Faculty Profiles - ZHAI Chengxing | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

2024 1

Near-Earth Object Observations using Synthetic Tracking

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, v. 136, (3), March 2024, article number 034401
Zhai, Chengxing; Shao, Michael; Saini, Navtej; Choi, Philip; Evans, Nez; Trahan, Russell; Nazli, Kutay; Zhan, Max
Article

2023 1

Micro-arcsecond Astrometry Technology: Detector and Field Distortion Calibration

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, v. 135, (1049), July 2023, article number 074502
Shao, Michael; Zhai, Chengxing; Nemati, Bijan; Hahn, Inseob; Trahan, Russell; Turyshev, Slava
Article

2022 4

International Asteroid Warning Network Timing Campaign: 2019 XS

The Planetary Science Journal, v. 3, (7), July 2022, article number 156
Davide, Farnocchia; Zhai, Chengxing; Żołnowski, Michał
Article

Role of Topocentric Parallax in Near-Earth Object Initial Orbit Determination

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, v. 134, (1031), January 2022, article number 015005
Zhai, Chengxing; Shao, Michael; Saini, Navtej S.; Choi, Philip; Trahan, Russell; Nazli, Kutay; Zhan, Max; Evans, Nez
Article

The discovery and characterization of (594913) 'Ayló'chaxnim, a kilometre sized asteroid inside the orbit of Venus

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, v. 517, (1), November 2022, p. L49-L54
Bolin, Bryce T; Ahumada, T.; Van Dokkum, P.; Fremling, C.; Granvik, M.; Hardegree-Ullman, K.K.; Harikane, Y.; Purdum, J.N.; Serabyn, E.; Southworth, J.; Zhai, Chengxing
Article

Statistical properties of internal climate variabilities for studying climate changes and potential emergent constraints

Zhai, Chengxing; Jiang, Jonathan H.; Su, Hui; Lee, Seungwon
Conference paper

2021 2

Improvements in Cloud and Water Vapor Simulations Over the Tropical Oceans in CMIP6 Compared to CMIP5

Earth and Space Science, v. 8, (5), May 2021, article number e2020EA001520
Jiang, Jonathan H.; Su, Hui; Wu, Longtao; Zhai, Chengxing; Schiro, Kathleen A.
Article

Time-series and Phase-curve Photometry of the Episodically Active Asteroid (6478) Gault in a Quiescent State Using APO, GROWTH, P200, and ZTF

Astrophysical Journal Letters, v. 911, (2), April 2021, article number L35
Purdum, Josiah N.; Zhai, Chengxing; Zolkower, Jeffry
Article

2020 4

Characterization of Temporarily Captured Minimoon 2020 CD₃ by Keck Time-resolved Spectrophotometry

Astrophysical Journal Letters, v. 900, (2), September 2020, article number L45
Bolin, Bryce T.; Zhai, Chengxing; Zolkower, Jeffry
Article

Observed Tightening of Tropical Ascent in Recent Decades and Linkage to Regional Precipitation Changes

Geophysical Research Letters, v. 47, (3), February 2020, article number e2019GL085809
Su, Hui; Wu, Longtao; Zhai, Chengxing; Jiang, Jonathan H.; Neelin, J. David; Yung, Yuk L.
Article

Synthetic tracking using ZTF deep drilling data sets

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, v. 132, (1012), June 2020, article number 064502
Zhai, Chengxing; Ye, Quanzhi; Shao, Michael; Trahan, Russell; Saini, Navtej S.; Shen, Janice; Prince, Thomas A.; Bellm, Eric C.; Graham, Matthew J.; Helou, George; Kulkarni, Shrinivas R.; Kupfer, Thomas; Laher, Russ R.; Mahabal, Ashish; Masci, Frank J.; Rusholme, Ben; Rosnet, Philippe; Shupe, David L.
Article

The micro-arcsecond astrometry small satellite: MASS

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 11443, December 2020, article number 114430O
Nemati, Bijan; Shao, Michael; Gonzalez, Guillermo; Zhai, Chengxing; Miskovish, Scott; Reardon, Patrick; Graves, Michael; Knutson, Kurt; Bendek, Eduardo; Hahn, Inseob
Conference paper

