Sun-Kun King
Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Academia Sinica,
7F of Condensed Matter Sciences and
Physics Department Building, National
Taiwan University
No.1, Roosevelt Rd, Sec. 4
Taipei 106, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: 886-2-33652200 x 825
Fax: 886-2-23677849



Who am I?
Here is a brief introduction in both Chinese version and English version.

Educational Background

Employment Experience

Other Reltaed Experience

Research Interests

Recent Publications

Preprint, Journal Paper or Papers in Conference and Workshop Proceedings

  1. Millisecond dip events in the 2007 RXTE/PCA data of Sco X-1 and the trans-Neptunian object size distribution
    (by Liu, Chih-Yuan; Chang, Hsiang-Kuang; Liang, Jau-Shian; King, Sun-Kun)
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 388, L44 (2008)
    (arXiv:0805.1579)
    (DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2008.00494.x)
  2. Early Optical Brightening in GRB 071010B
    (by Wang, J. H.; Schwamb, M. E.; Huang, K. Y.; Wen, C. Y.; Zhang, Z. W.; Wang, S. Y.; Chen, W. P.; Bianco, F. B.; Dave, R.; Lehner, M. J.; Marshall, S. L.; Porrata, R.; Alcock, C.; Byun, Y. I.; Cook, K. H.; King, S. K.; Lee, T.; Urata, Y.)
    The Astrophysical Journal, 679, L5 (2008)
    (DOI: 10.1086/588814)
  3. Detectability of Occultation of Stars by Objects in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
    (by Nihei, T. C.; Lehner, M. J.; Bianco, F. B.; King, S.-K.; Giammarco, J. M.; Alcock, C.)
    Astronomical Journal, 134, 1596 (2007)
    (astro-ph/0703460)
    (DOI: 10.1086/521396)
  4. Millisecond dips in the RXTE/PCA light curve of Sco X-1 and trans-Neptunian object occultation
    (by Chang, H.-K., Liang, J.-S., Liu, C.-Y., and King, S.-K.)
    Monthly Notice of Royal Astronomical Society, 378, 1287 (2007)
    (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11729.x)
  5. TNO Occultation Surveys in Taiwan
    (by Sun-Kun King, Charles Alcock, Tim Axelrod, Federica B. Bianco, Yong-Ik Byun, Hsiang-Kuang Chang, Wen-Ping Chen, Jeng-Lun Chiu, Kem H. Cook, Yung-Hsin Chang, Rahul Dave, Joseph Giammarco, Typhoon Lee, Matthew Lehner, Jau-Shian Liang, Lupin Chun-Che Lin, Jack J. Lissauer, Chih-Yuan Liu, Stuart Marshall, Soumen Mondal, Taryn C. Nihei, Imke de Pater, John Rice, Megan E. Schwamb, Andrew Wang, Shiang-Yu Wang, Chih-Yi Wen, Ping-Shien Wu, Yu-Chih Wu, Lun-Wen Yeh, and Zhi-Wei Zhang)
    in the proceedings of the 18th Rencontres de Blois (28th May - 2nd June 2006) on Planetary Science: challenges and discoveries, in press
  6. Search for Small Trans-Neptunian Objects by the TAOS Project
    (by Chen, W. P.; Alcock, C.; Axelrod, T.; Bianco, F. B.; Byun, Y. I.; Chang, Y. H.; Cook, K. H.; Dave, R.; Giammarco, J.; Kim, D. W.; King, S. K.; Lee, T.; Lehner, M.; Lin, C. C.; Lin, H. C.; Lissauer, J. J.; Marshall, S.; Meinshausen, N.; Mondal, S.; de Pater, I.; Porrata, R.; Rice, J.; Schwamb, M. E.; Wang, A.; Wang, S. Y.; Wen, C. Y.; Zhang, Z. W.)
    in Near Earth Objects, Our Celestial Neighbors: Opportunity and Risk (IAU Symposium 236), in press (astro-ph/0611527)
  7. TAOS - The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey
    (by Lehner, M. J.; Alcock, C.; Axelrod, T.; Bianco, F.; Byun, Y.-I.; Chen, W.-P.; Cook, K. H.; Dave, R.; de Pater, I.; Giammarco, J.; King, S.-K.; Lee, T.; Lissauer, J.; Marshall, S. L.; Mondal, S.; Nihei, T.; Rice, J.; Schwamb, M.; Wang, A.; Wang, S.-Y.; Wen, C.-Y.; Zhang, Z.-W.)
    Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.327, Issue 8, p.814 (2006)
    (DOI: 10.1002/asna.200610688)
  8. Occultation of X-rays from Scorpius X-1 by small trans-neptunian objects
