• 천문학회지
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.207-216
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• 2019

In this paper we introduce a software package, the Very long baseline interferometry Network SIMulator (VNSIM), which provides an integrated platform assisting radio astronomers to design Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) experiments and evaluate the network performance, with a user-friendly interface. Though VNSIM is primarily motivated by the East Asia VLBI Network, it can also be used for other VLBI networks and generic interferometers. The software package not only integrates the functionality of plotting (u, v) coverage, scheduling the observation, and displaying the dirty and CLEAN images, but also adds new features including sensitivity calculations for a given VLBI network. VNSIM provides flexible interactions on both command line and graphical user interface and offers friendly support for log reports and database management. Multi-processing acceleration is also supported, enabling users to handle large survey data. To facilitate future developments and updates, all simulation functions are encapsulated in separate Python modules, allowing independent invoking and testing. In order to verify the performance of VNSIM, we performed simulations and compared the results with other simulation tools, showing good agreement.

• 천문학회보
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.39-39
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• 2014

Studies of compact radio sources since the discovery of quasars have revealed a variety of physical properties: both in morphology and kinematics from sub-parsec to Mega-parsec scales, radiation mechanisms at frequencies from the radio to ${\gamma}$-rays, theoretical models for relativistic jets, etc. The frontier discovery of Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations for the compact extragalactic radio sources have triggered the extensive studies to investigate the underlying physics of the relativistic jets. In this context, the highest resolution VLBI surveys of ultra-compact radio sources provide the potentially important statistical basis for future study. As a tool of this study, a new millimeter VLBI network in Korea, the Korean VLBI Network (KVN) will paly an important role. We present results from large VLBI surveys of compact radio sources at millimeter wavelengths and discuss the prospects with the KVN on this study.

• 천문학회보
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.59.3-59.3
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• 2019

Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) is a special technique which can provide high angular resolutions of milliarcsecond and sub-milliarcsecond sales in radio astronomical observations. Recently, the mm/sub-mm VLBI observations becomes more widely available and related activities are increasing accordingly. In this talk, I'll introduce ongoing global mm-VLBI activities and EHT collaboration and our (Korean) contributions to them.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.139-146
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 2채널 displaced phase center antenna(DPCA) 기반의 SAR-GMTI 시스템에서 지상이동 표적의 속도 정보를 추정하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제시된 알고리즘에서는 이동표적의 across-track 속도는 기존의 along-track interferometry(ATI) 기법을 이용하여 추정이 가능하다고 가정한 후 표적의 along-track 속도를 추정하는 방법을 제시한다. 이를 위해 기존 이동표적 구조를 변형하여 이동표적 속도를 영으로 만들고, 이를 레이다 속도에 반영하여 레이다 속도가 변화된 새로운 기하학적 구조를 얻는다. 이후 합성 개구면(synthetic aperture) 내의 subaperture 신호에 대한 푸리에 변환을 통해 공간 주파수 중심점 위치를 이용하여 표적의 along-track 속도를 추정한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안한 알고리즘의 속도 추정 성능을 검증하고, 또한 추정된 속도가 보상되어 이동표적 영상의 해상도 및 SINR이 개선됨을 보인다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.37.1-37.1
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• 2016

Jets of compact radio sources are highly relativistic and Doppler boosted, making studies of their intrinsic properties difficult. Observed brightness temperatures can be used to study the intrinsic physical properties of the relativistic jets. The intrinsic properties of relativistic jets depend on inner jet models. We aimed to observationally test the inner jet models. The very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) cores of compact radio sources are optically thick at a given frequency. The distance of the core from the central engine is inversely proportional to the frequency. Under the equipartition condition between the magnetic field energy and particle energy densities, the absolute distance of the VLBI core can be predicted. We compiled the brightness temperatures of VLBI cores at various radio frequencies of 2, 8, 15, and 86~GHz. The brightness temperatures in the rest frame were investigated in the sub-parsec regions of the compact radio sources. From the vicinity of the central engine, the brightness temperatures increased slowly and then rose with steeper slope, indicating that the Lorentz factor increases along the jet. This implies that the jets are accelerated in the (sub-)parsec regions from the central engine.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.125-132
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• 2018

