, W., Esimbek, J., Zhou, J., Li, D., Wu, G., Rosli, Z Ibraimov, M. (2020). Studies of the distinct regions due to CO selective dissociation in the Aquila molecular cloud. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 644, A46. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202038632

Abidin, Z. Z., Asillam, M. F., & Koay, J. Y. (2020). Expanding astronomy research in Malaysia. Nature Astronomy, 4(12), 1115–1117. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-01230-x

Wan Mokhtar, W. Z. A., Hamidi, Z. S., Abidin, Z. Z., Ibrahim, Z. A., & Monstein, C. (2020). Data background levels of the metre and decimetre wavelength observations by E-CALLISTO network: the Gauribidanur and Greenland sites. Indian Journal of Physics, 95(6), 1051–1060. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-020-01765-9

Huang, J., Liu, Y., Feng, H., Zhao, A., Abidin, Z. Z., Shen, Y., & Oloketuyi, J. (2020). A Statistical Study of the Plasma and Composition Distribution inside Magnetic Clouds: 1998–2011. The Astrophysical Journal, 893(2), 136. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab7a28

Pauzi, F. A. M., Abidin, Z. Z., Guo, S. J., Gao, G. N., Dong, L., & Monstein, C. (2020). Investigation into CME Shock Speed Resulting from Type II Solar Radio Bursts. Solar Physics, 295(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-019-1404-z

Abidin, Z. Z., Jusoh, M. H., Abbas, M., & Yoshikawa, A. (2019). Application of solar quiet (Sq) current in determining mantle conductivity-depth structure in Malaysia. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 192, 104776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2018.01.019

Abidin, Z. Z., Jusoh, M. H., Abbas, M., Bolaji, O. S., & Yoshikawa, A. (2019). Features of the inter-hemispheric field-aligned current system over Malaysia ionosphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 192, 104769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2018.01.012

Abbas, M., Abidin, Z. Z., Jusoh, M. H., Bolaji, O. S., & Yoshikawa, A. (2019). Features of horizontal magnetic field intensity over northern island of Malaysia. Indian Journal of Physics, 93(10), 1247–1257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-019-01388-9

Miao, Y., Liu, Y., Shen, Y. D., Elmhamdi, A., Kordi, A. S., Li, H. B., Abidin, Z. Z., & Tian, Z. J. (2019). A New Small Satellite Sunspot Triggering Recurrent Standard and Blowout Coronal Jets. The Astrophysical Journal, 877(1), 61. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab1a42

Miao, Y. H., Liu, Y., Shen, Y. D., Li, H. B., Abidin, Z. Z., Elmhamdi, A., & Kordi, A. S. (2019). A Quasi-periodic Propagating Wave and Extreme-ultraviolet Waves Excited Simultaneously in a Solar Eruption Event. The Astrophysical Journal, 871(1), L2. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aafaf9

Miao, Y., Liu, Y., Li, H. B., Shen, Y., Yang, S., Elmhamdi, A., Kordi, A. S., & Abidin, Z. Z. (2018). A Blowout Jet Associated with One Obvious Extreme-ultraviolet Wave and One Complicated Coronal Mass Ejection Event. The Astrophysical Journal, 869(1), 39. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaeac1

Kiehbadroudinezhad, S., Cada, M., Chen, Z. (David), Shahabi, A., Short, C. I., Abidin, Z. Z., & Kiehbadroudinezhad, S. (2018). Concentric Circles and Spiral Configurations for Large Correlator Arrays in Radio Astronomy. The Astronomical Journal, 156(4), 177. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aade8a

Mohammed Ali, I. A., Hwang, C.-Y., Zainal Abidin, Z., & Plunkett, A. L. (2018). Dark Matter in the Central Region of NGC 3256. Sains Malaysiana, 47(6), 1241–1249. https://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2018-4706-20

Umar, R., Abidin, Z. Z., Ibrahim, Z. A., Kamarudin, M. K. A., Hazmin, S. N., Endut, A., & Juahir, H. (2018). Multi-criteria decision analysis integrated with GIS for radio astronomical observatory site selection in peninsular of Malaysia. Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, 9(5S), 381. https://doi.org/10.4314/jfas.v9i5s.27

Abidin, Z. Z., Ibrahim, Z. A., Yew, L. W., Mezan, M. M., Lee, D. A. A. & Jordan, C. (2018). Study of A1367 cluster by curve fitting variations. Jurnal Fizik Malaysia, 39(1), 10017-10028. 

Kiew, C.-Y., Hwang, C.-Y., & Zainal Abibin, Z. (2017). Constraints on the dark matter neutralinos from the radio emissions of galaxy clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(3), 2924–2933. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx288

Ali, I. A. M., Hashim, N., & Abidin, Z. Z. (2017). The dark matter distribution of NGC 5921. Indian Journal of Physics, 92(4), 409–415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-017-1119-7

Mohd Afandi, N. Z., Umar, R., Sabri, N. H., Abidin, Z. Z., Ibrahim, Z. A., Ishak, A. N., Nurlisman, Z. K. D., & Monstein, C. (2017). Identification of Solar Radio Burst Type II and Type III for Space Weather Monitoring. Advanced Science Letters, 23(2), 1281–1284. https://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2017.8348

Azeez, J. H., Abidin, Z. Z., Hwang, C.-Y., & Ibrahim, Z. A. (2017). Star Formation Law at Sub-kpc Scale in the Elliptical Galaxy Centaurus A as Seen by ALMA. Advances in Astronomy, 2017, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8416945

Azeez, J. H., Hwang, C.-Y., Abidin, Z. Z., & Ibrahim, Z. A. (2016). Kennicutt-Schmidt Law in the Central Region of NGC 4321 as Seen by ALMA. Scientific Reports, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26896

Hassan, M. S. R., Abidin, Z. Z., Ibrahim, U. F. S. U., Hashim, N., & Lee, D. A. A. (2016). Redshifts distribution in A262. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(1), 264–269. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw272