교수 및 연구
교수 및 연구
교원소개
Kim Jae-Young김재영
- 위치108동 510호
- 메일jaeyoungkim@unist.ac.kr
- 전화052-217-2241
연구주제
Observational astrophysics
- 연구분야블랙홀 ; 활동성 은하핵 ; 전파/다파장/다중신호 천문학
- 연구실Observational Astrophysics Lab
Current Research Interests
- Our group specializes in observational astrophysics, with a primary focus on phenomena occurring in regions of extreme gravity near cosmic black holes. Our specific research topics include (1) the physics of accretion and outflow processes in the vicinity of black holes, (2) the generation of TeV-PeV scale high-energy neutrinos and their correlation with radio to gamma-ray flares near black holes, and (3) the formation and evolution of massive black holes in the early Universe, including the possible role of direct collapse and the emergence of intermediate-mass black holes during the formation of the first stars and galaxies in the Universe. Recently, we have also expanded our work to include studies of dark matter and other cosmological phenomena.
- To this end, our research group employs multi-wavelength and multi-messenger observations of the Universe, collecting and utilizing data from both ground- and space-based observatories. More specifically, we perform nano-radian scale extreme-resolution imaging of cosmic black holes using radio interferometry and aperture synthesis techniques, as well as time-series and spectral modeling across various wavelengths. We also collaborate actively with large-scale international consortia, including the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration. In addition, we also contribute to the design and verification of next-generation ground-based and space-borne observational facilities. Our group is also engaged in developing advanced big data processing tools and AI-based methods for future exabyte-scale data processing, particularly in support of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
- Keywords: black holes, General Relativity, high-energy neutrinos, multi-messenger astrophysics, early Universe and cosmology, radio astronomy, radio interferometry, space and lunar telescopes, machine learning and neural networks, exascale computing
Biographical Sketch
- Education
- · 2018: Ph.D., Astronomy, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy & University of Cologne
- · 2015: M.S., Astronomy, Seoul National University
- · 2013: B.S., Astronomy, Seoul National University
- Career
- · 2024-present: Assistant Professor, UNIST
- · 2022-2024: Assistant Professor, Kyungpook National University
- · 2020-2022: Staff Scientist, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
- · 2018-2020: Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Radio stronomy
- · 2015-2018: PhD Candidate Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Selected Publications
- “The dynamics of the parsec-scale jet in the neutrino blazar PKS 0735+178”, Yu-Sik Kim & Jae-Young Kim*, 2025, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 699, 381
- “A ring-like accretion structure in M87 connecting its black hole and jet”, Ru-Sen Lu et al.(with Jae-Young Kim), 2023, Nature, 616, 686
- “Event Horizon Telescope imaging of the archetypal blazar 3C 279 at an extreme 20 microarcsecond resolution”, Jae-Young Kim* et al., 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 640, 69
- "First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole", Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (with Jae-Young Kim), 2019, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 875, 1
- “The limb-brightened jet of M87 down to the 7 Schwarzschild radii scale”, Jae-Young Kim* et al., 2018, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 616, 188
Lab Introduction video
- https://youtu.be/Z7UOzJJtyAY