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Gamma-ray observations 13 publications
2025

Extended TeV Halos May Commonly Exist around Middle-Aged Pulsars

HAWC Collaboration, H. Wu, S. Coutino, and K. Fang as correspondent authors

Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 171005

2025

Absence of TeV halos around millisecond pulsars

HAWC Collaboration, S. Coutino, H. Wu, and K. Fang as correspondent authors

Phys. Rev. D 111, 043014

2025

Constraints on diffuse X-ray Emission from the TeV halo Candidate HESS J1813-126

D. Guevel, Kim L. Page, Kaya Mori, Amy Lien, and K. Fang

ApJ 994, 20

2024

Ultra-high-energy gamma-ray bubble around microquasar V4641 Sgr

HAWC Collaboration, K. Fang as a correspondent author

Nature 634, 557–560

2024

Spectral study of very high energy gamma rays from SS 433 with HAWC

HAWC Collaboration, K. Fang as a correspondent author

Astrophys. J.

2023

HAWC Detection of A TeV Halo Candidate Surrounding a Radio-quiet Pulsar

HAWC Collaboration, S. Coutino and K. Fang as correspondent authors

ApJL 944, L29

2023

Limits on Leptonic TeV Emission from the Cygnus Cocoon with Swift-XRT

D. Guevel, A. Beardmore, K. Page, A. Lien, K. Fang, L. Tibaldo, S. Casanova, and P. Huentemeyer

Astrophys. J. 950, 116

2022

Evidence from Fermi-LAT Observation of SNR G106.3+2.7 for PeV Proton Acceleration

K. Fang, M. Kerr, R. Blandford, H. Fleischhack, and E. Charles

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 071101 · Editor’s Suggestion

2021

HAWC Observations of the Acceleration of Very-high-energy Cosmic Rays in the Cygnus Cocoon

HAWC Collaboration, K. Fang as correspondent author

Nature Astronomy 5, 465–471

2021

HAWC Search for High-Mass Microquasars

HAWC Collaboration, K. Fang as correspondent author

ApJL 912, L4

2020

GeV-TeV Counterparts of SS 433/W50 from Fermi-LAT and HAWC Observations

K. Fang, E. Charles, and R. D. Blandford

ApJL 889

2018

Very high energy particle acceleration powered by the jets of the microquasar SS 433

HAWC Collaboration, K. Fang as main author

Nature 562, 82–85

2017

IceCube and HAWC Constraints on Very-high-energy Emission from the Fermi Bubbles

K. Fang, M. Su, T. Linden, and K. Murase

Phys. Rev. D 96, 123007

Neutrino observations 4 publications
2025

High-energy Neutrino Source Cross-correlation with Nearest Neighbor Distributions

Z. Zhou, J. Cisewski-Kehe, K. Fang, and R. Banerjee

ApJ 979, 194

2020

Cross-Correlation Study of High-energy Neutrinos and Tracers of Large-Scale Structure

K. Fang, A. Banerjee, E. Charles, and Y. Omori

ApJ 894

2017

IceCube and HAWC Constraints on Very-high-energy Emission from the Fermi Bubbles

K. Fang, M. Su, T. Linden, and K. Murase

Phys. Rev. D 96, 123007

Theory and phenomena 30 selected publications
2026

The Cosmic-ray Knee as a Local Signature of Nearby PeVatrons

K. Fang and F. Halzen

arXiv:2601.05435

2025

Particle Astrophysics with High and Ultrahigh Energy Neutrinos

K. Fang and K. Murase

Review chapter for Encyclopedia of Particle Physics

2025

The Sensitivity of PUEO to Cosmogenic Neutrinos and Exotic Physics Scenarios

A. Sherman, K. Fang, and D. Hooper

arXiv:2512.20594

2025

Sub-Threshold Fermi-LAT Sources in the Vicinity of KM3-230312A

A. Sherman, N. Mirabal, D. Guevel, K. Fang, K. Murase, and E. Hays

arXiv:2510.09101

2025

Cascaded Gamma-ray Emission Associated with the KM3NeT Ultra-High-Energy Event KM3-230213A

K. Fang, F. Halzen, and D. Hooper

ApJL 982, L16

2025

Multi-messenger Emission by Magnetically Arrested Disks and Relativistic Jets of Black Hole X-ray Binaries

