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Michael Zhang
astro-ph.EPastro-ph.SRastro-ph.IMastro-ph.HEcs.AIcs.CLcs.CVcs.GRcs.LGcs.RO
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Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Pulsating Variable Stars, Rotation, Convective Boundaries, and Energy Conservation
with Bill Paxton, R. Smolec, Josiah Schwab, A. Gautschy +12
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Preprints & journals
59 papers in the corpus · 2004–2026Recovering the Morning and Evening Limbs of WASP-94Ab from Its Limb-Averaged JWST Transmission Spectrum2609.20923v1 · Tyler R. Fairnington, Michael Radica, Michael Zhang et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
JWST MIRI reveals a potential atmosphere on the ultra-hot rocky planet TOI-431b2609.03029v1 · Cole Smith, Brandon Park Coy, Megan Weiner Mansfield et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Helium escaping from the atmosphere of a nearby rocky exoplanet orbiting in a habitable zone.42461987 · Cherubim, Collin, Vissapragada, Shreyas, Cunningham, Tim et al.2026 · 5 citationsScience (New York, N.Y.). 2026;393(6815):998-1001
C, N, O, S, and photochemistry in a temperate giant planet orbiting a late M dwarf2606.23774v3 · Michael Zhang, Qiao Xue, Jeehyun Yang et al.2026 · 1 citationarXiv
Photochemical Production of CS2 in Temperate-to-Warm Gas Giant Exoplanet Atmospheres2606.23820v2 · Jeehyun Yang, Vighnesh Nagpal, Michael Zhang et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Hydrogen airglow from an escaping ultrahot Jupiter atmosphere2606.23899v1 · Yapeng Zhang, Chenliang Huang, Aaron Householder et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Revisiting the Exo-Mercury Candidate GJ 367 b with ESPRESSO and a Self-Consistent Tidal Distortion Model2606.18355v1 · Rena A. Lee, Fei Dai, Ellen M. Price et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The role of the Hubble Space Telescope in advancing our understanding of atmospheric escape in exoplanets2605.26140v2 · Leonardo A. Dos Santos, Arika Egan, Kevin France et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Democratizing the medieval English legal tradition2605.00977v1 · Michael Zhang, Elise Wang, Charlotte Whatley et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Evidence for an Atmosphere on the Ultra-Short Period super-Earth HD 3167 b2604.11911v2 · Brandon Park Coy, Qiao Xue, Megan Weiner Mansfield et al.2026 · 4 citationsarXiv
A carbon-rich atmosphere on a windy pulsar planet2509.04558v2 · Michael Zhang, Maya Beleznay, Timothy D. Brandt et al.2025 · 5 citationsarXiv
Stringent Upper Bounds on Atmospheric Mass Loss from Three Neptune-Sized Planets in the TOI-4010 System2508.21166v1 · Morgan Saidel, Shreyas Vissapragada, Michael Zhang et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
The JWST Rocky Worlds DDT Program reveals GJ 3929b to likely be a bare rock2508.12516v1 · Qiao Xue, Michael Zhang, Brandon P. Coy et al.2025 · 11 citationsarXiv
Insufficient evidence for DMS and DMDS in the atmosphere of K2-18 b. From a joint analysis of JWST NIRISS, NIRSpec, and MIRI observations2505.13407v1 · R. Luque, C. Piaulet-Ghorayeb, M. Radica et al.2025 · 22 citationsA&A 700, A284 (2025)
Clouds and Hazes in GJ 1214b's Metal-Rich Atmosphere2503.22608v1 · Isaac Malsky, Emily Rauscher, Kevin Stevenson et al.2025 · 14 citationsarXiv
