The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
The Korean Astronomical Society (KAS)
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Volume 36 Issue 2
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We present a new quasi-stellar object (QSO) selection algorithm using a Support Vector Machine, a supervised classification method, on a set of extracted time series features including period, amplitude, color, and autocorrelation value. We train a model that separates QSOs from variable stars, non-variable stars, and microlensing events using 58 known QSOs, 1629 variable stars, and 4288 non-variables in the MAssive Compact Halo Object (MACHO) database as a training set. To estimate the efficiency and the accuracy of the model, we perform a cross-validation test using the training set. The test shows that the model correctly identifies ~80% of known QSOs with a 25% false-positive rate. The majority of the false positives are Be stars. We applied the trained model to the MACHO Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) data set, which consists of 40 million lightcurves, and found 1620 QSO candidates. During the selection, none of the 33,242 known MACHO variables were misclassified as QSO candidates. In order to estimate the true false-positive rate, we crossmatched the candidates with astronomical catalogs including the Spitzer Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE) LMC catalog and a few X-ray catalogs. The results further suggest that the majority of the candidates, more than 70%, are QSOs.
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Early-type galaxies represent the end point of galaxy evolution and, despite pervasive residual star formation, are generally considered "red and dead", that is composed exclusively of old stars with no star formation. Here, their molecular gas content is constrained and discussed in relation to their evolution, supporting the continuing importance of minor mergers and/or cold gas accretion. First, as part of the Atlas3D survey, the first complete, large, volume-limited survey of CO in normal early-type galaxies is presented. At least of 23% of local early-types possess a substantial amount of molecular gas, the necessary ingredient for star formation, independent of mass and environment but dependent on the specific stellar angular momentum. Second, using CO synthesis imaging, the extent of the molecular gas is constrained and a variety of morphologies is revealed. The kinematics of the molecular gas and stars are often misaligned, implying an external gas origin in over a third of all systems, more than half in the field, while external gas accretion must be shot down in clusters. Third, many objects appear to be in the process of forming regular kpc-size decoupled disks, and a star formation sequence can be sketched by piecing together multi-wavelength information on the molecular gas, current star formation, and young stars. Fourth, early-type galaxies do not seem to systematically obey all our usual prejudices regarding star formation (e.g. Schmidt-Kennicutt law, far infrared-radio continuum correlation), suggesting a greater diversity in star formation processes than observed in disk galaxies and the possibility of "morphological quenching". Lastly, a first step toward constraining the physical properties of the molecular gas is taken, by modeling the line ratios of density- and opacity-sensitive molecules in a few objects. Taken together, these observations argue for the continuing importance of (minor) mergers and cold gas accretion in local early-types, and they provide a much greater understanding of the gas cycle in the galaxies harbouring most of the stellar mass. In the future, better dust masses and dust-to-gas mass ratios from Herschel should allow to place entirely independent constraints on the gas supply, while spatially-resolved high-density molecular gas tracers observed with ALMA will probe the interstellar medium and star formation laws locally in a regime entirely different from that normally probed in spiral galaxies.
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Using deep images taken at Maidanak 1.5m telescope, at McDonald 2.1m telescope and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, we investigated the fraction of merging galaxies in hosts of 26 AGN which are brighter than M = -22.2 mag and nearer than z = 0.2. We found that 9 to 12 of 26 AGN host galaxies show the evidence of mergers like tidal tail, shell via visual inspection. We also studied with the merging fraction of a control sample, SDSS Stripe82 galaxies. Surface brightness limit and magnitude are similar to that of the AGN sample. We found that merging fraction of the AGN sample is higher than that of normal galaxy samples. This result implies that AGN activity may be correlated with merging. We also investigated the detailed morphology of merging feature. About ~1/4 of control sample classified as a tidal and tidal+dust are shell structures. On the other hand only one of the AGN sample shows shell structures. Almost all merging AGNs show tidal tail features. From point of view that tidal tail may be at the early stage of merging, and shell may be at the late stage of mergers, this result implies that AGN may be evolved into early-type galaxies after merging.
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Kim, Khan-Hyuk;Park, Jong-Sun;Lee, Dong-Hun;Park, Young-Deuk;Angelopoulos, V.;Nishitani, N.;Hori, T.;Shiokawa, K.;Yumoto, K.;Baishev, D. 91
The passage of the interplanetary discontinuity (i.e., sudden increases in the solar wind speed, density, and IMF strength) was detected by ACE near GSE (x, y, z) ~ (222, -36, 3) Re upstream of Earth around 22:48 UT on November 24, 2008. About 55 min later, this solar wind discontinuity was observed by Geotail near GSE (x, y, z) ~ (23, 18, -7) Re in front of Earth's bow shock. From the propagation time of the solar wind discontinuity between ACE and Geotail, it is expected that the discontinuity front is aligned with the Parker spiral and strikes the postnoon dayside magnetopause first. Using coordinated multi-point measurements (THEMIS and GOES) at or in geosynchronous orbit, we observed a tailward propagating sudden impulse (SI), excited by the interplanetary discontinuity, around 23:50 UT with its front retaining alignment similar to that of solar wind discontinuity. The SI event appears a negative-then-positive variation in the H component at high latitude Chokurdakh (CHD: MLAT ~ 64.7 deg) in the prenoon sector, which is opposite sense of normal SI event. During the positive deflection at CHD, the SuperDARN Hokkaido radar detected the downward motion of the ionosphere, implying westward electric field enhancement, at subauroral latitudes near CHD meridian. In our study we will discuss magnetospheric and ionospheric responses to the passage of the solar wind discontinuity using multi-point observations in space and on the ground. -
We have investigated solar flare probability depending on sunspot classification, its area, and its area change using solar white light data. For this we used the McIntosh sunspot groups with most flare-productive regions : DKI, DKC, EKI, EKC, FKI and FKC. For each group, we classified it into three sub-groups according to sunspot area change : increase, steady, and decrease. For sunspot data, we used the NOAA active region information for 11 years (from January 2000 to December 2010): daily sunspot class and its area corrected for the projection effect. As a result, we find that the mean flare rates and the flare probabilities for the "increase" sub-groups are noticeably higher than those for other sub-groups. In case of the (M+X)-class flares of 'kc' groups, the mean flare rates of the "increase" sub-groups are more than two times than those of the "steady" sub-groups. This is statistical evidence that magnetic flux emergence is an very important for triggering solar flares since sunspot area increase can be a good proxy of magnetic flux emergence. In addition, we have examined the relationship between sunspot area and solar flare probability. For this, we classified each sunspot group into two sub-groups: large and small. In the case of compact group, the solar flare probabilities noticeably increase with its area.
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A statistical study of coronal hole merging and splitting has been performed through Solar Cycle 23. The NOAA/SESC solar synoptic maps are examined to identify inarguably clear events of coronal hole merging and splitting. The numbers of merging events and splitting events are more or less comparable regardless of the phase in the solar cycle. The number of both events, however, definitely shows the phase dependence in the solar cycle. It apparently has a minimum at the solar minimum whereas its maximum is located in the declining phase of the sunspot activity, about a year after the second peak in Solar Cycle 23. There are more events of merging and splitting in the descending phase than in the ascending phase. Interestingly, no event is found at the local minimum between the two peaks of the sunspot activity. This trend can be compared with the variation of the average magnetic field strength and the radial field component in the solar wind through the solar cycle. In Ulysses observations, both of these quantities have a minimum at the solar minimum while their maximum is located in the descending phase, a while after the second peak of the sunspot activity. At the local minimum between the two peaks in the solar cycle, the field strength and the radial component both have a shallow local minimum or an inflection point. At the moment, the physical reason for these resembling tendencies is difficult to understand with existing theories. Seeing that merging and splitting of coronal holes are possible by passage of opposite polarity magnetic structures, we may suggest that the energizing activities in the solar surface such as motions of flux tubes are not exactly in phase with sunspot generation, but are more active some time after the sunspot maximum.
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We executed a simultaneous survey of 22 GHz water maser and 44 GHz methanol maser toward 290 shocked
$H_2$ emitting regions, which were identified from the galactic plane survey at$H_2$ 2.122 micrometer (UKIRT Widefield Infrared Survey for$H_2$ ; UWISH2). The primary goal of this observation is to characterize the H2 emission sources whether they are sincerely due to the outflows of young stellar objects or other shocked emission from older/evolved objects. We discovered 15 water maser sources and 15 methanol maser sources which provide the detection rate of around 5 percents. Most of detected sources have IRAS sources, infrared dark clouds, and/or submilimeter sources in the beam size of KVN single dish. In this poster, we will present the detailed results of our survey observation and discuss about the star formation rate in the galactic plane. -
Rey, Soo-Chang;Sung, Eon-Chang;Jerjen, Helmut;Lisker, Thorsten;Chung, Ae-Ree;Kim, Suk;Lee, Young-Dae 121
Thanks to KMTNet's wide field of view, it is time to implement imaging survey of extensive area of clusters of galaxies in the southern sky with modern instrument. As part of potential long-term survey of nearby (D < 50 Mpc) well-known clusters of galaxies, we propose a wide-field and deep survey of Fornax cluster as a first step of the project. By imaging the 400 square deg region (100 fields) enclosed within the five times virial radius of the Fornax cluster, in three SDSSfilters(g', r', i'), we can provide an unprecedented view of structure of Fornax cluster using sample from giant to dwarf galaxies. We will secure galaxies with brightness comparable to the limiting magnitude (r'=23.1 AB mag) of SDSS. Furthermore, we also request extremely deep (limiting surface brightness of ~ 28 mag$arcsec^{-2}$ forr'band) survey for the central region (16 square degree, i.e., four fields) of Fornax cluster. This will allow us to detect the diffuse intracluster light (ICL) that permeates clusters as a valuable tool for studying the hierarchical nature of cluster assembly. In order to complete whole survey, about 285 hr observing time (without overhead) is required. By combining data available at other wavelengths, it will offer unique constraints on the formation of large-scale structure and also provide important clues for theories of galaxy formation and evolution. Our proposed survey will be implemented in the close collaboration with researchers in various countries (Germany, Australia, UK, USA) and ongoing project (e.g., SkyMapper). -
Kepler 우주망원경으로 관측한 RR Lyr 변광성의 경우 절반 이상이 Blazkho 효과를 보이며, Period-doubling 등 새로운 사실이 알려졌다. KMTNet 망원경을 이용한 24시간 연속된 BVRI 다파장 관측은 구상성단 내의 많은 RR Lyr 변광성에서 이러한 현상을 밝히고, 중원소 함량, 주기변화 등 물리량을 얻는데 큰 도움이 될 것이다. 또한 구상성단에서 많이 관측되는 SX Phe 변광성과 같은 단주기 변광성의 체계적인 탐사 등에도 유용할 것이다.
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Chung, Hyun-Soo;Oh, Se-Jin;Je, Do-Heung;Roh, Duk-Gyoo;Sohn, Bong-Won;Lee, Sang-Sung;Kim, Hyo-Ryoung 135
APT(Asian-Pacific Telecommunity)는 아시아-태평양지역 국가의 공동이익을 도모하기 위하여 결성된 아-태지역 전파협의체 조직으로, WRC(세계전파통신회의)회의에서의 아-태지역 주관청의 공동이익을 얻기 위해 APG(APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC)회의를 연간 1회의 비율로 개최하고 있다. 2012년의 WRC-12회의에 대비하여 아태지역 회원국의 최종 공동의견서를 작성하기 위해, APG-12 5차회의가 2011년 8월 29일-9월 3일 부산에서 개최되었으며, 전파천문업무 보호 및 22 GHz 대역 달탐사, 38 GHz 대역 Space-VLBI운용대역과 관련된 WRC-12 의제 1.6, 1.11, 1.12 등에 대한 회의가 있었다. 따라서 한국천문연구원에서는 38 GHz 대역 Space-VLBI운용대역과 관련된 전파천문업무 및 우주연구업무의 원활한 운용을 위해, APG-12 5차회의에 참석하여 WRC-12회의에 제출하기 위한 아-태지역 국가의 공동의견서 작성에 주도적인 역할을 담당하였다. 본 발표에서는 한국천문연구원과 일본국립천문대간 공동연구를 수행하게될 space-VLBI의 적절한 운용보호를 위하여, APG-12 5차 회의에 제안한 우리나라의 기고서 제안 내용 및 동 회의에서의 최종 아태지역 회원국 공동의견서 결과 및 향후 대응책에 대해서도 알아보고자 한다. -
Jeong, Hyeon-Ju;Lim, Ju-Hee;Lee, Sung-Hoo;Deen, Casey;Pak, Soo-Jong;Yuk, In-Soo;Jaffe, Daniel T. 156
VPH (Volume Phase Hologram) grating is one of the transmission gratings and is known as its remarkable efficiency (>90%). It has two different densities of gelatins causing interference patterns. The VPH grating is favored in many astronomical instruments these days and also IGRINS, which is up coming near infrared high-resolution spectroscope expected to see the first light next year, uses the VPH grating as its cross-disperser. The infrared astronomical instruments operate at cryogenic temperature (~100K) in order to cut down thermal noise and the optical components of IGIRNS will be operated at 130K. The VPH grating is sandwiched in between fused silica or glass and glued together using optical adhesive. IGRINS is expected to go through 50 times of thermal cycling in 10 years including the performance test and this research is to check whether the physical characteristic such as the adhesion or dichromatic gelatin does not break and change from the several cryogenic thermal cycling. The two identical test gratings provided from Kaiser Optical System, Inc. are used in this test. One VPH grating is cooled down to 100K for 2 hours with maximum dT/dt = 5 and warmed up to the room temperature and another grating is kept stored in the room temperature and used as a control sample. In order to check the change, we inspected the grating with eyes and checked its efficiency and transmission at the room temperature every 10 cycling. From the 40 times of cryogenic temperature cool down cycling, the VPH grating showed no signs of change within the error compared to the control sample. We concluded the VPH grating is durable through several cryogenic thermal cycling. -
We introduce new methods to measure distance in precision using large scale structure formation. The accuracy to determine geometrical factors is enhanced in comparison to the previous method known as BAO. We determine both D_A and H simultaneously as well as structure of growth of density fluctuations and peculiar velocities. Our method is independent of any given prior on large scale structure formation such as the shape of spectra.
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We have studied the topology of volume-limited galaxy sample selected from the very luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in the completed Sloan Digital Sky Survey. LRGs are predominantly massive elliptical galaxies and tend to reside in massive dark matter halos. We compared the observed genus statistics with predictions from perturbation theory and mock LRG surveys constructed from dark matter halos in a Lambda CDM model. To compare with the observational data, we made 129 mock surveys in the past light cone space by using three different size CDM simulations: 41203 particle 6592 Mpc/h, 60003 particle 7200 Mpc/h, and
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We have implemented the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) into the cosmological N-body simulation code. The pre-initial particle distribution is set to follow the glacial conditions and the initial temperature of hydro particles is calculated based on the adiabatic process in the expanding backgrounds. Typical adiabatic SPH equations are adopted and, additionally, non-adiabatic processes such as heating/cooling and supernova explosion are added. We study the effect of star formation criteria on the global star formation rate and compare it with the observations.
