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Kwon Lab
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The lab uses the polarization of light as a clue to explore the birth of stars and planets and the origins of life.
AboutAbout the lab
Depicting the birth of stars and planets with polarized light
The Kwon Lab studies how stars, planetary systems, and exoplanets form and evolve.
The lab carries out polarimetric observations at multiple wavelengths, which can map the structures around stars and the shapes of magnetic fields.
By systematically conducting circular and linear polarization surveys, the lab also investigates the origin of the homochirality of life.
The lab also develops polarimetric instruments to be mounted on ground-based and space telescopes, and works on astrobiology experiments.
Key terms
- Polarimetric observation
- Observation that measures the bias in the direction in which light oscillates. It reveals the alignment of dust around astronomical objects and the direction of magnetic fields.
- Homochirality
- The property whereby the amino acids and sugars in living organisms consist of only one of two mirror-image forms, left-handed or right-handed.
- Circular polarization
- Light whose direction of oscillation rotates in a helix as it travels. It can be right-handed or left-handed.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies the formation and evolution of stars and planetary systems through multiwavelength observations centered on polarimetry, together with instrument development. Through circular and linear polarization surveys, it also investigates the origin of the homochirality of life.
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MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorKWON Jungmi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images.
- Top image: “Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334)” ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Exploring the Formation of Stars and Planetary Systems and the Origin of Life with Polarization: “The HARPS polarimeter (ann1005a)” ESO/F. Snik / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Miyata Lab): “Wolf-Rayet 140 (Webb-MIRI)” NASA/ESA/CSA/STScl/JPL-Caltech / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Motohara Lab): “Hubble-ultra-deep-field-20091208-WFC3-IR-full” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Sako Lab): “The Test-Bed Telescope 2 dome at night (eso2107h)” F. Ocaña/J. Isabel/Quasar SR / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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