Staff profile

Academic Career

• 10/2016-06/2019: Reader, Department of Physics, Durham University
• 10/2014-09/2016: Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics, Durham University
• 10/2011-09/2014: Lecturer in Theoretical Astrophysics, Department of Physics, Durham University
• 10/2011-09/2014: Royal Astronomical Society Research Fellow, Institute for Computational Comology, Durham University
• 10/2009-09/2011: Research Fellow in Applied Mathematics (JRF), Queens' College, University of Cambridge
• 10/2009-09/2011: Research Associate, Department of Applied Maths & Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
• 10/2009-09/2011: Research Associate, Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge, Institute of Astronomy, University fo Cambridge

Education

• 2006-2009: PhD in Applied Mathematics, Queens' College, University of Cambridge, the United Kingdom
• 2004-2006: MPhil in Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• 2000-2004: BSc in Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Teaching and Mentoring

• Lecturer for Level 3/4 course "Cosmology"
• Mentor for the University College
• Adviser for Level 1 Physics & Natural Science students
• Supervisor for Level 4 project (Physics)

• accelerated cosmic expansion and cosmological tests of gravity
• large scale structure
• weak gravitational lensing
• numerical simulations
• cosmic voids
• numerical relativity
• reconstuction and BAO

Authored book

• Li, B. Simulating Large-Scale Structure for Models of Cosmic Acceleration. IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/978-0-7503-1587-6ch1

Conference Paper

• Padilla, N., Paz, D., Lares, M., Ceccarelli, L., Garcia Lambas, D., Cai, Y., & Li, B. (2015). Void dynamics.
• Cai, Y., Padilla, N., & Li, B. (2015). Testing gravity using void profiles.

