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Launch of Open-Use Operation of the East-Asian VLBI Network (동아시아 VLBI 관측망 공동이용관측 시작)

  • Wajima, Kiyoaki;Hada, Kazuhiro;Jung, Taehyun;Oh, Se-Jin;Roh, Duk-Gyoo;Jiang, Wu;Cui, Lang;Byun, Do-Young;Kim, Jongsoo;Honma, Mareki;Shen, Zhi-Qiang;Wang, Na
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.51.1-51.1
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    • 2018
  • 동아시아 VLBI 관측망(East-Asian VLBI Network; EAVN)은 한 중 일 각국의 전파망원경을 통합해서 구성되는 동아시아 지역의 새로운 VLBI 네트워크이다. EAVN은 2013년부터 공동이용관측을 실시하고 있는 한일 VLBI 관측망(KaVA)을 중심으로 총 20개 전파망원경을 포함한다. 4개 주파수(6.7/8/22/43 GHz)로 관측할 수 있으며, 최대로 0.6 mas (22 GHz)의 해상도로 관측할 수 있는 기능을 가지고 있다. 우리는 2017년 3월부터 5월까지 EAVN을 이용한 총 17번의 AGN 관측 캠페인을 실시하였다. 이것은 ALMA를 이용한 Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) 관측과 같은 시기에 실시되며, 총 15개의 전파망원경이 참가하였다. 이 관측을 통해서 EAVN으로 얻은 영상이 KaVA의 영상에 대해 80% 정도 성능이 개선되는 것을 확인하였다. 또한, 주된 관측천체인 M87과 Sgr A*의 영상은 과거의 결과를 재현해서 AGN 중심 주변의 sub-pc 스케일의 제트 구조를 보다 자세히 볼 수가 있었다. 이 결과에 의거해서 우리는 KaVA의 관측시간의 일부를 이용해서 2018년 하반기부터 EAVN의 공동이용관측을 시작한다. 공개될 범위는 KaVA, 일본 Nobeyama 45 m, 중국 Tianma 65 m의 총 9개 망원경이며, 중국 Nanshan 26 m 망원경도 Large Program 관측에 한해서 참가한다. 관측주파수는 22 GHz (KaVA + Tianma) 및 43 GHz (KaVA + Tianma + Nobeyama) 이며, 오는 관측시즌(2018년 8월부터 2019년 1월까지)에 제공될 총 관측시간은 100 시간이다. 관측제안서 제출 마감날은 6월 1일이며, 많은 관측제안서가 제출될 것을 기대한다. 이 발표에서는 EAVN AGN 캠페인의 결과 및 EAVN 공동이용 관측의 자세한 내용을 보고한다.

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The East-Asian VLBI Network: Recent Progress and Results of the First Imaging Test Observation (동아시아VLBI관측망의 현황과 영상합성 시험관측 결과)

  • Wajima, Kiyoaki;Roh, Duk-Gyoo;Oh, Se-Jin;Jung, Taehyun;Kim, Jongsoo;Hagiwara, Yoshiaki;Hada, Kazuhiro;Kawaguchi, Noriyuki;Kobayashi, Hideyuki;Wu, Yuanwei;Fujisawa, Kenta;An, Tao;Baan, Willem A.;Jiang, Wu;Shen, Zhi-Qiang;Xia, Bo;Zhang, Ming;Hao, Longfei;Wang, Min
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.58.3-59
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    • 2016
  • 동아시아 VLBI 관측망(the East-Asian VLBI Network; EAVN)은 한 중 일 각국의 전파망원경을 통합해서 구성되는 동아시아 지역의 새로운 VLBI 관측망이다. EAVN의 주된 관측주파수는 6.7, 8, 22, 43 GHz이고 최고 공간분해능은 약 0.6 mas이다. 우리는 EAVN의 성능검증을 목적으로 하는 국제연구팀을 구성하고 2013년부터 2015년까지 주로 8, 22 GHz로의 프린지검출 시험관측을 실행해왔다. 이들의 결과에 의거해서 작년말부터 앞으로의 EAVN 어레이 공개를 목표로 할 영상합성 시험관측을 시작하였다. 첫 번째 시험관측은 한 중 일 9개의 안테나를 이용해서 2015년12월13일에 8 GHz로 실시하였다, 관측 천체는 밝은 활동성 은하핵인 4C 39.25이고, 국제간 기선에서 성공적으로 프린지를 검출하였다. 우리는 올해부터 100 시간 이상을 이용해서 상기 네 주파수로의 영상합성 시험관측을 실시할 계획이고, 2017년 후반기부터 부분적인 공개관측을 시작할 예정이다. 이 발표에서는 주로 EAVN의 현황과 상기 영상합성 시험관측의 결과에 관해서 보고한다.

