E. Chiang's Papers

Submitted Papers


  • Atmospheric Escape from Hot Jupiters, R. A. Murray-Clay, E. I. Chiang, & N. Murray, ApJ, to be submitted

    Preprints and Publications


  • The Warped Plane of the Classical Kuiper Belt, E. Chiang & H. Choi, AJ, in press (2008)

  • Vertical Shearing Instabilities in Radially Shearing Disks: The Dustiest Layers of the Protoplanetary Nebula, E. Chiang, ApJ, 675, 1549 (2008)

  • Inside-Out Evacuation of Transitional Protoplanetary Disks by the Magneto-Rotational Instability, E. Chiang & R. Murray-Clay, Nature Physics, 3, 604-608 (2007)

  • The Origin of the Young Stars in the Nucleus of M31, P. Chang, R. Murray-Clay, E. Chiang & E. Quataert, ApJ, 668, 236-244 (2007)

  • The Formation of Ice Giants in a Packed Oligarchy: Instability and Aftermath, E. B. Ford & E. I. Chiang, ApJ, 661, 602-615 (2007)

  • Spectrally Dispersed K-Band Interferometric Observations of Herbig Ae/Be Sources: Inner Disk Temperature Profiles, J. A. Eisner, E. I. Chiang, B. F. Lane, & R. L. Akeson, ApJ, 657, 347-358 (2007)

  • Collisional Particle Disks, Y. Lithwick & E. Chiang, ApJ, 656, 524-533 (2007)

  • A Brief History of Trans-Neptunian Space, E. Chiang, Y. Lithwick, R. Murray-Clay, M. Buie, W. Grundy & M. Holman, review chapter for Protostars and Planets V, eds. B. Reipurth, D. Jewitt, & K. Keil, University of Arizona Press, 895-909 (2007)

  • Brownian Motion in Planetary Migration, R. A. Murray-Clay & E. I. Chiang, ApJ, 651, 1194-1208 (2006)

  • Dust Dynamics, Surface Brightness Profiles, and Thermal Emission Spectra of Debris Disks: The Case of AU Mic, L. E. Strubbe & E. I. Chiang, ApJ, 648, 652-665 (2006)

  • Spatially Resolving the Inner Disk of TW Hya, J. A. Eisner, E. I. Chiang & L. A. Hillenbrand, ApJL, 637, 133-136 (2006)

  • On the Location of the Snow Line in a Protoplanetary Disk, M. Lecar, M. Podolak, D. Sasselov & E. Chiang, ApJ, 640, 1115-1118 (2006)

  • Neptune Trojans as a Testbed for Planet Formation, E. I. Chiang & Y. Lithwick, ApJ, 628, 520-532 (2005)

  • A Signature of Planetary Migration: The Origin of Asymmetric Capture in the 2:1 Resonance, Ruth A. Murray-Clay & Eugene I. Chiang, ApJ, 619, 623-638 (2005)

  • The Deep Ecliptic Survey: A Search for Kuiper Belt Objects and Centaurs. II. Dynamical Classification, the Kuiper-Belt Plane, and the Core Population, Elliot, J.L., Kern, S.D., Clancy, K.B., Gulbis, A.A.S., Millis, R.L., Buie, M.W., Wasserman, L.H., Chiang, E.I., Jordan, A.B., Trilling, D.E., & Meech, K.J., AJ, 129, 1117-1162 (2005)
  • The Circumbinary Ring of KH 15D, E. I. Chiang & R. A. Murray-Clay, ApJ, 607, 913-920 (2004)

  • Particle Pile-ups and Planetesimal Formation, A. N. Youdin & E. I. Chiang, ApJ, 601, 1109-1119 (2004)

  • Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Narrow Planetary Rings, E. I. Chiang & C. J. Culter, ApJ, 599, 675-685 (2004)

  • The Dynamic Neptunian Ring Arcs, I. de Pater, S. Gibbard, E. Chiang, H. Hammel, B. Macintosh, F. Marchis, S. Martin, H. Roe, & M. Showalter, Icarus, 174, 263-272(2005)
  • Dust in Protoplanetary Disks, E. I. Chiang, invited review for ASP Conference Series: Astrophysics of Dust, eds. G. Clayton, B. Draine, & A. Witt (2003)

  • Resonant and Secular Families of the Kuiper Belt , E. I. Chiang, J.R. Lovering, R. L. Millis, M. W. Buie, L. H. Wasserman, & K. J. Meech, Earth, Moon, & Planets, as part of First Decadal Review of the Kuiper Belt special issue, 92, 49-62 (2003) PDF version here

