Publications

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Journal Articles

Detecting White Dwarf Exoplanets in the Roman Era

Z. Lin & T. Daylan

Published in arXiv (submitted), 2026
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The Persistent Thermal Anomalies in Rocky Worlds

Z. Lin & T. Daylan

Published in The Astrophysical Journal, 2026
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WINERED Detects a Strong Atmospheric Outflow on the Sub-Neptune GJ 3090b

S. Vissapragada, Z. Lin et al.

Published in arXiv (submitted), 2026
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Temperature and conductivity in shock compressed bridgmanite MgSiO₃ up to 2 TPa

M. F. Huff et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in Physical Review B, 2026
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Helium escaping from the atmosphere of a nearby rocky exoplanet orbiting in a habitable zone

C. Cherubim et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in Science, 2026
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Leveraging Impact Parameter to Mitigate the Transit Light Source Effect: Early Insights from TRAPPIST-1

A. Glidden et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2026
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JWST TRAPPIST-1 e/b Program: Motivation and First Observations

N. H. Allen et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in The Astronomical Journal, 2026
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Carbon-rich Sub-Neptune Interiors Are Compatible with JWST Observations

Z. Lin & S. Seager

Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2025
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Interior and Gravity Field Models for Uranus Suggest a Mixed-composition Interior: Implications for the Uranus Orbiter and Probe

Z. Lin, S. Seager & B. P. Weiss

Published in The Planetary Science Journal, 2025
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Most High-density Exoplanets Are Unlikely to Be Remnant Giant Planet’s Cores

Z. Lin, S. Cambioni & S. Seager

Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2025
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Can metal-rich worlds form by giant impacts?

S. Cambioni et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2025
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JWST-TST DREAMS: Sulfur Dioxide in the Atmosphere of the Neptune-mass Planet HAT-P-26 b from NIRSpec G395H Transmission Spectroscopy

A. Gressier et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in The Astronomical Journal, 2025
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JWST-TST DREAMS: The Nightside Emission and Chemistry of WASP-17b

J. Lustig-Yaeger et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2025
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JWST-TST DREAMS: Secondary Atmosphere Constraints for the Habitable Zone Planet TRAPPIST-1 e

A. Glidden et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2025
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JWST-TST DREAMS: NIRSpec/PRISM Transmission Spectroscopy of the Habitable Zone Planet TRAPPIST-1 e

N. Espinoza et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2025
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JWST-TST DREAMS: A Supersolar Metallicity in WASP-17 b’s Dayside Atmosphere from NIRISS SOSS Eclipse Spectroscopy

A. Gressier et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in The Astronomical Journal, 2025
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JWST-TST DREAMS: A Precise Water Abundance for Hot Jupiter WASP-17b from the NIRISS SOSS Transmission Spectrum

D. R. Louie et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in The Astronomical Journal, 2025
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Two Earth-size Planets and an Earth-size Candidate Transiting the nearby Star HD 101581^*

M. Kunimoto, Z. Lin et al.

Published in The Astronomical Journal, 2024
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GJ 238 b: A 0.57 Earth Radius Planet Orbiting an M2.5 Dwarf Star at 15.2 pc

E. Tey, A. Shporer, Z. Lin et al.

Published in The Astronomical Journal, 2024
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Behind the mask: can HARMONI@ELT detect biosignatures in the reflected light of Proxima b?

S. R. Vaughan et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2024
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JWST-TST DREAMS: Nonuniform Dayside Emission for WASP-17b from MIRI/LRS

D. Valentine et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in The Astronomical Journal, 2024
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Hot Earth or Young Venus? A nearby transiting rocky planet mystery

L. Kaltenegger, R. C. Payne, Z. Lin et al.

Published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2023
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TOI-1075 b: A Dense, Massive, Ultra-short-period Hot Super-Earth Straddling the Radius Gap

Z. Essack et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in The Astronomical Journal, 2023
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JWST-TST Proper Motions. I. High-precision NIRISS Calibration and Large Magellanic Cloud Kinematics

M. Libralato et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in The Astrophysical Journal, 2023
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JWST-TST DREAMS: Quartz Clouds in the Atmosphere of WASP-17b

D. Grant et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in The Astrophysical Journal, 2023
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H₂-dominated Atmosphere as an Indicator of Second-generation Rocky White Dwarf Exoplanets

Z. Lin et al.

Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2022
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High-resolution spectral models of TRAPPIST-1e seen as a Pale Blue Dot for ELT and JWST observations

Z. Lin & L. Kaltenegger

Published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2022
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Photochemical Runaway in Exoplanet Atmospheres: Implications for Biosignatures

S. Ranjan et al. (including Z. Lin)

Published in The Astrophysical Journal, 2022
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Differentiating modern and prebiotic Earth scenarios for TRAPPIST-1e: high-resolution transmission spectra and predictions for JWST

Z. Lin et al.

Published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2021
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Finding Signs of Life in Transits: High-resolution Transmission Spectra of Earth-line Planets around FGKM Host Stars

L. Kaltenegger & Z. Lin

Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2021
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Finding Signs of Life on Transiting Earthlike Planets: High-resolution Transmission Spectra of Earth through Time around FGKM Host Stars

L. Kaltenegger, Z. Lin & S. Rugheimer

Published in The Astrophysical Journal, 2020
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High-resolution Spectra and Biosignatures of Earth-like Planets Transiting White Dwarfs

T. Kozakis, Z. Lin & L. Kaltenegger

Published in The Astrophysical Journal, 2020
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High-resolution Transmission Spectra of Earth Through Geological Time

L. Kaltenegger, Z. Lin & J. Madden

Published in The Astrophysical Journal, 2020
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High-resolution reflection spectra for Proxima b and Trappist-1e models for ELT observations

Z. Lin & L. Kaltenegger

Published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2019
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The Habitability of GJ 357D: Possible Climate and Observability

L. Kaltenegger, J. Madden, Z. Lin et al.

Published in The Astrophysical Journal, 2019
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