Yun Wang
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Yun Wang (born 1964) is a poet and professor of astrophysics specializing in cosmology. She is originally from Gaoping, a small town near Zunyi, in Guizhou Province, China. Her poetry books include The Carp from Bull Thistle Press, and The Book of Jade (ISBN 1-58654-023-8) from Story Line Press.
[edit] Professional work in astrophysics
Yun Wang received a bachelor's degree in physics from Tsinghua University in Beijing, after which she came to the United States and obtained her master's and doctorate (also in physics) Carnegie Mellon University. Currently Associate Professor in the University of Oklahoma's Department of Physics and Astronomy, she has published sixty-seven refereed papers, most recently specializing on probing the dark energy in the universe, with particular attention to studies of the Cosmic microwave background anisotropy, the use of supernovae and gravitational lensing as cosmological probes, and the measurement of cosmological parameters.
She is notably active as the Principal Investigator of the JEDI Collaboration (the Joint Efficient Dark-energy Investigation), a candidate implementation of the NASA-DOE Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM).
Her four most-cited recent papers are the following (with citations from SPIRES):
- Wang, Yun; Tegmark, M (June 2004). "New dark energy constraints from supernovae, microwave background, and galaxy clustering". Physical Review Letters 92 (24): 241302. doi:. (Times Cited: 169)
- Wang, Yun; Mukherjee, P (May 2004). "Model-independent constraints on dark energy density from flux-averaging analysis of type Ia supernova data". Astrophysical Journal 606 (2): 654–63. doi:. (Times Cited: 119)
- Wang, Yun; Mukherjee, P (Oct 2006). "Robust Dark Energy Constraints from Supernovae, Galaxy Clustering, and Three-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe Observations". Astrophysical Journal 650 (1): 1–6. doi:. (Times Cited: 101)
- Wang, Yun; Tegmark, M (May 2005). "Uncorrelated Measurements of the Cosmic Expansion History and Dark Energy from Supernovae". Physical Review D71 (10): 103513. (Times Cited: 82)
[edit] References
- The Quest for Dark Energy:High Road or Low? Science (magazine), VOL 309 2 September 2005 p. 1483
- New Data on 2 Doomsday Ideas, Big Rip vs. Big Crunch by James Glantz, New York Times, February 21, 2004
- Cosmic Doomsday Delayed by Mark Peplow Nature, no. 41101, 2004 (subscription required)
- ESI Special Topic: Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Interview with Prof. Yun Wang and Prof. Max Tegmark (April 2007)
[edit] External links
- Yun Wang's home page at the University of Oklahoma
