Established in 2018, NTHU AstroRead is a study
group/book club for NTHU astronomy club members
to learn, share, and discuss advanced astrophysics
topics!
Active Members
People who presented more than 3 times and constantly attending recent activities.
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Lin, Yen-Hsing
PhD student
UC San Diego -
Yap Yong Sheng
PhD student
Cambridge -
Pu, Sy-Yun
Master student
NTHU IoA -
Ho, Zi-Hua
Master student
NTHU IoA -
Chuang, Ching-Yu
Undergraduate student
NTHU Management & Technology. -
Liu, Hong-Wen
Undergraduate student
NTHU Phys. -
Li, Wei-Wen
Undergraduate student
NTHU EE&CS. -
Hsieh, Mu-Chen
Undergraduate student
NTHU Phys.
Recent News
2023.07 - Now
| Date | Topic | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024.04 | Congratulation to Wei-Wen Li for being admitted to ASIAA Summer Student Program. | Working with Dr. Hsien Shang. |
| 2024.04 | Congratulation to Hsin-Pei Chen and Yen-Hsing Lin for being admitted to UT Austin and UCSD for their PhD program. | |
| 2024.03 | Congratulations to Mu-Chen Hsieh for being admitted to the Student Summer Research Fellowship Program at the University of Chicago. | Advisor: Hsiao-Wen Chen |
| 2024.01 | Congratulation to Yen-Hsing Lin and Hsin-Pei Chen for winning the oral and poster competetion in the Physical Society of Taiwan (TPS) annual meeting 2024. |
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| 2023.12 | Congratulation to Yen-Hsing Lin for winning the Postgraduates Student Thesis Award from the Physical Society of Taiwan (TPS). | Title: Simulating the effects of cosmic-ray dominated black-hole jets in galaxy clusters |
| 2023.12 | Congratulation to Hsin-Pei Chen for winning the Wu Chien-Shiung Scholarship from the Physical Society of Taiwan (TPS). | |
| 2023.08 | Congratulation to Chiung-Yin Chang for winning the best oral presentation award in 2023 NCTS-TCA summer student program. | Title: Comparing AGN Wind and Jet Feedback in Disk Galaxies |
| 2023.07 | Congratulation to Chen-Yu Chuang for passing his Master Defense! | Title: Applications of Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulations on Studying the Dark Matter Halo-Galaxy Connection |
In principle, this section only includes achievements that have been made by current students at NTHU. For more ancient news, please go to the News Archive.
7th AstroRead (2024.09 - 2025.06)
Host: Yo-Yo Chu、Hong-Wen Liu
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024.09.24 | Introduction | Hong-Wen Liu | Opening party & Introduction to Astroread |
| 2024.10.01 | Star formation | Wei-Wen Li | Observation & Simple Dynamics |
| 2024.10.08 | ISM & Molecular Cloud | Mu-Chen Hsieh | |
| 2024.11.05 | Observation I | Sy-Yun Pu | Spectrography Redshift & Distance ladder |
| 2024.11.12 | Observation II | Yi-Lun Hsu | Basics of observational astronomy |
| 2024.11.19 | Exoplanet | Chung-Chi Hsiao, Ching-Yu Chuang | |
| 2024.11.26 | Stellar Evolution | Yo-Yo Chue | Basic mechanisms of a star in main sequence |
| 2024.12.03 | Multi-messenger | Hong-Wen Liu | Astronomical transient & Gravitational wave |
| 2024.12.10 | Supernova | Yi-Fang Lee | |
| 2024.12.17 | Star Cluster & Stellar Dynamics | Si-Hong Hsu |
6th AstroRead (2023.09 - 2024.06)
Host: Ching-Yu Chuang、Wei-Wen Li
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023.10.03 | Introduction | Yen-Hsing Lin | General introduction to astronomy and astrophysics |
| 2023.10.17 | Observation | Wei-Wen Li | Basics of observational astronomy |
| 2023.10.24 | Interstellar Medium | Yen-Hsing Lin | Characteristic of different genres of ISM |
| 2023.11.07 | Star Formation | Mu-Chen Hsieh | Pre-main sequence stellar evolution |