Journal Article

• Li, Y., Zhu, H., & Li, B. Reconstructing features in the primordial power spectrum [preprint]. Manuscript submitted for publication
• Cuesta-Lazaro, C., Nishimichi, T., Kobayashi, Y., Ruan, C., Eggemeier, A., Miyatake, H., …Li, B. (2023). Galaxy clustering from the bottom up: A Streaming Model emulator I. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1207
• Zhang, H., Weinzierl, T., Schulz, H., & Li, B. (2022). Spherical accretion of collisional gas in modified gravity I: self-similar solutions and a new cosmological hydrodynamical code. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515(2), 2464-2482. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1991
• Arnold, C., Li, B., Giblin, B., Harnois-Déraps, J., & Cai, Y. (2022). FORGE - the f(R) gravity cosmic emulator project I: Introduction and matter power spectrum emulator. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515(3), 4161-4175. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1091
• Li, Y., Zhu, H., & Li, B. (2022). Non-linear reconstruction of features in the primordial power spectrum from large-scale structure. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 514(3), 4363-4378. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1544
• Mitchell, M. A., Arnold, C., & Li, B. (2022). A general framework to test gravity using galaxy clusters VI: Realistic galaxy formation simulations to study clusters in modified gravity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 514(3), 3349-3365. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1528
• Ruan, C., Cuesta-Lazaro, C., Eggemeier, A., Hernández-Aguayo, C., Baugh, C. M., Li, B., & Prada, F. (2022). Towards an accurate model of small-scale redshift-space distortions in modified gravity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 514(1), 440-459. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1345
• Davies, C. T., Cautun, M., Giblin, B., Li, B., Harnois-Déraps, J., & Cai, Y. (2022). Cosmological forecasts with the clustering of weak lensing peaks. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513(4), 4729-4746. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1204
• Cataneo, M., Uhlemann, C., Arnold, C., Gough, A., Li, B., & Heymans, C. (2022). The matter density PDF for modified gravity and dark energy with Large Deviations Theory. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513(2), 1623-1641. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac904
• Barrera-Hinojosa, C., Li, B., & Cai, Y. (2022). Looking for a twist: probing the cosmological gravitomagnetic effect via weak lensing-kSZ cross correlations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(3), 3589-3604. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3657
• Ruan, C., Hernández-Aguayo, C., Li, B., Arnold, C., Baugh, C. M., Klypin, A., & Prada, F. (2022). Fast full N-body simulations of generic modified gravity: conformal coupling models. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2022(5), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2022/05/018
• Hernández-Aguayo, C., Ruan, C., Li, B., Arnold, C., Baugh, C. M., Klypin, A., & Prada, F. (2022). Fast full N-body simulations of generic modified gravity: derivative coupling models. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2022, Article 048. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2022/01/048
• Elbers, W., Frenk, C. S., Jenkins, A., Li, B., & Pascoli, S. (2022). Higher order initial conditions with massive neutrinos. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 516(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2365
• Mitchell, M. A., Hernández-Aguayo, C., Arnold, C., & Li, B. (2021). A general framework to test gravity using galaxy clusters IV: cluster and halo properties in DGP gravity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508(3), 4140-4156. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2817
• Alam, S., Arnold, C., Aviles, A., Bean, R., Cai, Y., Cautun, M., …Zheng, Y. (2021). Towards testing the theory of gravity with DESI: summary statistics, model predictions and future simulation requirements. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 11, Article 050. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/11/050
• Elbers, W., Frenk, C. S., Jenkins, A., Li, B., & Pascoli, S. (2021). An optimal non-linear method for simulating relic neutrinos. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507(2), 2614-2631. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2260
• Davies, C. T., Cautun, M., Giblin, B., Li, B., Harnois-Déraps, J., & Cai, Y. (2021). Constraining cosmology with weak lensing voids. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507(2), 2267-2282. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2251
• Fiorini, B., Koyama, K., Izard, A., Winther, H. A., Wright, B. S., & Li, B. (2021). Fast generation of mock galaxy catalogues in modified gravity models with COLA. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2021(09), Article 021. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/09/021
• Becker, C., Eggemeier, A., Davies, C. T., & Li, B. (2021). Proca-stinated cosmology. Part II. Matter, halo, and lensing statistics in the vector Galileon. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2021(06), Article 014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/06/014
• Liu, Y., Yu, Y., & Li, B. (2021). Biased Tracer Reconstruction with Halo Mass Information. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 254(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abe868
• Hernández-Aguayo, C., Arnold, C., Li, B., & Baugh, C. M. (2021). Galaxy formation in the brane world I: overview and first results. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503(3), 3867-3885. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab694
• Mao, T., Wang, J., Li, B., Cai, Y., Falck, B., Neyrinck, M., & Szalay, A. (2021). Baryon acoustic oscillations reconstruction using convolutional neural networks. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(1), 1499-1510. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3741
