• 천문학논총
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.71-77
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• 1992

An axisymmetric, stationary electrodynamic model of the central engine of an active galactic nucleus has been well formulated by Macdonald and Thorne. In this model the relativistic region around the central black hole must be filled by highly conducting plasma and the equations of magnetohydrodynamics are then satisfied. In this paper we analyze magnetohydrodynamic wave propagation in this region. We find that there are three distinct types of waves - the Alfven wave and two magnetosonic waves. The wave equations turn out to be not very different from those in nonrelativistic case except they are redshifted.

• 천문학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.71-75
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• 1995

In the previous work we made a long term evolution code for the central black hole in an active galactic nucleus under the assumption that the Blandford-Znajek process is the source of the emission. Using our code we get the evolution of the angular velocity of the precession for a supermassive black hole. We consider a hole at the center of an axisymmetric, ellipsoidal galactic nucleus. Our numerical results show that, only for the cases such that the stellar density or the mass of the black hole is large enough, the precession of the black hole - presumably the precession of the galactic jet - is interestingly large.

• 천문학회지
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• 제29권spc1호
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• pp.97-98
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• 1996

Variability of active galactic nuclei is now a well-known phenomenon. This remains to be fully explained by a theoretical model of the central engine. Time scales of AGN variability seem to range continuously from hours up to months. The short time scale variability must be related to the phenomena on the event horizon of the black hole, while the long one to those in the accretion disk or surrounding matter. Based on the axisymmetric, nonstationary model of the central engine, we discuss theoretical considerations on the variability of active galactic nucleus.

• 천문학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.77-80
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• 1994

Variability of the emission-line spectra of active galactic nuclei is now a well-known phenomenon. This remains to be fully explained by a theoretical model of the central engine in an active galactic nucleus. Since the magnetic field lines are anchored on the accreting matter, they continuously fall on the event horizon of the central supermassive black hole and increase the net field strength of the hole magnetosphere. The field strength, however, cannot increase without an upper limit and, therefore, it will be decreased by some unknown processes. In this paper we discuss that these increasing and decreasing modes can be repeated periodically and explain the variability of power output, therefore, variability of active galactic nuclei.

• 천문학회보
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• 제12권
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• pp.8.1-8.1
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• 1987

• 천문학회보
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• 제18권
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• pp.13.1-13.1
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• 1993

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.569-578
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• 2006

CFHT 천문대 3.6 m 망원경에 부착된 OASIS 분광기를 사용하여 얻은 자료로부터 continuum, $H{\alpha},\;H{\beta}$, [O III], [N II] 등의 영상을 만들어 활동 은하핵 NGC 5728의 물리적 특성을 분석하였다. NGC 5728의 중심부에 NLR 영역으로 판단되는 약 $15"{\times}12"$ 범위 영역에 3개의 밝은 부분(NW knot, SE knot, nucleus)이 존재하고 있고, 이는 핵(nucleus)을 중심으로 북서방향이나 서쪽으로 물질의 흐름이 일어나고 있음을 암시한다. 우리는 직경 10"인 ring과 이의중심에 있는 NW knot의 구조가 은하중심과 일치하지 않음을 발견하였다. 우리는 이러한 구조의 생성 원인에 대해 알아보기 위하여 핵과 knot의 운동학적 특성을 비교하여 보았고, 방출선 영상에서 보이는 차이점을 비교함으로써 활동 은하 중심부의 구조를 살펴보았다.

• 천문학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.147-152
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• 1995

An axisymmetric, stationary electrodynamic model of the central engine of an active galactic nucleus has been well formulated by Macdonald and Thorne. In this model the relativistic region around the central black hole must be filled by highly conducting plasma. We analyze plasma wave propagation in this region and discuss the results. We find that the ionosphere cannot exist right outside of the event horizon of the black hole. Another interesting aspect is that certain resonance phenomena can occur in this case.

• 천문학회보
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.39.1-39.1
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• 2021

In this presentation, study of the energetic astronomical phenomena, active galactic nucleus (AGN) and gravitational wave (GW) source, with time-series observation will be reported. They emit large amounts of energy and play an important role in the history of the Universe. First, intra-night variability of AGNs is studied using Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet). Second topic is photometric reverberation mapping which is applied for 11 AGNs with medium-bands and Lee Sang Gak Telescope. Last, three gravitational wave events were followed-up by various optical telescopes. Each topic will be specifically addressed in the presentation.

• 천문학논총
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.123-128
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• 1998

The Blandford-Znajek process, which extracts the rotational energy of the supermassive black hole at the center of an active galactic nucleus, is now well explained and educated through the electronic circuit analysis established by Macdonald and Thorne. The Macdonald-Thorne circuits consist of the batteries and resistances of the central black hole and the astrophysical region around the accretion disk. In this letter we will consider the possibility whether we can connect coils and condensers in such circuits or not. If possible, that may explain a sudden corona-phenomenon in an active galactic nucleus. We conclude that a flash of order $\~5\times10^{40}\;ergs\;s^{-1}$ can occur around a $\~10^9M_\bigodot$ black hole through this process.