| 2023.11.14 | Stellar Evolution | Sy-Yun Pu | Basic mechanisms of a star in main sequence |
| 2023.11.21 | Exoplanet | Ching-Yu Chuang | |
| 2023.11.28 | Supernova | Yi-Fang Li | |
| 2023.12.05 | Astronomical Transient | Wei-Wen Li | Brief discussion on time-domain astronomy |
| 2023.12.12 | Star Cluster | Yong-Sheng Yap | |
| 2023.12.26 | Galaxy | Zi-Hua Ho | |
| 2024.03.12 | Simulation | Wei-Wen Li | Introduction to general simulation method eg. N-body, HD |
| 2024.03.19 | Galaxy-1 | Chin-Yu Chuang | Galaxy Morphology |
| 2024.03.26 | Galaxy-2 | Chiung-Yin Chang | Galaxy Evolution and Feedback |
| 2024.04.09 | Introduction to Cosmology | Mu-Chen Hsieh | |
| 2024.04.16 | Large Scale Structure | Sy-Yun Pu | |
| 2024.04.30 | CMB and Inflation | TBD | |
| 2024.05.07 | Dark Matter | Hong-Wen Liu | |
| 2024.05.14 | SR & GR | Chung-Chi Hsiao | |
| 2024.05.21 | Redshift and Radiative Transfer | Yu-Shan Cho |
2024 Post-semester student seminar (2024.01)
Host: Yen-Hsing Lin
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 2024.01.09 | Zheng-Xian Hsu | Diffuse radio emission from galaxy clusters |
| Sy-Yun Pu | Different ways to classify stars as an astronomer | |
| 2024.01.16 | Shang-Jing Lin | SED in protoplanetary disks |
| Ming-Hsueh Hsieh | Magnetic structure in accretion disks | |
| 2024.01.23 | Sy-Yun Pu | Excited star formation during galaxy merging events |
| Wei-Wen Li | Cluster on Cluster |
2023 Summer Journal Club (2023.07 - 2023.09)
Host: Yen-Hsing Lin
| Date | Paper 1 | Speaker 1 | Paper 2 | Speaker 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023.06.27 | Opening | Yen-Hsing Lin | Koribalski et al. (2023) | Yen-Hsing Lin |
| 2023.07.04 | Xu et. al. (2023) | Yap Yong Sheng | Bose & Deason (2023) | Sy-Yun Pu |
| 2023.07.11 | Schive et al. (2018) | Zheng-Xian Hsu | Maiolino et al. (2023) | Yen-Hsing Lin |
| 2023.07.18 | Kraft et al. (2022) | Yen-Hsing Lin | Smith et al. (2023) | Hsin-Pei Chen |
| 2023.07.25 | Shen & Lu et al. (2023) | Chiung-Yin Chang | Lajoie et al. (2023) | Yen-Hsing Lin |
| 2023.08.01 | Sukbae Lee et.al (2023) | SiNan Long | Rodríguez Montero et al. (2023) | Yen-Hsing Lin |
| 2023.08.09 | Domingo et al. (2021) | Chen-Yu Chuang | Lee et al. (2023) | Shang-Jing Lin |
| 2023.08.15 | Rest | Rest | ||
| 2023.08.22 | Spilker et al. (2023) | Yen-Hsing Lin | Joseph et al. (2022) | Yen-Hsing Lin |
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2023.08.29 Summer student program final presentation rehearsals |
Comparing AGN Wind and Jet Feedback in Disk Galaxies | Chiung-Yin Chang (NCTS-TCA) | Long-term X-ray variability of a peculiar black hole X-ray recurrent transient | Wei-Wen Li (TAOvA) |
| Determine the quenching mode of galaxies by non-parametric parameters | Zi-Hua Ho (ASIAA) | Magnetic fields in star-forming region | Chen-Chen (TAOvA) | |
| 2023.09.05 | Rest | Rest | Rest | Rest |
| 2023.09.12 | Impact of magnetic fields on core collapse supernova and stellar mass black hole formation | Yi-Fang Li | ??? | Ming-Hsueh Hsieh |
| 2023.09.19 | Formation and evolution of protostellar disk in proto-multiple systems | Shang-Jing Lin | Progenitor diversity in Milky Way-like stellar halos | Sy-Yun Pu |
5th AstroRead (2022.09 - 2023.06)
Host: Sy-Yun Pu、Mu-Chen Hsieh、Wei-Wen Li
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022.10.04 | Observation I | Yen-Hsing Lin | Basics of observational astronomy, photometry |
| 2022.10.11 | Observation II | Yap Yong Sheng | Spectroscopy |
| 2022.10.18 | Radiative transfer | Zi-Hua Ho | |
| 2022.10.25 | Interstellar medium | Chiung-Yin Chang | |
| 2022.11.01 | Star formation | Jo-Shui Kao | |
| 2022.11.15 | Stellar evolution | Li Wei-Wen | |