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Activities of East Asian VLBI network

  • Kobayashi, Hideyuki;Wajima, Kiyoaki;Hada, Yasuhiro;Shen, Zhiqiang;Honma, Mareki;Fujisawa, Kenta;Byon, Do-Young;Matsushita, Satoki
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.59.3-59.3
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    • 2017
  • We will present the activities of East Asian VLBI Network, EAVN, which consists of around 20 radio telescopes in Japan, Korea, and China with 6,500 km extend. It is a most sensitive and highest VLBI array in the world. We have conducted science verification observations at mainly 8 and 22 GHz. And Japanese VLBI array, VERA, and Korean VLBI array, KVN have combined as KaVA, Korean and VERA Array, and started science observations with open use at 22 and 43 GHz. We will presents some commissioning and science results based on it. Moreover Taiwan is constructing the Greenland telescope to be a millimeter and submillimeter VLBI station, which will be a very powerful station in Global millimeter and submillimeter VLBI array. These activities will be introduced as well.

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KJJVC를 위한 VERA2000 고속재생기 도입과 시험운영

  • O, Se-Jin;Yeom, Jae-Hwan;No, Deok-Gyu;Park, Seon-Yeop;Kawaguchi, Noriyuki;Kobayashi, Hideyuki
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.44.1-44.1
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    • 2010
  • 한국천문연구원에서는 2009년 1단계 한일공동VLBI상관기(Korea-Japan Joint VLBI Correlator, KJJVC)의 개발과 설치를 완료하였다. KJJVC는 한국우주전파관측망(Korean VLBI Network, KVN), KVN과 일본 내의 VLBI 관측망을 포함하는 한일공동VLBI관측망(Korea-Japan Joint VLBI Network, KJJVN), 그리고 한중일의 VLBI관측망인 동아시아 VLBI관측망(East Asian VLBI Network, EAVN)으로 관측한 VLBI 데이터를 상관처리할 수 있도록 설계 제작되었다. 그리고 고속재생기, 데이터 동기재생처리시스템(Raw VLBI Data Buffer, RVDB), VLBI상관서브시스템(VLBI Correlation Subsystem, VCS), 데이터 아카이브 시스템(Peta-scale Epoch Data Archive, PEDA)로 구성된다. 특히 일본국립천문대 VERA에서는 테이프 형태의 DIR2000 고속기록기를 사용하고 있는데, DIR2000의 제품단종으로 인해 이 데이터를 VCS에 재생하기 위해 DIR1000을 개량한 VERA2000 고속재생기를 개발하였다. 즉, VSI 형태의 데이터를 1Gbps 속도로 재생만 하기 위해 기존의 시스템을 개량하였으며, 2009년 10월에 VLBI상관기실에 설치되었다. 본 논문에서는 VERA2000 시스템의 구성 및 개발, 시험운영 등에 대해 간략히 소개하고자 한다.

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East Asian Observatory: Current Status and Future Prospect

  • Kim, Jongsoo
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.58.2-58.2
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    • 2017
  • The special session of the East Asian Observatory was prepared to let the Korean Astronomical Community know the current status and future prospect of the EAO, and to hear the opinion from the community. The East Asian Observatory (EAO) was formulated on September 5, 2014 by East Asian Core Observatories Associations (EACOA) as a non-profit company registered in the State of Hawaii. As a first mission of the EAO, it has successfully operated the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) since March 2015. The Submillimeter Array (SMA) has been available to the East Asian astronomers from 2017A season through the EAO, and the Subaru and the East Asian VLBI Network (EAVN) are the possible facilities to be available in near future.

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KVNCS: 2. The Fringe Survey of New Candidates for VLBI Calibrators in the K Band

  • Jeong Ae Lee;Taehyun Jung;Bong Won Sohn;Do-Young Byun
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.56 no.2
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    • pp.159-168
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    • 2023
  • The main goal of the Korean VLBI Network Calibrator Survey (KVNCS) is to expand the VLBI calibrators catalog for KVN, KaVA (KVN and VERA Array), EAVN (East-Asian VLBI Network), and other extended regions. The second KVNCS (KVNCS2) aimed to detect VLBI fringes of new candidates for calibrators in the K band. Out of the 1533 sources whose single-dish flux density in the K band was measured with KVN telescopes (Lee et al. 2017), 556 sources were observed with KVN in the K band. KVNCS2 confirmed the detection of VLBI fringes of 424 calibrator candidates over a single baseline. All detected sources had a high Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) of >25. Finally, KVNCS2 confirmed 347 new candidates as VLBI calibrators in the K band, resulting in a 5% increase in the sky coverage compared to previous studies. The spatial distribution was quasi-uniform across the observable region (Dec. > -32.5°). In addition, the possibility as calibrator candidates for the detected sources was checked, using an analysis of the flux-flux relationship. Ultimately, the KVNCS catalog will not only become the VLBI calibrator list but is also useful as a database of compact radio sources for astronomical studies.