2019 2

A dichotomy between model responses of tropical ascent and descent to surface warming

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, v. 2, (1), December 2019, article number 8
Su, Hui; Zhai, Chengxing; Jiang, Jonathan H.; Wu, Longtao; Neelin, J. David; Yung, Yuk L.
Article

Finding Exo-Earths with Precision Space Astrometry

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, v. 51, (3), May 2019, article number 74
Shao, Michael; Turyshev, Slava G.; Zhai, Chengxing; Vasisht, Gautam; Bendek, Eduardo; Fischer, Debra; Guyon, Olivier; McArthur, Barbara; Muterspaugh, Matthew; Boehm, Celine
Article

2018 6

Accurate Ground-based Near-Earth-Asteroid Astrometry Using Synthetic Tracking

Astronomical Journal, v. 156, (2), July 2018, article number 65
Zhai, Chengxing; Shao, Michael; Saini, Navtej S.; Sandhu, Jagmit S.; Owen, William M.; Choi, Philip; Werne, Thomas A.; Ely, Todd A.; Lazio, Joseph; Martin-Mur, Tomas J.; Preston, Robert A.; Turyshev, Slava G.; Mitchell, Adam W.; Nazli, Kutay; Cui, Isaac; Mochama, Rachel M.
Article

On the emergent constraints of climate sensitivity

Journal of Climate, v. 31, (2), January 2018, p. 863-875
Qu, Xin; Hall, Alex; DeAngelis, Anthony M.; Zelinka, Mark D.; Klein, Stephen A.; Su, Hui; Tian, Baijun; Zhai, Chengxing
Article

Technical Note: Asteroid Detection Demonstration from SkySat-3 B612 Data using Synthetic Tracking

JPL Publication, v. 18, (1), Janury 2018
Zhai, Chengxing; Shao, M.; Lai, S.; Boerner, P.; Dyer, J.; Lu, E.; Reitsema, H.; Buie, M.
Article

Using Deep Space Climate Observatory Measurements to Study the Earth as an Exoplanet

Astronomical Journal, v. 156, (1), July 2018, article number 26
Jiang, Jonathan H.; Zhai, Albert J.; Herman, Jay; Zhai, Chengxing; Hu, Renyu; Su, Hui; Natraj, Vijay; Li, Jiazheng; Xu, Feng; Yung, Yuk L.
Article

A constellation of MicroSats to search for NEOs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 10769, September 2018, article number 107690K
Shao, Michael; Zhou, Hanying; Turyshev, Slava G.; Zhai, Chengxing; Saini, Navtej; Trahan, Russell
Conference paper

Using optical communications links for deep-space navigation

2017 IEEE International Conference on Space Optical Systems and Applications, ICSOS 2017 / IEEE. Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, 2017, p. 176-182
Martin-Mur, Tomas J.; Zhai, Chengxing; Jacobs, Christopher; Turyshev, Slava G.; Shao, Michael; Peng, Michael; McCandless, Sarah Elizabeth; Karimi, Reza R.
Conference paper

2017 5

A constellation of SmallSats with synthetic tracking cameras to search for 90% of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects

Astronomy and Astrophysics, v. 603, July 2017, article number A126
Shao, Michael; Turyshev, Slava G.; Spangelo, Sara; Werne, Thomas; Zhai, Chengxing
Article

Project 1640 Observations of Brown Dwarf GJ 758 B: Near-infrared Spectrum and Atmospheric Modeling

Astrophysical Journal, v. 838, (1), March 2017, article number 64
Nilsson R.; Zhai, Chengxing; Zimmerman, N.T.
Article

Project 1640 observations of the white dwarf HD 114174 B

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 469, (4), August 2017, p. 4796-4805
Bacchus, E.; Parry, I.R.; Oppenheimer, R.; Aguilar, J.; Beichman, C.; Brenner, D.; Burruss, R.; Cady, E.; Luszcz-Cook, S.; Crepp, J.; Dekany, R.; Gianninas, A.; Hillenbrand, L.; Kilic, M.; King, D.; Lockhart, T.G.; Matthews, C.T.; Nilsson, R.; Pueyo, L.; Rice, E.L.; Roberts, L.C.; Sivaramakrishnan, A.; Soummer, R.; Vasisht, G.; Veicht, A.; Zhai, Chengxing; Zimmerman, N.T.
Article

