E. Chiang's Student Collaborators

Student Collaborators and Their Papers

G stands for Graduate, U stands for Undergraduate. The number following the letter represents the year in which we worked together.

Open positions available for graduate students and undergraduates.

Current students and some of their research topics:

1. Daniel Perez-Becker (G3/G4/G5/G6/G7): Ionization chemistry of protoplanetary disks. Hot Jupiter hydrodynamics. Disintegrating rocky planets.

Surface Layer Accretion in Transitional and Conventional Disks: From Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons to Planets, Daniel Perez-Becker & Eugene Chiang, ApJ, 727:2 20pp (2011)

Surface Layer Accretion in Conventional and Transitional Disks Driven by Far-Ultraviolet Ionization, Daniel Perez-Becker & Eugene Chiang, ApJ, 735:8 13pp (2011)

Former students and some of their research topics:

1. Ruth A. Murray-Clay (G2/G3/G4/G5/G6): Planetary dynamics, planet formation, hot Jupiter atmospheres, pre-main-sequence phenomena. Currently Tenure-Track Smithsonian Astrophysicist and Harvard Lecturer.

Atmospheric Escape from Hot Jupiters, R. A. Murray-Clay, E. I. Chiang, & N. Murray, ApJ, 693, 23-42 (2009)

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

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

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

A Brief History of Trans-Neptunian Space, E. Chiang, Y. Lithwick, R. Murray-Clay, M. Buie, W. Grundy, & M. Holman, invited review chapter for Protostars and Planets V, 895-909 (2007)

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

The Circumbinary Ring of KH 15D, E. I. Chiang & R. A. Murray-Clay, ApJ, 617, 913-920 (2004)

2. Hyomin Choi (U2/U3/U4): Oort Cloud, Kuiper Belt, mathematics

The Plane of the Classical Kuiper Belt, Eugene Chiang & Hyomin Choi, AJ, 136, 350-357

3. Aaron T. Lee (G1/G2) : Planetesimal formation.

Forming Planetesimals by Gravitational Instability: I. The Role of the Richardson Number in Triggering the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability , Aaron T. Lee, Eugene Chiang, Xylar Asay-Davis, & Joseph Barranco, ApJ, 718, 1367-1377 (2010)

Forming Planetesimals by Gravitational Instability: II. How Dust Settles to its Marginally Stable State, Aaron T. Lee, Eugene Chiang, Xylar Asay-Davis, & Joseph Barranco, ApJ, in press (2010)

3. Linda E. Strubbe (G2/G3): Debris disks, planetary dynamics, galaxy formation

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

4. Jessica R. Lovering (U1/U2/U3): Observations of the Kuiper Belt, astrometry, origin of Trojan librators

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)

5. Christopher J. Culter (U1/U2/U3/U4): Narrow ring dynamics, chaos, mathematics

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

The 1/5 Law for Chaos in the Three-Body Problem at Moderate Eccentricity, Christopher Culter, Honors Thesis in Physics (2005)

6. Amy Jordan (U3/U4): Observations of the Kuiper Belt, astrometry, resonance dynamics

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

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)

Resonance Occupation in the Kuiper Belt: Case Examples of the 5:2 and Trojan Resonances, J. L. Elliot, S. D. Kern, K. B. Clancy, A. A. S. Gulbis, R. L. Millis, M. W. Buie, L. H. Wasserman, E. I. Chiang, A. B. Jordan, D. E. Trilling & K. J. Meech, AJ, 129, 1117-1162 (2005)

7. Ryan Moo Kwang Joung (U3/U4): Thermodynamics and spectra of protoplanetary disks

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)

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)