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We searched and studied galaxy overdensities at 0.6 < z < 4.5 in the areas of two GOODS fields. These overdensities are identified by running top-hat filters on the two dimensional spatial distribution of two galaxy samples - a K-band limited, photometric redshift sample at 0.6 < z < 4.5, and BVz-color selected sample targeting overdensities at z ~ 3.7 and z ~ 4.0. Here photometric redshifts are derived from multi-wavelength data ranging from U-band through 8 micron band of the Spitzer. We find 52 overdensities with significances of 3.5-7
${\sigma}$ . The derived masses found to be a >$10^{13}\;M_{\odot}$ with the comoving number density of a few${\times}10^{-6}\;Mpc^{-3}$ at z ~ 3. In order to understand the high number density of massive overdensities at high redshift, we carried out an analysis of galaxy overdensities using the mock galaxy catalog based on Millennium simulation selected in the same way as the analysis of the observational data. In the simulation, we find 650 galaxy overdensities with a 3.5${\sigma}$ detection threshold over$2^{{\circ}2}$ sky field. The number density of the very massive overdensities (M >$10^{14}\;M_{\odot}$ ) in simulation shows a similar trend with the observation. We further discuss implications of our results. -
We analyze the halo and galaxy catalogs from the Millennium simulations at redshifts z=0, 0.5, 1 to determine the alignment profiles of cluster galaxies in terms of the matter density correlation coefficient and discuss a cosmological implication our result has for breaking parameter degeneracies. For each selected cluster, we measure the alignment between the major axes of the pseudo inertia tensors from all satellites within cluster's virial radius and from only those satellites within some smaller radius. Then we average the measured values over the similar-mass sample to determine the cluster galaxy alignment profile as a function of top-hat scale difference at each redshift. It is shown that the alignment profile of cluster galaxies is well approximated by a power-law of the nonlinear density correlation coefficient that is independent of the power spectrum normalization and bias factor. The alignment profile of cluster galaxies is found to have higher amplitude and lower power-law index when averaged over the larger-mass sample and to have rather weak redshift-dependence. This result is consistent with the picture that the satellite galaxies retain the memory of the external tidal fields right after merging and infalling into the clusters but they gradually lose the initial alignment tendency as the cluster's relaxation proceeds. Demonstrating that the nonlinear density correlation coefficient varies sensitively with the density parameter and neutrino mass fraction, we discuss a potential power of the cluster galaxy alignment profile as an independent probe of cosmology.
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We combine the physics of the ellipsoidal collapse model with the excursion set theory to study the shapes of dark matter halos. In particular, we develop an analytic approximation to the nonlinear evolution that is more accurate than the Zeldovich approximation; we introduce a planar representation of halo axis ratios, which allows a concise and intuitive description of the dynamics of collapsing regions and allows one to relate the final shape of a halo to its initial shape; we provide simple physical explanations for some empirical fitting formulae obtained from numerical studies. Comparison with simulations is challenging, as there is no agreement about how to define a non-spherical gravitationally bound object. Nevertheless, we find that our model matches the conditional minor-to-intermediate axis ratio distribution rather well, although it disagrees with the numerical results in reproducing the minor-to-major axis ratio distribution. In particular, the mass dependence of the minor-to-major axis distribution appears to be the opposite to what is found in many previous numerical studies, where low-mass halos are preferentially more spherical than high-mass halos. In our model, the high-mass halos are predicted to be more spherical, consistent with results based on a more recent and elaborate halo finding algorithm, and with observations of the mass dependence of the shapes of early-type galaxies. We suggest that some of the disagreement with some previous numerical studies may be alleviated if we consider only isolated halos.
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암흑에너지가 존재한다는 가장 강력한 증거는 Type Ia 초신성을 이용한 먼 은하의 거리측정으로부터 제시된다. 이러한 결론은 경험적인 방법에 의해 표준화 과정을 거친 Type Ia 초신성의 수정된 밝기가 look-back time에 따라 진화하지 않을 것이란 가정에 기초한다. 그러나 최근 이 가정이 합당하다는 증거가 점차 불확실해지면서 Type Ia 초신성의 광도 진화에 대한 검증이 다시 요구되고 있다. 우리는 여기서 Type Ia 초신성의 광도곡선 분석과 호스트 은하의 분광관측으로부터 Type Ia 초신성의 광도진화효과를 규명하기 위해 새롭게 시작한 프로젝트 YONSEI (YOnsei Nearby Supernovae Evolution Investigation)를 소개하고 예비 결과를 논의할 예정이다.
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We present a study of HII regions in M51 using HST/ACS images taken as part of the Hubble Heritage Program. We found about 19,600 HII regions in M51 with
$H_{\alpha}$ luminosity in the range of$L=10^{35.5}-10^{39.0}\;erg\;s^{-1}$ . The$H_{\alpha}$ luminosity function of HII regions (HII LF) in M51 is well represented by a double power law with its index${\alpha}=-2.25{\pm}0.02$ for the bright part and${\alpha}=-1.42{\pm}0.01$ for the faint part, separated at a break point$L=10^{37.1}\;erg\;s^{-1}$ . Comparison with simulated HII LFs suggests that this break is caused by the transition of HII region ionizing sources, from low-mass clusters (including several OB stars) to more massive clusters (including several tens of OB stars). The HII LFs with L <$10^{37.1}\;erg\;s^{-1}$ are found to have different slopes for different parts in M51: the HII LF for the interarm region is steeper than those for the arm and the nuclear regions. This observed difference in HII LFs can be explained by evolutionary effects: HII regions in the interarm region are relatively older than those in the other parts of M51. The size distribution of the HII regions is fitted by a double power law with a break at D = 30 pc. The power law index for the small HII regions with 15 pc < D < 30 pc is${\alpha}=-1.78{\pm}0.04$ , whereas${\alpha}=-5.04{\pm}0.08$ for the large HII region with 30 pc < D < 110 pc. The power law indices of the size distribution are related with those of HII LF, and the relation between the luminosities and sizes of HII regions is fitted well by$L{\propto}D^{3.04{\pm}}$ . -
Luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs;
$L_{IR}$ >${10^{11}}_{Lsun}$ ) are the most powerful objects in the local Universe. Previous work suggested that dust re-processing of starburst and/or active galactic nuclei (AGN) activity, triggered by galaxy interactions, is responsible for their enormous infrared emission. To understand the nature of LIRGs, it is essential to determine their spectral types. Optical spectral types of 115 ultraluminous infrared galaxies in the southern sky are presented using CTIO observations. The AGN fraction is on average 50% and increases with infrared luminosity. Near-infrared spectral types of 36 LIRGs are also presented based on AKARI observations. In the sample, 12 optically elusive buried AGNs are found. To investigate the evolutionary sequence of LIRGs, star formation histories of ~6000 LIRGs in the SDSS and IRAS/AKARI matched sample are derived by comparing observed optical spectra and stellar population models. AGN-dominated LIRGs are currently massive relative to starburst-dominated LIRGs, which originates from an enhancement of star formation at intermediate-ages. For ~1100 early-type LIRGs, optical and NIR fundamental planes (FPs) are constructed. The FP of LIRGs is significantly different from that of normal early-type galaxies, but the difference is minimized in low luminous and AGN-like LIRGs. These findings support that the importance of AGN is growing as infrared luminosity increases and that LIRGs follow at least in the high mass regime the standard evolutionary scenario: starburst LIRGs evolve into AGN LIRGs and finally into normal early-type galaxies. -
We present the current research activities of the Center for the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe, a center established at Seoul National University with the Creative Research Initiative program. Our activities focus on observational studies of distant objects such as gamma-ray bursts, quasars, and proto-cluster of galaxies, but we also carry out other observational and theoretical studies in related topics. We also developed a new instrument, Camera for Quasars at Early Universe (CQUEAN) in collaboration with Kyunghee University group, and have secured observing facilities such as UKIRT and McDonald 2.1m observatory. Our research highlights include results such as the discovery of high redshift quasars and gamma ray bursts, the discovery of tidal disruption event at z=0.38 and peculiar gamma ray burst events, analysis of proto-clusters of galaxies, the discovery of brown dwarfs, and development of CQUEAN and its usage at the McDonald observatory.
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We investigate the hydrodynamics of gas clouds in the central few hundred parsecs of the Galaxy. Non-axisymmetry (elongation) of the Galactic bulge can form a reservoir of dense molecular clouds at around two hundred parsecs from the center through the X1-X2 orbit transfer, and the star formation that has been sustained for the lifetime of the galaxy can build up a nuclear bulge there. If the nuclear bulge is elongated, this again can transport the gas there down to the central few parsecs region. We perform a series of 3-D hydrodynamic simulations that consider a potential for this "nested bar", cooling/heating, star formation and supernova feedback, and estimate the efficiency of the gas inflow down to the central parsec region.
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Building a relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (RMHD) codes based on upwind schemes is a challenging project, because the characteristic wave structures for RMHDs has not yet been analytically given. We obtained an analytic expression of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the flux Jacobian matrix of RMHDs for one-dimensional, isothermal flows with two velocity and magnetic field components (that is, x and y components only), which can be used to build numerical codes. The degeneracies were taken into account. Here, we present preliminary test results with an RMHD code based on the total variation diminishing (TVD) scheme.
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Using high-resolution numerical simulations, we investigate the formation of gaseous substructures and mass inflow rates in barred spiral galaxies in the presence of both bar and spiral potentials. The gaseous medium is assumed to be infinitesimally-thin, isothermal, unmagnetized, and non-self-gravitating. To consider various galactic situations, we vary the pattern speed and strength of spiral arms as well as the black hole mass. We find that spiral arms with pattern speed smaller than that of the bar remove angular momentum from the gas outside corotation which transports to the bar region, making the dust lanes strong and live long. When the arm pattern speed is identical to that of the bar, on the other hand, the gas outside corotation gains angular momentum and thus moves outward, without affecting the bar region. Overall gaseous morphologies in simulations match well with observed IR images of barred spiral galaxies such as NGC 1097, when the arms and bar are in phase at the corotation radius. The presence of spiral arms increases the mass inflow rate as well, making it larger than
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To study the formation and evolution of sub-galactic scale structures, we have added SPH (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics) method into an existing cosmological PMTree code, GOTPM. To follow the evolution of gas particles, we consider heating/cooling processes, star formation, and energy & metal feedback by supernova explosion. We have performed various tests for the new code and found that the results reproduce observed quantities or follow the known analytic solutions. We present a test simulation of isolated disk galaxy with a focus on whether the star formation reproduces the observed features.
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We present our N-body simulation study on the disk galaxy warp formation via close encounters. Using a publicly available code Gadget2, we investigate morphological and kinematical structures of disk galaxies while the galaxies are undergoing fly-by encounters with adjacent dark matter halos. In this study, we find that warps can be excited by impulsive encounters and sustained for a few billion years. Most of the warps from the simulation show inclination angles that are comparable to the observations. The creation of warps, their inclination and their lifetimes are governed primarily by the following three parameters: the impact parameter (the minimum distance between two halos), the mass ratio between two galaxies, and the incoming angle of the intruder. We discuss pros and cons about our alternative scenario in comparison with existing explanations.
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We present smoothed particle hydrodynamic models of the interactions in the compact galaxy group, Stephan's Quintet. Adding thermohydrodynamic effects to the earlier collisionless N-body simulations of Renaud et al. (2010), we further investigate the dynamical interaction history and evolution of the intergalactic gas of Stephan's Quintet. Specifically, we model the formation of the hot X-ray gas, the group-wide shock, and emission line gas as the result of NGC 7318b colliding with the group as well as reproduce the tidal structures in the group. We compare our model results to multi-wavelength observations.
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I present an analysis of the long-term evolution of the fluxes of six active galactic nuclei (AGN) - 0923+392, 3C 111, 3C 273, 3C 345, 3C 454.3, and 3C 84 - in the frequency range 80 - 267 GHz using archival calibration data of the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer. Our dataset spans a long timeline of ~14 years with 974 - 3027 flux measurements per source. We find strong (factors ~2-8) flux variability on timescales of years for all sources. The flux density distributions of five out of six sources show clear signatures of bi- or even multimodality. Our sources show mostly steep (alpha~0.5-1), variable spectral indices that indicate outflow dominated emission; the variability is most probably due to optical depth variations. The power spectra globally correspond to red-noise spectra with five sources being located between the cases of white and flicker noise and one source (3C 111) being closer to the case of random walk noise. For three sources the low-frequency ends of their power spectra appear to be upscaled in spectral power by factors ~2-3 with respect to the overall powerlaws. We conclude that the source emission cannot be described by uniform stochastic emission processes; instead, a distinction of "quiescent" and (maybe multiple) "flare" states of the source emission appears to be necessary.
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We introduce an ongoing project for monitoring total flux density at 22 and 43GHz, linearly polarized flux, and polarization angle at 22GHz of Gamma-ray bright AGN (Active Galactic Nuclei) with KVN (Korean VLBI Network) 21-m radio telescopes. The project started in May, 2011 with an effective monitoring cycle of 4 days, observing four main objects (3C 454.3, BL Lac, 3C 273, and 3C 279). More objects were included in the source list when they had flared in Gamma-ray. In this paper, we report the current status of the project and preliminary results for the monitoring observations.
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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.
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We introduce the preliminary results of flux monitoring of BL Lac object 0716+714 with the KVN Ulsan 21m radio telescope. This radio source is well known as the intraday variable (IDV) source which is characterized by the rapid flux variation on the time scale of a day or less. In general, the IDV phenomenon is interpreted as the effect of refractive scintillation in the interstellar medium or the evidence of intrinsic flux variation. In previous observations that took a few days, however, it had not been detected the flux variation of short time scale but the monotonic increase and decrease. Therefore, to investigate the longer time scale of 0716+714, we had the flux variation monitoring at 22GHz and 43GHz simultaneously for 9 months from October 2010 to June 2011. We present here the structure functions and the cross correlation functions between different frequencies as well as the light curves.
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We have performed simultaneous observations at 22GHz and 43GHz on AGNs hosted by elliptical galaxies using KVN radio telescope. We have constructed the sample, based on two major surveys in radio and optical band, i.e. Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters (FIRST) and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) DR7, respectively. We restricted the redshift range 0.01 < z < 0.06 and the absolute magnitude Mr < -19.4 in order to satisfy volume limited sample. We also checked clear detection of four distinctive emission lines ([NII], [OIII],
$H{\alpha}$ ,$H{\beta}$ ) so as to utilize on BPT diagram, distinguishing AGNs from star-forming galaxies. Elliptical galaxies have been selected by visual inspection making use of SDSS optical images. Then, we cross-matched the elliptical galaxies with FIRST detections. About 35% of the galaxies have been detected throughout KVN observations. We derive spectral index, applying the flux of different radio frequencies from FIRST (1.4GHz) and KVN (22GHz) and classify into steep, flat or inverted spectrum. We have found that most of the detected galaxies have flat spectrum while the rest of them have steep spectrum. This implies that a number of detected galaxies might have compact structure associated with the central region of the galaxies. The relation between black hole mass and radio luminosity has shown relatively tighter correlation in high frequency than in low frequency, which confirms that high frequency in radio band is appropriate to study the center of the galaxies. -
Low-ionization nuclear emission-line regions (LINERs) have been generally regarded to be powered by active galactic nuclei (AGNs), yet still a number of alternative explanations on the origin of LINER emission are suggested; for example, planetary nebulae nuclei of massive stars, supernovae shocks from death of massive stars, and old stellar populations. Interestingly, a majority of recent star formation early-type galaxies (ETGs) in local universe presents such LINER emission lines. Given that situation, revealing the true nature of LINERs is a crucial step to constrain the evolution path to quiescent ETGs. To resolve the issue, we use Keck/LRIS to obtain spatially resolved spectra on a carefully selected ETG. The ETG SDSS J091628.05+420818.7 at redshift z ~ 0.024 shows modest LINER emission line features without any detection of 21 cm radio continuum nor X-ray emission. We perform a stellar continuum subtraction and measure emission line strengths and their uncertainties for each spectrum from five apertures along the slit with size of 1 arcsecond (~0.5 kpc). We find that extended spatial distributions of four emission lines
$H{\alpha}$ ,$H{\beta}$ , [OIII]${\lambda}5007$ , and [NII]${\lambda}6583$ , and they can be explained by central emission blurring effect. We conclude that the emissions seem to be centrally concentrated, indicating the AGN-nature of LINERs. -
We investigate various physical parameters of the narrow-line region (NLR) of two type I QSOs, PG1012+008 and PG1307+085. Using the spectra obtained with the FORS1 at the VLT with an excellent seeing condition (<0.7"), we can extract spectra with varying distances from the center out to the galactic scales. From these spectra we derive physical quantities such as reddening, temperature, electron density, and ionization parameter as a function of distance from the center. We also explore the possibility of defining the size of the NLR with line ratio diagnostics regardless of starbursts, shock-ionized gas, or tidal tails.