• Mitchell, M. A., Arnold, C., & Li, B. (2021). A general framework to test gravity using galaxy clusters – V. A self-consistent pipeline for unbiased constraints of f(R) gravity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508(3), 4157-4174. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2703
• Aviles, A., Valogiannis, G., Rodriguez-Meza, M. A., Cervantes-Cota, J. L., Li, B., & Bean, R. (2021). Redshift space power spectrum beyond Einstein-de Sitter kernels. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2021(04), Article 039. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/04/039
• Cuesta-Lazaro, C., Li, B., Eggemeier, A., Zarrouk, P., Baugh, C. M., Nishimichi, T., & Takada, M. (2020). Towards a non-Gaussian model of redshift space distortions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 498(1), 1175-1193. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2249
• Wang, Y., Li, B., & Cautun, M. (2020). Iterative removal of redshift space distortions from galaxy clustering. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497(3), 3451-3471. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2136
• Hernández-Aguayo, C., Cautun, M., Smith, A., Baugh, C. M., & Li, B. (2020). Measuring the baryon acoustic oscillation peak position with different galaxy selections. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494(3), 3120-3130. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa973
• Barrera-Hinojosa, C., & Li, B. (2020). GRAMSES: a new route to general relativistic $N$-body simulations in cosmology. Part II. Initial conditions. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2020(4), Article 056. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2020/04/056
• Leo, M., Theuns, T., Baugh, C. M., Li, B., & Pascoli, S. (2020). Constraining structure formation using EDGES. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2020(4), Article 004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2020/04/004
• Almaraz, E., Li, B., & de la Macorra, A. (2020). Nonlinear structure formation in Bound Dark Energy. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2020, Article 016. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2020/03/016
• Hilbert, S., Barreira, A., Fabbian, G., Fosalba, P., Giocoli, C., Bose, S., …Monaco, P. (2020). The accuracy of weak lensing simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493(1), 305-319. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa281
• Barrera-Hinojosa, C., & Li, B. (2020). GRAMSES: a new route to general relativistic N-body simulations in cosmology. Part I. Methodology and code description. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 01, Article 007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2020/01/007
• Aviles, A., Koyama, K., Cervantes-Cota, J. L., Winther, H. A., & Li, B. (2020). Marked correlation functions in perturbation theory. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 01, Article 006. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2020/01/006
• Becker, C., Arnold, C., Li, B., & Heisenberg, L. (2020). Proca-stinated cosmology. Part I. A N-body code for the vector Galileon. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2020(10), https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2020/10/055
• Davies, C. T., Cautun, M., & Li, B. (2019). Cosmological test of gravity using weak lensing voids. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490(4), 4907-4917. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2933
• Arnold, C., & Li, B. (2019). Simulating galaxy formation in f(R) modified gravity: Matter, halo, and galaxy-statistics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490(2), 2507-2520. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2690
• Winther, H., Casas, S., Baldi, M., Koyama, K., Li, B., Lombriser, L., & Zhao, G. (2019). Emulators for the non-linear matter power spectrum beyond ΛCDM. Physical Review D, 100, https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.100.123540
• Shao, S., Li, B., Cautun, M., Wang, H., & Wang, J. (2019). Screening maps of the local Universe I - Methodology. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489(4), 4912-4925. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2450
• Davies, C. T., Cautun, M., & Li, B. (2019). The self similarity of weak lensing peaks. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488(4), 5833-5851. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2157
• Arnold, C., Leo, M., & Li, B. (2019). Realistic simulations of galaxy formation in f(R) modified gravity. Nature Astronomy, 3(10), 945-954. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0823-y
• Devi, N. C., Rodríguez-Puebla, A., Valenzuela, O., Avila-Reese, V., Hernández-Aguayo, C., & Li, B. (2019). The Galaxy Halo Connection in Modified Gravity Cosmologies: Environment Dependence of Galaxy Luminosity function. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488(1), 782-802. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1664
• Robertson, A., Harvey, D., Massey, R., Eke, V., McCarthy, I. G., Jauzac, M., …Schaye, J. (2019). Observable tests of self-interacting dark matter in galaxy clusters: cosmological simulations with SIDM and baryons. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488(3), 3646-3662. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1815
• Leo, M., Arnold, C., & Li, B. (2019). A high-redshift test of gravity using enhanced growth of small structures probed by the neutral hydrogen distribution. Physical Review D, 100(6), Article 064044. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.100.064044
• Noble Chamings, F., Avgoustidis, A., Copeland, E. J., Green, A. M., & Li, B. (2019). Early dark energy constraints on growing neutrino quintessence cosmologies. Physical Review D, 100(4), Article 043525. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.100.043525
