Publications

1. ^†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." Submitted to PSJ, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2507.12622
2. 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" submitted to ApJL, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2507.12622
3. ^†Yang J., Yung YL. "A building block approach to Gibbs free energy trends in organic compounds detected in asteroid Bennu." Submitted to Astrobiology
4. Oza A., Gebek A., zu Westram M., et al., including Yang J., "Volcanic Satellites Tidally Venting Na, K, SO₂ in Optical & Infrared Light." Accepted in MNRAS
5. 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
6. ^†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
7. 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
8. 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." Under review in ApJL, 2024, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2403.03325
9. ^†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
10. 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
11. 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
12. ^†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
13. 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." Mineral, 2022, 12, 9, 1110, https://doi.org/10.3390/min12091110
14. ^†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
15. 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
16. 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