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The correlation between black hole mass and stellar velocity dispersion provides an important clue on the black hole growth and galaxy evolution. In the case of AGN, however, it is extremely difficult to measure stellar velocity dispersions in the optical since AGN continuum dilutes stellar absorption features. In contrast, stellar velocity dispersions of active galaxies can be measured in the near-IR, where AGN-to-star flux ratio is much smaller. Expecting that more stellar velocity dispersion measurements will be available using future near-IR facilities, it is crucial to test whether the stellar velocity dispersions measured from the near-IR spectra are consistent with those measured from the optical spectra. For a sample of 35 nearby galaxies, for which optical stellar velocity dispersion measurements and dynamical black hole masses are available, we obtained high quality H-band spectra, using the TripleSpec at the Palomar 5-m Telescope, in order to calibrate the stellar velocity dispersions and define the
$M_{BH}-sigma_*$ relation in the near-IR. Based on the spatially resolved kinematics, we correct for the rotation component and determine the luminosity-weighted stellar velocity dispersion of the spheroid component in each galaxy. In this presentation, we will show the comparison between optical and near-IR stellar velocity dispersion measurements and define the$M_{BH}-sigma_*$ relation based on uniformly measured stellar velocity dispersion in the near-IR. -
In understanding AGN physics, it is fundamental to determine black hole masses. Based on the gas kinematics of the broad-line region, black hole masses can be derived from the product of the width of the broad emission lines and the continuum/line luminosities. For a sample of 37 intermediate-luminosity AGN at z~0.4, we obtained high quality spectra (S/N~100) using the Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer(LRIS) at the KECK telescope, in order to calibrate various black hole mass estimators based on the Mg II (2798A), the
$H{\beta}$ (4861A), and the$H{\alpha}$ (6563$\bar{A}$ ) emission lines. Based on our multicomponent fitting analysis, we subtract continuum, FeII emission, and host galaxy starlight, reducing systematic errors in measuring emission line widths. Combining low S/N SDSS spectra with our high S/N keck spectra, we determine a set of ~30 black hole masses of the sample for each emission line. Then by comparing various sets of black hole masses, we internally calibrate each mass estimators and investigate uncertainties and limitations of each mass estimator. -
Jeon, Yi-Seul;Im, Myung-Shin;Park, Won-Kee;Kim, Ji-Hoon;Jun, Hyun-Sung;Choi, Chang-Su;Kim, Doh-Yeong;Kim, Du-Ho;Hong, Ju-Eun 63.2
We describe the Infrared Medium-deep Survey (IMS), a survey of quasars in the early universe beyond z=5. IMS uses multi-wavelength archival data such as SDSS, CFHT-LS, UKIDSS, and SWIRE, which provide deep images over wide area enough for searching of high redshift bright quasars. In addition, we are carrying out J-band imaging survey with the depth of 23AB at UKIRT for up to 200$deg^2$ , of which 50$deg^2$ is covered so far. For the quasar candidates at z~5.5, we are making observations with custom-made filters, which are more efficient to make robust quasar candidate samples in this redshift range. Because of the deeper survey depth and the unique methods, our IMS can provide a large number of high redshift quasars comparing with ongoing high redshift bright quasar survey. The high redshift quasars we confirm will give us with clues of the growth of super massive black holes and the metal enrichment history in the early universe. -
E+A galaxies are interpreted as post-starburst systems because of strong Balmer absorption lines but any emission lines indicating the lack of current star formation activities, thus they are one of key populations for understanding how star formation activities evolve in galaxies. We present mid-infrared (MIR) spectral energy distributions of E+A galaxies using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) preliminary released data. Furthermore, we investigate the role of environment with respect to the MIR properties of E+A galaxies.
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The unexpected rising flux of early-type galaxies at decreasing ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths is a long-standing mystery. One important observational constraint is the correlation between UV-optical colours and Mg2 line strengths found by Burstein et al. (1988). The simplest interpretation of this phenomenon is that the UV strength is related to the Mg line-strength. Under this assumption, we expect galaxies with larger Mg gradients to have larger UV colour gradients. By combining UV imaging from GALEX, optical imaging from MDM and SAURON integral-field spectroscopy, we investigate the spatially-resolved relationships between UV colours and stellar population properties of 34 early-type galaxies from the SAURON survey sample. We find that galaxies with old stellar populations show tight correlations between the FUV colours (FUV-V and FUV-NUV) and the Mg b index,
$H{\beta}$ index and metallicity [Z/H]. We have also derived logarithmic internal radial colour, measured line strength and derived stellar population gradients for each galaxy and again found a strong dependence of the FUV-V and FUV-NUV colour gradients on both the Mg b line-strength and the metallicity gradients. In particular, global gradients of Mg b and [Z/H] with respect to the UV colour across galaxies are consistent with their local gradients within galaxies, suggesting that the global correlations also hold locally. From a simple model based on multi-band colour fits of UV upturn and UV-weak galaxies, we have identified a plausible range of parameters that reproduces the observed radial colour profiles. In these models, the centers of elliptical galaxies, where the UV flux is strong, are enhanced in metals by roughly 60% compared to UV-weak regions. -
Recent observations and modeling of globular clusters with multiple populations strongly indicate the presence of super helium-rich subpopulations in old stellar systems. Motivated by this, we have constructed new population synthesis models with and without helium-enhanced subpopulations to investigate their impact on the UV-upturn phenomenon of quiescent early-type galaxies. We find that our models with helium-enhanced subpopulations can naturally reproduce the strong UV-upturns observed in giant elliptical galaxies assuming an age similar to that of old globular clusters in the Milky Way. The major source of far-UV (FUV) flux, in this model, is relatively metal-poor and helium-enhanced hot horizontal branch stars and their progeny. The Burstein et al. (1988) relation of the FUV - V color with metallicity is also explained either by the variation of the fraction of helium-enhanced subpopulations or by the spread in mean age of stellar populations in early-type galaxies.
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은하단에 속한 은하들의 광도함수에 의하면, 어두운 은하들(MB>-18,확인요망)의 수가 이 론적 예측에 비해 현저하게 적게 관측된다. 우리는 이와 같은 "어두운 은하들의 결핍 현상"을 설명하기위해 은하단 간의 충돌/병합과 같은 역학적 기원론을 제시하고자 한다. 본 연구는 은하단 간의 충돌/병합 과정에서 비교적 작은 질량의 은하들이 은하단의 중력적 구속에서 벗어날 가능성이 높다는 점에 착안하였다. 이러한 가능성을 검증하기 위해 (ㄱ) 우주론적 다. 체수치모사의 방법을 활용하고, (ㄴ) 유체수치모사에서 도입하여 발전시킨 "어떤 주어진 입자로부터 N번째 떨어진 입자의 거리 분석(N-th Particle)"이라는 새로운 방법으로 다체입자들의 공간분포 해석을 시도하였다. 이러한 방대한 자료를 효과적으로 분석하기 위해, GPU(Graphic Processing Unit)를 기반으로 설계된 분석 알고리즘을 독자 개발하였다.
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Type Ia 초신성을 이용한 거리측정은 암흑에너지의 존재를 암시하는 가장 직접적인 증거를 제시하며, 이것은 Type Ia 초신성의 밝기가 표준화된 광도에서 모두 같다고 하는 가정하에서 성립한다. 하지만 최근 표준화된 Type Ia 초신성의 광도가 모은하의 특성과 상관관계가 있음을 보이는 연구결과들이 등장하여 이러한 가정에 대한 의문이 제기되었다. Gallagher et al. (2008)은 조기형 모은하의 나이와 중원소 함량이 Type Ia 초신성의 밝기와 갖는 상관관계에 대하여 시도하였으나, 전체 은하의 표본갯수와 나이측정, 그리고 Hubble Residual을 구하는 과정에서 오차로 인한 한계가 있었다. 우리는 Type Ia 초신성에 나타나는 광도진화효과를 확인하기 위하여 가까운 거리에 있는 Type Ia 초신성의 조기형 모은하에 대하여 CTIO 1.5m, 보현산 1.8m, LCO 2.5 m 망원경의 긴 슬릿 분광기를 이용한 분광관측을 수행하고 있다. 관측된 모은하의 분광스펙트럼으로부터 방출선에 의한 영향을 제거한 뒤, 흡수선의 세기를 이용하여 Lick/IDS indices를 측정하고 있으며 이를Yonsei Evolutionary Population Synthesis model (YEPS)과 비교하여 은하의 나이와 중원소 함량을 추정하였다. 이 결과를 이용하여 Type Ia 초신성의 Hubble Residual과 항성종족의 나이 및 중원소 함량간의 상관관계를 통하여 Type Ia 초신성의 광도진화효과에 대해 분석할 예정이다. 현재까지 조기형 모은하 20여개에 대한 분광관측을 진행하였으며, 앞으로 긴 슬릿 분광기와 McDonald 2.7m 망원경의 VIRUS-P를 이용한 모은하의 분광관측을 추가로 수행할 예정이다.
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We present the detailed image decomposition of Hubble Space Telescope archival images for 235 nearby (z < 0.35) unobscured type 1 AGNs. It allows us to perform robust measurements of host galaxy properties and AGN luminosity contribution. We examine how the host properties correlate with AGN properties. Broad line type 1 and radio-loud AGNs are hosted preferentially by early type galaxies. Narrow line type 1 AGNs show a low fraction of tidal interaction, that might suggest the secular evolution may play an important role for triggering AGN activity, while the fraction of merging hosts is rather higher in luminous AGNs. We compare the nucleus luminosity and bulge luminosity and find that either our sample might have a smaller zero point in the M(BH)-L(bulge) relation (i.e. less massive black hole at a given bulge luminosity) relation compared to the normal galaxies or Eddington ratio of our sample could be systematically overestimated.
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Kim, Suk;Rey, Soo-Chang;Sung, Eon-Chang;Lisker, Thorsten;Jerjen, Helmut;Lee, Young-Dae;Chung, Ji-Won;Pak, Min-A;Yi, Won-Hyeong 69.1
While the Virgo Cluster Catalog (VCC) is well established catalog from deep photographic plate survey, with available survey data recently released (e.g., SDSS), it can be further updated concerning the membership and morphology of galaxies. While membership and morphology of galaxies included in the VCC are based on the single band imaging data, thanks to the multi-color imaging and spectroscopic observations of SDSS, we are able to revise the membership and morphology of sample galaxies in the fields of the Virgo cluster. We present a new catalog of galaxies in the Virgo cluster using SDSS DR7 data, the extended Virgo cluster catalog. Using SDSS imaging and spectroscopic data, we introduce two kinds of galaxy classifications which are complementary each other. In addition to traditional morphological classification by visual inspection of the images ("Primary Classification"), we also attempt to classify galaxies with the spectroscopic features ("Secondary Classification"). The primary classification is basically based on the scheme of galaxy morphological classification of VCC. The secondary classification relies on the SED shape and presence of emission/absorption lines returned from SDSS. Our morphological classifications allow to study the evolution and associated star formation histories of galaxies in the Virgo cluster. -
The discovery of dark energy from Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) is based on the implicit assumption that the look-back time evolution of SN Ia luminosity, after light-curve corrections, would be negligible. A strong support for this assumption was the apparent insensitivity of SN Ia distances across the host galaxy morphologies. However, Hicken et al. 2009 (H09) shows a systematic difference in the Hubble residual (HR) of
$0.144{\pm}0.070$ mag between the E-S0 and Scd/Sd/Irr galaxies, after light-curve corrections. If true, this indicates that the light-curve fitters used by the SN Ia community can not correct for the population age (and therefore the evolution) effect. In order to confirm this, we have combined nearby SN Ia samples and the first-year SDSS-II SN Survey. The SNANA package was used for analyzing SN Ia light-curve, both for the MLCS2k2 and SALT2 fitters. We find a systematic difference in the HR of$0.10-0.13{\pm}0.030$ mag between E-S0 and Scd/Sd/Irr galaxies, which is in agreement with the result of H09, but now at the 3-5${\sigma}$ level. Considering the significant difference in the mean age of stellar population between these morphological types, the difference in the HR reported here suggests that the evolution effect of SN Ia luminosity should be considered in the cosmological application of SN Ia data. -
We have investigated properties of merging galaxies in the nearby universe, using Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) DR7. We first constructed two galaxy samples according to redshift range: Sample 1 for 0
${\leq}$ z${\leq}$ 0.025 and Sample 2 for 0.09${\leq}$ z${\leq}$ 0.1. We then identified 118 and 184 merging galaxies among the galaxies in the Sample 1 and 2, respectively, and classified them into different merging types and stages by visual inspection of galaxy images. In the Sample 1, there are more wet mergers than dry mergers, while most merging galaxies in the Sample 2 are dry mergers. The color-magnitude diagram of the merging galaxies in our samples is comparable to that of normal galaxies. Dry mergers tend to locate in the red sequence, while wet and mixed mergers reside mostly in the blue cloud. Unlike some previous studies, we did not find a clear trend that the merger rate increases at higher redshift. However, it is difficult to make a direct comparison of the merger rate found in different studies, because it depends on the number of observed galaxies and criteria for merger classification. From the ratios of emission lines, we infer that the faction of merging galaxies with AGNs is higher in wet mergers than in other types. -
We present a study of the metallicities, ages, and alpha-elements of globular clusters (GCs) in nearby giant elliptical galaxies (gEs) (M87, M49, M60, NGC 5128, NGC 1399, NGC 1407, and NGC 4636) using data in the literature. We used only the data for the GCs derived from the comparison of absorption line indices with the single stellar population model. The metallicity distributions of GCs in these gEs are bimodal, showing the existence of metal-poor and metal-rich populations. All these gEs harbor young GCs with ages less than 5 Gyr as well as old GCs. The mean age of the metal-rich GCs ([Fe/H]>-0.9) is about 3 Gyr younger than that of the metal-poor GCs. The mean values for the alpha-elements of the GCs are smaller than or similar to that of the Milky Way GCs. All the GCs in these gEs show an age-metallicity relation; the larger the metallicities of the GCs are, the younger the GCs are. Old GCs with ages > 10 Gyr have two distinct sub-populations (metal poor and metal rich), while young GCs show a broad metallicity distribution with a single peak. We discuss these results in relation with the formation of GCs in gEs.
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Significant discrepancies have been found between the dust masses of edge-on spiral galaxies derived from various tracers (optical/near-infrared, far-infrared/sub-millimeter observations, and the variation of dust attenuation with viewing angle). Here we report the first detection of a vertically extended far-ultraviolet (FUV) and near-UV (NUV) emission in an edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891. The vertically extended emission is interpreted as the dust-scattered light due to a extraplanar dust layer in NGC 891 that contains about the same mass as the standard thin dust disk. This new dust component completely encloses the stellar disk and bulge, and solves the puzzle of dust mass.
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To investigate the properties of the narrow-line regions and the accretion disks of YRGs, we study a sample of 28 young radio galaxies (YRGs) observed with the Kast Double Spectrograph at the Shane 3-m telescope and with the DBSP (Double Spectrograph for the Palomar 200-inch Telescope) at Palomar observatory. In addition we collect an addition sample of 15 YRGs with the optical spectra from the SDSS archive. We present the measured narrow-line region properties based on the various emission line ratios, i.e., [O III]/
$H{\beta}$ , [N II]/$H{\alpha}$ , [S II] 6716/6731, [O I]/[O III], [O II]/[O III] and [Ar III]/[O III], which are useful to constrain the gas properties and the states of the accretion disk. We will discuss the characteristics of YRG. -
We investigate the relation between AGN gas metallicity and their host galaxy stellar metallicity using a sample of local Seyfert 1 galaxies. Stellar metallicity is measured from stellar absorption lines while AGN gas metallicity is derived from the flux ratios of UV emission lines. We use a high quality spectra obtained from the Lick AGN Monitoring Project, to obtain pure host galaxy spectra based on the spectral decomposition analysis, leading to accurate measurements of the Mg2 (5175) and Fe (5270) indices. In the case of AGN gas metallicity, we measure the ratio of NV1240 to CIV1549 lines using UV spectra from the archival IUE and HST STIS data. We will present the results of metallicity measurements and comparison between AGN and stellar metallicity, and discuss the implications of the results.