• Cataneo, M., Lombriser, L., Heymans, C., Mead, A., Barreira, A., Bose, S., & Li, B. (2019). On the road to percent accuracy: nonlinear reaction of the matter power spectrum to dark energy and modified gravity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488(2), 2121-2142. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1836
• Mitchell, M. A., Arnold, C., He, J., & Li, B. (2019). A general framework to test gravity using galaxy clusters II: A universal model for the halo concentration in f(R) gravity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487(1), 1410-1425. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1389
• Hernández-Aguayo, C., Hou, J., Li, B., Baugh, C., & Sánchez, A. G. (2019). Large-scale redshift space distortions in modified gravity theories. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485(2), 2194-2213. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz516
• Satpathy, S., Croft, R. A., Ho, S., & Li, B. (2019). Measurement of marked correlation functions in SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey using LOWZ galaxies in Data Release 12. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 484(2), 2148-2165. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz009
• Paillas, E., Cautun, M., Li, B., Cai, Y., Padilla, N., Armijo, J., & Bose, S. (2019). The Santiago-Harvard-Edinburgh-Durham void comparison II: unveiling the Vainshtein screening using weak lensing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz022
• Baker, T., Barreira, A., Desmond, H., Ferreira, P., Jain, B., Koyama, K., …Schmidt, F. (2019). Novel Probes Project: Tests of Gravity on Astrophysical Scales. Reviews of Modern Physics, 93, Article 015003. https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.93.015003
• Leo, M., Baugh, C. M., Li, B., & Pascoli, S. (2018). N-body simulations of structure formation in thermal inflation cosmologies. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2018(12), Article 010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2018/12/010
• He, J., Guzzo, L., Li, B., & Baugh, C. M. (2018). No evidence for modifications of gravity from galaxy motions on cosmological scales. Nature Astronomy, 2(12), 967-972. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0573-2
• Li, B. (2018). Approximation methods in modified gravity models. International Journal of Modern Physics D, 27(15), Article 1848004. https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218271818480048
• Adhikari, S., Sakstein, J., Jain, B., Dalal, N., & Li, B. (2018). Splashback in galaxy clusters as a probe of cosmic expansion and gravity. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2018(11), Article 033. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2018/11/033
• Zhao, W., Wright, B. S., & Li, B. (2018). Constraining the time variation of Newton's constant G with gravitational-wave standard sirens and supernovae. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2018(10), Article 052. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2018/10/052
• Davies, C. T., Cautun, M., & Li, B. (2018). Weak lensing by voids in weak lensing maps. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 480(1), L101-L105. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/sly135
• Hernández-Aguayo, C., Baugh, C. M., & Li, B. (2018). Marked clustering statistics in f(R) gravity cosmologies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 479(1), 4824-4835. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1822
• Leo, M., Baugh, C., Li, B., & Pascoli, S. (2018). Nonlinear growth of structure in cosmologies with damped matter fluctuations. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2018(08), Article 001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2018/08/001
• Mitchell, M. A., He, J., Arnold, C., & Li, B. (2018). A general framework to test gravity using galaxy clusters I: Modelling the dynamical mass of haloes in f(R) gravity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 477(1), 1133-1152. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty636
• Armijo, J., Y.-c., C., Padilla, N., Li, B., & Peacock, J. (2018). Testing modified gravity using a marked correlation function. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478(3), 3627-3632. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1335
• Cautun, M., Paillas, E., Cai, Y., Bose, S., Armijo, J., Li, B., & Padilla, N. (2018). The Santiago-Harvard-Edinburgh-Durham void comparison I: SHEDding light on chameleon gravity tests. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 476(3), 3195-3217. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty463
• Wright, B. S., & Li, B. (2018). Type Ia supernovae, standardizable candles, and gravity. Physical Review D, 97(8), Article 083505. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.97.083505
• Leo, M., Baugh, C. M., Li, B., & Pascoli, S. (2018). A new smooth-k space filter approach to calculate halo abundances. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2018(04), Article 010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2018/04/010
• Birkin, J., Li, B., Cautun, M., & Shi, Y. (2018). Reconstructing the baryon acoustic oscillations using biased tracers. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483(4), 5267-5280. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty3365
• Li, B., & Shirasaki, M. (2018). Galaxy–galaxy weak gravitational lensing in f(R) gravity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474(3), 3599-3614. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3006
• Bellini, E., Barreira, A., Frusciante, N., Hu, B., Peirone, S., Raveri, M., …Vernizzi, F. (2018). Comparison of Einstein-Boltzmann solvers for testing general relativity. Physical Review D, 97(2), Article 023520. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.97.023520
• Shi, Y., Cautun, M., & Li, B. (2018). New method for initial density reconstruction. Physical Review D, 97(2), Article 023505. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.97.023505
• Rondeau, F., & Li, B. (2017). Equivalence of cosmological observables in conformally related scalar tensor theories. Physical Review D, 96(12), Article 124009. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.96.124009
