I'm interested in the large-scale structure of the universe, dark energy, Lyα forest, supernova cosmology, baryon acoustic oscillations, and weak gravitational lensing.

Here is my CV.

Publications

• Distance, Growth Factor, and Dark Energy Constraints from Photometric Baryon Acoustic Oscillation and Weak Lensing Measurements
  H. Zhan, L. Knox, & J. A. Tyson, submitted to ApJ (arXiv:0806.0937)

• Measuring Baryon Acoustic Oscillations with Millions of Supernovae
  H. Zhan, L. Wang, P. Pinto, & J. A. Tyson, ApJL, 675, L1 (arXiv:0801.3659)

• Weighing the Universe with Photometric Redshift Surveys and the Impact on Dark Energy Forecasts
  L. Knox, Y.-S. Song, & H. Zhan, ApJ, 652, 857 (astro-ph/0605536)

• Using Galaxy Two-point Correlation Functions to Determine the Redshift Distributions of Galaxies Binned by Photometric Redshift
  M. Schneider, L. Knox, H. Zhan, & A. Connolly, ApJ, 651, 14 (astro-ph/0606098)

• Cosmic Tomographies: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations and Weak Lensing
  H. Zhan, JCAP, JCAP08(2006)008 (astro-ph/0605696 ), software

• Baryon Oscillations and Consistency Tests for Photometrically-Determined Redshifts of Very Faint Galaxies
  H. Zhan & L. Knox, ApJ, 644, 663 (astro-ph/0509260)

• Exploring Large-Scale Structure with Billions of Galaxies
  H. Zhan, L. Knox, J.A. Tyson, & V. Margoniner, ApJ, 640, 8 (astro-ph/0508119)

• Optimal Softening for N-Body Halo Simulations
  H. Zhan, ApJ, 639, 617 (astro-ph/0507237)

• Lyα Flux Power Spectrum and Its Covariance
  H. Zhan, R. Davé, D. Eisenstein, & N. Katz, MNRAS, 363, 1145 [pdf]

• Covariance of the One-Dimensional Mass Power Spectrum
  H. Zhan & D. Eisenstein, MNRAS, 357, 1387 [pdf]

• Effect of Hot Baryons on the Weak-Lensing Shear Power Spectrum
  H. Zhan & L. Knox, ApJ, 616, L75 [pdf]

• The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe in One Dimension
  H. Zhan, Dissertation [pdf]

• Extrapolation Method for the No-Core Shell Model
  H. Zhan, A. Nogga, B.R. Barrett, J.P. Vary, & P. Navrátil, Phys. Rev. C 69, 034302 [pdf]

• Correlation between the Mean Matter Density and the Width of the Saturated Lyα Absorption
  H. Zhan, MNRAS, 344, 935 [pdf]

• The Multiphase Intracluster Medium in Galaxy Groups Probed by the Lyα Forest
  H. Zhan, L.Z. Fang, & D. Burstein, ApJ, 592, L1 [pdf]

• One-Point Statistics of the Cosmic Density Field in Real and Redshift Spaces with A Multiresolutional Decomposition
  H. Zhan & L.Z. Fang, ApJ, 585, 12 [pdf]

• The Large-Scale rms Bulk Velocities Estimated from Quasar Lyα Forests
  H. Zhan & L.Z. Fang, ApJ, 566, 9 [pdf]

• The Local Power Spectrum and Correlation Hierarchy of the Cosmic Mass Field
  H. Zhan, P. Jamkhedkar, & L.Z. Fang, ApJ, 555, 58 [pdf]

• Intermittent Behavior of Cosmic Mass Field Revealed by QSO's Lyα Forests
  P. Jamkhedkar, H. Zhan, & L.Z. Fang, ApJL, 543, L1 [pdf]