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We have performed the first self-consistent, large-scale simulation of cosmic reionization by stellar sources, including the Population III stars that emerged and were hosted by minihalos at very high redshifts (z~40). Based on this result, we calculate the redshifted radiation background from these stars and the relic H II regions which can be observed at near-infrared and infrared regime. Formation of the first stars inside minihalos are quenched by radiative feedback at z~15, while the relic H II regions have much longer lifetime due to the slow recombination rate. Therefore, the radiation output from the relic H II regions, dominated by Lyman alpha photons, will be observed both in the near-infrared and infrared regime. The estimated background from the first stars inside minihalos are still sub-dominant compared to that from stars inside larger halos, however, and thus complementary observations are necessary, such as redshifted 21-cm line observation.
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An understanding of the ultraviolet (UV) properties of nearby galaxies is essential for interpreting images of high redshift systems. In this respect, the prediction of optical-band morphologies at high redshifts requires UV images of local galaxies with various morphologies. We present the simulated optical images of galaxies at high redshifts using diverse and high-quality UV images of nearby galaxies obtained through the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). We measured CAS (concentration, asymmetry, clumpiness) as well as Gini/M20 parameters of galaxies at near-ultraviolet (NUV) and simulated optical images to quantify effects of redshift on the appearance of distant stellar systems. We also discuss the change of morphological parameters with redshift.
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We present a new database of absorption and emission-line measurements based on the entire spectral atlas from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) 7th data release of galaxies within a redshift of 0.2. Our work makes use of the publicly available penalized pixel-fitting(pPXF) and gas and absorption line fitting (gandalf) IDL codes, aiming to improve the existing measurements for stellar kinematics, the strength of various absorption-line features, and the flux and width of the emissions from different species of ionized gas. Our fit to the stellar continuum uses both standard stellar population models and empirical templates obtained by combining a large number of stellar spectra in order to fit a subsample of high-quality SDSS spectra for quiescent galaxies. Furthermore, our fit to the nebular spectrum includes an exhaustive list of both recombination and forbidden lines. Foreground Galactic extinction is implicitly treated in our models, whereas reddening in the SDSS galaxies is included in the form of a simple dust screen component affecting the entire spectrum that is accompanied by a second reddening component affecting only the ionised gas emission. Most notable of our work is that, we provide quality of the fit to assess reliability of the measurements. The quality assessment can be highly effective for finding new classes of objects. For example, based on the quality assessment around the Ha and [NII] nebular lines, we found approximately 1% of the SDSS spectra which classified as "galaxies" by the SDSS pipeline are in fact type I Seyfert AGN.
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To probe the connection between starburst and AGN activity, we investigate the relation between the 3.3 micron~PAH emission and AGN properties based on the new AKARI observations and the data collected from the literature. Using a sample of low-z Type I AGN, we measure the global 3.3 micron PAH luminosity from the AKARI slit-less spectroscopy. The 3.3
${\backslash}$ micron~PAH emissions are detected for 7 out of 26 target galaxies, but we find no strong correlation between the 3.3${\backslash}$ micron~PAH emission and AGN luminosity, suggesting that global star formation may not be tightlyrelated with AGN activity. In contrast the to global star formation, the nuclear 3.3 micron~PAH emission luminosity, which are measured from ground-based long slit spectroscopy with a narrow slit, correlates with AGN luminosity. These results imply that starburst and AGN activity are directly connected at the nuclear region. -
We probe the tidal perturbation parameter f of Virgo cluster galaxies. The goal is to measure the strength of tidal fields around individual galaxies to get better understanding gravitational processes that can affect galaxy evolution in the cluster environment. The f-value is defined as a logarithmic ratio between the net internal gravitational force within a galaxy and the external tidal force exerted by a neighboring galaxy. Hence, it provides one way to quantify the tidal field strength of galaxies, in particular, due to galaxy neighbors. In this study, we determine f-values of the VIVA galaxies, samples of the VLA Imaging study of Virgo galaxies in Atomic gas, using the Extended Virgo Cluster Catalog (EVCC) which is the most complete Virgo cluster catalog to date. With diagnostics based on the HI gas and R-band morphologies, we discuss the impact of the tidal fields on the evolution of the VIVA sample. Also, we compare the tidal field strength to the intra cluster medium (ICM) pressure for each sample galaxy to pin down environmental processes at work.
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Lee, Gwang-Ho;Woo, Jong-Hak;Lee, Myung-Gyoon;Hwang, Ho-Seong;Lee, Jong-Chul;Sohn, Ju-Bee;Lee, Jong-Hwan 75.1
We investigate the connection between the presence of bars and AGN activity, using a volume-limited sample of ~6,000 late-type galaxies with axis ratio b/a > 0.6 and$M_r=-19.5+5logh$ at low redshift (0.02 < z${\leq}$ 0.055), selected from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7. Although bars are believed to play an important role in fueling AGNs, it is still an open question whether AGN activity is connected with the presence of bars. We find that the bar fraction in AGN-host galaxies (44.1%) is 2.5 times higher than in non-AGN galaxies (17.6%), implying an AGN-bar connection. However, this trend is simply caused by the fact that AGN-host galaxies are on average more massive and redder than non-AGN galaxies since the bar fraction increases with u-r color and velocity dispersion. When AGN-host and non-AGN galaxies with fixed u-r color and velocity dispersion are compared, the excess of bar fraction in AGN-host galaxies disappears. Among AGN-host galaxies we find no strong difference of the Eddington ratio distributions between barred and non-barred systems. These results indicate that AGN activity is not directly connected with the presence of bars. -
We present a new, year 2011 version of the Yonsei Evolutionary Population Synthesis (YEPS 2011) model for simple stellar populations. The standard YEPS employs the most up-to-date Yonsei-Yale stellar evolutionary tracks and the BaSeL flux libraries. The spectro-photometric model data of the entire parameter space are available at http://web.yonsei.ac.kr/cosmic/data/YESP.htm.
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Lee, Young-Dae;Rey, Soo-Chang;Pak, Min-A;Kim, Suk;Sung, Eon-Chang;Yi, Won-Hyeong;Chung, Ji-Won 76.1
We present ultraviolet (UV) photometric properties of galaxies in two clusters, the Fornax and Virgo, with different dynamical conditions. We construct UV color-magnitude relations (CMRs) of galaxies in the Fornax and Virgo clusters using GALEX UV data matching with optical B band data. Elliptical and lenticular galaxies locate on red sequence in UV CMRs and show UV upturn phenomenon in both clusters. While dwarf lenticular galaxies (dS0s) in the Fornax also follow the extension of red sequence of giant early type galaxies, they are redder than dS0s in the Virgo at a given magnitude. We also investigated the effect of neighbor galaxies and cluster environment to the UV properties. In the space of projected clustercentric radius and projected nearest neighbor galaxy distance, we found that red (NUV-B>3) galaxy fraction of the Fornax depends entirely on clustercentric radius. However, in the case of Virgo, galaxy colors are also affected by interactions between galaxies outside the cluster virial radius. We suggest that UV properties of early-type galaxies in the Fornax cluster is likely consistent with its dynamically evolved system compared to the Virgo cluster. -
It is widely accepted that the SED of a galaxy relates to its morphology. In addition, the SED of the galaxy is closely connected to its star formation history, and its morphological properties are affected by the merger history, interactions with its environment, and the gravitational instability of its dynamical system. Thus, it is likely that star formation history correlates to the elements that determine morphological properties. Among the elements, this study investigates how much the merger histories of galaxies influence their star formation histories. By using simple merger trees and semi-analytic models, which disregard feedback processes to exclusively identify merger effects on star formation histories, we examine the relation between various merger histories and SEDs of galaxies. From the results, we discuss whether the SED of a galaxy can represent and constrain its merger history.
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The sizes of galaxies are correlated with their masses or luminosities, which is known as the 'mass-size relation' or 'luminosity-size relation'. Those relations show scatters in the sense that the sizes of galaxies range somewhat widely at given mass or luminosity, which is largely affected by the morphologies or colors of the sample galaxies. However, the scatters of the relations are still large even when the galaxy sample is limited to red early-type galaxies: at fixed mass or luminosity, the largest red early-type galaxies are larger than the smallest red early-type galaxies by a factor of 4 - 5. This is a progress report of a study on what determines the sizes of red early-type galaxies. We investigate how the sizes of red early-type galaxies depend on several quantities of them, such as color, color gradient, axis ratio, local number density and mass-to-light ratio. The physical implication of those preliminary results is discussed.
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Im, Myung-Shin;Pak, Soo-Jong;Park, Won-Kee;Baek, Gi-Seon;Oh, Young-Seok;Kim, Ji-Hoon;Choi, Chang-Su;Hong, Ju-Eun;Jeon, Yi-Seul;Jun, Hyun-Sung;Kim, Do-Hyeong;Kim, Du-Ho;Jang, Min-Sung;Park, Geun-Hong;Yang, Hee-Su;Jeong, Il-Gyo;Lee, Bang-Won;Yang, Hong-Kyu;Sohn, Ju-Bee;Lee, Gwang-Ho;Yoon, Yosep 77.2
We present our follow-up observation of the recently discovered supernova in M101. Being only 6.4 Mpc away from the Earth, the object is a Type-Ia supernova discovered this close in decades. We followed up this event with various observing facilities including on-campus telescopes at Seoul National University, the McDonald observatoy's 2.1m telescope, and UKIRT 4-m telescope. The light curves and the preliminary analysis of the multi-wavelength data will be presented, which cover the wavelengths from optical to NIR. -
We report on a photometric study of star clusters in the circumnuclear star-forming region of nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672. We use FUV to NIR imaging data (FUV, U, B, V, R,
$H{\alpha}$ , I, and H) in the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) archive. We have selected 89 star clusters with V<21.8 (MV<-9) mag in the central 600 pc region, and have derived their age & mass by comparing their colors with theoretical population synthesis models. Most of the star clusters are mildly reddened (E(B-V)~0.2 on average), but some star clusters suffer from severe reddening (E(B-V)>0.6). The mass of the star clusters are in the range from$10^4\;M_{\odot}$ to$10^7\;M_{\odot}$ . About half of them are more massive than$10^5\;M_{\odot}$ . Their ages range from 1 Myr to several 100 Myr, and concentrate at ~6 Myr and ~40 Myr. It indicates that the episodic starburst in the circumnuclear star-forming region lasted at least several 100 Myr. We find no obvious azimuthal age gradient, but we find a radial age gradient in some regions. We discuss these properties with theoretical expectations. -
We utilize Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR7 spectroscopy of ~600 emission line galaxies (ELGs) in the Virgo and Ursa Major clusters to investigate their chemical properties depending on the environments. We derived chemical abundances of galaxies using either a direct estimation of the electron temperature or empirical calibrations. We also estimated star formation rates (SFRs) using H alpha and GALEX ultraviolet (UV) luminosities. We see no significant difference of UV colors and SFRs of ELGs between the Virgo and Ursa Major, indicating weak dependence of their star formation activity on global cluster environment. We also discuss the segregation of gas-phase element abundances in cluster environment.
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It is well known that chromospheric features are fine structured, short lived, and dynamic. Spectrograph-based observation have obvious advantage of getting physical properties of solar chromosphere than filter-based one. We developed and installed Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph (FISS) attached on New Solar Telescope in Big Bear Solar Observatory. FISS have capabilities to take data with high time, spatial and spectral resolution at two wavelengths(Ha
$6563{\AA}$ and CaII$8542{\AA}$ ) simultaneously. After FISS installation, we observed various chromospheric features : active regions, quiet regions, filaments/prominences and so on. As one of chromospheric studies, we analyzed solar prominences and got physical parameters by using simple radiative transfer modeling. The ranges of temperature and non-thermal velocities are found to be 7500-13000K and 5-11km/s, respectively. -
The sudden decrease of galactic cosmic ray (GCR) intensity observed by ground neutron monitor (NM) is called a Forbush decrease (FD) event. The intensity time profile of FD event looks like the geomagnetic storm visualized by geomagnetic storm index Dst. Oh et al. [2008] and Oh and Yi [2009] classified the FD events into two kinds by criteria of the overlapping simultaneity of main phase in universal time (UT). The FD event is defined simultaneous if the main phase parts observed by the stations distributed evenly around the Earth are overlapped in UT and non-simultaneous if ones are overlapped in each station's local time (LT). They suggested the occurrence mechanisms of two kind FD events related to the interplanetary magnetic structures such as the interplanetary shock (IP shock) and magnetic cloud. According to their model, the simultaneity of FD depends on the strength and propagation direction of interactive magnetic structures overtaking the Earth. Now the STEREO mission can visualize the emergence and propagation direction of the coronal mass ejection (CME) in 3-dimension in the heliosphere. Thus, it is possible to test the suggested mechanisms causing two different types of FD events. One simultaneous FD observed on February 17, 2011 may be caused by a CME heading directly toward the Earth observed on February 15, 2011 by the STEREO mission. The simultaneity of FD event is proved to be a useful analysis tool in figuring out the geo-effectiveness of solar events such as interplanetary CMEs and IP shocks.
