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3. Qianfan Xing, Gang Zhao, Wako Aoki, Haining Li, Jingkun Zhao, Tadafumi Matsuno, Takuma Suda, Detection of the actinide Th in an r-process-enhanced star with accretion origin, ApJ, 2024, 965, 79

4. Qianfan Xing, Gang Zhao, Evidence for accreted component in the Galactic discs, MNRAS, 2018, 476, 5388
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7. Ruizheng Jiang, Gang Zhao, Haining Li, Qianfan Xing, A modified initial mass function of the first stars with explodability theory under different enrichment scenarios, ApJ, 2024, 976, 68

8. Ruizhi Zhang, Tadafumi Matsuno, Haining Li, Wako Aoki, Xiang-Xiang Xue, Takuma Suda, Gang Zhao, Yuqin Chen, Miho N. Ishigaki, Jianrong Shi, Qianfan Xing, Jingkun Zhao, Four-hundred very metal-poor stars studied with LAMOST and Subaru. III. dynamically tagged groups and chemodynamical properties, ApJ, 2024, 966, 174

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