First and Corresponding^† author Papers:

1. Testing galaxy formation models with the stellar mass-halo mass relations for star-forming and quiescent galaxies

   Kai Wang^†, Yingjie Peng^†
   2024, submitted arXiv:2408.07743 [Go to the blog]

2. Revisiting the fundamental metallicity relation with observation and simulation

   Chengyu Ma, Kai Wang^†, Enci Wang^†, Yingjie Peng, Haochen Jiang, Haoran Yu, Cheng Jia, Zeyu Chen, Haixin Li, Xu Kong
   2024, ApJL 971 L14 arXiv:2407.21716

3. Characterizing the assembly of dark matter halos with protohalo size histories: I. Redshift evolution, relation to descendant halos, and halo assembly bias

   Kai Wang^†, H.J. Mo, Yangyao Chen, Huiyuan Wang, Xiaohu Yang, Jiaqi Wang, Yingjie Peng, Zheng Cai
   2024, MNRAS 528 2046 arXiv:2309.01039 [Go to the blog]

4. An efficient and robust method to estimate halo concentration based on the method of moments

   Kai Wang^†, H.J. Mo, Yangyao Chen, Joop Schaye
   2024, MNRAS 527 10760 arXiv:2310.00200 [Go to the blog]

5. Environmental dependence of the mass-metallicity relation in cosmological hydrodynamical simulations

   Kai Wang^†, Xin Wang^†, Yangyao Chen
   2023, ApJ 951 66 arXiv:2305.08161 [Go to the blog]

6. Late-formed halos prefer to host quiescent central galaxies. I. Observational results

   Kai Wang^†, Yangyao Chen, Qingyang Li, Xiaohu Yang
   2023, MNRAS 522 3188 arXiv:2304.07189 [Go to the blog]

7. Dissect two-halo galactic conformity effect for central galaxies: The dependence of star formation activities on the large-scale environment

   Kai Wang^†, Yingjie Peng^†, Yangyao Chen
   2023, MNRAS 523 1268 arXiv:2304.06886 [Go to the blog]

8. Relating galaxies across different redshift to study galaxy evolution

   Kai Wang^†, H.J. Mo, Cheng Li, Yangyao Chen
   2023, MNRAS 520 1774 arXiv:2211.00485 [Go to the blog]

9. Finding proto-clusters to trace galaxy evolution: I. The finder and its performance

   Kai Wang^†, H.J. Mo, Cheng Li, Yangyao Chen
   2021, MNRAS 505 3892 arXiv:2104.12223 [Go to the blog]

10. Identifying galaxy groups at high redshift from incomplete spectroscopic data: I. The group finder and application to zCOSMOS

    Kai Wang^†, H.J. Mo, Cheng Li, Jiacheng Meng, Yangyao Chen
    2020, MNRAS 499 89 arXiv:2006.05426 Public group catalog [Go to the blog]

11. Thermal gravitational-wave background in the general pre-inflationary scenario

    Kai Wang, Larissa Santo, Jun-Qing Xia, Wen Zhao^†
    2017, JCAP 01 053 arXiv:1608.04189

12. Smoothing methods comparison for CMB E- and B-mode separation

    Yi-Fan Wang, Kai Wang^†, Wen Zhao
    2016, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 4 arXiv:1511.01220

Co-author Papers:

1. The physical origin of positive metallicity radial gradients in high-redshift galaxies: insights from the FIRE-2 cosmological hydrodynamic simulations

   Xunda Sun, Xin Wang, Xiangcheng Ma, Kai Wang, Andrew Wetzel, Claude-André Faucher-Giguère, Philip F. Hopkins, Dušan Kereš, Russell L. Graf, Andrew Marszewski, Jonathan Stern, Guochao Sun, Lei Sun, Keyer Thyme
   Submitted arXiv:2409.09290

2. From Halos to Galaxies. X: Decoding Galaxy SEDs with Physical Priors and Accurate Star Formation History Reconstruction

   Zeyu Gao, Yingjie Peng, Kai Wang, Luis C. Ho, Alvio Renzini, Anna R. Gallazzi, Filippo Mannucci, Houjun Mo, Yipeng Jing, Xiaohu Yang, Enci Wang, Dingyi Zhao, Jing Dou, Qiusheng Gu, Cheqiu Lyu, Roberto Maiolino, Bitao Wang, Yu-Chen Wang, Bingxiao Xu, Feng Yuan, Xingye Zhu
   Submitted arXiv:2408.07749

3. Black-Hole-to-Halo Mass Relation From UNIONS Weak Lensing

   Qinxun Li, Martin Kilbinger, Wentao Luo, Kai Wang, Huiyuan Wang, Anna Wittje, Hendrik Hildebrandt, Ludovic van Waerbeke, Michael J. Hudson, Samuel Farrens, Tobias I. Liaudat, Huiling Liu, Ziwen Zhang, Qingqing Wang, Elisa Russier, Axel Guinot, Lucie Baumont, Fabian Hervas Peters, Thomas de Boer, Jiaqi Wang
   2024, ApJL 969 L25 arXiv:2311.07653