Tightening of tropical ascent and high clouds key to precipitation change in a warmer climate

Nature Communications, v. 8, June 2017, article number 15771
Su, Hui; Jiang, Jonathan H.; Neelin, J. David; Shen, T. Janice; Zhai, Chengxing; Yue, Qing; Wang, Zhien; Huang, Lei; Choi, Yong-Sang; Stephens, Graeme L.; Yung, Yuk L.
Article

Educational and Scientific Applications of Climate Model Diagnostic Analyzer

Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 6th International Congress on Big Data, BigData Congress 2017 / IEEE. Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, 2017, p. 392-397, article number 8029350
Lee, Seungwon; Zhai, Chengxing; Kubar, Terence; Tang, Benyang; Pan, Lei; Li, Juilin; Zhang, Jia; Bao, Qihao
Conference paper

2016 5

A detector interferometric calibration experiment for high precision astrometry

Astronomy and Astrophysics, v. 595, November 2016, article number A108
Crouzier, A.; Zhai, Chengxing; Dupont, J.
Article

Characterization of the Companion µ Her

Astronomical Journal, v. 151, (6), June 2016, article number 169
Roberts, Lewis C.; Zhai, Chengxing; Zimmerman, Neil T.
Article

Low-cost chirp linearization for long-range ISAL imaging application

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 9846, May 2016, article number 98460D
Zhou, Hanying; Nemati, Bijan; Shao, Mike; Zhai, Chengxing; Hahn, Inseob; Schulze, William; Trahan, Russell
Conference paper

Nanoradian ground-based astrometry, optical navigation, and artificial reference stars

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 9908, August 2016, article number 99085B
Zhai, Chengxing; Shao, Michael; Biswas, Abhijit; Ely, Todd; Jacobs, Christopher; Lazio, Joseph; Martin-Mur, Tomas; Owen, William; Rud, Mike; Saini, Navtej; Sandhu, Jagmit; Turyshev, Slava; Werne, Thomas
Conference paper

The latest results from DICE (Detector Interferometric Calibration Experiment)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 9904, July 2016, article number 99045G
Crouzier A.; Zhai, Chengxing; Dupont J.
Conference paper

2015 7

An assessment of upper troposphere and lower stratosphere water vapor in MERRA, MERRA2, and ECMWF reanalyses using Aura MLS observations

Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 120, (22), November 2015, p. 11,468-11,485
Jiang, Jonathan H.; Su, Hui; Zhai, Chengxing; Wu, Longtao; Minschwaner, Kenneth; Molod, Andrea M.; Tompkins, Adrain M.
Article

Direct spectrum of the benchmark t dwarf HD 19467 B

Astrophysical Journal Letters, v. 798, (2), January 2015, article number L43
Crepp, Justin R.; Zhai, Chengxing
Article

Evaluating the diurnal cycle of upper-tropospheric ice clouds in climate models using SMILES observations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, v. 72, (3), March 2015, p. 1022-1044
Jiang, Jonathan H.; Su, Hui; Zhai, Chengxing; Shen, T. Janice; Wu, Tongwen; Zhang, Jie; Cole, Jason N.S.; von Salzen, Knut; Donner, Leo J.; Seman, Charles; Del Genio, Anthony; Nazarenko, Larissa S.; Dufresne, Jean-Louis; Watanabe, Masahiro; Morcrette, Cyril; Koshiro, Tsuyoshi; Kawai, Hideaki; Gettelman, Andrew; Millán, Luis; Read, William G.; Livesey, Nathaniel J.; Kasai, Yasko; Shiotani, Masato
Article

Evaluation of CMIP5 upper troposphere and lower stratosphere geopotential height with GPS radio occultation observations

Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 120, (5), March 2015, p. 1678-1689
Ao, Chi O.; Jiang, Jonathan H.; Mannucci, Anthony J.; Su, Hui; Verkhoglyadova, Olga; Zhai, Chengxing; Cole, Jason; Donner, Leo; Iversen, Trond; Morcrette, Cyril; Rotstayn, Leon; Watanabe, Masahiro; Yukimoto, Seiji
Article