| 2022.11.22 | Solar System | 羅芝瓴 | |
| 2022.11.23 | Student Seminar: Distant Galaxies with JWST | Hsiao, Tiger (JHU PhD student) | |
| 2022.11.29 | Orbital mechanics | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2022.12.06 | Black holes | Zi-Hua Ho | |
| 2022.12.13 | Dark matter | Yap Yong Sheng | Axion and WIMPs |
| 2022.12.15 | Star clusters | Mu-Chen Hsieh | |
| 2022.12.20 | Galaxy formation (from star to galaxy) | Sy-Yun Pu | |
| 2022.12.20 | Student Seminar: Chemical Enrichment in Galaxy Clusters | Siew Hoong Wah 蕭宏鏵 (SJTU Master Student) | X-ray observation of heavy elements (O, N, Fe, etc) in galaxy clusters. |
| 2023.03.07 | Special Relativity & General Relativity | Zi-Hua Ho | |
| 2023.03.14 | Thermal History | Yong-Sheng Yap | |
| 2023.03.21 | Cosmic Microwave Background I | Sy-Yun Pu | |
| 2023.03.28 | Structure Formation | Sy-Yun Pu | |
| 2023.04.11 | Cosmic Microwave Background II | Yong-Sheng Yap | |
| 2023.04.18 | Fast Radio Burst | 林雅苓 | |
| 2023.04.25 | Programming | 謝明學 | |
| 2023.05.02 | Computational Fluid Dynamic | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2023.05.09 | Active Galactic Nucleus | Yung-Hsuan Tseng | |
| 2023.05.16 | Gravitational Wave | Zi-Hua Ho | |
| 2023.05.23 | Exoplanet | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2023.05.30 | Supernovae | 李宜舫 | |
| 2023.06.06 | Astroparticles | Wei-Wen Li | |
| 2023.06.13 | Compact Object | Mu-Chen Hsieh |
2022 Spring Student Seminar Series (2023.02 - 2023.06)
Host: Yen-Hsing Lin
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023.02.09 | Baby Planets and Where to Find Them | Genevieve Kuo (NTU) | Star/Planet Formation |
| 2023.02.23 | Scientific Presentation | Yen-Hsing Lin (NTHU) | Academic and Pop-science Presentations |
| 2023.03.09 | Satellite and Orbital Mechanics | 歐予恩（烏鴉先生） | Space Technologies |
| 2023.04.13 | Cosmic Probes of Dark Matter | Tan Chin Yi (KICP, U. Chicago) | |
| 2023.05.04 | Post Main Sequence Stellar Evolution | Po-Sheng Ou (NTU) | |
| 2023.05.11 | Learn to Learn: objectives in machine learning and reinforcement learning. | Jacob Chiu | |
| 2023.05.18 | AGN feedback in galaxy clusters | Yen-Hsing Lin (NTHU) | |
| 2023.06.15 | Weak Gravitational Lensing | Yu-Hsiu Huang (U. Arizona) |
Gravitational Wave Book Club (2022.07 - 2022.08)
Host: Yap Yong Sheng
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022.07.06 | General Relativity Crash Course | Yap Yong Sheng | Equivalence Principle, Metric Tensor, Geodesic Equation, Curvature & Parallel Transport, Einstein Field Equations |
| 2022.07.13 | Introduction to Gravitational Waves | Yung-Hsuan Tseng | Weak Field Approximation, Traceless-Transverse Gauge, GW Polarizations |
| 2022.07.27 | GW Detection | Yap Yong Sheng | Quadrupole Radiation, Luminosity and Strain Amplitudes of Binary Inspirals, Strain Measurements in Michelson Interferometers |
2022 Student Seminar Series (2022.06 - 2022.07)
Host: Sy-Yun Pu, Zheng-Xian Hsu
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022.06.14 | How does ISM model affect galaxy SEDs? | Yen-Hsing Lin, Chen-Yu Chuang | Dust, radiative transfer, SED fitting |
| 2022.06.14 | Understanding AGN and non-AGN host galaxies by analyzing galaxy star formation history | Sy-Yun Pu | AGN, galaxy properties, SED fitting, SFH |
| 2022.06.21 | Physical principles in observational astronomy | Yen-Hsing Lin | Telescopes, intensity, spectrum |
| 2022.06.21 | Understand galaxy evolution in the early universe with OST survey | Sy-Yun Pu | Submm galaxies, mixed galaxy population, Origins Space Telescope |
| 2022.06.28 | From cosmology to galaxies | Sy-Yun Pu | Halo formation, Galaxy formation |