KVN(Korean VLBI Network)에서는 VLBI(Very Long Baseline Interferometry) 관측을 위해 최대 32Gbps 데이터 기록을 위한 기록기로 MIT Haystack 천문대의 Mark6 시스템을 도입하였다. Mark6 기록기는 시스템 2대와 HDD가 총 64개 장착된 경우 최대 32Gbps로 데이터를 기록할 수 있다. 하지만 Mark6의 특징인 독자적인 기록방식을 사용하고 있기 때문에 대용량의 데이터를 가상 파일 시스템을 도입하거나 일반적인 RAID 방식을 사용하고 있는데, 최고 기록속도나 파일 시스템에서 파일을 읽어서 전송할 때 데이터 손실이 발생하는 문제가 있다. JIVE에서 개발한 소프트웨어 기록기인 Flexbuff 시스템은 RAID 구성과 네트워크 업그레이드를 통하여 데이터 기록기로서 동작할 수 있도록 구성할 수 있다. 특히 Mark6 시스템에 설치할 경우 Mark6의 리소스를 잘 활용하여 기존의 Mark6와 비교하여 데이터 손실이 적으면서 안정적으로 최대 32Gbps 속도로 VLBI 관측 데이터를 기록할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존 Mark6 시스템에 jive5ab 소프트웨어를 설치하여 Mark6-Flexbuff로 동작할 수 있음을 제안하고, 데이터 기록시험을 통하여 VLBI 관측 운영에 효율적으로 활용할 수 있음을 시험을 통하여 확인하였다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.111-111
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• 2014

Intensity interferometry, based on the Hanbury Brown--Twiss effect, is a simple and inexpensive method for optical interferometry at microarcsecond angular resolutions. Motivated by recent technical developments, we argue that the sensitivity of large modern intensity interferometers can be improved by factors up to approximately 25,000, corresponding to 11 photometric magnitudes, compared to the pioneering Narrabri Stellar Interferometer of the 1970s when resolving. Our approach, based on spectrally resolved light, permits the construction of large optical interferometers at the cost of (very) long-baseline radio interferometers. Realistic intensity interferometers are able to spatially resolve main-sequence O-type stars in the Magellanic Clouds. Multi-channel intensity interferometers can address a wide variety of science cases: (i) linear radii, effective temperatures, and luminosities of stars; (ii) mass-radius relationships of compact stellar remnants; (iii) stellar rotation; (iv) stellar convection and the interaction of stellar photospheres and magnetic fields; (v) the structure and evolution of multiple stars; (vi) direct measurements of interstellar distances; (vii) the physics of gas accretion onto supermassive black holes; and (viii) calibration of amplitude interferometers by providing a sample of calibrator stars.

• 천문학회보
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.54.2-54.2
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• 2015

Phase referencing is an important tool to study weak radio sources, especially in mm-VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) which are usually too faint to be observed using conventional VLBI. VLBI astrometry is a unique method to measure the position and to identify radio emitting regions of a radio source with unprecedented angular resolution. In order to evaluate the phase referencing and astrometric capabilities of KVN and KaVA, several observations have been conducted and analyzed. I will present the observational results and discuss constraints and requirements for high precision VLBI astrometry.

• 천문학회지
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.195-199
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• 2014

We present a GUI-based interactive Python program, VIMAP, which generates radio spectral index maps of active galactic nuclei (AGN) from Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) maps obtained at different frequencies. VIMAP is a handy tool for the spectral analysis of synchrotron emission from AGN jets, specifically of spectral index distributions, turn-over frequencies, and core-shifts. In general, the required accurate image alignment is difficult to achieve because of a loss of absolute spatial coordinate information during VLBI data reduction (self-calibration) and/or intrinsic variations of source structure as function of frequency. These issues are overcome by VIMAP which in turn is based on the two-dimensional cross-correlation algorithm of Croke & Gabuzda (2008). In this paper, we briefly review the problem of aligning VLBI AGN maps, describe the workflow of VIMAP, and present an analysis of archival VLBI maps of the active nucleus 3C 120.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.85-91
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• 2012

Optical interferometry and polarimetry have separately provided new insights into stellar astronomy, especially in the fields of fundamental parameters and atmospheric models. We present: scientific justifications for "full-Stokes" optical interferometric polarimetry (OIP); updated instrument requirements; preliminary beam combiner designs; polarimeter design; end-to-end OIP data reduction; and realistic reimaged full-Stokes models of Be stars with a suitable number of telescopes plus noise sources. All of this work represents preliminary research to construct an OIP beam combiner.