The radiative effects of photochemical hazes on the atmospheric circulation and phase curves of sub-Neptunes2503.22642v1 · Maria E. Steinrueck, Vivien Parmentier, Laura Kreidberg et al.2025 · 5 citationsarXiv
Characterising the Atmosphere of 55 Cancri e: 1D Forward Model Grid for Current and Future JWST Observations2503.15844v4 · Mantas Zilinskas, Christiaan van Buchem, Sebastian Zieba et al.2025 · 9 citationsA&A 697, A34 (2025)
A New Spectral Library for Modeling the Surfaces of Hot, Rocky Exoplanets2502.04433v1 · Kimberly Paragas, Heather A. Knutson, Renyu Hu et al.2025 · 23 citationsarXiv
Detectability of Emission from Exoplanet Outflows Calculated by pyTPCI, a New 1D Radiation-Hydrodynamic Code2501.04834v2 · Riley Rosener, Michael Zhang, Jacob L. Bean2025 · 4 citationsarXiv
Population-level Hypothesis Testing with Rocky Planet Emission Data: A Tentative Trend in the Brightness Temperatures of M-Earths2412.06573v3 · Brandon Park Coy, Jegug Ih, Edwin S. Kite et al.2024 · 16 citationsApJ 987 22 (2025)
A dark, bare rock for TOI-1685 b from a JWST NIRSpec G395H phase curve2412.03411v1 · Rafael Luque, Brandon Park Coy, Qiao Xue et al.2024 · 19 citationsarXiv
Retrievals on NIRCam transmission and emission spectra of HD 189733b with PLATON 6, a GPU code for the JWST era2410.22398v1 · Michael Zhang, Kimberly Paragas, Jacob L. Bean et al.2024 · 20 citationsarXiv
Deep Learning and Symbolic Regression for Discovering Parametric Equations.37721885 · Zhang, Michael, Kim, Samuel, Lu, Peter Y et al.2024 · 38 citationsIEEE transactions on neural networks and learning systems. 2024;35(11):16775-16787
The Thermal Emission Spectrum of the Nearby Rocky Exoplanet LTT 1445A b from JWST MIRI/LRS2410.10987v1 · Patcharapol Wachiraphan, Zachory K. Berta-Thompson, Hannah Diamond-Lowe et al.2024 · 23 citationsAJ 169 311 (2025)
Constraining atmospheric composition from the outflow: helium observations reveal the fundamental properties of two planets straddling the radius gap2409.08318v3 · Michael Zhang, Jacob L. Bean, David Wilson et al.2024 · 14 citationsarXiv
No Thick Atmosphere on the Terrestrial Exoplanet Gl 486b2408.15123v2 · Megan Weiner Mansfield, Qiao Xue, Michael Zhang et al.2024 · 47 citationsarXiv
JWST Thermal Emission of the Terrestrial Exoplanet GJ 1132b2408.13340v1 · Qiao Xue, Jacob L. Bean, Michael Zhang et al.2024 · 53 citationsarXiv
An Earth-sized Planet on the Verge of Tidal Disruption2407.21167v1 · Fei Dai, Andrew W. Howard, Samuel Halverson et al.2024 · 20 citationsarXiv
New insights into the internal structure of GJ 1214 b informed by JWST2407.12079v1 · Matthew C. Nixon, Anjali A. A. Piette, Eliza M.-R. Kempton et al.2024 · 25 citationsarXiv
Hydrogen sulfide and metal-enriched atmosphere for a Jupiter-mass exoplanet.38977019 · Fu, Guangwei, Welbanks, Luis, Deming, Drake et al.2024 · 65 citationsNature. 2024;632(8026):752-756
Identifying and Fitting Eclipse Maps of Exoplanets with Cross-Validation2405.20689v2 · Mark Hammond, Neil T. Lewis, Sasha Boone et al.2024 · 3 citationsarXiv
Stellar Characterization and Chemical Abundances of Exoplanet Hosting M dwarfs from APOGEE Spectra: Future JWST Targets2406.00111v1 · Edypo Melo, Diogo Souto, Katia Cunha et al.2024 · 15 citationsarXiv
