Publications
First- and second-authored publications:
"The Q Branch Cooling Anomaly Can Be Explained by Mergers of White Dwarfs and Subgiant Stars"
Shen, K. J., Blouin, S., and Breivik, K. 2023, ApJ, 955, L33
"The Fastest Stars in the Galaxy"
El-Badry, K., Shen, K. J., et al. 2023, OJAp, 6, 28
"A Single Binary May Host Recurrent Thermonuclear Supernovae"
Lee, K. J., and Shen, K. J. 2022, arXiv:2212.12596
"Binary Interaction Dominates Mass Ejection in Classical Novae"
Shen, K. J., and Quataert, E. 2022, ApJ, 938, 31
"Impacts of Nuclear Reaction Rate Uncertainties on Sub-Chandrasekhar-Mass White Dwarf Detonations"
Fitzpatrick, T., and Shen, K. J. 2021, arXiv:2112.0695
Shen, K. J., et al. 2021, ApJ, 922, 68
Shen, K. J., et al. 2021, ApJL, 909, L18
"The Progenitors of Calcium-Strong Transients"
Shen, K. J., Quataert, E., and Pakmor, R. 2019, ApJ, 887, 2
"A Search For Pulsations in the Optical Light Curve of the Nova ASASSN-17hx"
Rosenthal, L. J., Shen, K. J., et al. 2018, ApJ, 869, 7
Shen, K. J., et al. 2018, ApJ, 865, 15
"Sub-Chandrasekhar-Mass White Dwarf Detonations Revisited"
Shen, K. J., Kasen, D., Miles, B. J., and Townsley, D. M. 2018, ApJ, 854, 52
"The Evolution of the Type Ia Supernova Luminosity Function"
Shen, K. J., Toonen, S., and Graur, O. 2017, ApJ, 851, L50
"Secular Dimming of KIC 8462852 Following its Consumption of a Planet"
Metzger, B. D., Shen, K. J., and Stone, N. C. 2017, MNRAS, 468, 4399
"Wait for It: Post-Supernova Winds Driven by Delayed Radioactive Decays"
Shen, K. J., and Schwab, J. 2017, ApJ, 834 180
"Every Interacting Double White Dwarf Binary May Merge"
Shen, K. J. 2015, ApJ, 805, L6
"The Initiation and Propagation of Helium Detonations in White Dwarf Envelopes"
Shen, K. J., & Moore, K. 2014, ApJ, 797, 46
"The Ignition of Carbon Detonations via Converging Shock Waves in White Dwarfs"
Shen, K. J., & Bildsten, L. 2014, ApJ, 785, 61
"Circumstellar Absorption in Double Detonation Type Ia Supernovae"
Shen, K. J., Guillochon, J., & Foley, R. J. 2013, ApJ, 770, L35
"The Viscous Evolution of White Dwarf Merger Remnants"
Schwab, J., Shen, K. J., et al. 2012, MNRAS, 427, 190
"The Long-Term Evolution of Double White Dwarf Mergers"
Shen, K. J., Bildsten, L., Kasen, D., & Quataert, E. 2012, ApJ, 748, 35
"Thermonuclear .Ia Supernovae from Helium Shell Detonations: Explosion Models and Observables"
Shen, K. J., Kasen, D., Weinberg, N. N., Bildsten, L., & Scannapieco, E. 2010, ApJ, 715, 767
"Helium White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variables"
Shen, K. J., Idan, I., & Bildsten, L. 2009, ApJ, 705, 693
"Unstable Helium Shell Burning on Accreting White Dwarfs"
Shen, K. J., & Bildsten, L. 2009, ApJ, 699, 1365
"The Effect of Composition on Nova Ignitions"
Shen, K. J., & Bildsten, L. 2009, ApJ, 692, 324
"Faint Thermonuclear Supernovae from AM Canum Venaticorum Binaries"
Bildsten, L., Shen, K. J., Weinberg, N. N., & Nelemans, G. 2007, ApJ, 662, L95
"Thermally Stable Nuclear Burning on Accreting White Dwarfs"
Shen, K. J., & Bildsten, L. 2007, ApJ, 660, 1444
For other publications, see my CV