Long-term cloud change imprinted in seasonal cloud variation: More evidence of high climate sensitivity

Geophysical Research Letters, v. 42, (20), October 2015, p. 8729-8737
Zhai, Chengxing; Jiang, Jonathan H.; Su, Hui
Article

Reconnaissance of the HR 8799 exosolar system. II. Astrometry and orbital motion

Astrophysical Journal, v. 803, (1), April 2015, article number 31, p. 123
Pueyo, L.; Zhai, Chengxing; Baranec, C.
Article

Climate model diagnostic analyzer

Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2015 / IEEE. Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, 2015, p. 1948-1952, article number 7363973
Lee, Seungwon; Pan, Lei; Zhai, Chengxing; Tang, Benyang; Kubar, Terry; Zhang, Jia; Wang, Wei
Conference paper

2014 4

Detection of a faint fast-moving near-earth asteroid using the synthetic tracking technique

Astrophysical Journal, v. 792, (1), August 2014, article number 60
Zhai, Chengxing; Shao, Michael; Nemati, Bijan; Werne, Thomas; Zhou, Hanying; Turyshev, Slava G.; Sandhu, Jagmit; Hallinan, Gregg; Harding, Leon K.
Article

Finding very small near-earth asteroids using synthetic tracking

Astrophysical Journal, v. 782, (1), January 2014, article number 1
Shao, Michael; Nemati, Bijan; Zhai, Chengxing; Turyshev, Slava G.; Sandhu, Jagmit; Hallinan, Gregg; Harding, Leon K.
Article

Weakening and strengthening structures in the Hadley Circulation change under global warming and implications for cloud response and climate sensitivity

Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 119, (10), May 2014, p. 5787-5805
Su, Hui; Jiang, Jonathan H.; Zhai, Chengxing; Shen, Tsaepyng J.; Neelin, J. David; Stephens, Graeme L.; Yung, Yuk L.
Article

Realtime speckle sensing and suppression with project 1640 at Palomar

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 9148, August 2014, article number 914822
Vasisht, Gautam; Cady, Eric; Zhai, Chengxing; Lockhart, Thomas; Oppenheimer, Ben
Conference paper

2013 6

Diagnosis of regime-dependent cloud simulation errors in CMIP5 models using "a-Train" satellite observations and reanalysis data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, v. 118, (7), April 2013, p. 2762-2780
Su, Hui; Jiang, Jonathan H.; Zhai, Chengxing; Perun, Vince S.; Shen, Janice T.; Del Genio, Anthony; Nazarenko, Larissa S.; Donner, Leo J.; Horowitz, Larry; Seman, Charles; Morcrette, Cyril; Petch, Jon; Ringer, Mark; Cole, Jason; Von Salzen, Knut; Mesquita, Michael D.S.; Iversen, Trond; Kristjansson, Jon Egill; Gettelman, Andrew; Rotstayn, Leon; Jeffrey, Stephen; Dufresne, Jean-Louis; Watanabe, Masahiro; Kawai, Hideaki; Koshiro, Tsuyoshi; Wu, Tongwen; Volodin, Evgeny M.; L'Ecuyer, Tristan; Teixeira, Joao; Stephens, Graeme L.
Article

High-resolution infrared imaging and spectroscopy of the Z Canis Majoris system during quiescence and outburst

Astrophysical Journal Letters, v. 763, (1), January 2013, article number L9
Hinkley, Sasha; Zhai, Chengxing; Sivaramakrishnan, Anand
Article

Reconnaissance of the HR 8799 exosolar system. I. Near-infrared spectroscopy

Astrophysical Journal, v. 768, (1), May 2013, article number 24
Oppenheimer, B.R.; Zhai, Chengxing; Zimmerman, N.
Article

THE κ andromedae system: New constraints on the companion mass, system age, and further multiplicity

Astrophysical Journal, v. 779, (2), December 2013, article number 153
Hinkley, Sasha; Zhai, Chengxing; Wilson, Louis A.
Article

