publications

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2026

  1. Submitted
    Thermal Response of Dust and Gas to Shadows in Protoplanetary Disks I: A Beta-Cooling Framework
    Shangjia Zhang, Xiaoyi Ma, Jane Huang, Zhaohuan Zhu, and Simon Casassus
    Submitted to ApJ, Aug 2026
  2. ApJL
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    Just a Phase? Weakening Vertical Shear Instability Explains Class II Disk Morphologies: Simulations with Dust Coagulation, Sedimentation, Thermal Relaxation, and Backreaction
    Thomas Pfeil, Alexandros Ziampras, Shangjia Zhang, Philip J. Armitage, and Yan-Fei Jiang
    Accepted to ApJL, Sep 2026
  3. arXiv
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    A Framework to Model Stellar Irradiated Disks with Frequency-dependent Absorption and Scattering Opacities in Athena++
    Stanley A. Baronett, Yan-Fei Jiang, Zhaohuan Zhu, Shangjia Zhang, and Philip J. Armitage
    arXiv e-prints, Jun 2026

2025

  1. ApJL
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    Shadow-induced Warps in Protoplanetary Disks
    Shangjia Zhang, Zhaohuan Zhu, and Callum W. Fairbairn
    Astrophysical Journal Letters, Dec 2025
  2. arXiv
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    Puffed-up Inner Rings and Razor-thin Outer Rings in Structured Protoplanetary Disks
    Haochang Jiang, Feng Long, Enrique Macı́as, Myriam Benisty, Kiyoaki Doi, and 6 more authors
    arXiv e-prints, Sep 2025
  3. ApJL
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    Discovery of HαEmission from a Protoplanet Candidate around the Young Star 2MASS J16120668–3010270 with MagAO-X
    Jialin Li, Laird M. Close, Feng Long, Jared R. Males, Sebastiaan Y. Haffert, and 30 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal Letters, Sep 2025
  4. AJ
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    JWST/NIRCam Coronagraphic Search for Hidden Planets in the HD 163296 Protoplanetary Disk
    Taichi Uyama, Luca Ricci, Marie Ygouf, Sean Andrews, Sara Gallagher, and 8 more authors
    Astronomical Journal, Jun 2025
  5. ApJ
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    Asymmetric Temperature Variations In Protoplanetary Disks. I. Linear Theory, Corotating Spirals, and Ring Formation
    Zhaohuan Zhu, Shangjia Zhang, and Ted M. Johnson
    Astrophysical Journal, Feb 2025

2024

  1. ApJ
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    High-resolution ALMA Observations of Richly Structured Protoplanetary Disks in σOrionis
    Jane Huang, Megan Ansdell, Tilman Birnstiel, Ian Czekala, Feng Long, and 3 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal, Nov 2024
  2. ApJL
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    3D Radiation-hydrodynamical Simulations of Shadows on Transition Disks
    Shangjia Zhang and Zhaohuan Zhu
    Astrophysical Journal Letters, Oct 2024
  3. AJ
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    A Survey of Protoplanetary Disks Using the Keck/NIRC2 Vortex Coronagraph
    Nicole L. Wallack, Jean-Baptiste Ruffio, Garreth Ruane, Bin B. Ren, Jerry W. Xuan, and 32 more authors
    Astronomical Journal, Aug 2024
  4. ApJ
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    Thermal Structure Determines Kinematics: Vertical Shear Instability in Stellar Irradiated Protoplanetary Disks
    Shangjia Zhang, Zhaohuan Zhu, and Yan-Fei Jiang
    Astrophysical Journal, Jun 2024

2023

  1. ApJ
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    Porous Dust Particles in Protoplanetary Disks: Application to the HL Tau Disk
    Shangjia Zhang, Zhaohuan Zhu, Takahiro Ueda, Akimasa Kataoka, Anibal Sierra, and 2 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal, Aug 2023
  2. ApJ
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    Substructures in Compact Disks of the Taurus Star-forming Region
    Shangjia Zhang, Matt Kalscheur, Feng Long, Ke Zhang, Deryl E. Long, and 3 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal, Aug 2023

2022

  1. ApJL
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    ALMA Detection of Dust Trapping around Lagrangian Points in the LkCa 15 Disk
    Feng Long, Sean M. Andrews, Shangjia Zhang, Chunhua Qi, Myriam Benisty, and 8 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal Letters, Sep 2022
  2. ApJ
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    Investigating the Future Potential of an Upgraded ALMA to Image Planet-forming Disks at Sub-astronomical-unit Scales
    Benjamin P. Burrill, Luca Ricci, Sarah K. Harter, Shangjia Zhang, and Zhaohuan Zhu
    Astrophysical Journal, Mar 2022
  3. MNRAS
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    PGNets: planet mass prediction using convolutional neural networks for radio continuum observations of protoplanetary discs
    Shangjia Zhang, Zhaohuan Zhu, and Mingon Kang
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Mar 2022