• Leo, M., Baugh, C., Li, B., & Pascoli, S. (2017). The effect of thermal velocities on structure formation in N-body simulations of warm dark matter. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2017(11), Article 017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/11/017
• Shi, D., Li, B., & Han, J. (2017). Environmental screening of dark matter haloes in f(R) gravity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469(1), 705-715. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx865
• Lee, J., & Li, B. (2017). The Effect of Modified Gravity on the Odds of the Bound Violations of the Turn-around Radii. Astrophysical Journal, 842(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa706f
• Fang, W., Li, B., & Zhao, G. (2017). New Probe of Departures from General Relativity Using Minkowski Functionals. Physical Review Letters, 118(18), Article 181301. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.118.181301
• Shirasaki, M., Nishimichi, T., Li, B., & Higuchi, Y. (2017). The imprint of f(R) gravity on weak gravitational lensing II: Information content in cosmic shear statistics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466(2), 2402-2417. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3254
• Bose, S., Li, B., Barreira, A., He, J., Hellwing, W. A., Koyama, K., …Zhao, G. (2017). Speeding up N-body simulations of modified gravity: Chameleon screening models. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2017(02), Article 050. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/02/050
• Barreira, A., Bose, S., Li, B., & Llinares, C. (2017). Weak lensing by galaxy troughs with modified gravity. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2017(02), Article 031. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/02/031
• Bose, S., Hellwing, W., Frenk, C., Jenkins, A., Lovell, M., Helly, J., …Gao, L. (2017). Substructure and galaxy formation in the Copernicus Complexio warm dark matter simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464(4), 4520-4533. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2686
• Cataneo, M., Rapetti, D., Lombriser, L., & Li, B. (2016). Cluster abundance in chameleon f(R) gravity I: toward an accurate halo mass function prediction. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2016(12), Article 024. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/12/024
• He, J., Li, B., & Baugh, C. M. (2016). Subhalo abundance matching in f(R) gravity. Physical Review Letters, 117(22), Article 221101. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.117.221101
• Ceron-Hurtado, J., He, J., & Li, B. (2016). Can background cosmology hold the key for modified gravity tests?. Physical Review D, 94(6), Article 064052. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.94.064052
• Liu, X., Li, B., Zhao, G., Chiu, M., Fang, W., Pan, C., …Fan, Z. (2016). Constraining f(R) Gravity Theory Using Weak Lensing Peak Statistics from the Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope Lensing Survey. Physical Review Letters, 117(5), Article 051101. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.117.051101
• King, L., Clowe, D., Coleman, J., Russell, H., Santana, R., White, J., …McNamara, B. (2016). The Distribution of Dark and Luminous Matter in the Unique Galaxy Cluster Merger Abell 2146. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459(1), 517-527. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw507
• J.-h, H., & Li, B. (2016). Accurate method of modeling cluster scaling relations in modified gravity. Physical Review D, 93(12), Article 123512. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.93.123512
• Barreira, A., Llinares, C., Bose, S., & Li, B. (2016). RAY-RAMSES: a code for ray tracing on the fly in N-body simulations. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2016(05), Article 001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/05/001
• Stark, A., Miller, C., Kern, N., Gifford, D., Zhao, G., Li, B., …Nichol, R. (2016). Probing theories of gravity with phase space-inferred potentials of galaxy clusters. Physical Review D, 93(8), Article 084036. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.93.084036
• Li, B., He, J., & Gao, L. (2016). Cluster gas fraction as a test of gravity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(1), 146-155. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2650
• Bose, S., Hellwing, W., Frenk, C., Jenkins, A., Lovell, M., Helly, J., & Li, B. (2016). The Copernicus Complexio: Statistical Properties of Warm Dark Matter Haloes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455(1), 318-333. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2294
• Winther, H., Schmidt, F., Barreira, A., Arnold, C., Bose, S., Llinares, C., …Zhao, G. (2015). Modified gravity N-body code comparison project. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 454(4), 4208-4234. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2253
• Barreira, A., Li, B., Jennings, E., Merten, J., King, L., Baugh, C., & Pascoli, S. (2015). Galaxy cluster lensing masses in modified lensing potentials. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 454(4), 4085-4102. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2211
• Barreira, A., Bose, S., & Li, B. (2015). Speeding up N-body simulations of modified gravity: Vainshtein screening models. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2015(12), Article 059. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/12/059
• He, J., Li, B., & Hawken, A. (2015). Effective dark matter power spectra in f(R) gravity. Physical Review D, 92(10), Article 103508. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.92.103508
• Mead, A., Peacock, J., Lombriser, L., & Li, B. (2015). Rapid simulation rescaling from standard to modified gravity models. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452(4), 4203-4221. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1484
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