| 2022.07.05 | Direct detection of WIMP dark matter with XENON1T | Yap Yong Sheng | Thermal history of WIMPs, DM direct detection, astroparticles |
| 2022.07.05 | Learn Physics from Graph Neural Networks | Chen-Yu Chuang | Basics of Neural Networks, Graphs, Sparse regression |
| 2022.07.12 | Unveiling the nature of AGN bubbles with Lynx X-ray observatory | Yen-Hsing Lin | X-ray Astronomy, Lynx, AGN |
4th AstroRead (2021.09 - 2022.06)
Host: Zheng-Xian Hsu, Sy-Yun Pu
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021.10.12 | Gathering Party | Zheng-Xian Hsu, Sy-Yun Pu | Introduction to AstroRead: content and history |
| 2021.10.19 | Coordinates | Sy-Yun Pu | |
| 2021.10.26 | Guest lecture: Observation | Yuan-Ming Hsu (Host of NTU astronomy club astrophysics study group) | |
| 2021.11.02 | Special and General Relativity | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2021.11.09 | Cosmological Models | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2021.11.16 | Discussion: Astro2020 | Yen-Hsing Lin | Introducing the recently published Astro2020 Report |
| 2021.11.23 | Thermal History of the Universe | Chen-Yu Chuang | |
| 2021.11.30 | Galaxy Formation | Zheng-Xian Hsu | |
| 2021.12.07 | Galaxy Clusters | Jo-Shui Kao | |
| 2021.12.14 | Star Formation | Yung-Hsuan Tseng | |
| 2021.12.20 | Compact Objects | Yap Yong Sheng | |
| 2021.12.21 | Informal Gathering: Some recent news in astrophysics | Yen-Hsing Lin | Introducing 3 papers related to planet formation and GRAVITY result on orbital precession of star near Sgr A* |
| 2021.12.28 | Astrophysical Black Holes | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2022.01.17 | Student Seminar: Life in Yale and PhD application | Chenghan Hsieh (Yale PhD Student) | |
| 2022.02.22 | Radiative Transfer | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2022.03.01 | Interstellar Medium | Zheng-Xian Hsu | |
| 2022.03.08 | Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics | Yap Yong Sheng | |
| 2022.03.15 | Stellar Systems | Jo-Shui Kao | Star clusters and Variable stars |
| 2022.03.22 | Planetary Systems and Exoplanets | Sy-Yun Pu | |
| 2022.03.29 | Active Galactic Nuclei | Yung-Hsuan Tseng | |
| 2022.04.05 | Student Seminar: Surviving Companions of Supernovae | Hsin-Pei Chen | |
| 2022.04.12 | Time Domain Astronomy | Zi-Hua Ho | |
| 2022.04.19 | Astronomy News Report | Sy-Yun Pu, Zi-Hua Ho, Yung-Hsuan Tseng | |
| 2022.04.26 | Exotic Messengers / Astroparticles | Yap Yong Sheng |
3rd AstroRead (2020.09 - 2021.06)
Host: Chiung-Yin Chang, Yap Yong Sheng
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020.09.29 | Gathering Party | Chiung-Yin Chang | Introduction to AstroRead: content and history |
| 2020.09.29 | Fundamentals | Shang-Jing Lin | |
| 2020.10.13 | Radiative Transfer I | Chiung-Yin Chang | |
| 2020.10.20 | Radiative Transfer II | Yap Yong Sheng | Line transfer |
| 2020.10.27 | Stellar Evolution I | Ming-Hsueh Hsieh | |
| 2020.11.17 | Stellar Evolution II | Yap Yong Sheng | |
| 2020.11.24 | Interstellar medium | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2020.12.01 | Planetary System | Chiung-Yin Chang | |
| 2020.12.22 | Student Seminar | Hsin-Pei Chen, Yen-Hsing Lin | Radio astronomy and Dust Evolution |
| 2021.03.16 | General Relativity | Yap Yong Sheng | |
| 2021.03.23 | Cosmological Models | Zheng-Xian Hsu | |
| 2021.03.30 | Thermal History of the universe | Yap Yong Sheng | |
| 2021.04.06 | Python and Linux | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2021.04.20 | Structure and Galaxy Formation | Chiung-Yin Chang | |
| 2021.04.27 | Galaxy Formation (Theory) | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2021.05.04 | Galaxy Formation (Observation) | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2021.05.18 | Galaxy Cluster | Zheng-Xian Hsu | |