A Study on the Performance Improvement of Software Digital Filter using GPU (GPU를 이용한 소프트웨어 디지털 필터의 성능개선에 관한 연구)

  • Yeom, Jae-Hwan;Oh, Se-Jin;Roh, Duk-Gyoo;Jung, Dong-Kyu;Hwang, Ju-Yeon;Oh, Chungsik;Kim, Hyo-Ryoung
    • Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.153-161
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    • 2018
  • This paper describes the performance improvement of Software (SW) digital filter using GPU (Graphical Processing Unit). The previous developed SW digital filter has a problem that it operates on a CPU (Central Processing Unit) basis and has a slow speed. The GPU was introduced to filter the data of the EAVN (East Asian VLBI Network) observation to improve the operation speed and to process data with other stations through filtering, respectively. In order to enhance the computational speed of the SW digital filter, NVIDIA Titan V GPU board with built-in Tensor Core is used. The processing speed of about 0.78 (1Gbps, 16MHz BW, 16-IF) and 1.1 (2Gbps, 32MHz BW, 16-IF) times for the observing time was achieved by filtering the 95 second observation data of 2 Gbps (512 MHz BW, 1-IF), respectively. In addition, 2Gbps data is digitally filtered for the 1 and 2Gbps simultaneously observed with KVN (Korean VLBI Network), and compared with the 1Gbps, we obtained similar values such as cross power spectrum, phase, and SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio). As a result, the effectiveness of developed SW digital filter using GPU in this research was confirmed for utilizing the data processing and analysis. In the future, it is expected that the observation data will be able to be filtered in real time when the distributed processing optimization of source code for using multiple GPU boards.

Current Status and Future Prospects of Korean VLBI Network (KVN)

  • Jung, Taehyun;Sohn, Bong Won;So, Byunghwa;Oh, Chungsik;Je, Do-Heung;Byun, Do-Young;Jung, Dong-Kyu;Roh, Duk Gyoo;Lee, Euikyum;Kim, Hyo Ryoung;Kim, Hyun-Goo;Byun, Hyungkyu;Chung, Hyunsoo;Yim, In Sung;Kim, Jae-Young;Kim, Jaeheon;Yeom, Jaehwan;Shin, Jaesik;Park, Jeong-Je;Kim, Jeong-Sook;Hwang, Jungwook;Wajima, Kiyoaki;Song, Min-Gyu;Chung, Moon-Hee;Sakai, Nobuyuki;Lee, Sang-Hyun;Lee, Sang-Sung;Oh, Sej-Jin;Wi, Seog Oh;Kim, Seungrae;Kim, Soon-Wook;Lee, Sung-Mo;Kang, Yong-Woo;Minh, Young Chol;Kim, Young-Sik;Yun, Youngjoo
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.60.3-61
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    • 2021
  • The Korean VLBI Network (KVN) consists of three 21m radio telescopes installed in Seoul, Ulsan, and Jeju Island with the world's first 4-channel receiver that can observe four different frequencies (e.g., 22, 43, 86, 129 GHz) simultaneously. This receiving system of KVN is particularly effective in millimeter-wavelength VLBI (mm-VLBI) observations by compensating fast atmospheric fluctuations effectively. This technology is now being enhanced with a compact triple-band receiver, becoming the world standard for a mm-VLBI system. In 2020, KVN supported 54 observing programs (KVN: 28, EAVN: 26) including the 2nd KVN Key Science Program (KSP) which supports 8Gbps data recording rate and the East Asian VLBI Network (EAVN) programs. KVN also participated in the European VLBI Network (EVN) and GMVA (Global Millimeter VLBI Array) sessions regularly. Here, we report current status and future propsects of KVN.

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THE VLBI MONITORING PROJECT FOR 6.7 GHz METHANOL MASERS USING THE JVN/EAVN

  • SUGIYAMA, KOICHIRO;FUJISAWA, KENTA;HACHISUKA, KAZUYA;YONEKURA, YOSHINORI;MOTOGI, KAZUHITO;SAWADA-SATOH, SATOKO;MATSUMOTO, NAOKO;SAITO, YU;HIRANO, DAIKI;HAYASHI, KYONOSUKE;SHEN, ZHIQIANG;HONMA, MAREKI;HIROTA, TOMOYA;MURATA, YASUHIRO;DOI, AKIHIRO;NIINUMA, KOTARO;DODSON, RICHARD;RIOJA, MARIA;ELLINGSEN, SIMON;CHEN, XI;KIM, KEE-TAE;OGAWA, HIDEO
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.645-647
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    • 2015
  • We have initiated a Very Long Baseline Interferometer (VLBI) monitoring project of 36 methanol maser sources at 6.7 GHz using the Japanese VLBI Network (JVN) and East-Asian VLBI Network (EAVN), starting in August 2010. The purpose of this project is to systematically reveal 3-dimensional (3-D) kine-matics of rotating disks around forming high-mass protostars. As an initial result, we present proper mo- tion detections for two methanol maser sources showing an elliptical spatial morphology, G 002.53+00.19 and G 006.79-00.25, which could be the best candidates associated with the disk. The detected proper motions indicate a simple rotation in G 002.53+00.19 and rotation with expansion in G 006.79-00.25, respectively, on the basis of disk model fits with rotating and expanding components. The expanding motions might be caused by the magnetic-centrifugal wind on the disk.