4. Black holes regulate cold gas accretion in massive galaxies

   Tao Wang, Ke Xu, Yuxuan Wu, Yong Shi, David Elbaz, Luis C. Ho, Zhi-Yu Zhang, Qiusheng Gu, Yijun Wang, Chenggang Shu, Feng Yuan, Xiaoyang Xia, Kai Wang
   2024, Nature arXiv:2311.07653

5. From Halos to Galaxies. IX. Estimate of Halo Assembly History for SDSS Galaxy Groups

   Cheqiu Lyu, Yingjie Peng, Yipeng Jing, Xiaohu Yang, Luis C. Ho, Alvio Renzini, Dingyi Zhao, Filippo Mannucci, Houjun Mo, Kai Wang, Bitao Wang, Bingxiao Xu, Jing Dou, Anna R. Gallazzi, Qiusheng Gu, Roberto Maiolino, Enci Wang, Feng Yuan
   2024, ApJ 972 108 arXiv:2407.03409

6. From Halos to Galaxies. VII. The Connections Between Stellar Mass Growth History, Quenching History and Halo Assembly History for Central Galaxies

   Cheqiu Lyu, Yingjie Peng, Yipeng Jing, Xiaohu Yang, Luis C. Ho, Alvio Renzini, Bitao Wang, Kai Wang, Bingxiao Xu, Dingyi Zhao, Jing Dou, Qiusheng Gu, Roberto Maiolino, Filippo Mannucci, Feng Yuan
   2023, ApJ 959 5 arXiv:2310.10733

7. Massive Dark Matter Halos at High Redshift: Implications for Observations in the JWST Era

   Yangyao Chen, H.J. Mo, Kai Wang
   2023, MNRAS 526 2542 arXiv:2304.13890

8. A Conditional Abundance Matching Method of Extending Simulated Halo Merger Trees to Resolve Low-Mass Progenitors and Sub-halos

   Yangyao Chen, H.J. Mo, Cheng Li, Kai Wang, Huiyuan Wang, Xiaohu Yang
   2023, MNRAS 525 1254 arXiv:2301.08972

9. Groups and Protocluster Candidates in the CLAUDS and HSC-SSP Joint Deep Surveys

   Qingyang Li, Xiaohu Yang, Chengze Liu,... Kai Wang,...
   2022, ApJ 933 9 arXiv:2205.05517

10. MAHGIC: A Model Adapter for the Halo-Galaxy Inter-Connection

    Yangyao Chen, H.J. Mo, Cheng Li, Kai Wang, Huiyuan Wang, Xiaohu Yang, Youcai Zhang, Neal Katz
    2022, MNRAS 507 2510 arXiv:2106.03984

11. The clustering of galaxies in the DESI imaging legacy surveys DR8:I. the luminosity and color dependent intrinsic clustering

    Zhaoyu Wang, Haojie Xu, Xiaohu Yang, Y. P. Jing, Kai Wang, Hong Guo, Fuyu Dong, Min He
    2021, Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 64 289811

12. Measuring galaxy abundance and clustering at high redshift from incomplete spectroscopic data: Tests on mock catalogs and application to zCOSMOS

    Jiacheng Meng, Cheng Li, Houjun Mo, Yangyao Chen, Kai Wang
    2020, ApJ 964 161 arXiv:2008.13733

13. How to empirically model star formation in dark matter halos: I. Inferences about central galaxies from numerical simulations

    Yangyao Chen, H. J. Mo, Cheng Li, Kai Wang
    2021, MNRAS 504 4865 arXiv:2009.12467

14. Relating the structure of dark matter halos to their assembly and environment

    Yangyao Chen, H.J. Mo, Cheng Li, Huiyuan Wang, Xiaohu Yang, Youcai Zhang, Kai Wang
    2020, ApJ 899 81 arXiv:2003.05137

15. Superconducting cosmic strings as sources of cosmological fast radio bursts

    Jia-Ni Ye, Kai Wang, Yi-Fu Cai
    2017, Eur. Phys. J. C 77:720 arXiv:1705.10956

16. Statistical imprints of CMB B-type polarization leakage in an incomplete sky survey analysis

    Larissa Santo, Kai Wang, Yangrui Hu, Wenjuan Fang, Wen Zhao
    2017, JCAP 01 043 arXiv:1612.03564

17. Probing the statistical properties of CMB $B$-mode polarization through Minkowski Functionals

    Larissa Santo, Kai Wang, Wen Zhao
    2016, JCAP 07 029 arXiv:1510.07779

Open-source code:

1. HIPP: HIgh-Performance Package for scientific computation

   Yangyao Chen, Kai Wang
   Astrophysics Source Code Library ascl:2301.030