R. Kuze, S. Kimura, and K. Fang

ApJ 985, 139

2025

Prospects for Observing Astrophysical Transients with GeV Neutrinos

A. Partenheimer, J. Thwaites, K. Fang, J. Vandenbroucke, and B. Metzger

ApJ 982, 94

2025

An NGC 1068-Informed Understanding of Neutrino Emission of the Active Galactic Nucleus TXS 0506+056

A. Zathul, M. Moulai, K. Fang, and F. Halzen

ApJ 984, 54

2024

Astroparticles from X-ray Binary Coronae

K. Fang, F. Halzen, S. Heinz, and J. Gallagher

ApJL 975, L35

2024

Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Ray Sources can be Gamma-ray Dim

A. Partenheimer, K. Fang, R. Batista, and R. Almeida

ApJL 967, L15

2024

Neutrinos from LHAASO Sources

K. Fang and F. Halzen

Journal of High Energy Astrophysics

2023

High-energy Neutrinos from the Inner Circumnuclear Region of NGC 1068

K. Fang, E. L. Rodriguez, F. Halzen, and J. S. Gallagher

ApJ 956, 8

2023

Milky Way as a Neutrino Desert: Implications of the IceCube Galactic Diffuse Neutrino Emission

K. Fang, J. S. Gallagher, and F. Halzen

Nature Astronomy

2023

High-Energy Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray-Faint Accretion-Powered Hypernebulae

N. Sridhar, B. D. Metzger, and K. Fang

arXiv:2212.11236

2022

The TeV Diffuse Cosmic Neutrino Spectrum and the Nature of Astrophysical Neutrino Sources

K. Fang, J. S. Gallagher, and F. Halzen

ApJ 933, 190

2022

Neutrinos from the Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst?

K. Murase, M. Mukhopadhyay, A. Kheirandish, S. Kimura, and K. Fang

ApJL 941, L10

2022

Snowmass Cosmic Frontier Report

A. A. Abdo et al., including K. Fang

Snowmass Cosmic Frontier Report

2020

High-Energy Neutrinos and Gamma Rays from Novae

K. Fang, B. D. Metzger, I. Vurm, E. Aydi, and L. Chomiuk

ApJ 904, 4

2020

Neutrino Counterparts of Fast Radio Bursts

B. D. Metzger, K. Fang, and B. Margalit

ApJL 902, L22

2020

High-energy neutrinos from fallback accretion of binary neutron star merger remnants

V. Decoene, C. Guepin, K. Fang, K. Kotera, and B. D. Metzger

JCAP 04, 045

2019

Multimessenger Implications of AT2018cow: High-Energy Cosmic Ray and Neutrino Emissions from Magnetar-Powered Super-Luminous Transients

K. Fang, B. D. Metzger, K. Murase, I. Bartos, and K. Kotera

ApJ 878, 34

2019

Probing the Emission Mechanism and Magnetic Field of Neutrino Blazars with Multi-Wavelength Polarization Signatures

H. Zhang, K. Fang, H. Li, D. Giannios, M. Bottcher, and S. Buson

ApJ 876, 2

2019

Open Questions in Cosmic-Ray Research at Ultrahigh Energies

R. Alves Batista, J. Biteau, M. Bustamante, et al., F. Oikonomou, K. Fang as correspondent author

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science

2018

Linking High-Energy Cosmic Particles by Black-Hole Jets Embedded in Large-Scale Structures

K. Fang and K. Murase

Nature Physics 14, 396–398

2016

Identifying Ultrahigh-Energy Neutrino Sources with Future Detectors

K. Fang, K. Kotera, M. C. Miller, K. Murase, and F. Oikonomou

JCAP 12, 017

2014

Testing the Newborn Pulsar Origin of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays with EeV Neutrinos

K. Fang, K. Kotera, K. Murase, and A. V. Olinto

Phys. Rev. D 90, 103005

2013

Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Nuclei from Extragalactic Pulsars and the effect of their Galactic counterparts

K. Fang, K. Kotera, and A. V. Olinto

JCAP

2012

Newborn Pulsars as Sources of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays

K. Fang, K. Kotera, and A. V. Olinto

ApJ 750, 118

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