Electric Field Conjugation with the Project 1640 coronagraph

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 8864, September 2013, article number 88640K
Cady, Eric; Zhai, Chengxing; Zimmerman, Neil
Conference paper

Estimate low and high order wavefront using P1640 Calibrator measurements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 8864, September 2013, article number 88640L
Zhai, Chengxing; Zimmerman, N.
Conference paper

2012 4

Evaluation of cloud and water vapor simulations in CMIP5 climate models Using NASA "A-Train" satellite observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, v. 117, (14), July 2012, article number D14105
Jiang, Jonathan H.; Su, Hui; Zhai, Chengxing; Perun, Vincent S.; Del Genio, Anthony; Nazarenko, Larissa S.; Donner, L.eo J.; Horowitz, Larry; Seman, Charles; Cole, Jason; Gettelman, Andrew; Ringer, Mark A.; Rotstayn, Leon; Jeffrey, Stephen; Wu, Tongwen; Brient, Florent; Dufresne, Jean-Louis; Kawai, Hideaki; Koshiro, Tsuyoshi; Watanabe, Masahiro; Lécuyer, Tristan S.; Volodin, Evgeny M.; Iversen, Trond; Drange, Helge; Mesquita, Michel D.S.; Read, William G.; Waters, Joe W.; Tian, Baijun; Teixeira, Joao; Stephens, Graeme L.
Article

Spectral typing of late-type stellar companions to young stars from low-dispersion near-infrared integral field unit data

Astronomical Journal, v. 144, (1), June 2012, article number 14
Roberts, Lewis C.; Rice, Emily L.; Beichman, Charles A.; Brenner, Douglas; Burruss, Rick; Crepp, Justin R.; Dekany, Richard G.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A.; Hinkley, Sasha; Ligon, E. Robert; Lockhart, Thomas G.; King, David; Metchev, Stanimir; Oppenheimer, Ben R.; Parry, Ian R.; Pueyo, Laurent; Roberts, Jennifer E.; Shao, Michael; Sivaramakrishnan, Anand; Soummer, Rémi; Vasisht, Gautam; Vescelus, Fred E.; Wallace, J. Kent; Zimmerman, Neil T.; Zhai, Chengxing
Article

A first order wavefront estimation algorithm for P1640 calibrator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 8447, September 2012, article number 84476W
Zhai, Chengxing; Vasisht, G.; Shao, M.; Lockhart, T.; Cady, E.; Oppenheimer, B.; Burruss, R.; Roberts, J.; Beichman, C.; Brenner, D.; Crepp, J.; Dekany, R.; Hinkley, S.; Hillenbrand, L.; Ligon, E.R.; Parry, I.; Pueyo, L.; Rice, E.; Roberts, L.C.; Sivaramakrishnan, A.; Soummer, R.; Vescelus, F.; Wallace, K.; Zimmerman, N.
Conference paper

Project 1640: the world's first ExAO coronagraphic hyperspectral imager for comparative planetary science

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 8447, September 2012, article number 844720
Oppenheimer, Ben R.; Zhai, Chengxing; Zimmerman, Neil
Conference paper

2011 5

A new high contrast imaging program at palomar observatory

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, v. 123, (899), January 2011, p. 74-86
Hinkley, Sasha; Oppenheimer, Ben R.; Zimmerman, Neil; Brenner, Douglas; Parry, Ian R.; Crepp, Justin R.; Vasisht, Gautam; Ligon, Edgar; King, David; Soummer, Rémi; Sivaramakrishnan, Anand; Beichman, Charles; Shao, Michael; Roberts Jr., Lewis C.; Bouchez, Antonin; Dekany, Richard; Pueyo, Laurent; Roberts, Jennifer E.; Lockhart, Thomas; Zhai, Chengxing; Shelton, Chris; Burruss, Rick
Article

Influence of convection and aerosol pollution on ice cloud particle effective radius

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, v. 11, (2), January 2011, p. 457-463
Jiang, J.H.; Su, Hui; Zhai, Chengxing; Massie, S.T.; Schoeberl, M.R.; Colarco, P.R.; Platnick, S.; Gu, Y.; Liou, K.-N.
Article

