List of Publications


I. On Stellar Pulsation

Gravity Modes in ZZ Ceti Stars. I. Quasi-adiabatic Analysis of Overstability
Goldreich, Peter; Wu, Yanqin, 1999ApJ...511...904G

Gravity Modes in ZZ Ceti Stars. II. Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions
Wu, Yanqin; Goldreich, Peter, 1999ApJ...519...783W

Gravity Modes in ZZ Ceti Stars. III. Effects of Turbulent Dissipation
Goldreich, Peter; Wu, Yanqin,  1999ApJ...523...805G

Mode identification from time-resolved spectroscopy of the pulsating white dwarf G29-38
Clemens, J. C.; van Kerkwijk, M. H.; Wu, Y.2000MNRAS.314.220C

Surface motion in the pulsating DA white dwarf G29-38
van Kerkwijk, M. H.; Clemens, J. C.; Wu, Y.2000MNRAS.314.209V

Gravity-Modes in ZZ Ceti Stars: IV. Amplitude Saturation by Parametric Instability
Yanqin Wu, Peter Goldreich,  astro-ph/00031632001ApJ...546...469W

Combination Frequencies in the Fourier Spectra of White Dwarfs

Yanqin Wu,  astro-ph/0003101 , 2001MNRAS..323..248W

Doing Asteroseimology Non-adiabatically: the SdB stars
Jordan Ang, Yanqin Wu, Simon O'Toole, 2005 (submitted to ApJ)


II. On Neutron Star Spin

R-modes in Neutron Stars with Crusts: Turbulent Saturation, Spin-down, and Crust Melting
Yanqin Wu, Chris  Matzner, Phil Arras, astro-ph/0006123, 2001ApJ...549.1011W

Inferring Initial-spin Periods for Neutron Stars in Composite Supernova Remnants
E
ric van der Swalaw, Yanqin Wu, astro-ph/0104390, 2001ApJ...555L..49V

Resonant Tidal Excitations of Inertial Modes in Coalescing Neutron Star Binaries
Dong Lai, Yanqin Wu, astro-ph/0604163 , 2006PhRvD..74b4007

III. Tidal Interactions

Origin of Tidal Dissipation in Jupiter: I. Properties of Inertial-Mode
Yanqin Wu,  2005ApJ...635...674W

Origin of Tidal Dissipation in Jupiter: II. the Value of Q
Yanqin Wu,  2005ApJ...635...688W


IV. on Extra-Solar Planets & Debris Disks

Tidal Evolution Of the Planetary System around HD 83443
Yanqin Wu, Peter Goldreich,  2002ApJ...564.1024W

Planet Migration and Binary Companion: the case of HD 80606b
Yanqin Wu, Norm Murray, 2003ApJ...589...605W

An Algorithm to Detect Blends with Eclipsing Binaries in Planet Transit Searches
Henk Hoestra, Yanqin Wu, Andrzej Udalski, 2005ApJ...626...1070H

Resonance Overlap is Responsible for Ejecting Planets in Binary Systems
Lawrence R. Mudryk, Yanqin Wu, 2006ApJ...639..423M

Braking the Gas in the beta Pictoris Disk
Rodrigo Fernández, Alexis Brandeker, Yanqin Wu, 2006ApJ...643..509

Formation of Narrow Dust Rings in Circumstellar Debris Disks
Gurtina Besla, Yanqin Wu, 2007ApJ...655..528

Hot Jupiters in binary star systems
Wu, Yanqin; Murray, Norman W.; Ramsahai, J. Michael (submitted to ApJ, arXiv:0706:0732)

From mean-motion resonances to scattered planets: Producing the Solar System, eccentric exoplanets and Late Heavy Bombardments
Edward W. Thommes, Geoffrey Bryden, Yanqin Wu & Frederic A. Rasio, (submitted to ApJ, 2007)



V. Conference Proceedings (partial list)

Driving G-mode Pulsation in Gamma-Doradus VariablesLeuven,2001(.ps)

Saturation of Pulsation Amplitudes Across the H-R Diagram  Leuven,2001(.ps)

Excitation of Gravity-Mode Pulsations in DA & DB White Dwarfs Budapest,2000, (.ps)

Origin of the Combination Frequencies in White Dwarf PulsationToulouse,1999, (.ps)

PhD Thesis Caltech,1997

Some New Understandings on Nonlinear Stellar Pulsation Florida,1994 (.ps

 Tidal Circularization and Kozai Migration Washington 2002 (.ps)



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