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Yang, Tae-Yong;Kwak, Young-Sil;Lee, Jae-Jin;Choi, Seong-Hwan;Hwang, Jung-A;Park, Young-Deuk 81.1
The new coherent scatter ionospheric radar has been operating at Gyerong city ($36.18^{\circ}N$ ,$127.14^{\circ}E$ , dip lat$26.7^{\circ}N$ ), South Korea. This VHF radar is consisted of 24 Yagi antennas having 5 elements and observes the E- and F-region field-aligned irregularities (FAIs) in a single frequency of 40.8 MHz with a peak power of 24 kW. We present the first results of the E- and F-region FAIs over Korea by using the new VHF coherent scatter ionospheric radar. The morphological and echo characteristics are studied in terms of their echo strength, Doppler velocity and also by spectral width values. From the continuous observations from December 2009, we found ionospheric E- and F-region FAIs appeared frequently. The most interesting and striking observations for E region are occurrence of daytime E-region irregularities and strong Quasi-Periodic (QP) echoes at nighttime. And for F region, strong post-sunset and pre-sunrise FAIs appeared frequently. The VHF radar observations over Korea are discussed in the light of current understanding of mid-latitude E- and F-region FAIs. -
Martini, Daniel;Orispaa, Mikko;Ulich, Thomas;Lehtinen, Markku;Mursula, Kalevi;Lee, Dong-Hun 81.2
Motivated by recent attempts to derive geomagnetic activity from hourly mean data in long term studies, we test the recursive Kalman filter method to obtain the regular solar variation curve of the geomagnetic field. Using a simple algorithm, we are able to assign a quiet day curve to every day separately, without the need for additional input parameter(s) to define the geomagnetically quiet days. We derive a digital counterpart AhK of the analog range index Ak at the subauroral Sodankyl$\ddot{a}$ station and compare it to the earlier digital estimate Ah and the local Ak index. We find that the new method outperforms the former estimate in every aspect studied and provides a robust, straightforward manner of estimating and verifying the manually scaled Ak index, based on readily available hourly values. The model is independent of sampling; thus, for shorter term studies where high-sampling data are available, more accurate estimates can also be obtained when needed. Therefore, in contrast to other recent approaches, we do not provide a method to quantify irregular activity directly but derive the actual quiet day curves in the traditional manner. In future applications the same algorithm may be used to define a wide variety of geomagnetic indices (such as Ak, Dst, or AE). -
Bong, Su-Chan;HwangBo, Jung-Eun;Park, Sung-Hong;Jang, Be-Ho;Lee, Chang-Hoon;Baek, Ji-Hye;Cho, Kyung-Suk;Park, Young-Deuk;Gary, Dale E.;Lee, Dae-Young 82.1
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) operates 2 solar radio observing facilities, e-CALLISTO (Earthwide network of Compound Astronomical Low-cost Low-frequency Instrument for Transportable Observatory) station and Korean Solar Radio Burst Locator (KSRBL). Although e-CALLISTO tracking system improvement.is underway, at least 6 new events were observed in this year. Software development for KSRBL is in progress. The antenna calibration software was updated and flux calibration software was developed. Also the automatic daily overview spectrum monitoring system is now operational. We found solutions to several problems including spurious data and FPGA board communication. However, a few minor unsolved hardware problems still persist. Meanwhile, at least 6 new events were observed by KSRBL in this year, and a comparative study with HXR is currently underway. -
Major solar eruptive events, consisting of both a large flare and a near simultaneous fast coronal mass ejection (CME), are the most powerful explosions in the solar system, releasing
$10^{32}-10^{33}$ ergs in${\sim}10^{3-4}\;s$ . They are also the most powerful and energetic particle accelerators, producing ions up to tens of GeV and electrons up to hundreds of MeV. For flares, the accelerated particles often contain up to ~50% of the total energy released, a remarkable efficiency that indicates the particle acceleration is intimately related to the energy release process. Similar transient energy release/particle acceleration processes appear to occur elsewhere in the universe, in stellar flares, magnetars, etc. Escaping solar energetic particles (SEPs) appear to be accelerated by the shock wave driven by the fast CME at altitudes of ~1 40$R_s$ , with an efficiency of ~10%, about what is required for supernova shock waves to produce galactic cosmic rays. Thus, large solar eruptive events are our most accessible laboratory for understanding the fundamental physics of transient energy release and particle acceleration in cosmic magnetized plasmas. They also produce the most extreme space weather - the escaping SEPs are a major radiation hazard for spacecraft and humans in space, the intense flare photon emissions disrupt GPS and communications on the Earth, while the fast CME restructures the interplanetary medium with severe effects on the magnetospheres and atmospheres of the Earth and other planets. Here I review present observations of large solar eruptive events, and future space and ground-based measurements needed to understand the fundamental processes involved. -
Solar flares are very spectacular, and are associated with various phenomena. Coronal shocks or disturbances are one of such flare-related phenomena. Although Moreton waves and X-ray waves are well explained with MHD first mode shocks propagating in the corona, there still remains a big problem on the nature of the waves, since they are very rare phenomena. On the other hand, EIT waves (or EUV waves) have been paid attention to as another phenomenon of coronal disturbances. However, the physical features (velocity, opening angle, and so on) are much different from those for Moreton waves and X-ray waves. We report detailed features of the coronal disturbances associated with the 2010 February 7 and the 2010 August 18 flares. For the former flare we analyzed the H-alpha images obtained by SMART at Hida Observatory, Kyoto University, Japan and by a flare telescope at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, the X-rays images taken by Hinode/XRT, and the EUV images obtained by the both satellites of STEREO, and found the Moreton wave, X-ray wave, and EIT wave, simultaneously. In the latter flare, on the other hand, we observed a very fast EUV wave in EUV images taken by SDO/AIA. The propagating speed is comparable to the MHD first mode wave, while there is no obvious evidence of shocks for this flare. From these results, we discuss the nature of coronal disturbances.
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The emergence of a magnetic flux tube (flux emergence) is a process of transporting magnetic field from the solar interior to the atmosphere. This process naturally produces bipolar structure at the surface, in which emerging field lines simply connect opposite polarities, while observations suggest that the surface distribution of magnetic field is more complicated than a simple bipole. This study is aimed at solving this apparent mismatch between the model and observations, showing how the surface distribution changes from a simple bipolar distribution to a quadrupolar-like one, where a half-turn rotation of the polarity inversion line plays an important role. We explain the physical reason of this half-turn rotation and also discuss a possible configuration of filament magnetic field in terms of the quadrupolar-like structure formed via flux emergence.
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In this study, we intend to inquire of how the temporal variation and spatial distribution of magnetic helicity injection in a CME-producing solar active region are related to the CME occurrence. We therefore investigate long-term (a few days) variation of magnetic helicity injection in the active region NOAA 9236 which produced multiple CME events. As a result, it is found that a noticeable increase in helicity of negative sign was first made for the first ~1.5 days and then 6 CMEs occurred while the relatively more injection of oppositely signed (positive) helicity was taking place for the next ~2 days. Afterwards, 2 CMEs in the region occurred while a more negative helicity is being injected again compared to a positive helicity. In addition, from helicity flux density maps, we found that the CMEs originated from this active region seem to be involved with the interaction of two magnetic field systems characterized by opposite signs of helicity.
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A numerical simulation study of the solar coronal plasma reveals that a ballooning instability can develop in the course of flux rope merging. When magnetic field lines from different flux ropes reconnect, a new field line connecting farther footpoints is generated. Since the field line length abruptly increases, the field line expands outward. If the plasma beta is low, this expansion takes place more or less evenly over the whole field line. If, on the other hand, the plasma beta is high enough somewhere in this field line, the outward expansion is not even, but is localized as in a bulging balloon. This ballooning section of the magnetic field penetrates out of the overlying field, and eventually the originally underlying field and the overlying field come to interchange their apex positions. This process may explain how a field structure that has stably been confined by an overlying field can occasionally show a localized eruptive behavior.
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The magnetic field at the surface of the Sun is concentrated in magnetic features that often have spatial extents of 100 km or less. The study of the fine scale structure of the Sun's magnetic field has been hampered by the limited spatial resolution of the available observations. This has recently changed thanks to various new high-resolution facilities, among them the SUNRISE observatory, built around the largest solar telescope to leave the ground, and containing two science instruments. SUNRISE successfully had its first long-duration science flight on a stratospheric balloon in June 2009 and a host of scientific results have been obtained from the data. After a brief introduction to the Sunrise mission, an overview of selected results obtained so far will be given. A reflight at higher solar activity is currently being prepared.
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Hagino, Masaoki;Sakurai, Takashi;Hanaoka, Yoichiro;Shinoda, Kazuya;Noguchi, Motokazu;Miyashita, Masakuni;Fukuda, Takeo;Suzuki, Isao;Arai, Takehiko;Takeyama, Norihide 85.2
A new infrared spectro-polarimeter was installed in 2008 onto the Solar Flare Telescope of NAOJ in the Mitaka headquarters. The Solar Flare Telescope had been operated previously as a filter-based magnetograph and obtained vector magnetograms of active regions with the Fe I 630.3nm line during 1992 - 2005. The aim of this new instrument is to measure the distribution of magnetic helicity over the whole Sun and for an extended period with high magnetic sensitivity in the infrared wavelengths. This spectro-polarimter is able to obtain polarizations in both photospheric and chromospheric layers. In order to take full Stokes profiles, we observe Fe I 1564.8 nm and He I 1083.0 nm lines (with the neighboring photospheric Si line) for the photospheric and chromospheric magnetic field vectors, respectively. The infrared detector of this instrument is a$640{\times}512$ -pixel InGaAs camera produced by a Belgian company Xenics. The frame rate of the camera is 90 frames/sec. The 640-pixel row of this camera is set along the spectrograph slit of the polarimeter. Since the slit only covers the solar hemisphere, a full disk map is obtained by raster scanning the solar disk twice. A magnetic map is made of about$1200{\times}1200$ pixels with a pixel size of 1.8 arcsec. It generally takes 1.5 hours to scan the whole Sun. Although some issues on the instrument calibration still remain, a few maps of the whole Sun at the two wavelengths are now taken daily. In this presentation, we will introduce the instrument and present some observational results. -
We are developing a new universal spectropolarimeter on the Domeless Solar Telescope (DST) at the Hida Observatory to realize precise spectropolarimetric observations in a wide range of wavelength in visible and near infrared. The system aims to open a new window of plasma diagnostics by using Zeeman effect, Hanle effect, Stark effect, impact polarization, and atomic polarization for measuring the external magnetic field, electric field, or an anisotropy in the excitation of the atoms. The polarimeter is a successor of formerly developed polarimeter on DST, which make possible to observe a polarization in a photospheric spectral line with polarimetric accuracy of 10-2 (Kiyohara et al. 2004). The new system consists of a 60cm aperture vacuum telescope, a high dispersion vacuum spectrograph, polarization modulator / analyzer composed of a rotating waveplate whose retardation is constant for a wide range of wavelength and Wallaston prism, and a fast and large format CCD camera or IR camera. Spectral images in both orthogonal polarizations are taken simultaneously with a frame rate of ~20Hz while the waveplate rotates continuously in a rate of 1rev./sec. Thus It takes 5 ~ 60 sec to observe polarization with accuracy of 10-3 in a wide wavelength range (400 - 1100nm). We also examined a polarimetric model of the telescope with accuracy of 10-3 to calibrate instrumental polarization on some wavelengths. In this talk, I will focus on the performance of the instrument.
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Lee, Jin-Yi;Barnes, Graham;Leka, K.D.;Reeves, Katharine K.;Korreck, K.E.;Golub, L.;Deluca, E.E. 86.2
We investigate the evolution of coronal loop emission in the context of the coronal magnetic field topology. New modeling techniques allow us to investigate the magnetic field structure and energy release in active regions (ARs). Using these models and high-resolution multi-wavelength coronal observations from the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer and the X-ray Telescope on Hinode, we are able to establish a relationship between the light curves of coronal loops and their associated magnetic topologies for NOAA AR 10963. We examine loops that show both transient and steady emission, and we find that loops that show many transient brightenings are located in domains associated with a high number of separators. This topology provides an environment for continual impulsive heating events through magnetic reconnection at the separators. A loop with relatively constant X-ray and EUV emission, on the other hand, is located in domains that are not associated with separators. This result implies that larger-scale magnetic field reconnections are not involved in heating plasma in these regions, and the heating in these loops must come from another mechanism, such as smallscale reconnections (i.e., nanoflares) or wave heating. Additionally, we find that loops that undergo repeated transient brightenings are associated with separators that have enhanced free energy. In contrast, we find one case of an isolated transient brightening that seems to be associated with separators with a smaller free energy. -
Since early 90's, the solar X-ray telescopes such as Yohkoh SXT and Hinode XRT have observed coronal magnetic structures on the Sun's surface in the range of about
$40'{\times}40'$ field-of-view (FOV) covering the full solar disk. Thus it has been stressed by the scientists that the optical structure of solar telescopes should be designed with care for improving the uniformity over a wide FOV. There would be, however, no unique solution in designing the optical system of a telescope for overcoming perfectly the problem of off-axis response variation. As a consequence, the correction of optical imperfectness of telescopes has become an important calibration step that should be performed beforehand when the observed images are to be used for photometric purposes. In particular, a special care should be taken when performing the temperature analysis with thin and thick filters for flaring activities observed at the periphery of the full FOV. From the analyses of both pre-launch calibration and in-flight observation data, the optical characteristics for describing the performance of solar X-ray telescopes, especially in view of their energy dependence, will be introduced and discussed in our presentation. -
Proper motion of sunspots in several active regions was studied to detect their indicator on flare onset, using data from the Solar Flare Telescope at Mitaka (four flaring active regions), TRACE (e.g. NOAA 0424, M1.7 flare on 5 Aug. 2003) and Hinode (e.g. NOAA 10930, X3.4 flare on 13 Dec. 2006). The proper motion of individual sunspots was derived using a local correlation tracking method. As a result, we found that the sunspots that are located under or close to a part of chromospheric flaring patches showed a change in their moving direction prior to the flare onset. The change in their movements took place a half to two hours before the flare onset. On the other hand, sunspots in non-flaring areas or non-flaring active regions did not show this kind of change. It is likely, therefore, that if a sunspot shows the particular movement, a chromospheric flare is to occur in its nearby region. In the most active regions, the part of flare ribbons was located on an emerging bipolar pair of sunspots. The disturbance in the usual motion of the bipolar sunspots and in other sunspots as well can be interpreted as a sign of magnetic shear development leading to final magnetic energy buildup before its sudden release. We suggest that the change in sunspot motion in a short time scale prior to the flare onset can be regarded as a good indicator in predicting the onset timing and location of chromospheric flares.
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Chae, Jong-Chul;Park, Hyung-Min;Yang, Hee-Su;Park, Young-Deuk;Nah, Ja-Kyoung;Cho, Kyung-Suk;Jang, Bi-Ho;Ahn, Kwang-Su;Cao, Wenda;Goode, Philip R. 88.1
Shocks are thought to be important in the dynamics and heating of the solar chromosphere. The observational determination of shock parameters, however, has been hardly done because of the difficulty of observation at a high spatial, temporal and spectral resolution, and the lack of an effective method of inferring physical parameters from spectral data. Our inversion of the spectral data of the$H{\alpha}$ and Ca II 854.2 nm lines simultaneously taken from an intranetwork area, produced temporal profiles of temperature as well as line-of-sight velocities, from which we infer that three-minute chromospheric oscillations prevailing in the upper chromosphere are in fact trains of strong shocks with a strength of about two and a propagation speed of 20 km s-1 that carry a mechanical energy flux of 500 W m-2 upward. Our result supports the notion that shocks dominate the heating of the upper chromosphere, and probably the corona as well, at least in intranetwork regions of the quiet sun. -
Song, Dong-Uk;Park, Hyung-Min;Chae, Jong-Chul;Yang, Hee-Su;Park, Young-Deuk;Nah, Ja-Kyoung;Cho, Kyung-Suk;Jang, Bi-Ho;Ahn, Kwang-Su;Cao, Wenda;Goode, Philip R. 88.2
Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph (FISS) is an instrument developed by Seoul National University and Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute and installed at the 1.6 meter New Solar Telescope of Big Bear Solar Observatory. Using this instrument, we observed solar filaments and analyzed the data focusing on determining the temperature and non-thermal velocity. We inferred the Doppler absorption widths of$H{\alpha}$ and Ca II 8542$\bar{A}$ lines from the line profiles using the cloud model. From these values, we separately determined temperature and non-thermal velocity. Our first result came from a solar filament observed on 2010 July 29th. Temperature inside a small selected region of this ranges from 4500K to 12000K and non-thermal velocity, from 3.5km/s to 7km/s. We also found temperature varied a lot with time. For example temperature at a fixed point varied from 8000K to 18000K for 40 minutes, displaying an oscillating pattern with a period of about 8 minutes and amplitude of about 2000K. We will also present new results from filaments observed in 2011 summer. -
We have investigated a coronal jet near the limb on 2010 June 27 by Hinode/X-Ray Telescope (XRT), EUV Imaging Spectrograph (EIS), Solar Optical Telescope (SOT), SDO/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), and STEREO. From EUV (AIA and EIS) and soft X-ray (XRT) images we identify the erupting jet feature in cool and hot temperatures. It is noted that there was a small loop eruption in Ca II images of the SOT before the jet eruption. Using high temporal and multi wavelength AIA images, we found that the hot jet preceded its associated cool jet. The jet also shows helical-like structures during the rising period. According to the spectroscopic analysis, the jet structure changes from blue shift to red one with time, implying the helical structure of the jet. The STEREO observation, which enables us to observe this jet on the disk, shows that there was a dim loop associated with the jet. Comparing the observations from the AIA and STEREO, the dim loop corresponds to the jet structure which implies the heated loop. Considering that the structure of its associated active region seen in STEREO is similar to that in AIA observed 5 days before, we compared the jet morphology on the limb with the magnetic fields extrapolated from a HMI vector magnetogram observed on the disk. Interestingly, the comparison shows that the open field corresponds to the jet which is seen as the dim loop in STEREO. Our observations (XRT, SDO, SOT, and STEREO) are well consistent with the numerical simulation of the emerging flux reconnection model.