Micro-pixel accuracy centroid displacement estimation and detector calibration

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, v. 467, (2136), August 2011, p. 3550-3569
Zhai, Chengxing; Shao, Mike; Goullioud, Renaud; Nemati, Bijan
Article

Relationship between aerosol and cloud fraction over Australia

Geophysical Research Letters, v. 38, (23), December 2011, article number L23802
Small, Jennifer D.; Jiang, Jonathan H.; Su, Hui; Zhai, Chengxing
Article

NEAT: A microarcsec astrometric telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 8151, September 2011, article number 81510V
Shao, M.; Nemati, B.; Zhai, Chengxing; Goullioud, R.; Malbet, F.; Leger, A.
Conference paper

2010 7

Detectability of Earth-like planets in multi-planet systems: Preliminary report

EAS Publications Series, v. 42, April 2010, p. 191-199
Traub, W.A.; Beichman, C.; Boden, A.F.; Boss, A.P.; Casertano, S.; Catanzarite, J.; Fischer, D.; Ford, E.B.; Gould, A.; Halverson, S.; Howard, A.; Ida, S.; Kasdin, N.J.; Laughlin, G.P.; Levison, H.F.; Lin, D.; Makarov, V.; Marr, J.; Muterspaugh, M.; Raymond, S.N.; Savransky, D.; Shao, M.; Sozzetti, A.; Zhai, Chengxing
Conference paper

Mitigation of angle tracking errors due to color dependent centroid shifts in SIM-lite

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 7734, July 2010, article number 77344I
Nemati, Bijan; An, Xin; Goullioud, Renaud; Shao, Michael; Shen, Tsae-Pyng; Wehmeier, Udo J.; Weilert, Mark A.; Wang, Xu; Werne, Thomas A.; Wu, Janet P.; Zhai, Chengxing
Conference paper

SCDU (Spectral Calibration Development Unit) testbed Narrow angle astrometric performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 7734, July 2010, article number 77344J
Wang, Xu; Goullioud, Renaud; Nemati, Bijan; Shao, Michael; Wehmeier, Udo J.; Weilert, Mark A.; Werne, Thomas A.; Wu, Janet P.; Zhai, Chengxing
Conference paper

SCDU testbed automated in-situ alignment, data acquisition and Analysis

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 7734, July 2010, article number 77344F
Werne, Thomas A.; Wehmeier, Udo J.; Wu, Janet P.; An, Xin; Goullioud, Renaud; Nemati, Bijan; Shao, Michael; Shen, Tsae-Pyng J.; Wang, Xu; Weilert, Mark A.; Zhai, Chengxing
Conference paper

SIM interferometer testbed (SCDU) status and recent results

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 7734, July 2010, article number 77341N
Nemati, Bijan; An, Xin; Goullioud, Renaud; Shao, Michael; Shen, Tsae-Pyng; Wehmeier, Udo J.; Weilert, Mark A.; Wang, Xu; Werne, Thomas A.; Wu, Janet P.; Zhai, Chengxing
Conference paper

SIM-Lite mission spectral calibration sensitivities and refinements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 7734, July 2010, article number 77341J
Zhai, Chengxing; An, X.; Goullioud, R.; Nemati, B.; Shao, M.; Shen, J.; Wehmeier, U.; Wang, X.; Weiler, M.; Werne, T.; Wu, J.
Conference paper

Towards Very High Contrast Imaging with Project 1640 at the Hale Telescope

Vasisht, G.; Ligon, L.; Roberts, L.; Shao, M.; Zhai, Chengxing; Oppenheimer, Ben R.; Hinkley, S.; Parry, I.
Conference paper

2009 2

Highly accurate reconstruction algorithm for bandwidth-limited signals and application to fringe signal recovery

Journal of the Optical Society of America A, v. 26, (1), January 2009, p. 43-58
Zhai, Chengxing
Article

SIM PlanetQuest white-light fringe modeling: Picometer accuracy calibration and estimation algorithms

Applied Optics, v. 48, (5), February 2009, p. 847-861
Zhai, Chengxing; Yu, Jeffrey; Shao, Mike; Goullioud, Renaud; Milman, Mark; Shen, Tsae-Pyng
Article

