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astro-ph.IM2026

3.5-meter Segmented-Mirror Robotic Space Telescope Mission White Paper I. Overall Architecture and Scientific Mission

Yong-Woo Kang, Sang Hyun Lee, Juhan Kim +22

We present the preliminary science concept and mission architecture of a 3.5-meter segmented-mirror robotic space telescope currently under study. The observatory is conceived as a…

astro-ph.IM2026

3.5-meter Segmented-Mirror Robotic Space Telescope Mission White Paper V. Key Scientific Mission: Compact-Object Time-Domain Science

Juhan Kim, Yong-Woo Kang, Sang Hyun Lee +22

An isolated compact object retains the point-source resolving power of the space-based slitless spectrograph. The baseline wavelength range is 0.2--1.5 m. The planning baseline…

astro-ph.IM2026

3.5-meter Segmented-Mirror Robotic Space Telescope Mission White Paper IV. Key Scientific Mission: Solar-System Small Bodies and Planetary Defense

Juhan Kim, Yong-Woo Kang, Sang Hyun Lee +22

The baseline 0.2--1.5 m observatory provides rapid-response astrometry, visible and near-infrared taxonomy, rotation and phase curves, recovery, and long-arc orbit improvement f…

astro-ph.IM2026

3.5-meter Segmented-Mirror Robotic Space Telescope Mission White Paper III. Key Scientific Mission: Exoplanet Science with a Coronagraph

Juhan Kim, Sang Hyun Lee, Yong-Woo Kang +22

This volume defines the exoplanet science program enabled by the dedicated high-contrast coronagraph in the baseline science payload of the 3.5-meter Segmented-Mirror Robotic Space…

astro-ph.IM2026

3.5-meter Segmented-Mirror Robotic Space Telescope Mission White Paper II. Key Scientific Mission: Wide-Field Cosmology and Galaxy Evolution

Juhan Kim, Yong-Woo Kang, Sang Hyun Lee +22

The 3.5-meter Segmented-Mirror Robotic Space Telescope uses an image slicer for all spectroscopic observations. The planning baseline uses for the wide survey and r…

astro-ph.GA2026

Comparing the Near-infrared Spectral Energy Distributions from Different Stellar Population Synthesis Models with SPHEREx Observations

Jeong Hwan Lee, Minjin Kim, Woong-Seob Jeong +17

While stellar population synthesis (SPS) models have been widely used for spectral analysis in optical wavelengths, their characteristics remain uncertain in the near-infrared (NIR…

astro-ph.GA2026

A UV-to-Near-infrared QSO Composite Spectrum from the SPHEREx All-Sky Survey

Minjin Kim, Yongjung Kim, Woong-Seob Jeong +19

We present a composite spectrum of type 1 SDSS QSOs (median ), constructed using SPHEREx spectrophotometric data and covering a rest-frame wavelength…

astro-ph.GA2026

Only obscured yet luminous active galactic nuclei are closely associated with galaxy mergers: Direct observational evidence from type 2 active galactic nuclei

Yongmin Yoon, Yongjung Kim, Dohyeong Kim +2

To establish a more comprehensive understanding of the connection between galaxy mergers and active galactic nuclei (AGNs), it is essential to disentangle the contributions of intr…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Changing-look Phenomenon Accompanied by an Accretion Mode Transition in NGC 3786

Suyeon Son, Minjin Kim, Luis C. Ho +2

To reveal the physical origin of the changing-look (CL) phenomenon in NGC 3786, which transitioned from type 1.8/1.9 to type 1, we present an analysis of long-term spectral monitor…

astro-ph.GA2026

Galaxy-Galaxy Blending in SPHEREx Survey Data

Kim Dachan, Hyunmi Song, Yigon Kim +8

The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) will provide all-sky spectral survey data covering optical to mid-infrared…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Redshifts from 122 Bands: Comparative Redshift Forecast for Low-Resolution Spectra from SPHEREx and 7-Dimensional Sky Survey (7DS)

Jangho Bae, Bomee Lee, Myungshin Im +21

The recently initiated SPHEREx and 7DS surveys will deliver low-resolution spectra () for hundreds of millions of galaxies over the optical to near-infrared range…

astro-ph.GA2025

Direct observational evidence that higher-luminosity type 1 active galactic nuclei are most commonly triggered by galaxy mergers