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The geometry of an MC (magnetic cloud) in the interplanetary space can be estimated by the magnetic flux rope model. But the single point observation in the interplanetary space near the Earth is scanty to comprehend the global configuration of MC because the MC is considered a huge loop extending from the Sun with both legs rooted on the Sun. If the MC is observed at two different locations sufficiently far away from each other, it may provide the global configuration of the MC. In this study, we model the MC which is observed two different locations using a simple straight cylinder model. The MC model fit parameters are the flux rope axis orientation (
${\Theta}$ ,${\phi}$ ), the intensity of the magnetic field at the flux rope axis ($B_0$ ), the radius of the MC ($R_0$ ), and the impact parameter (p), etc. With the MC model fit parameters we look into the difference between two observed MC geometries and also calculate the magnetic flux and helicity of the MC. -
We are developing empirical space weather (geomagnetic storms, solar proton events, and solar flares) forecast models based on solar information. These models have been set up with the concept of probabilistic forecast using historical events. Major findings can be summarized as follows. First, we present a concept of storm probability map depending on CME parameters (speed and location). Second, we suggested a new geoeffective CME parameter, earthward direction parameter, directly observable from coronagraph observations, and demonstrated its importance in terms of the forecast of geomagnetic storms. Third, the importance of solar magnetic field orientation for storm occurrence was examined. Fourth, the relationship among coronal hole-CIR-storm relationship has been investigated, Fifth, the CIR forecast based on coronal hole information is possible but the storm forecast is challenging. Sixth, a new solar proton event (flux, strength, and rise time) forecast method depending on flare parameters (flare strength, duration, and longitude) as well as CME parameter (speed, angular width, and longitude) has been suggested. Seventh, we are examining the rates and probability of solar flares depending on sunspot McIntosh classification and its area change (as a proxy of flux change). Our results show that flux emergence greatly enhances the flare probability, about two times for flare productive sunspot regions.
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At Kyoto University, a continuous solar full-disk observation in CaII K line had been done during 44 years of 1926 - 1969. The observation was done with a Askania spectroheliograph on daily base. The images were taken on photographic plates. We started a project to archive these image data into a digital database which will be open to the public for scientific researches. One of the scientific usage of the database is to study the long term variation of the solar chromospheres. Since the area of CaII K plage area is a measure of solar chromospheric heating, we can do comparative study of the sunspot cycle and the chromospheric heating cycle of the sun. Another interesting field of scientific utilization of the database is the long term variation of the heating of terrestrial upper atmosphere. As was shown by Yokoyama, Masuda and Sato (2005), the area of the CaII K plage is a good proxy measure of solar EUV irradiation onto the upper atmosphere of the earth. Thus the completion of our database will serve to supply a basic and long-span data for upper atmospheric heating issues by the cooperative study with the Inter-university Upper atmosphere Global Observation NETwork (IUGONET) developed in Japan.
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Choi, Seong-Hwan;Hwang, Eun-Mi;Cho, Kyung-Suk;Kim, Yeon-Han;Park, Young-Deuk;Moon, Yong-Jae 92.1
NASA launched Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on February 2011 in order to understand the cause of solar activities and their influences on the Earth and the near-Earth space. KASI is constructing Korean Data Center for SDO based on the letter of agreement between KASI and NASA for space weather research. SDO produces about 1.5 TB a day and its raw data amounts to about 550 TB in a year. Stanford University has been already operating the data center for scientific raw data, but there is a limit to use its data for space weather research and space weather service in real time because of network environment. Korean Data Center for SDO will provide scientific data not only to Korean institutes but also to international space weather societies. KASI has designed the data transfer system by using GLORIAD in order to get higher performance and stability. After the first construction of data transfer system and storage system in this year, we will increase the storage capacity of the data center in phases considering new developments in a storage technology and drop of their prices. -
In view of the planned NASA's and ESA's Solar Probe Plus and Solar Orbiter missions, respectively, to probe the inner heliosphere and the Sun's corona, it is timely to investigate outstanding problems associated with the solar wind. Among them is the temperature anisotropy problem. As the solar wind expands into the interplanetary space, the density and magnetic field decreases radially, thus leading to temperature anisotropy (
$T_{\parallel}{\gg}T_{\perp}$ ). However, the measured temperature anisotropy can at times be characterized by$T_{\perp}$ >$T_{\parallel}$ , while at other times the measured$T_{\parallel}/T_{\perp}$ is much milder than predicted by adiabatic theory. Physical reasons remain poorly understood. This notwithstanding, it is known from plasma physics that for$T_{\perp}$ >$T_{\parallel}$ electromagnetic ion-cyclotron (EMIC) and mirror instabilities are excited, while for$T_{\parallel}$ >$T_{\perp}$ , fire-hose instability is excited. By constructing the threshold conditions for various instabilities, one may construct a closure relation that may be useful for modeling the solar wind. In the present paper we discuss theoretical construction of the anisotropy-beta relation by means of quasi-linear theories of these instabilities. The present work complements previous efforts on the basis of linear theory, hybrid simulations, and empirical fits of observations. -
Fujiki, Ken'ichi;Tokumaru, Munetoshi;Iju, Tomoya;Hirota, Maria;Noda, Momotaro;Kojima, Masayoshi 93.1
Radio wave from a compact radio source such as a quasar are scattered by irregularities of electron density. The scattered waves interfere with each other as they propagate to the Earth producing diffraction patterns on the ground. This phenomenon is called interplanetary scintillation (IPS). The IPS pattern contains the information of solar wind velocities and density fluctuations passing across a line-of-sight (LOS) from an observer to a radio source. The IPS is a useful tool which allows us to measure the solar wind in three dimensional space inaccessible to in situ observations. Although the IPS measurement is an integral of solar wind velocities and density fluctuations along the LOS, which causes degradation of accuracy, we have succeeded to develop computer assisted tomography (CAT) analysis to remove the effect of LOS integration. These techniques greatly improved the accuracy of determinations of solar wind velocity structures. In this talk we present our IPS observation system and long-term variation of global solar wind structures from 1980-2009, then we focus on recent peculiar solar wind properties. -
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has measured space environment and its effects on spacecraft and astronaut since 1987. At present, we have operated space environment monitors onboard one GEO spacecraft, one QZO spacecraft, and two LEO spacecrafts. The obtained space environment data has been gathered into the Space Environment and Effects System database (SEES, http://sees.tksc.jaxa.jp/). In this presentation, measurement result of space environment in low earth orbit obtained by the Daichi satellite from 2006 through 2011 is reported as well as recent activities in space environment engineerings in JAXA. The Technical Data Acquisition Equipment (TEDA) on board the Daichi satellite (Advanced Land Observing Satellite: ALOS) had been operated in low earth orbit at 700 km altitude with 98 degree inclination from February 2006 until April 2011. The TEDA consists of the Light Particle Telescope and the Heavy Ion Telescope. The operation period of the Daichi satellite was through the solar-activity minimum period. The space radiation environment around the Daichi satellite had been almost stable. However, large solar flares followed by CMEs sometimes disturbed the space radiation environment in the orbit of the Daichi satellite. In addition, high speed solar wind often flowed and modulated the electron flux in the horn region. On the other hand, a little variation was seen in the SAA region.
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Recurrent substorms occur when high-speed solar wind streamers pass by Earth's magnetosphere. Most of the previous researches have been done using the observations obtained at the geosynchronous orbit focusing on the relationship between the solar wind disturbances and the occurrence of substorms. However, it is important to investigate the dynamics of the magnetotail because the magnetotail is the place where substorms develop. In this study we investigated the observations of recurrent dipolarizations in the near-Earth magnetotail that occurred during high-speed solar wind streamers. The dipolarizations and subsequent stretchings have occurred for more than three days with the average period of ~2 - 3 hours. The average period of ~2 - 3 hours is consistent with the average occurrence period of recurrent substorms. Also, the observed signatures on the geosynchronous orbit and the ground show recurrent substorms have occurred during the event. These suggest that the recurrent dipolarizations in the near-Earth magnetotail should be closely related to the recurrent substorms. On the other hand, there was no clear flow activities directly associated with the dipolarizations, except for some intermittent bursty flow activities. We will discuss the detailed characteristics of the dipolarizations and the relationship with recurrent substorms.
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Electron microbursts, energetic electron precipitation having duration less than 1 sec, have been thought to be generated by chorus wave and electron interactions. While the coincidence of chorus and microburst occurrence supports the wave-particle interaction theory, more crucial evidences have not been observed to explain the origin of microbursts. We propose the measurement of energy dispersion of microbursts could be an evidence supporting wave-particle theory. During chorus waves propagate along magnetic field, the resonance condition should be satisfied at different magnetic latitude for different energy electrons. If we observed electron microbursts at low altitude, the arrival time of different energy electrons should make unique dispersion structures. In order to observe such energy dispersion, we need a detector having fast time resolution and wide energy range. Our study is motivated from defining the time resolution and energy range of the detectors required to measure microburst energy dispersions. We performed test particles simulation to investigate how electrons interact with simple coherent waves like chorus waves. We compute a large number of electron's trajectories and successfully produce energy dispersion structures expected when microbursts are observed with 10 msec time resolution detectors at the altitude of 600 km. These results provide useful information in designing electron detectors for the future mission.
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Halo Coronal Mass Ejections (HCMEs) are crucial for space weather, since they can produce severe geomagnetic storms when they interact with the Earth's magnetosphere. It is thus very important to infer their directions, radial velocities, and their three-dimensional structures. In this study, we apply two different models to HCMEs since 2008 : (1) an ice cream cone model by Xue et al (2005) using SOHO/LASCO data, (2) a flux rope model by Thernisien et al. (2009) using STEREO/SECCHI data. In addition, we use the flux rope model with zero separation angle of flux rope, which is morphologically similar to the ice cream cone model. The comparison shows that the CME radial velocities from three models have very good correlations (R>0.9) one another. We are extending this comparison to other partial halo CMEs observed by STEREO and SOHO.
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The most powerful technique for deducing the magnetic structure of the Sun is spectro-polarimetry. Detailed measurements of the polarization signal of the spectral lines (Stokes vector) allow us to infer the physical conditions in the solar atmosphere prevailing during the line formation. Inversion codes are the main tool to extract this information from the Stokes spectra. This study will focus on measurements of the chromospheric He I 1083.0 nm triplet and the photospheric Si I 1082.7 nm line. A spectropolarimetric data set of sunspots, obtained with the German Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT) at the Teide observatory on Tenerife, is analyzed using an inversion technique. We will introduce the German Vacuum Tower Telescope and the inversion code HeLix, and will show data sets that are analyzed by HeLix.
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Halo coronal mass ejections (HCMEs) are major cause of the geomagnetic storms. To minimize the projection effect by coronagraph observations, we consider two CME cone models: an ice-cream cone model and an asymmetric cone model. These models allow us to determine three dimensional parameters of HCMEs such as radial speed, angular width, and the angle between sky plane and cone axis. In this study, we compare these parameters obtained from both models using 50 well-observed HCMEs from 2001 to 2002. Then we obtain the root mean square error (RMS error) between measured projection speeds and estimated ones for the models. As a result, we find that the radial speeds obtained from the models are well correlated with each other (R=0.89), and the correlation coefficient of angular width is 0.68. The correlation coefficient of the angle between sky plane and cone axis is 0.42, which is much smaller than what is expected. The reason may be due to the fact that the source locations of the asymmetric cone model are assumed to be near the center. The average RMS error of the asymmetric cone model (86.2km/s) is slightly smaller than that of the ice-cream cone model (88.6km/s).
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We analyzed transient Ca II brightening associated with small-scale canceling magnetic features in the quiet Sun near disk center using Ca II H and NaD1 filter images of the SOT/Hinode. We found that in most Ca II brightening related to CMFs the Ca II intensity peaks after magnetic flux cancellation proceeds. Moreover, brightening tend to appear as pairs of bright points of similar size and similar brightness overlying magnetic bipoles. These results imply that magnetic reconnection taking place in the chromosphere or above may be in charge of CMFs.
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In this study we have examined the probability of solar proton events (SPEs) and their peak fluxes depending on flare (flux, longitude and impulsive time) and CME parameters (linear speed, longitude, and angular width). For this we used the NOAA SPE list and their associated flare data from 1976 to 2006 and CME data from 1997 to 2006. We find that about 3.5% (1.9% for M-class and 21.3% for X-class) of the flares are associated with SPEs. It is also found that this fraction strongly depends on longitude; for example, the fraction for
$30W^{\circ}$ < L <$90W^{\circ}$ is about three times larger than that for$30^{\circ}E$ < L <$90^{\circ}E$ . The SPE probability with long duration (${\geq}$ 0.3 hours) is about 2 (X-class flare) to 7 (M-class flare) times larger than that for flares with short duration (< 0.3 hours). In case of halo CMEs with V${\geq}$ 1500km/s, 36.1% are associated with SPEs but in case of partial halo CME ($120^{\circ}$ ${\leq}$ AW <$360^{\circ}$ ) with 400 km/s${\leq}$ V < 1000 km/s, only 0.9% are associated with SPEs. The relationships between X-ray flare peak flux and SPE peak flux are strongly dependent on longitude and impulsive time. The relationships between CME speed and SPE peak flux depend on longitude as well as direction parameter. From this study, we suggest a new SPE forecast method with three-steps: (1) SPE occurrence probability prediction according to the probability tables depending on flare and CME parameters, (2) SPE flux prediction from the relationship between SPE flux and flare (or CME) parameters, and (3) SPE peak time. -
Rims of solar filaments often appear brighter than the background chromosphere, but their physical nature is still poorly known. Last year, we observed a filament with a bright rim. The rim was bright in H alpha but not in Ca II 8542 line. Using the cloud model, we inferred physical parameters of the region from the spectral profiles. As a result, we found that the Doppler width of the H alpha line is very large, which implies temperature as high as 50000K. In addition, the value of the source function of the H alpha line is 0.7 times the continuum intensity of background profile. These results suggest that the bright rims might be a region of intense heating, probably associated with a current sheet. To further investigate this possibility, we carried out more observations this summer. We will present new results obtained from the analysis of these observations and discuss the physical implication of these measurements on the nature of bright rims and the filaments.
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Prediction of the
$24^{th}$ Solar Maximum Based on the Principal Component-and-Autoregression methodEverybody wants to see the future, but nobody does for sure. Reliably forecasting the solar activity in the near future looks like an easy task, but in fact still remains one of difficult problems in the solar-terrestrial research. We have sought for good univariate methods that can predict future smoothed sunspot numbers reasonably well based on past smoothed sunspot number data only. Here we consider a specific method we call principal component-and-autoregression (PCAR) method. The variation of sunspot number during a period of finite duration (past) before an epoch (present) is modeled by a linear combination of a small number of dominant principal components, and this model is extended to the period (future) beyond the epoch using the autoregressive model of finite order. From the application of this method, we find that the$24^{th}$ solar maximum is likely to occur near the end of the year 2013 (and there is a possibility that it occurs earlier near the start of 2013), and to have a peak sunspot number of about 86, indicating that the activity of the$24^{th}$ cycle will be weaker than the average. We will discuss how much this estimate is reliable. -
The dynamical evolution of the Earth's magnetosphere loaded with a transiently enhanced ring current is studied by numerical magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation. Two cases with different values of the primitive ring current are considered. In one case, the initial ring current is strong enough to create a magnetic island in the magnetosphere. The magnetic island readily reconnects with the earth-connected ambient field and is destroyed as the system approaches a steady equilibrium. In the other case, the initial ring current is not so strong, and the initial magnetic field configuration bears no magnetic island, but a wake of bent field lines, which is smoothed out through the relaxing evolution of the magnetosphere. The relaxation time of the magnetosphere is found to be about five to six minutes, over which the ring current is reduced to about a quarter of its initial value. Before reaching a steady state, the magnetosphere is found to undergo an overshooting expansion and a subsequent contraction. Fast and slow magnetosonic waves are identified to play an important role in the relaxation toward equilibrium.
