Dr. SungWon Kwak

Milky Way and the Local Volume

Postdoctoral Researcher

Office: KH/2.16
Phone: +49 331 7499 285
skwak@aip.de

Leibniz-Institut
für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
An der Sternwarte 16
14482 Potsdam

Computational Astrophysics; Galaxy Dynamics; Bar and Spirals; Galaxy Formation and Evolution;

Nuclear Ring and Nuclear Star Cluster; Dwarf Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters; Stellar Halo

Press Release on the SMUGGLE-Ring Project

Publications

Latest publications, retrieved from NASA ADS:

SMUGGLE-Ring: Evolutionary link between nuclear star cluster and nuclear disk

Kwak, S., ... Minchev, I., Chiappini, C., ... Steinmetz, M., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 712, L25; published August 2026

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202661268, NASA ADS

Participating AIP research groups: Executive Board, Extragalactic Astrophysics, Milky Way and the Local Volume

Kwak, S., Minchev, I., Steinmetz, M., Yi, S. K., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 712, A38; published July 2026

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202659676, NASA ADS

Participating AIP research groups: Executive Board, Extragalactic Astrophysics, Milky Way and the Local Volume

The SMUGGLE-Ring project: Bar and bulge effects on nuclear disk and ring formation

Kwak, S., ... Steinmetz, M., Minchev, I., Chiappini, C., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 711, A295; published July 2026

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202659829, NASA ADS

Participating AIP research groups: Executive Board, Extragalactic Astrophysics, Milky Way and the Local Volume

Bono, G., ... Kwak, S., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 998, 1, 86; published February 2026

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae2c60, NASA ADS

Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume