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Application of Deep Learning to Solar Data: 2. Generation of Solar UV & EUV images from magnetograms

  • Park, Eunsu;Moon, Yong-Jae;Lee, Harim;Lim, Daye
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.81.3-81.3
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    • 2019
  • In this study, we apply conditional Generative Adversarial Network, which is one of the deep learning method, to the image-to-image translation from solar magentograms to solar UV and EUV images. For this, we train a model using pairs of SDO/AIA 9 wavelength UV and EUV images and their corresponding SDO/HMI line-of-sight magnetograms from 2011 to 2017 except August and September each year. We evaluate the model by comparing pairs of SDO/AIA images and corresponding generated ones in August and September. Our results from this study are as follows. First, we successfully generate SDO/AIA like solar UV and EUV images from SDO/HMI magnetograms. Second, our model has pixel-to-pixel correlation coefficients (CC) higher than 0.8 except 171. Third, our model slightly underestimates the pixel values in the view of Relative Error (RE), but the values are quite small. Fourth, considering CC and RE together, 1600 and 1700 photospheric UV line images, which have quite similar structures to the corresponding magnetogram, have the best results compared to other lines. This methodology can be applicable to many scientific fields that use several different filter images.

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EFFECTS OF UV-B RADIATION ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF RICE CULTIVARS (ORYZA SATIVA L.).

  • T.Kumagai;Kang, H.S.;J.Hidema;T.Sato
    • Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 1994.09a
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    • pp.29-39
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    • 1994
  • Serious issues about the changes in the environmental conditions on earth associated with human activities have arisen, and the interest in these problems has increased. It is urgent to determine how the expansion of terrestrial UV-B radiation due to the stratospheric ozone depletion influences living matters. In this connection, we have been investigating the effects of UV-B radiation on the growth of rice cultivars (Oryza sativa L.). We report here some physiological and genetic aspects of resistance to inhibitory effects of UV-B radiation on growth of rice cultivars as described below. Elevated UV radiation containing large amount of UV-B and a small amount of UV-C inhibited the development of plant height, the photosynthetic rate and the chlorophyll content in rice plants in a phytotron. Similar results were obtained in experiments, in which elevated UV-V radiation. Similar results were obtained in experiments, in which elevated UV-B radiation (transmission down to 290 nm) was applied instead of UV-B radiation containing a small amount of UV-C. The inhibitory effects of UV radiation was alleviated by the elevated CO2 atmospheric environment or by the exposure to the high irradiance visible radiation. The latter suggested the possibility that the resistance to the effects of UV radiation was either due to a lower sensitivity to UV radiation or to a greater ability to recover from the injury caused by UV radiation through the exposure to visible radiation. The examination of cultivar differences in the resistance to UV radiation-caused injuries among 198 rice cultivars belonging to 5 Asian rice ecotypes (aus, aman, boro, bulu and tjeleh) from the Bengal region and Indonesia and to Japanese lowland and upland rice groups showed the following: Various cultivars having different sensitivities to the effects of UV radiation were involved in the same ecotype and the same group, and that the Japanese lowland rice group and the boro ecotype were more resistant. Among Japanese lowland rice cultivars, Sasanishiki (one of the leading varieties in Japan) exhibited more resistance to UV rakiation, while Norin 1 showed less resistance, although these two cultivars are closely related. It was thus indicated that the resistance to the inhibitory effects of UV radiation of rice cultivars is not simply due to the difference in the geographical situation where rice cultuvars are cultivated. Form the genetic analysis of resistance to the inhibitory effects of UV radiation on growth of rice using F2 plants generated by reciprocally crossing Sasanishiki and Norin 1 and F3 lines generated by self-fertilizing F2 plants, it was evident that the resistance to the inhibitory of elebated UV radiation in these rice plants was controlled by recessive polygenes.

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Measuring gas metallicity of local AGNs using UV spectra

  • Shin, Jae-Jin;Woo, Jong-Hak
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.50.1-50.1
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    • 2012
  • As a tracer of star formation history, metallicity provides crucial information for understanding galaxy evolution. In the case AGN, gas metallicity is often derived from the flux ratio of UV emission lines, i.e., NV1240 and CIV1549. To investigate the dependence of metallicity on AGN luminosity, black hole mass, and accretion rate, we measure NV1240 and CIV1549 line fluxes and derive gas metallicity of a sample of 73 local Seyfert 1 galaxies and QSOs, using archival UV spectra obtained with the HST and IUE. In this work, we will present the metallicity of local AGN and its relation with AGN properties.

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Balmer Wing Formation in Active Galactic Nuclei

  • Chang, Seok-Jun;Lee, Hee-Won
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.78.2-78.2
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    • 2015
  • Powered by a supermassive black hole, active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are characterized by prominent emission lines including Blamer lines. The unification scheme of AGNs requires the existence of a thick molecular torus that may hide the broad emission line region. In this configuration, it is expected that the far UV radiation from the central engine can be Raman scattered by neutral hydrogen to reappear around Balmer lines which can be identified observationally with broad Balmer wings. Another mechanism that can form Balmer wings is considered by invoking a fast moving medium around the central engine. In this presentation, we produce Balmer wings that are formed through Raman scattering and also those expected from a fast moving emission flow. It is noted that Raman Balmer wings exhibit stronger red part whereas the opposite behavior is seen in the Balmer wings obtained from a fast moving emission flow.

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High Resolution Near Infrared Spectrum of NGC 7023

  • Le, Huynh Anh N.;Pak, Soojong;Lee, Hye-In;Lee, Jae-Joon;Nguyen-Luong, Quang;Kaplan, Kyle;Jaffe, Daniel T.
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.93.1-93.1
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    • 2014
  • The reflection nebula NGC 7023 is a typical example of a photodissociation region (PDR), which consists of high density molecular gas that is exposed to an intense UV radiation field. The source of the UV photons in NGC 7023 is the young pre-main-sequence Be star HD 200755. We present our near-infrared high-resolution (R ~ 40,000) spectrum of NGC 7023, covering a region of $1{\times}15$ arcseconds, observed during the commissioning runs of IGRINS (Immersion GRating near-INfrared Spectrometer). The spectrum shows many strong narrow emission lines that arise from the molecular rovibrational transitions of H2. From the intensity ratios between these H2 lines, we investigate physical conditions within the PDR such as the temperature, density, and pressure. The high spectral resolution of IGRINS allows us to resolve the velocity field of the PDR. In addition, we compare the IGRINS spectrum to Cloudy PDR model.

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A model of Photon Dominated Region(PDR) for the UV-heated outflow walls in the embedded protostellar objects

  • Lee, Seok-Ho;Lee, Jeong-Eun;Park, Yong-Sun
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.83.1-83.1
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    • 2012
  • We have developed an self-consistent PDR model to synthesize warm CO lines of Herschel/PACS observations more accurately. The PDR model solves the FUV continuum radiative transfer, gas energetics, and chemistry simultaneously. A local FUV radiation flux is calculated by using a Monte Carlo method taking anisotropic scattering into account. A new (r, ${\delta}$) coordinate system was used, where the r is the distance from the origin and the ${\delta}$ is z/$R^2$ in the cylindrical coordinate of (R,z). This is an adequate coordinate system to represent a power-law density of an envelope and a high spatial resolution near the outflow wall. The gas enegetics and chemistry are solved locally and considered $10^4K$ blackbody radiation field instead of the interstellar radiation filed. This newly developed model can be used to analyze quantitatively the effect of UV-heated outflow walls on the warm molecular lines in the embedded proto-stellar objects.

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CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES OF THE SYMBIOTIC NOVA AG PEGASI

  • Kim, Hyouk;Hyung, Siek
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.23-37
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    • 2008
  • The high-resolution optical region spectroscopic data of the symbiotic nova AG Peg secured with the Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph at the Lick Observatory, have been analyzed along with the International Ultraviolet Explorer UV archive data. We measure about 700 line intensities in the wavelengths of 3859 to $9230{\AA}$ and identify about 300 lines. We construct pure photoionization models that represent the observed lines and the physical condition for this symbiotic nova. The spectral energy distribution of the ionizing radiation is adopted from stellar model atmospheres. Based on photoionization models, we derive the elemental abundances; C & N appear to be similar to be smaller than the Galactic planetary nebular value while O is enhanced. Our result is compared with the Contini (1997, 2003) who analyzed the UV region spectral data with the shock + ionization model. The Fe abundance appears to be enhanced than that of normal planetary nebulae, which suggests that AG Peg may have formed in the Galactic disk. The models indicate that the temperature of the central star which excite the shell gas may have fluctuated to an unexpected extent during the years 1998 - 2002.

Constraining the shielded wind scenario in PG 2112+059

  • Saez, Cristian;Brandt, Niel;Bauer, Franz;Hamann, Fred;Chartas, George;Gallagher, Sarah
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.36.1-36.1
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    • 2016
  • The physical scenario describing the origin of quasar winds remains largely unsettled due to our failure to account for X-ray weak BAL quasars. We approach this problem by studying the relation between the inner part of the outflow which is likely to be shielding the X-ray emission and thereby helping to drive the UV winds characterised by broad absorption lines (BALs). In particular, we aim to probe the wind-shield connection in the highly X-ray variable BAL quasar PG 2112+059, which has exhibited periods of X-ray weakness and X-ray normality in the past. A set of two 20 ks Chandra observations and two contemporaneous HST observations, separated by at least eight months, combined with a nearly simultaneous archival Chandra-HST observation from 2002, afford us a unique opportunity to study the connection between the shield (which is thought to be responsible for the X-ray absorption) and the ionisation state of the wind (observed as UV BAL features; e.g., C IV and O VI lines) over various timescales.

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