• 천문학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.211-214
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• 2005

We performed a spatially resolved spectroscopic study of the thermal composite supernova remnant 3C 391 by the Chandra observation. Broad- and narrow-band X-ray images show a southeast-northwest elongated morphology and unveil a highly clumpy structure of the remnant. The spectral analysis for. the small-scale features indicates normal metal abundance and uniform temperature for the interior gas. The properties of the hot gas are largely in agreement with the cloudlet evaporation model as a main mechanism for the 'thermal composite' X-ray appearance, though radiative rim and thermal conduction may also be effective. An unresolved X-ray source, with a power-law spectrum, is observed on the northwest border. The equivalent width images reveal a faint finger-like protrusion in Si and S lines out of the southwest radio border.

• 천문학회보
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.60.3-60.3
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• 2015

FM 라디오 방송을 이용하여 별똥 개수의 시간 변화를 측정하는 시스템을 만들고 관측을 하였다. 시스템은 간단한 야기 안테나와 FM-라디오 수신기 및 PC 사운드 카드와 분석 소프트웨어 등으로 구성되어 있다. 관측 결과를 해석하고 별똥이 아닌 인위적 또는 자연적 신호를 골라내기 위한 몇 가지 실험을 수행하였다. 첫 4개월 간의 예비관측 결과를 발표한다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.60.1-60.1
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• 2011

We present the preliminary results of the pilot observations for the fringe survey at 43 GHz with the VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry (VERA). The main goals of the fringe survey are to establish a full list of phase calibrators for the VERA dual-beam astrometric observations, and for the KVN multi-frequency phase referencing observations. We performed two 24 hours experiments as a pilot observation to test the feasibility of the fringe survey. Each source from a list of 220 sources has been observed in one scan for 2 minutes. 67 sources were detected with the SNR threshold of 3.5. The correlated flux densities of the detected sources are presented in four ranges of projected baseline lengths.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2008

갈릴레오 센서스테이션 유치 후보지에 대한 전파 환경 조사가 유럽 우주국(ESA)과 계약된 알카텔 알레니아사와 한국천문연구원의 우주측지연구부에 의해 제주 탐라대학교 한국 우주전파관측망(KVN) 사이트에서 2007년에 6월 21일부터 24일까지 이루어졌다. 세 개의 안테나 후보지의 갈릴레오 신호 대역의 전파 간섭에 대한 24시간 전 대역 및 대역내 관측, 정밀 측위, 다중경로 오차 조사가 이루어졌다. 이번 조사의 주목적은 2006년도에 한국천문연구원에서 수행한 조사 결과를 재점검하기 위한 것이다. 조사 결과의 예비분석과 전체적인 조사는 2007년 7월말까지 한국천문연구원와 ESA에 의해 공동수행 되었다.

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제36D권8호
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• pp.7-18
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• 1999

100GHz와 150GHz 대역의 우주전파를 동시에 관측하기 위한 준광학계가 설계, 제작되었다. 밀리미터파 및 서브밀리미터파 대역의 전송수단으로 널리 이용되고 있는 준광학계는 가우시안 빔으로 해석된다. 따라서 가우시안 빔 이론을 이용하여, 광대역 주파수 범위에서 주로 사용되는 영상 빔 방법으로 준광학계를 해설한다. 이중채널 준광학계는 두 대역의 전파를 동시에 관측하기 위해서, 두 개의 빔을 유도하는 시스템이다. 따라서 두 빔을 유도하기 위한 준광학계와 준광학계를 구성하는 각 부품은 영상 빔 방법을 이용하여 설계하였다. 이러한 설계를 바탕으로 준광학계의 각 소자들이 제작되었고, 전체 시스템이 구현되었다. 제작된 준광학계는 자체에서 제작한 빔 측정장치를 이용하여 측정함으로써, 설계에 대한 검증과 정확한 제작여부를 확인하였다. 그리고 제작된 시스템은 이중채널 수신기에 설치되어, 우주전파를 동시에 성공적으로 관측함으로써 그 성능이 입증되었다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.237-245
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• 2023

Laser communication has been considered as a novel method for earth observation satellites with generation of high data volume. It offers faster data transmission speeds compared to conventional radio frequency (RF) communication due to the short wavelength and narrow beam divergence. However, laser beams are refracted due to atmospheric turbulence between the ground and the satellite. Refracted laser beams, upon reaching the receiver, result in angle-of-arrival (AoA) fluctuation, inducing image dancing and wavefront distortion. These phenomena hinder signal acquisition and lead to signal loss in the course of laser communication. So, precise alignment between the transmitter and receiver is essential to guarantee effective and reliable laser communication, which is achieved by pointing, acquisition, and tracking (PAT) system. In this study, we simulate the effectiveness of tip/tilt compensation for more efficient laser communication in the satellite-ground downlink. By compensating for low-order terms using tip/tilt mirror, we verify the alleviation of AoA fluctuations under both weak and strong atmospheric turbulence conditions. And the performance of tip/tilt correction is analyzed in terms of the AoA fluctuation and collected power on the detector.

• 천문학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.89-110
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• 2018

Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) variability can be used to study the physics of the region in the vicinity of the central black hole. In this paper, we investigated intra-night optical variability of AGN in the COSMOS field in order to understand the AGN instability at the smallest scale. Observations were performed using the KMTNet on three separate nights for 2.5 to 5 hours at a cadence of 20 to 30 min. We find that the observation enables the detection of short-term variability as small as ~ 0.02 and 0.1 mag for R ~ 18 and 20 mag sources, respectively. Using four selection methods (X-rays, mid-infrared, radio, and matching with SDSS quasars), 394 AGN are detected in the $4deg^2$ field of view. After differential photometry and ${\chi}^2$-test, we classify intra-night variable AGN. The fraction of variable AGN (0-8%) is statistically consistent with a null result. Eight out of 394 AGN are found to be intra-night variable in two filters or two nights with a variability level of 0.1 mag, suggesting that they are strong candidates for intra-night variable AGN. Still they represent a small population (2%). There is no sub-category of AGN that shows a statistically significant intra-night variability.

• 천문학회보
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.42.2-42.2
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• 2019

Turbulence is one of the natural phenomena in molecular clouds. It affects gas density and velocity fluctuation within the molecular clouds and controls the mode and tempo of star formation. However, despite many years of study, the properties of turbulence remain poorly understood. As part of the Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory (TRAO) Key Science Program (KSP), "mapping Turbulent properties In star-forming MolEcular clouds down to the Sonic scale (TIMES; PI: Jeong-Eun Lee)", we have fully mapped two star-forming molecular clouds, the Orion A and the Ophiuchus molecular clouds, in 3 sets of lines ($^{13}CO$ J=1-0, $C^{18}O$ J=1-0, HCN J=1-0, $HCO^+$ J=1-0, CS J=2-1, and $N_2H^+$ J=1-0) using the TRAO 14-m telescope. We apply a statistical analysis, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), which can recover an underlying turbulent-power spectrum from an observed P-P-V spectral map. We compare turbulence properties not only between the two clouds, but also between different parts within each cloud. We present the first result of our observation program.

• 천문학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.371-384
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• 2005

Self-referencing method in revised-OTFTOOL is a new method in On-The-Fly(OTF) observation mode. It uses the source free regions of the observed frame as references instead of the OFFs references. We already analyzed and discussed its proprieties and advantages in the previous paper. In this paper, we make a statistical study about the self-referencing method by applying it to OTF mapping data of 27 Virgo spiral galaxies. We found that the self-referencing method solves the crooked baseline problem for every datacube. It straightens the baseline, and conserves the emissions. Compared with other data processing, the median filtering task 'mwflt' in AIPS, to use self-referencing method is more effective and safe not only to straighten the baseline but also to conserve the emission. For the strong CO galaxies, the data obtained by self-referencing method shows scarcely any difference from those reduced by conventional OFFs references and AIPS median filtering in the range of uncertainties. Undetected CO emissions in datacubes of conventional OFFs references are also not detected in those of self-referencing method. The self-referencing method is expected to save the observing time and simplify data reduction processes. Besides this, using self-referencing method will offer emission-free references more safely.

• 천문학회보
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.51.1-51.1
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• 2010

We present the interim results of simultaneous observations of SiO and H2O masers toward 401 known stellar SiO and/or H2O maser sources (166 both SiO and H2O maser sources, 83 only SiO maser sources, and 152 only H2O maser sources) using KVN_Yonsei telescope. The results of 166 known SiO/H2O maser sources will be presented by Kim et al. and the results of 83 only SiO maser sources and 152 only H2O maser sources presented here. Both SiO and H2O maser emission were detected from 30 sources giving a detection rate of 36 % toward known 83 only SiO maser sources, while they were detected from 66 sources giving a detection rate of 43 % toward known 152 only H2O maser sources at one epoch observation. Only SiO masers were detected from 42 sources toward 83 only SiO sources, while they were detected from 28 sources toward 152 only H2O sources. Characteristics of these observed sources in the IRAS two-color diagram is investigated including mutual relations between SiO and H2O maser emission. In addition, these results will be useful for statistical study of late-type stars and future VLBI observations.