Research Interests:
Dayside of ultra-hot Jupiters
Temperature inversions and a variety of chemical species (Fe, Si, Ti, V, CO etc.) found on the dayside of hot gas giants
Atmosphere of the hottest exoplanet
A clear and strong Hα line absorption detected in KELT-9b -- the hottest exoplanet
(Published on Nature Astronomy)
Model RM+CLV effects
Modelling stellar line profile change due to Rossiter-McLaughlin effect and CLV effect
(Important for transmission spectrum)
Lunar eclipses
Observing the Earth transiting the Sun using lunar eclipses
(Earth as an exo-Earth)
Contact:
Prof. Fei Yan
Department of Astronomy
University of Science and Technology of China
Hefei 230026, China
Email: yanfei[at]ustc.edu.cn