| 2021.05.25 | Our Milky Way | Yap Yong Sheng | |
| 2021.05.11 | Student Seminar: Geometry effect on dust attenuation curves with different grain sources at high redshift | Yen-Hsing Lin |
2nd AstroRead (2019.09 - 2020.06)
Host: Yen-Hsing Lin
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019.09.24 | Gathering Party | Yen-Hsing Lin | Introduction to AstroRead: content and history |
| 2019.10.01 | The Cosmic Distance Scale | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2019.10.08 | Gravity | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2019.10.15 | Random Processes I | Yi-Chen Wang | |
| 2019.10.22 | Random Processes II | 楊宗仁 | |
| 2019.10.29 | Special Relativity I | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2019.11.05 | Special Relativity II | 王立宇 | |
| 2019.11.12 | Electromagnetism I | Yu-Hsiu Huang | |
| 2019.11.19 | Electromagnetism II | Yu-Hsiu Huang | |
| 2019.11.26 | Quantum Process | 楊宗仁 | |
| 2019.12.03 | Linux and Python | 蘇彥碩 | |
| 2020.03.03 | Gathering party: ALMA-T and SSP | Hsin-Pei Chen, Yen-Hsing Lin | An introduction to Taiwan's astrophysics summer schools. |
| 2020.03.10 | Stars I | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2020.03.17 | Stars II: Compact Stars | Chung-Ming Chen | |
| 2020.03.24 | Gas | Yu-Hsiu Huang | |
| 2020.03.31 | Dust | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2020.04.07 | Cosmology I | Chiung-Yin Chang | |
| 2020.04.14 | Cosmology II | Yu-Hsiu Huang | |
| 2020.04.21 | Python: Errors | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2020.05.05 | Python: Simple Simulation | Yi-Chen Wang |
1st AstroRead (2018.09 - 2019.06)
Host: Yen-Hsing Lin
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018.10.04 | Gathering Party | Yen-Hsing Lin | Introduction to AstroRead: content and history |
| 2018.10.11 | Observation and Instruments | 王立宇 | |
| 2018.10.18 | Stellar Spectra | Chiung-Yin Chang | |
| 2018.10.25 | Celestial Mechanisms | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2018.11.01 | Photometric | Chung-Ming Chen | |
| 2018.11.08 | Stellar Structure and Fusion | 鄭冠群 | |
| 2018.11.15 | Stellar Evolution I | Jacob Chiu | |
| 2018.11.22 | Stellar Evolution II | 林宏修 | |
| 2018.11.29 | Sun | Yi-Chen Wang | |
| 2018.12.06 | Variable Stars and Compact stars | Yu-Hsiu Haung | |
| 2019.03.11 | Gathering Party | Yu-Hsiu Haung | |
| 2019.04.01 | ISM and star clusters | Chun-Ching Chen | |
| 2019.04.08 | Galaxies I | 劉柏康、Chung-Ming Chen | |
| 2019.04.15 | Galaxies II | Yu-Hsiu Huang | |
| 2019.04.22 | Cosmology | Chiung-Yin Chang | |
| 2019.04.29 | Python: Common commands | Yi-Chen Wang | |
| 2019.05.06 | Python: Packages and how to deal with bugs | Jacob Chiu | |
| 2019.05.13 | Python: Image Processing | Yen-Hsing Lin | |
| 2019.05.20 | Paper Reading | Jacob Chiu |
Alumni
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Jacob Chiu
Master
NTHU IoA -
Yu-Hsiu Huang
PhD student
U. Arizona Astronomy. -
Hsin-Pei Chen
PhD student
UT Austin -
Chen-Yu Chuang
PhD student
U. Arizona Astronomy. -
Yi-Chen Wang
Master
NTHU Phys. -
Chung-Ming Chen
Master student
NTU Phys. -
Chiung-Yin Chang
Master student
NTHU IoA -
Zheng-Xian Hsu
Master student
NTHU IoA -
Yung Hsuan Tseng
Master student
NTHU IoA -
Jo Shui Kao
Master student
NTHU IoA
Participants (incomplete)
7th: 翁俞安綸 (NTHU Phys)
6th: 曲友友 (NTHU Phys), 許翌倫 (NTHU Phys), 卓鈺善, 黃詠歆, MJ Peng.
5th: Hong-Wen Liu (NTHU Phys), 鄭亦家 (NTHU MSE), 謝承安 (NTU Phys/IESO), Fiona Lo, 莊景喻, 簡嘉成
4th: Fiona Lo, 李宜舫, Ping-yu Chou, 李啟維, 林雅苓
3rd: Shang-Jing Lin, 謝明學, 張宸勻, 黃千祐, 林雅苓
2nd: Shang-Jing Lin, 謝明學, 吳家頡
1st: 楊宗仁、劉柏康、張鈞諺、陳駿青