    (by Chang, H.-K.; King, S.-K.; Liang, J.-S.; Wu, P.-S.; Lin, C.-C.; and, Chiu, J.-L.)
    Nature, 442, 660 (2006)
    (DOI:10.1038/nature04941)
  9. Status of the TAOS Project and a Simulator for TNO Occultation
    (by King, S.-K.; Alcock, C.; Axelrod, T.; Bianco, F.; Byun, Y.-I.; Chen, W. P.; Cook, K. H.; Chang, Y.-H.; Dave, R.; Giammarco, J.; Lee, T.; Lehner, M.; Lissauer, J.; Marshall, S.; Mondal, S.; de Pater, I.; Porrata, R.; Rice, J.; Schwamb, M.; Wang, A.; Wang, S.-Y.; Wen, C.-Y.; and, Zhang, Z.-W.) in Advances in Geosciences: Vol.III Planetary Science, edit. Wing-Huen Ip (Editor-in-Chief) & Anil.Bhardwaj (Volume Editor-in-Chief) et al. (Singapore, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2006), p.345-358.
    (based on my presentation in the AOGS 2005 annual meeting.)
    (A preprint is available in PDF format).
  10. TAOS: The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey
    (by Alcock, C.; Dave, R.; Giammarco, J.; Goldader, J.; Lehner, M.; King, S.-K.; Lee, T.; Wang, A.; Wang, S.-Y.; Wen, C.-Y.; Chen, W. P.; Cook, K.; Marshall, S.; Porrata, R.; Byun, Y.-I.; de Pater, I.; Rice, J.; Lissauer, J.)
    Earth, Moon, and Planets, v. 92, Issue 1, p. 459-464 (2003)
    (DOI: 10.1023/B:MOON.0000031960.82021.26)
  11. Fast CCD Photometry in the Taiwan-America Occultation Survey
    (by Chen, W. P.; Zhang, Z. W.; King, S. K.; Alcock, C.; Byun, Y. I.; Cook, K. H.; Dave, R.; Giammarco, J.; Lee T.; Lehner, M.; Liang, C.; Lissauer, J.; Marshall, S.; de Pater, I.; Porrata, R.; Rice, J.; Wang, A.; Wang, S. Y.; and Wen, C. Y.) (in postscript, 2MB)
    Baltic Astronomy, 12, 568 (2003) ( Postscript file and PDF version are available)
  12. The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey: The Nature of Occultations of Bright Stars by Small Kuiper-Belt Objects
    (by Alcock, C.; Dave, R.; Giammarco, J.; Lehner, M.; Chen, W.-P.; Lee, T.; King, S.-K.; Wang, A.; Wang, S.-Y.; Wen, C.-Y.; Cook, K.; Marshall, S.; Porrata, R.; Byun, Y.-I.; de Pater, I.; Liang, C.; Rice, J.; Lissauer, J.) American Astronomical Society Meeting 201, #45.08 (Dec. 2002) abstract (in postscript), poster (in PDF, 7.5MB)
  13. The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey: Current Status of the Survey
    (by King, S.-K.; Lee, T.; Wang, A.; Wang, S.-Y.; Wen, C.-Y.; Chen, W.-P.; Cook, K.; Marshall, S.; Porrata, R.; Byun, Y.-I.; Alcock, C.; Dave, R.; Giammarco, J.; Lehner, M.; de Pater, I.; Liang, C.; Rice, J.; Lissauer, J.) American Astronomical Society Meeting 201, #45.07 (Dec. 2002) abstract (in postscript), poster (in PDF, 29MB)
  14. The Taiwan-America Occultation Survey for Kuiper Belt Objects
    (by King, S.-K.) 2001, in ASP Conf. Ser. 246, Small Telescope Astronomy on Global Scales, IAU Colloquium 183, eds. Bohdan Paczynski, Wen-Ping Chen, and Wing Ip (San Francisco: ASP), 253 (Postscript file and PDF version are available.)
Articles Published in a Non-technical Journal or a Journal for the General Public
  1. 中美掩星觀測計畫(TAOS)與古柏帶相關研究近況 (in Chinese)
    (by Sun-Kun King, 物理雙月刊 26卷5期, published by The Physical Society of Republic of China, October 2004)
Publication List (a chronological list in PDF format) (last updated: September 14, 2007)

Recent Study

To know more about my recent study on TNO (trans-Neptunian Objects) occultation survey, you may take a look at the titles of (my collaborators and) my recent presentations in these local meetings below. My presentations in Chinese Astronomical Society's annual meeting (CAST meeting) are quite similar. They are not listed here. You're welcome to contact with me for details.

Titles of Recent Reports in PSROC and CAST Annual Meetings