2008 3

Achievements of picometer performance from interferometer spectral calibration development unit (SCDU)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v.7013, July 2008, article number 701350
Shen, TsaePyng Janice; Zhai, Chengxing; An, Xin; Tang, Hong; Sun, George; Demers, Richard T.
Conference paper

Picometer accuracy white light fringe modeling for SIM PlanetQuest Spectral Calibration Development Unit

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 7013, July 2008, article number 70134Z
Zhai, Chengxing; Yu, J.; Shao, M.; Goullioud, R.; An, X.; Demers, R.; Milman, M.; Shen, T.; Tang, H.
Conference paper

Spectral calibration at the picometer level on SCDU (Spectral Calibration Development Unit)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 7013, July 2008, article number 70132H
Demers, Richard T.; An, Xin; Azizi, Alireza; Brack, Gary; Lay, Oliver; Ryan, Daniel; Shen, Janice; Sun, George; Tang, Hong; Zhai, Chengxing
Conference paper

2007 5

White-light interferometry using a channeled spectrum. 2. Calibration methods, numerical and experimental results

Applied Optics, v. 46, (32), November 2007, p. 7906-7923
Zhai, Chengxing; Milman, Mark H.; Regehr, Martin W.; Best, Paul K.
Article

White-light interferometry using a channeled spectrum. I. General models and fringe estimation algorithms

Applied Optics, v. 46, (23), August 2007, p. 5853-5865
Milman, Mark H.; Zhai, Chengxing; Regehr, Martin
Article

Confusion field effects on angle tracking camera centroiding estimates for SIM PlanetQuest

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 6675, September 2007, article number 667505
Fathpour, Nanaz; Milman, Mark; Zhai, Chengxing; Yu, Jeff; Morales, Mauricio J.
Conference paper

SIM planetquest precision white light interferometry

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 6693, September 2007, article number 66930E
Milman, Mark H.; Regehr, Martin; Zhai, Chengxing
Conference paper

Star confusion effect on SIM PlanetQuest astrometric performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 6675, September 2007, article number 667506
Zhai, Chengxing; Yu, J.; Milman, M.; Fathpour, N.; Morales, M.; Nemati, B.; Regehr, M.; Heflin, M.; Sievers, L.
Conference paper

2006 1

The least-squares calibration on the micro-arcsecond metrology test bed

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 6268 , June 2006, article number 62682N
Zhai, Chengxing; Milman, Mark; Regehr, Martin
Conference paper

1996 3

Atomic effects in tritium beta decay

Annals of Physics, v. 249, (1), 10 July 1996, p. 298-361
Brown, Lowell S.; Zhai, Chengxing
Article

Gauge-fixing parameter dependence of two-point gauge-variant correlation functions

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, v. 53, (6), March 1996, p. 3460-3467
Zhai, Chengxing
Article

Transition rate for a process involving particles with high momentum in a plasma and infrared physics for a QED plasma

Physical Review D, v. 54, (12), December 1996, p. 7607-7618
Zhai, Chengxing
Article

1995 2

Free energy of hot gauge theories with fermions through g⁵

Physical Review D, v. 52, (12), 15 December 1995, p. 7232-7246
Zhai, Chengxing; Kastening, Boris
Article

Three-loop free energy for high-temperature QED and QCD with fermions

Physical Review D, v. 51, (4), February 1995, p. 1906-1918
Arnold, Peter; Zhai, Chengxing
Article

1994 1

Three-loop free energy for pure gauge QCD

Physical Review D, v. 50, (12), December 1994, p. 7603-7623
Arnold, Peter; Zhai, Chengxing
Article

1993 1

2→n threshold production at the tree level

Physical Review D, v. 47, (12), June 1993, p. 5526-5530
Brown, Lowell S.; Zhai, Chengxing
Article

1992 1

Large-order perturbation theory for the electromagnetic current-current correlation function

Physical Review D, v. 46, (10), 15 November 1992, p. 4712-4735
Brown, Lowell S.; Yaffe, Laurence G.; Zhai, Chengxing
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DASC4010	Practical Artificial Intelligence in Science
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