2021

  1. ApJ
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    Self-consistent Ring Model in Protoplanetary Disks: Temperature Dips and Substructure Formation
    Shangjia Zhang, Xiao Hu, Zhaohuan Zhu, and Jaehan Bae
    Astrophysical Journal, Dec 2021
  2. ApJ
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    Limits on Millimeter Continuum Emission from Circumplanetary Material in the DSHARP Disks
    Sean M. Andrews, William Elder, Shangjia Zhang, Jane Huang, Myriam Benisty, and 8 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal, Jul 2021
  3. ApJ
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    Impact of Differential Dust Settling on the SED and Polarization: Application to the Inner Region of the HL Tau Disk
    Takahiro Ueda, Akimasa Kataoka, Shangjia Zhang, Zhaohuan Zhu, Carlos Carrasco-González, and 1 more author
    Astrophysical Journal, Jun 2021
  4. AJ
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    A Search for Companions via Direct Imaging in the DSHARP Planet-forming Disks
    Sebastian Jorquera, Laura M. Pérez, Gaël Chauvin, Myriam Benisty, Zhaohuan Zhu, and 8 more authors
    Astronomical Journal, Mar 2021

2020

  1. ApJ
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    Imaging the Dusty Substructures due to Terrestrial Planets in Planet-forming Disks with ALMA and the Next-generation Very Large Array
    Sarah K. Harter, Luca Ricci, Shangjia Zhang, and Zhaohuan Zhu
    Astrophysical Journal, Dec 2020
  2. MNRAS
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    The effects of disc self-gravity and radiative cooling on the formation of gaps and spirals by young planets
    Shangjia Zhang and Zhaohuan Zhu
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Apr 2020
  3. ApJ
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    A Multifrequency ALMA Characterization of Substructures in the GM Aur Protoplanetary Disk
    Jane Huang, Sean M. Andrews, Cornelis P. Dullemond, Karin I. Öberg, Chunhua Qi, and 10 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal, Mar 2020

2019

  1. ApJL
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    One Solution to the Mass Budget Problem for Planet Formation: Optically Thick Disks with Dust Scattering
    Zhaohuan Zhu, Shangjia Zhang, Yan-Fei Jiang, Akimasa Kataoka, Tilman Birnstiel, and 8 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal Letters, Jun 2019

2018

  1. ApJL
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    The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). VI. Dust Trapping in Thin-ringed Protoplanetary Disks
    Cornelis P. Dullemond, Tilman Birnstiel, Jane Huang, Nicolás T. Kurtovic, Sean M. Andrews, and 10 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal Letters, Dec 2018
  2. ApJL
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    The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Program (DSHARP). VIII. The Rich Ringed Substructures in the AS 209 Disk
    Viviana V. Guzmán, Jane Huang, Sean M. Andrews, Andrea Isella, Laura M. Pérez, and 10 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal Letters, Dec 2018
  3. ApJL
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    The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). II. Characteristics of Annular Substructures
    Jane Huang, Sean M. Andrews, Cornelis P. Dullemond, Andrea Isella, Laura M. Pérez, and 12 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal Letters, Dec 2018
  4. ApJL
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    The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). IX. A High-definition Study of the HD 163296 Planet-forming Disk
    Andrea Isella, Jane Huang, Sean M. Andrews, Cornelis P. Dullemond, Tilman Birnstiel, and 9 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal Letters, Dec 2018
  5. ApJL
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    The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). V. Interpreting ALMA Maps of Protoplanetary Disks in Terms of a Dust Model
    Tilman Birnstiel, Cornelis P. Dullemond, Zhaohuan Zhu, Sean M. Andrews, Xue-Ning Bai, and 7 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal Letters, Dec 2018
  6. ApJL
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    The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). III. Spiral Structures in the Millimeter Continuum of the Elias 27, IM Lup, and WaOph 6 Disks
    Jane Huang, Sean M. Andrews, Laura M. Pérez, Zhaohuan Zhu, Cornelis P. Dullemond, and 11 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal Letters, Dec 2018
  7. ApJL
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    The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). VII. The Planet-Disk Interactions Interpretation
    Shangjia Zhang, Zhaohuan Zhu, Jane Huang, Viviana V. Guzmán, Sean M. Andrews, and 10 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal Letters, Dec 2018
  8. ApJL
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    The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). X. Multiple Rings, a Misaligned Inner Disk, and a Bright Arc in the Disk around the T Tauri star HD 143006
    Laura M. Pérez, Myriam Benisty, Sean M. Andrews, Andrea Isella, Cornelis P. Dullemond, and 12 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal Letters, Dec 2018
  9. ApJL
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    The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). I. Motivation, Sample, Calibration, and Overview
    Sean M. Andrews, Jane Huang, Laura M. Pérez, Andrea Isella, Cornelis P. Dullemond, and 12 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal Letters, Dec 2018
  10. ApJL
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    The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). IV. Characterizing Substructures and Interactions in Disks around Multiple Star Systems
    Nicolás T. Kurtovic, Laura M. Pérez, Myriam Benisty, Zhaohuan Zhu, Shangjia Zhang, and 9 more authors
    Astrophysical Journal Letters, Dec 2018
  11. MNRAS
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    On estimating angular momenta of infalling protostellar cores from observations
    Shangjia Zhang, Lee Hartmann, Manuel Zamora-Avilés, and Aleksandra Kuznetsova
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Nov 2018

2017

  1. ApJS
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    The Circum-Galactic Medium of Massive Spirals. II. Probing the Nature of Hot Gaseous Halo around the Most Massive Isolated Spiral Galaxies
    Jiang-Tao Li, Joel N. Bregman, Q. Daniel Wang, Robert A. Crain, Michael E. Anderson, and 1 more author
    Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Dec 2017