Dr Kai Wang

Recent publications — 2026

1. Cooler Phases of the Circumgalactic Medium Are More Centrally Concentrated: Constraints from Multiphase Absorption Lines
   Kong, Weiwen, Chen, Zeyu, Wang, Enci, Yu, Haoran, Wang, Kai, et al.
   Jul 2026, The Astrophysical Journal, 1006, 49 (on-line)
2. Beyond the Fundamental Metallicity Relation: galaxy sizes encode the link between inflow and metallicity
   Boardman, N. F., Wild, V., Scholte, D., Wang, K., Asari, N. Vale, et al.
   Jul 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (on-line)
3. A Census of Quiescent Galaxies across 0.5 < z < 8 with JWST/MIRI: Mass-dependent Number Density Evolution of Quiescent Galaxies in the Early Universe
   Yang, Tiancheng, Wang, Tao, Xu, Ke, Sun, Hanwen, Zhou, Luwenjia, et al.
   Apr 2026, The Astrophysical Journal, 1000, L42 (on-line)
4. The origin of the galaxy size─stellar metallicity relation ─ I. A semi-analytical perspective
   Wang, Kai
   Feb 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 545, staf2113 (on-line)
5. Gravitational potential drives the concentration dependence of the stellar mass─halo mass relation
   Wang, Kai, Schaye, Joop, Benítez-Llambay, Alejandro, Chaikin, Evgenii, Frenk, Carlos S., et al.
   Feb 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 546, stag110 (on-line)

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