  • Resonance Occupation in the Kuiper Belt: Case Examples of the 5:2 and Trojan Resonances, E. I. Chiang, A. B. Jordan, R. L. Millis, M. W. Buie, L. H. Wasserman, J. L. Elliot, S. D. Kern, D. E. Trilling, K. J. Meech, & R. M. Wagner, AJ, 126, 430-443 (2003) PDF Version here

  • Excitation of Orbital Eccentricities by Repeated Resonance Crossings: Requirements, E. I. Chiang, ApJ, 584, 465-471 (2003)

  • On the Plutinos and Twotinos of the Kuiper Belt, E. I. Chiang & A. B. Jordan, AJ, 124, 3430-3444 (2002) gzipped version here

  • Upsilon Andromedae: A Rosetta Stone in Planetary Dynamics, E. I. Chiang, contributed article to ASP Conference Series: Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets, eds. D. Deming & S. Seager

  • A Collisional Family in the Classical Kuiper Belt, E. I. Chiang, ApJ Letters, 573, L65-L68 (2002)

  • Eccentricity Excitation and Apsidal Resonance Capture in the Planetary System Upsilon Andromedae, E. I. Chiang & N. Murray, ApJ, 576, 473-477 (2002)

  • Chondrules and Nebular Shocks, E. I. Chiang, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 37, 2-3 (2002)

  • Excitation of Orbital Eccentricities of Extrasolar Planets by Repeated Resonance Crossings, E. I. Chiang, D. Fischer, & E. Thommes, ApJ Letters, 564, L105-L109 (2002)

  • Infrared Views of the TW Hya Disk, A. J. Weinberger, E. E. Becklin, G. Schneider, E. I. Chiang, P. J. Lowrance, M. Silverstone, B. Zuckerman, D. Hines, & B. A. Smith, ApJ, 566, 409-418 (2002)

  • ISO LWS Spectra of T Tauri and Herbig AeBe Stars, M.J. Creech-Eakman, E.I. Chiang, R.M.K. Joung, G.A. Blake, & E.F. van Dishoeck, A & A, 385, 546-562 (2002)

  • Apsidal Alignment in Upsilon Andromedae , E. I. Chiang, S. Tabachnik, & S. Tremaine, AJ, 122, 1607-1615 (2001)

  • Spectral Energy Distributions of Passive T Tauri and Herbig Ae Disks: Grain Mineralogy, Parameter Dependences, and Comparison with ISO LWS Observations, E. I. Chiang, M.K. Joung, M.J. Creech-Eakman, C. Qi, J. Kessler, G.A. Blake, & E.F. van Dishoeck, ApJ, 547, 1077-1089 (2001)

  • Apse Alignment of Narrow Eccentric Planetary Rings , E. I. Chiang & P. Goldreich, ApJ, 540, 1084-1090 (2000)

  • Angular Momentum Transport in Fluid and Particle Disks , E. Quataert & E. I. Chiang, ApJ, 543, 432-437 (2000)

  • Keck Pencil-Beam Survey for Faint Kuiper Belt Objects , E. I. Chiang & M. E. Brown, AJ, 118, 1411-1422 (1999).

  • Spectral Energy Distributions of Passive T Tauri Disks: Inclination , E. I. Chiang & P. Goldreich, ApJ, 519, 279-284 (1999).

  • Spectral Energy Distributions of T Tauri Stars with Passive Circumstellar Disks , E.I. Chiang & P. Goldreich, ApJ, 490, 368-376 (1997).

  • Time-Dependent Calculations of Ionization Nebulae Surrounding Supersoft X-Ray Sources, E. Chiang & S. Rappaport, ApJ, 469, 255-271 (1996).

  • Ionization Nebulae Surrounding Supersoft X-Ray Sources, S. Rappaport, E. Chiang, T. Kallman & R. Malina, ApJ, 431, 237-246 (1994).

  • A 3.6 cm Radio Survey of Low-Mass, Weak-Line T Tauri Stars in Taurus-Auriga, Eugene Chiang, R.B. Phillips, & C.J. Lonsdale, AJ, 111, 355-364 (1996).

  • On the Li and Be Tests for Brown Dwarfs, L.A. Nelson, S. Rappaport, & E. Chiang, ApJ, 413, 364-367 (1993).

  • Time-Domain Holographic Image Storage, X.A. Shen, E. Chiang, & R. Kachru, Optics Letters, 19, 1246-1248 (1994).

    Figures for fun


  • Trajectory of Neptunian Trojan, PDF version here
    JPG version here

  • Another version, Another PDF version here
    Another JPG version here