A secondary atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet 55 Cancri e.38718834 · Hu, Renyu, Bello-Arufe, Aaron, Zhang, Michael et al.2024 · 122 citationsNature. 2024;630(8017):609-612
Atmospheric Mass Loss from TOI-1259 A b, a Gas Giant Planet With a White Dwarf Companion2404.08736v2 · Morgan Saidel, Shreyas Vissapragada, Jessica Spake et al.2024 · 6 citationsarXiv
Sulfur dioxide in the mid-infrared transmission spectrum of WASP-39b.38232945 · Powell, Diana, Feinstein, Adina D, Lee, Elspeth K H et al.2024 · 100 citationsNature. 2024;626(8001):979-983
GJ 367b is a dark, hot, airless sub-Earth2401.01400v2 · Michael Zhang, Renyu Hu, Julie Inglis et al.2024 · 69 citationsApJL 961 L44 (2024)
Nightside clouds and disequilibrium chemistry on the hot Jupiter WASP-43b.39049827 · Bell, Taylor J, Crouzet, Nicolas, Cubillos, Patricio E et al.2026 · 78 citationsNature astronomy. 2024;8(7):879-898
Coupled atmospheric chemistry, radiation, and dynamics of an exoplanet generate self-sustained oscillations.38091286 · Luo, Yangcheng, Hu, Yongyun, Yang, Jun et al.2024 · 5 citationsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2023;120(51):e2309312120
JWST transmission spectroscopy of HD 209458b: a super-solar metallicity, a very low C/O, and no evidence of CH4, HCN, or C2H22310.03245v2 · Qiao Xue, Jacob L. Bean, Michael Zhang et al.2023 · 63 citationsarXiv
Outflowing helium from a mature mini-Neptune2308.02002v1 · Michael Zhang, Fei Dai, Jacob L. Bean et al.2023 · 22 citationsarXiv
Transmission spectroscopy of the lowest-density gas giant: metals and a potential extended outflow in HAT-P-67b2307.06356v1 · Aaron Bello-Arufe, Heather A. Knutson, Joao M. Mendonca et al.2023 · 22 citationsarXiv
Confirmation of sub-solar metallicity for WASP-77Ab from JWST thermal emission spectroscopy2305.07753v2 · Prune C. August, Jacob L. Bean, Michael Zhang et al.2023 · 56 citationsarXiv
A reflective, metal-rich atmosphere for GJ 1214b from its JWST phase curve.37164036 · Kempton, Eliza M-R, Zhang, Michael, Bean, Jacob L et al.2023 · 171 citationsNature. 2023;620(7972):67-71
The Hazy and Metal-Rich Atmosphere of GJ 1214 b Constrained by Near and Mid-Infrared Transmission Spectroscopy2305.05697v1 · Peter Gao, Anjali A. A. Piette, Maria E. Steinrueck et al.2023 · 78 citationsarXiv
High atmospheric metal enrichment for a Saturn-mass planet.36972686 · Bean, Jacob L, Xue, Qiao, August, Prune C et al.2023 · 57 citationsNature. 2023;618(7963):43-46
Non-detection of He I in the atmosphere of GJ1214b with Keck/NIRSPEC, at a time of minimal telluric contamination2209.03502v1 · Jessica J. Spake, Antonija Oklopci'c, Lynne. A. Hillenbrand et al.2022 · 22 citationsarXiv
Detection of Atmospheric Escape from Four Young Mini Neptunes2207.13099v2 · Michael Zhang, Heather A. Knutson, Fei Dai et al.2022 · 73 citationsarXiv
More Evidence for Variable Helium Absorption from HD 189733b2204.02985v2 · Michael Zhang, P. Wilson Cauley, Heather A. Knutson et al.2022 · 26 citationsAJ 164 237 (2022)
Escaping Helium from TOI 560.01, a Young Mini Neptune2110.13150v2 · Michael Zhang, Heather A. Knutson, Lile Wang et al.2021 · 60 citationsarXiv
Detection of Ongoing Mass Loss from HD 63433c, a Young Mini Neptune2106.05273v2 · Michael Zhang, Heather A. Knutson, Lile Wang et al.2021 · 65 citationsarXiv
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