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National Meteorological Satellite Center(NMSC) of Korea Meteorological Administration(KMA) is collecting GNSS data in near-real time for about 80 GNSS stations operated by multiple agencies. (eg. National Geographic Information Institute (NGII), Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), DGNSS Central Office) Using these GNSS data, NMSC developed automatic Total Electron Contents(TEC) derivation system over the Korean peninsular every 1-hour based on single station data processing. We present the TEC result and validation of TEC using International GNSS Service(IGS) global TEC data for the case of quiet time and storm time. The future plans for the system improvement will be discussed.
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We have developed solar and space weather monitoring system for space weather users since 2007 as a project named 'Construction of Korea Space Weather Prediction Center'. In this presentation we will introduce space weather monitoring system for Geostationary Satellites and Polar Routes. These were developed for satisfying demands of space weather user groups. 'Space Weather Monitoring System for Geostationary Satellites' displays integrated space weather information on geostationary orbit such as magnetopause location, nowcast and forecast of space weather, cosmic ray count rate, number of meteors and x-ray solar flux. This system is developed for space weather customers who are managing satellite systems or using satellite information. In addition, this system provides space weather warning by SMS in which short message is delivered to users' cell phones when space weather parameters reach a critical value. 'Space Weather Monitoring System for Polar Routes' was developed for the commercial airline companies operating polar routes. This provides D-region and polar cap absorption map, aurora and radiation particle distribution, nowcast and forecast of space weather, proton flux, Kp index and so on.
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In this study we use three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations to investigate how the dynamic state of emerging magnetic field is related to the twist of field lines. Emerging magnetic field forms a magnetic structure on the Sun where various kinds of activity such as solar flares, jets, and coronal mass ejections are observed. To understand the physical mechanism for producing such activity, we have to know the dynamic nature of this structure. Since flares are the manifestation of rapidly dissipating electric current in the corona, we also investigate the distribution of current density inside the structure and examine how it depends on the field-line twist. To demonstrate the dynamic structure of emerging magnetic field, we focus on the factors characterizing the geometric property and stratification of emerging magnetic field, such as the curvature of field line and the scale height of field strength. These two factors show that emerging field forms a two-part structure in which the central part is close to a force-free state while the outer marginal part is in a fairly dynamic state where magnetic pressure force is dominant. We discuss how the field-line twist affects the two-part structure and also explain a possible relation between electric current structure and sigmoid observed in a preflare phase.
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Sunspots usually appear in a group which can be classified by certain morphological criteria. In this study we examine the moments which are statistical parameters computed by summing over every pixels of contours, in order to quantify the morphological characteristics of a sunspot group. The moments can be additional characteristics to the sunspot group classification such as McIntosh classification. We are developing a program for image processing, detection of contours and computation of the moments using continuum images from SOHO/MDI. We apply the program to count the sunspot numbers from 303 continuum images in 2003. The sunspot numbers obtained by the program are compared with those by SIDC. The comparison shows that they have a good correlation (r=89%). We are extending this application to automatic sunspot classification (e.g., McIntosh classification) and flare forecasting.
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Recent observations by Hinode show weakly-attenuated coronal loop oscillations in the presence of background flow (Ofman & Wang 2008, A&A, 482, L9). We study the vertical kink oscillations in solar coronal loops, considering field aligned flows inside the loops as well as surrounding the loops environment. The two dimensional numerical model of straight slab is used to explore the excitation and attenuation of the impulsively triggered fast magnetosonic standing kink waves. A full set of time dependent ideal magnetohydrodynamics equations is solved numerically taking into account the value of flow of the order of observed flows detected by SOT/Hinode. We find that relaxing the assumption of the limited flows within the loops enhances the damping rate of the fundamental mode of the standing kink waves by 2 - 3 % as compared to flow pattern which is basically localized within the loops. We further notice that extending the flow pattern beyond the loop thickness also enhances the strength of the shock associated with slow magnetoacoustic waves, recognized as an addition feature detected in the numerical simulation. The wider out-flow pattern destroys the oscillation patterns early as compared to narrower flow pattern, in other words we can say that it affects the durability of the oscillation. However, for the typical coronal loops parameters we find that the observed durability periods of the SOT/Hinode observation can be achieved with an out-flow Gaussian patterns for which half-width is not greater than factor 2.0 of the loop-half-width. explain a possible relation between electric current structure and sigmoid observed in a preflare phase.
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We measure the degree of polarization of the lunar regolith to map the distributions of the age and the particle size. We use a 12cm refracting telescope with a 2k-square pixel color CCD (R band) and a polarization filter. The angular resolution obtained is 3.02 km/pixel. Our goal is to obtain a map of the lunar particle size distribution on the lunar regolith and then that of the age distribution. Polarization of the light scattered by lunar surface contains information on their mean particle size. The mean particle size of the lunar surface has been decreased by continued micro-meteoroid impact over a long period. One can estimate the age of the lunar surface if the mean particle size is known. Particle sizes can be measured through observations of polarization because the mean particle size is related to the maximum polarization and albedo. The age and the particle size of the lunar regolith can give vital information for the future lunar exploration.
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We present a catalog of infrared supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We have searched the Spitzer archival data for infrared counterparts to all 45 known SNRs in the LMC, and identified 21 which is 47% of the known SNRs. Seven of them are newly detected: SNR 0450-70.9, SNR in N4, N103B, DEM L241, DEM L249, DEM L316A, and DEM L316B. All newly discovered SNRs show emission at several IRAC 3.4, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 micron bands and/or MIPS 24 and 70 micron bands. Most SNRs show shell structures. We derive infrared fluxes of these newly detected SNRs. The catalog contains general information of each SNR such as location, age, and SN type together with AKARI and/or Spitzer fluxes. For the entire SNR sample, we examine their infrared colors and the possible correlation of the infrared fluxes with the fluxes at other wavelengths. For the newly detected SNRs except the SNR in N4, we also performed follow-up imaging observations of [Fe II] 1.644 micron line using IRIS2 mounted on the Anglo Australian Telescope. Three out of six SNRs show [Fe II] emission corresponding to their infrared shells. [Fe II] knots are also detected in N103B which show good spatial correlation to infrared emission seen at Spitzer images as well as knotty
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We study X-ray characteristics of shocked ambient gas of the Galactic core-collapse supernova remnant Cas A. Using 1 Msec observation with Chandra X-ray Observatory, we identify thermal emissions from the shocked ambient gas along the outer boundary of the remnant. Our results show that Cas A is expanding into a circumstellar wind with a wind density n ~ 1
$cm^{-3}$ at the current outer radius of the remnant (~ 3 pc). We suggest that the progenitor star of Cas A, which exploded as a Type~IIb SN, had an initial mass ~16 Msun, and have lost ~10 Msun as a RSG wind. We discuss the implications of our results for the mass loss of massive stars and the resulting supernova type. -
We present the modeling results of deuterium fractionation of water ice,
$H_2$ , and the primary deuterium isotopologues of$H3^+$ in the physical conditions associated with the star and planet formation process. We calculated the deuterium chemistry for a range of gas temperatures (Tgas~10-30 K) and ortho/para ratio (opr ) of$H_2$ based on state-to-state reaction rates and explore the resulting fractionation including the formation of a water ice mantle coating grain surfaces. We find that the deuterium fractionation exhibits the expected temperature dependence of large enrichments at low gas temperature, but only for opr-H2<0.01. More significantly the inclusion of water ice formation leads to large D/H ratios in water ice (${\geq}10^{-2}$ at 10 K) but also alters the overall deuterium chemistry. For T<20 K the implantation of deuterium into ices lowers the overall abundance of HD which reduces the efficiency of deuterium fractionation at high density. Under these conditions HD will not be the primary deuterium reservoir in the cold dense interstellar medium and$H3^+$ will be the main charge carrier in the dense centers of pre-stellar cores and the protoplanetary disk midplane. -
거대 분자운의 중심에서 생성되는 무거운 별들의 탄생에 대하여는 아직도 많은 연구가 필요하다. 그것은 대부분의 이들 천체가 우리로부터 1-2 kpc 거리 이상의 먼 곳에 존재하며 별탄생 지역이 너무나 복잡하기 때문이다. 최근의 전파간섭계 등 고 분해능 관측은 이들 지역에 매우 다양한 천체물리 현상들이 함께 혼재하며, 초기 진화 과정의 알려지지 않았던 새로운 흥미로운 많은 사실들을 밝혀주고 있다. 특히 성간먼지의 얼음 맨틀과 연관되어 이들 지역에 집중적으로 존재하는 여러 복합 성간분자들은 무거운 별 탄생지역을 이해하는 매우 강력한 수단을 제공하여 준다. 물리적 환경의 차이에 따라 이들 분자들은 서로 다른 뚜렷한 천체화학적 특성을 보이며, 이것은 때로 무거운 별 탄생 현상을 이해하는 유일한 연구 수단이기도 하다. 이번 발표에서는 백조자리 X에 위치한 대표적인 별 탄생지역인 W75N와 DR21(OH) 지역에서 서브밀리미터 전파간섭계 어레이(SMA)로 관측된 복합 성간분자들의 흥미롭고 다양한 현상들을 소개한다.
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오리온 A에 대한 관측은 지난 2010년 11월부터 2011년 5월까지 총 350시간에 걸쳐서 대덕전파천문대의 14 m 망원경으로 수행했다. 관측 주파수는 12CO와 13CO로 하고
$3{\times}3$ array를 사용해서 오리온성운을 중심으로 한$1^{\circ}{\times}1^{\circ}$ 영역을 관측했다. 데이터의 질을 다른 관측 결과들과 비교했을 때, 전체적으로는 양호하다 할 수 있겠으나, 몇 가지 시급하게 개선해야 할 점을 보여주었다. 데이터에는 오리온 A의 구조 가운데 여러 가지 특징적인 구조들이 나타나 있으며, 그 중에 별탄생 과정과 연관되었을 것으로 추론되고 있는 필라멘트 구조에 대해서 논의하였다. -
The two competing theories of star formation are based on turbulence and ambipoar diffusion. I will first briefly explain the two theories. There have been analytical (or semi-analytic) models, which estimate star formation rates in a turbulent cloud. Most of them are based on the log-normal density PDF (probability density function) of the turbulent cloud without self-gravity. I will first show that the core (star) formation rate can be increased significantly once self-gravity of a turbulence cloud is taken into account. I will then present the evolution of molecular line profiles of HCO+ and C18O toward a dense core that is forming inside a magnetized turbulent molecular cloud. Features of the profiles can be affected more significantly by coupled velocity and abundance structures in the outer region than those in the inner dense part of the core. During the evolution of the core, the asymmetry of line profiles easily changes from blue to red, and vice versa. Finally, I will introduce a method for incorporating ambipolar diffusion in the strong coupling approximation into a multidimensional magnetohydrodynamic code.
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Density Probability Distribution Functions (PDFs) are a classic statistical way to study properties of Interstellar Medium (ISM) turbulence. In our three-dimensional MHD simulations, density PDFs of the position-position velocity (PPV) spaces are close to a log-normal distribution. the PDF widths depend on the plasma parameters such as magnetic strength and sonic Mach number. Futhermore, we compare these simulations results to Galactic molecular clouds observed by Jackson et. al (2006). By fitting of the velocity dispersion in the spectral line observation, volume density PDFs of the defined molecular clouds indicate that the sound speeds of the turbulences seem to have a few times larger than the simulation results. In order to understand the inconsistency with general characteristics of turbulence, we consider other simulations inducing the turbulent flow randomly at small driving scales. We find that the density PDF width decreases at more smaller driving scale. Finally, the simulations suggest that sources of ISM turbulence in Galactic molecular clouds can be important on small scales.
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Most astrophysical systems are turbulent and magnetized. Magnetic field plays an important role in the dynamics of astrophysical system and influence all of properties of astrophysical system. Therefore, information of magnetic field is very important to understand properties of astrophysical system. One way to obtain information of magnetic field is to use rotation measure. Mean strength of the magnetic field along the line of sight can be estimated from RM/DM, where RM is rotation measure and DM is dispersion measure. For the estimation of magnetic field strength using RM/DM, the correlation between density and magnetic field. When there is no correlation between density and magnetic field the relation gives exact mean magnetic strength. But if the positive correlation, it overestimates the magnetic field strength, while if the correlation is negative, it underestimate the magnetic field strength. In general, the ICM (intracluter medium) and the ISM (interstellar medium) cases, viscosity has a value greater than magnetic diffusion. We performed compressible MHD turbulence simulations and we studied correlation between density and magnetic field in different values of viscosity and magnetic diffusion. In most cases, we found weak or negative relations between the density and magnetic fields. We discuss implication of our results.
