We are interested in a broad range of theoretical and observational topics in exoplanets, stars, and related fields. Check out:
- Selected presentations at slides.com.
- Selected papers at NASA/ADS.
- All refereed publications at NASA/ADS.
罕见天体的探测和刻画（Detection & Characterization of Rare/Faint
Objects）
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Exoplanets are extremely faint compared to their host stars, so how to find them? Our group uses multiple indirect methods to detect and characterize planets around stars other than our Sun, including microlensing, transit, radial velocity, and astrometry. The same methods are also used to detect and characterize other faint and/or objects, such as stellar remnants, brown dwarfs, etc.
Selected publications:- Toward a Galactic Distribution of Planets. I. Methodology and Planet Sensitivities of the 2015 High-cadence Spitzer Microlens Sample. Zhu et al. 2017, ApJ
- Spitzer as a Microlens Parallax Satellite: Mass Measurement for the OGLE-2014-BLG-0124L Planet and its Host Star. Udalski et al. 2015, ApJ [NASA News]
- Constraining the Oblateness of Kepler Planets. Zhu et al. 2014, ApJ
系外行星统计和构型（Architecture & Statistics of Exoplanetary
systems）
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Individual detection techniques have their own limitations, so how to combine them and derive the intrinsic distribution of planets across the whole parameter space? Our team models the observational bias and survey incompleteness and recovers the underlying planet distribution, especially key questions related to planet multiplicity. We then use these results to test and constrain the theoretical models of planet formation.
Selected publications:- Exoplanet Statistics and Theoretical Implications, Zhu & Dong 2021, ARA&A
- About
30% of Sun-like Stars Have Kepler-like Planetary
Systems: A Study of Their Intrinsic Architecture,
Zhu et al. 2018 ApJ [NAOC Research News (Chinese
& English)]
- The Super Earth--Cold Jupiter Relations, Zhu & Wu 2018, AJ [知 识分子天问专栏][K2SciCon-V slides]