Publications

2026
1. Baeyens R., Moses JI., Blecic J, et al., including Yang J., "Phase-dependent chemistry of WASP-43 b revealed with a suite of one-, two-, and three-dimensional models" under review at A&A, 2026
2. ^†Yang J., Kempton EMR., Savel AB., "Sub-Neptunes as Soot Factories: Deep Atmosphere Hydrocarbon Formation and Quenching as the Origin of Sub-Neptune Aerosol Trends" ApJL, 2026, 1003, L16, https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae6914
3. ^†Yang J., Adams DJ., Hu R., Yung YL., "Novel Chemical Pathways for the Formation of Nucleobase Precursors via Benzene π-Bond Addition to HCN" Icarus, 2026, 456, 117134, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2026.117134
4. Ghosh P., Rani N., Yang J., Willacy K., Rimmer PB., Majumdar L., "A Comprehensive Sulfur Chemistry Network with Excited S(¹D) and SO(¹Δ)" ApJ in press, 2026, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2512.12270
5. Bello-Arufe A., Hu R., Zilinskas M.,Yang J., et al., "Methane on the temperate exo-Saturn TOI-199 b" AJ, 2026, 171, 354, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ae4fba
6. ^†Yang J., Hyder A., Hu R., Lunine JI. "Coupled 1D Chemical Kinetic-Transport and 2D Hydrodynamic Modeling Supports a Modest 1-1.5x Supersolar Oxygen Abundance in Jupiter’s Atmosphere" PSJ, 2026, 7, 2, https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ae28d5
2025
7. Hu R., ^‡Bello-Arufe A., ^‡Tokadjian A., ^‡Yang J., et al., "A water-rich interior in the temperate sub-Neptune K2-18 b revealed by JWST" in revision at ApJ, 2025, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2507.12622
8. ^†Yang J., Yung YL. "A building block approach to Gibbs free energy trends in organic compounds detected in asteroid Bennu" Astrobiology, 2025, 25, 12, 855-860, https://doi.org/10.1177/15311074251399198
9. Oza A., Gebek A., zu Westram M., et al., including Yang J., "Volcanic Satellites Tidally Venting Na, K, SO₂ in Optical & Infrared Light" MNRAS, 2025, 546, 1, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf1526
10. Bello-Arufe A., Damian M., Bennet K., et al., including Yang J., "A volcanic atmosphere on the sub-Earth L 98-59 b" ApJL, 2025, 980, L26, https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/adaf22
2024
11. ^†Yang J., Hu R., "Chemical mapping of temperate sub-Neptune atmospheres: Constraining the deep-interior H₂O/H₂ using the atmospheric CO₂/CH₄" ApJL, 2024, 971, L48, https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad6b25
12. Damiano M., Bello-Arufe A., Yang J., Hu R., "LHS 1140 b is potentially habitable world" ApJL, 2024, 968, L22, https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad5204
13. Benneke B., Roy P-A., Coulomb L-P., et al., including Yang J., "JWST Reveals CH₄, CO₂, and H₂O in a Metal-rich Miscible Atmosphere on a Two-Earth-Radius Exoplanet" in revision at ApJL, 2024, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2403.03325
14. ^†Yang J., Hu R., "Automated chemical reaction network generation and its application to exoplanet atmospheres" ApJ, 2024, 966, 2, 189, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad35c8
15. Powell D., Feinstein AD., Lee EKH., et al., including Yang J., "Detection of SO₂ in the Mid-Infrared Transmission Spectrum of WASP-39b" Nature, 2024, 626, 979–983, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05902-2
2023
16. Tsai S-M., Lee EKH., Powell D., et al., including Yang J., "Photochemically-produced SO₂ in the atmosphere of WASP-39b" Nature, 2023, 617, 483–487, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05902-2
17. ^†Yang J., Gudipati MS., Henderson BL., Fleury B., "High-fidelity reaction kinetic modeling of hot-Jupiter atmospheres incorporating thermal and UV-photochemistry enhanced by metastable CO (a³Π)" ApJ, 2023, 947, 1, 26, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acbd9b
2022
18. Ohmoto Y., ^‡Yang J., Nishikata M., Kawamoto D., Kimura Y., Otake T., Sato T., "Low-temperature hydrothermal synthesis of chromian spinel from Fe-Cr hydroxides using a flow-through reactor" Minerals, 2022, 12, 9, 1110, https://doi.org/10.3390/min12091110
2021
19. ^†Yang J., Smith MC, Prendergast BM, Chu T-C, Green WH., "C₁₄H₁₀ Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Formation by Acetylene Addition to Naphthalenyl Radicals Observed" Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 14325–14339, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP01565F
2020
20. Chu T-C., Smith MC., Yang J., Liu M., Green WH., "Theoretical study on the HACA chemistry of naphthalenyl radicals and acetylene: the formation of C₁₂H₈, C₁₄H₈, and C₁₄H₁₀ species" Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 2020, 52, 11, 752–768, https://doi.org/10.1002/kin.21397
21. Smith MC., Liu G., Buras ZJ., Chu T-C., Yang J. and Green WH., "Direct Measurement of Radical-Catalyzed C₆H₆ Formation from Acetylene and Validation of Theoretical Rate Coefficients for C₂H₃+C₂H₂ and C₄H₅ + C₂H₂ Reactions" J. Phys. Chem. A, 2020, 124, 14, 2871–2884, https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.0c00558