Yongmin Yoon, Yongjung Kim, Dohyeong Kim +2

We examine the connection between galaxy mergers and the triggering of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) using a sample of 614 type 1 AGNs at , along with a control sample of i…

astro-ph.GA2025

AllBRICQS: The Discovery of Luminous Quasars in the Northern Hemisphere

Yunyi Choi, Yuming Fu, Myungshin Im +16

We present the second catalog of bright quasars from the All-sky BRIght, Complete Quasar Survey (AllBRICQS), focusing on spectroscopically observed quasars in the Northern Hemisphe…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

JWST Spectroscopic View of a Rapidly Growing Dust-obscured Quasar at : Effect of Dust Extinction Correction on Black Hole Mass and Eddington Ratio Estimation

Dohyeong Kim, Myungshin Im

In the merger-driven galaxy evolution scenario, the central supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in dust obscured galaxies grow rapidly. Interestingly, a recent work \citep{suh24} on a…

astro-ph.GA2025

Resolved Stellar Mass Estimation of Nearby Late-type Galaxies for the SPHEREx Era: Dependence on Stellar Population Synthesis Models

Jeong Hwan Lee, Minjin Kim, Taehyun Kim +7

The upcoming all-sky infrared spectrophotometric SPHEREx mission is set to provide spatially resolved stellar mass maps of nearby galaxies, offering more detailed insights than int…

astro-ph.GA2024

Accuracy of Stellar Mass-to-light Ratios of Nearby Galaxies in the Near-Infrared

Taehyun Kim, Minjin Kim, Luis C. Ho +12

Future satellite missions are expected to perform all-sky surveys, thus providing the entire sky near-infrared spectral data and consequently opening a new window to investigate th…

astro-ph.GA2024

Exploring Unobscured QSOs in the Southern Hemisphere with KS4

Yongjung Kim, Minjin Kim, Myungshin Im +7

We present a catalog of unobscured QSO candidates in the southern hemisphere from the early interim data of the KMTNet Synoptic Survey of Southern Sky (KS4). The KS4 data covers $\…

astro-ph.GA2024

Red Type-1 Quasars after Cosmic Noon and Impact on -related Quasar Statistics

Yongjung Kim, Dohyeong Kim, Myungshin Im +1

Over the past decades, nearly a million quasars have been explored to shed light on the evolution of supermassive black holes and galaxies. The ultraviolet-to-optical spectra of ty…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 8 cited

Eddington Ratios of Dust-obscured Quasars at : Evidence Supporting Dust-obscured Quasars as Young Quasars

Dohyeong Kim, Yongjung Kim, Myungshin Im +4

Dust-obscured quasars have been suspected as the intermediate stage galaxies between merger-driven star-forming galaxies and unobscured quasars. This merger-driven galaxy evolution…

astro-ph.GA2024

Multi-Object Spectroscopy of Galaxy Clusters at in Ultra Deep Survey Field with Different Star-formation Properties and Large-scale Environments

Seong-Kook Lee, Myungshin Im, Bomi Park +3

While galaxy clusters are dominated by quiescent galaxies at local, they show a wide range in quiescent galaxy fraction (QF) at higher redshifts. Here, we present the discovery of…

astro-ph.IM2024

The Robotic MAAO 0.7m Telescope System: Performance and Standard Photometric System

Gu Lim, Dohyeong Kim, Seonghun Lim +8

We introduce a 0.7m telescope system at the Miryang Arirang Astronomical Observatory (MAAO), a public observatory in Miryang, Korea. System integration and a scheduling program ena…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 15 cited

Estimators of Bolometric Luminosity and Black Hole Mass with Mid-infrared Continuum Luminosities for Dust-obscured Quasars: Prevalence of Dust-obscured SDSS Quasars

Dohyeong Kim, Myungshin Im, Minjin Kim +4

We present bolometric luminosity () and black hole (BH) mass () estimators based on mid-infrared (MIR) continuum luminosity (hereafter, ) that…

astro-ph.GA2023

Photometric Selection of Unobscured QSOs in the Ecliptic Poles: KMTNet in the South Field and Pan-STARRS in the North Field

Woowon Byun, Minjin Kim, Yun-Kyeong Sheen +18

We search for quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) in a wide area of the south ecliptic pole (SEP) field, which has been and will continue to be intensively explored through various space…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 11 cited

The Early Light Curve of a Type Ia Supernova 2021hpr in NGC 3147: Progenitor Constraints with the Companion Interaction Model

Gu Lim, Myungshin Im, Gregory S. H. Paek +19

The progenitor system of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) is expected to be a close binary system of a carbon/oxygen white dwarf (WD) and a non-degenerate star or another WD. Here, we p…