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Turbulence is ubiquitous in astrophysical fluids such as the interstellar medium(ISM) and the intracluster medium(ICM). There are many driving mechanisms which can inject energy into the fluid in variety driving scales, But the plausible driving scale of ISM/ICM turbulence are yet unknown. Therefore, understanding different statistical properties between turbulence with single driving scale and turbulence with double driving scale is required. In this work, we performed 3-dimensional isothermal compressible, magnetohydrodynamic(MHD) turbulence simulations. We drive turbulence in the Fourier space in two ranges, 2We investigate decaying magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence by including the effects of expansion and collapse of the background medium. The problem has two time scales, the eddy turn-over time(
$t_{eddy}$ ) and the expansion/collapse time scale(${\tau}_H$ ). The turbulence is expected to behave differently in two regimes of$t_{eddy}$ <${\tau}_H$ and$t_{eddy}$ >${\tau}_H$ . For instance, for$t_{eddy}$ <${\tau}_H$ , the turbulence would decay more or less as in a static medium. On the other hand, for$t_{eddy}$ >${\tau}_H$ , the effects of expansion and collapse would be dominant. We examine the properties of turbulence in the regimes of$t_{eddy}$ <${\tau}_H$ and$t_{eddy}$ >${\tau}_H$ . Based on it, we derive a scaling for the time evolution of flow velocity and magnetic field.Shock waves are ubiquitous in astrophysical environments. In particular, shocks formed by merger of subclumps, infall of matter and internal flow motion in intracluster media (ICMs) and cluster outskirts are relatively weak with Mach number M${\lesssim}$ a few. At such weak shocks, it has been believed that the diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) of cosmic rays is rather inefficient. Yet, the presence of nonthermal phenomena, such as radio halos and relics, suggests that contrary to the expectation, DSA as well as magnetic field amplification should operate at weak shocks in cluster environments. We recently initiated a study of weak, collisionless, astrophysical shocks using a PIC(Particle-in-Cell) code. The PIC code describes the motion of electron and ion particles under the electromagnetic field which is represented in grid zones. Here, we present a preliminary work of one-dimensional simulations. We show how shocks are set up as the turbulent electromagnetic field is developed in the shock transition layer, and discuss the implication on DSA and magnetic field amplification.We have carried out a multi-epoch, simultaneous 22GHz$H_2O$ and 44GHz class I$CH_3OH$ maser survey of 109 low-mass protostars.$H_2O$ maser emission was detected in 23 sources, while$CH_3OH$ maser emission in 12 sources. Eight of the$CH_3OH$ detected sources are new detections. For comparison, only four low-mass protostars have been previously found to emit the maser emisison. We investigate difference between the properties of the two masers, such as relative velocity with respect to molecular gas and variability. We also compare the isotropic luminosities of both masers with the bolometric luminosity of the central star.오리온 A 분자운은 별탄생이 활발하게 일어나는 영역이다. 때문에 분자운 연구를 통해서 별탄생을 연구하기에는 최적의 곳이다. 특기할 것은 Orion A에는 필라멘트 구조가 있다는 점이다. 필라멘트는 전형적으로는 길이 4.8pc, 너비 1.4 pc 로 제시되었다(Nagahama et al. 1998). 많은 미지의 조건들 가운데 필라멘트 구조는 별탄생에 대한 새로운 조명을 던져주는 데, 가령 분자운이 수축, 분열하며 작은 덩어리를 만드는 과정에 이런 기다란 구조가 별탄생에 어떤 과정에서 나타나며 이것이 별탄생이 어떤 효과를 발생하는지 연구되어야 하는 문제들이다. 대덕전파안테나의 1분의 분해능(Channel resolution 63 KHz/ Band Width 25 MHz) 의 12CO, 13CO(J=1-0) 분자선 관측으로 필라멘트를 이전 연구보다 자세하게 관측하여 이것 안에 있을 것으로 보이는 substructure들 연구하고자 한다. 관측영역은 적경: 5h 32m ~ 5h 37m, 적위:$-5^{\circ}$ 14' ~$-5^{\circ}$ 37'으로 ($1^{\circ}{\times}1^{\circ}$ ) 영역을 관측하였다. 그 결과 필라멘트구조를 확인할 수 있었으며 약 0.7pc,약$1000\;M_{\odot}$ 의 덩어리들이 이전관측에서 보여진 X자형태가 아니라 일자형태로 분포되어있는 것을 알 수 있었다. 관측된 최소덩어리는 star cluster mass이고 stellar size 의 덩어리는 별탄생 과정 이후 소멸된 것으로 보인다. 관측으로 확인된 덩어리들의 물리적인 성질과 분포를 깊이 연구해 보고자 한다. 향후 Orion A 전체를 추가로 관측하고자 한다.Nishikida et al. (2006) presented the first far-ultraviolet (FUV) em${\lambda}$ ission-line images of the Vela supernova remnant (SNR) obtained with FIMS/SPEAR instrument. Those include C III${\lambda}$ 977, O VI${\lambda}{\lambda}$ 1032, 1038, Si IV+O IV]${\lambda}{\lambda}$ 1393, 1403 (un-resolved), C IV${\lambda}{\lambda}$ 1548, 1551 emission-line images. As a following work, we re-constructed these emission-line images using the new-version processed FIMS/SPEAR data. Additionally, we made N IV]${\lambda}$ 1486, He II${\lambda}$ 1640.5, O III]${\lambda}{\lambda}$ 1661, 1666 emission-line images. The new-version images cover the whole region of the Vela SNR and show more resolved features than the old-version. We compare these FUV emission-line images with other wavelength (X-ray, optical, etc.) images obtained in previous studies.We present near-IR imaging polarimetry of the observed$5{\times}9$ fields (${\sim}39'{\times}69'$ ) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using the InfraRed Survey Facility (IRSF). We obtained polarimetry data in J, H, and Ks bands using the JHKs-simultaneous imaging polarimeter SIRPOL. We measured Stokes parameters of point-like sources to derive the degree of polarization and the polarization position angle. We show a polarization vector map in the reduced 45 fields and the statistical distribution of the polarization degrees and angles. This poster presents the preliminary results to show the physical properties of the magnetic field in the observed LMC regions.While many astrophysical disks are vertically stratified and obey a polytropic equation of state, most studies on gravitational instability (GI) of flattened systems consider isothermal, razor-thin disks by taking vertical averages of disk properties. We investigate local GI of rotating pressure-confined polytropic disks with resolved vertical stratification by performing linear stability analysis. We find that the GI of vertically-stratified disks is in general a combination of conventional razor-thin Jeans modes and incompressible modes. The incompressible modes that dominate in the limit of the maximal disk compression require surface distortion and are an unstable version of terrestrial water waves. Disks with a steeper equation of state are found to be more Jeans unstable because they tend to have a smaller vertical scale height as well as a steeper temperature gradient corresponding to lower pressure support. GI depends more sensitively on the vertical temperature than density distribution. The density-weighted, harmonic mean, rather than the simple mean, of the adiabatic sound speed well describes the dispersion relation of horizontal modes, and thus is appropriate in the expression for Toomre Q stability parameter of razor-thin disks. We generalize Q into vertically-stratified disks, and discuss astrophysical application of our work.We present numerical simulations of inverse energy cascade and in driven three-dimensional (3D) electron magnetohydrodynamic (EMHD) turbulence. It has been known that inverse energy cascade only occurs in two-dimensional (2D) turbulence. However, we demonstrate that inverse energy cascade occurs in 3D driven EMHD turbulence. When magnetic helicity is injected on a small-scale, magnetic energy goes up to larger scales. The energy spectrum clearly shows inverse energy cascade. At the same time, magetic helicity spectrum also shows that the helicity goes up to larger scales. We obviously confirm inverse energy cascade. Net magnetic helicity for scales larger than the driving scale shows linear growth, and magnetic energy shows non-linear growth. On the other hand, when we drived turbulence without magnetic helicity, we do not observe inverse energy cascade.We carry out a systematic study of HI shells and supershells in the first Galactic quadrant (l =$32^{\circ}$ to$77^{\circ}$ , b =$-10^{\circ}$ to$10^{\circ}$ ) using the "Inner-Galaxy Arecibo L-band Feed Array (I-GALFA)" HI 21-cm survey data. The high-resolution (3.'4) and high sensitivity (0.2 K) of the survey provide us an opportunity to exploit the true nature of the sources detected in previous low-resolution studies and also to detect faint and/or small shells that were not detectable before. Our work is composed of three parts: (1) confirm the objects in the low-resolution (about 30') catalog of Heiles (1979), (2) search for fast-expanding HI shells associated with Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs), and (3) search for new shell structures. Among the 21 Heiles' supershells in the I-GALFA survey area, we confirm fourteen. The high resolution data reveal their complex morphology, and provide direct evidence for expansion in some sources. Among the 39 Galactic SNRs in the survey area, we find five with associated fast expanding HI shells, which is consistent with previous results. A remarkable result from the SNR study is the detection of HI gas at very high negative velocities in the SNR W44 that should be from the approaching part of the HI expanding shell. This is the first time to detect both the approaching and receding sides of an expanding shell in HI 21-cm emission line in SNRs. We have found 33 new shell candidates of angular sizes ranging from 0.5 to 6.5 degrees, half of which appear to be expanding. We summarize these results and discuss some individual interesting objects in detail.The Leo ring in the M96 group is unique in its morphology and size among the intergalactic gas features found in nearby universe. Its ring-like structure of 200 kpc on diameter appears to be orbiting around the M105-NGC 3384 pair with$1.67{\times}109\;M{\odot}$ of HI gas. While the origin of the ring - whether it is primordial or tidally stripped - is yet unclear, the optical and gas properties of dwarf galaxies associated with the gas ring help us to understand the formation process of this large scale intergalactic HI cloud. At the first step, we present the optical catalog of dwarf galaxy candidates in the Leo ring using deep optical images with MegaCam on the CFHT. Image convolution method is used in order to detect very faint dwarf galaxies. Comparing the ALFALFA HI data from the literature, we have identified that 4 dwarf candidates coexist with HI clumps. There are also 27 HI dwarfs with no optical counterpart and 12 optical dwarfs with no HI clump. In this work, we probe the optical and global gas properties of these dwarfs.Baek, Gi-Seon;Green, Joel D.;Pak, Soo-Jong;Lee, Jeong-Eun;Eon, Yi-Seulj;Park, Won-Kee;Choi, Chang-Su;Kang, Won-Seok;Im, Myung-Shin 113.2
We observed a low-mass pre-main sequence star, HBC722 (also known as$LkH{\alpha}$ 188 G4), with Camera for QUasars in EArly uNiverse (CQUEAN) attached to 2.1 Otto Struve telescope at McDonald Observatory, USA. HBC722 is a new FU orionis-type object in the direction of NGC7000/IC5070, which produced large amplitude optical outbursts (${\delta}V$ =4.7 mag over one year) for a few months and reached the peak in 2010 September. We carried out the photometric observation in SDSS r,i, and z band in 2011 April, July and August to monitor the long term decrease of its brightness. We also made continuous observation in r-band for half night in July, and whole two nights in August to investigate short term variability which could be related to the rotation of the central star or the inner circumstellar disk. In this poster, we present a preliminary result of the photometric observation for HBC722.We present the near-infrared spectra (2.5-5.0 um) of shocked$H_2$ gas, observed with the InfraRed Camera onboard the satellite AKARI. Two supernova remnants, IC 443 and HB 21, were observed, and they all showed the ortho-to-para ratios (OPRs) of less than 3.0: 2.1-2.2 for IC 443 and 1.6-1.8 for HB 21. These non-equilibrium OPRs are first reported at E(v,J) > 7000 K, as far as we are aware of. Based on our previous study, we try to interpret that the non-equilibrium OPRs originate from dissociative J-shocks. Dissociative J-shocks mainly generate infrared H2 emissions from their$H_2$ reformation zone, and the OPR of 3.0 are expected for the reformed$H_2$ from the theoretical study. This is contradictory to our observational results. We propose other possible origins of the non-equilibrium OPRs, such as, abnormal$H_2$ reformation, partially dissociative J-shocks, etc.We have developed a PDR code to reproduce the high rotational transitions of CO observed with Herschel-PACS. Part of these high-J CO line emission is produced by UV heated outflow walls around protostars. The local FUV radiation flux is calculated by using Monte Carlo method in (${\gamma}$ ,${\alpha}$ ) grid taking anisotropic scattering into account. Kinetic temperature and Abundance of molecules were computed self-consistently. CO Line fluxes are calculated using RIG. We compare our PDR model with the results by Visser et al (2011) to show that the derived FUV radiation field strength can be affected by the grid resolution near the outflow wall and dust scattering.We analyzed the line profiles of the planetary nebula (PN) NGC 7009 secured with the Keck I HIES and BOES's spectral data. The 5 positions were taken over the nebular image, 4 points on the bright rim plus 1 point at the central position. The covered spectral wavelength range was$3250{\AA}-8725{\AA}$ in these observations. We decomposed the lines of HI, HeI, HeII, CII, NIII, [ClIII], [NII], [OII], [OIII], [SII], [SIII], [ClIII], and [ArIII] using the IRAF and StarLink/Dipso. After correcting the Earth's movement and the PN's radial velocities, -48.6 & -48.9 km/s, respectively, for the Keck & BOES, we produced the line profiles in a velocity scale. The zero velocity at each line profile clearly indicates which part of the components is approaching or receding, giving a general information of the kinematical structure. Almost all of the low-to-medium excitation lines, such as [NII], [SII], [O III], and [ArIII], secured at the central position and four positions along the major & minor axes, showed 3 components, double peak + a wide wing component, suggesting the fast outflow structures are present. The overall geometry is a prolate shell which also has a fainter outer shell in the halo zone, but there appears to be some peculiar sub-structures inside the main shell. The high excitation He I, HeII, NIII lines which might be formed close to the inner boundary of the shell show unusual features, completely different from the other lines. The HeII and these high excitation lines may be indicative of a relative recent fast outflow from the central star and the permitted lines such as NIII might be affected by the innermost structure. We discuss a possible presence of a jet-like fast outflow structure in an out-flow axis different from the main axis of the spheroid shell.UWISH2 (UKIRT Widefield Infrared Survey for$H_2$ ) is an unbiased, narrow-band imaging survey of the Galactic plane in the$H_2$ 1-0 S(1) emission line at$2.122{\mu}m$ using the Wide-Field Camera (WFCAM) at the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT). The survey covers about 150 square degrees of the first Galactic quadrant ($10^{\circ}$ < l <$65^{\circ}$ ;$-1.3^{\circ}$ < b <$+1.3^{\circ}$ ). The images have a$5{\sigma}$ detection limit of point sources of K~18 mag and the surface brightness limit is$10^{-19}\;W\;m^{-2}$ $arcsec^{-2}$ . The survey operation began on 28 July 2009 and has completed on 17 August 2011. We have been studying the supernova remnants (SNRs) in the UWISH2 survey area. Among the known 274 Galactic SNRs, the survey area includes 65 SNRs or 24 percent of the known SNRs. The wide-field and high-quality UWISH2 images allow us to identify both the diffuse extended and compact$H_2$ emission associated with SNRs, which is useful for understanding their physical environment and evolution. The continuum is subtracted from the narrow-band$H_2$ images using the K-band continuum images obtained as part of the UKIDSS GPS (UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey of the Galactic Plane). So far, we have inspected 42 SNRs, and found distinct H2 emission in 14 SNRs. The detection rate is 33%. Some of the SNRs show bright, complex, and interesting structures that have never been reported in previous studies. In this report, we present our identification scheme and preliminary results.L1448-MM, known as a class 0 YSO with a prominent outflow, was observed with the Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) aboard Herschel Space Observatory by the key program, DIGIT (Dust, Ice, Gas in Time, PI: Neal Evans). The PACS covers various molecular and atomic line transitions such as CO, OH,$H_2O$ , [OI], and [CII] at wavelengths from 55 to 210${\mu}m$ . The line emission of$H_2O$ , [OI], mid-J CO, and the OH fundamental transition distributes along the outflow direction although high-J CO and other OH emission peaks at the central spatial pixel. According to our excitation analysis, the CO gas has two temperature components: 300 K and 750 K, which are attributed to PDR and shock, respectively. However, the$H_2O$ gas with the rotation temperature ($T_{rot}$ ) of 200 K seems only affected by shock. Interestingly, the relative strength of OH transitions suggests the IR pumping process in L1448-MM. We also mapped L1448-MM in CO J=2-1 with the SRAO 6m telescope to compare with the FIR line transition maps.We investigate Faraday rotation measure (RM) toward high Galactic latitudes due to the Galactic magnetic field (GMF). The Galactic contribution to RM comes from the global component and the turbulent component of the GMF, and we newly model the latter by incorporating data of MHD turbulence simulations. We find that for the turbulent velocity of ~50 km/s, the standard deviation of the RM due to the GMF toward high Galactic latitudes is close to the observed value, several rad m^{-2}. Yet, the predicted second-order structure function (SF) has values substantially smaller than the observed ones at separation angles of <~ several degree. This suggests that the intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) significantly contributes to RM toward high Galactic latitudes, particularly at small angular scales. Our work proposes a strategy for surveys to explore the IGMF with LOFAR, ASKAP, MeerKAT, and SKA.We present the smoothness of mid-infrared sky brightness from the Japanese infrared astronomical satellite, AKARI observations. AKARI monitored the north ecliptic pole (NEP) during its cold phase with nine wavebands from 2.4 to 24${\mu}m$ , out of which six mid-infrared bands are used in this study. Simple sinusoidal fit to the seasonal variation of the sky brightness shows that the mid-infrared brightness towards the NEP is not affected by small-scale features of the interplanetary dust cloud. We applied the power spectrum analysis to the images to search for the fluctuation of sky brightness. The fluctuation powers at 200 arcsecond are estimated to be at most$1.58{\pm}0.33\;nW\;m^{-2}sr^{-1}$ or 0.13% of the total brightness at$7{\mu}m$ and a tleast$0.64{\pm}0.11\;nW\;m^{-2}sr^{-1}$ or 0.02% at$18{\mu}m$ . The residual fluctuations at a few arcminute scales at short mid-infrared wavelengths (7, 9, and 11${\mu}m$ ) are consistent with those expected from the diffuse galactic light. At long mid-infrared wavelengths (15, 18, and 24${\mu}m$ ) the measured fluctuations are comparable to or smaller than the one caused by photon noise and their sources are not identified. We conclude that the upper limit of the fluctuation in the zodiacal light is about 0.02% of the sky brightness.We probe 12CO J=2-1 and 13CO J=1-0 properties of a Virgo disk galaxy, NGC 4402 which is located near the cluster center. Our goal is to study the impact of intra cluster medium (ICM) on the molecular gas of a galaxy in the cluster environment. It has been believed that cluster galaxies are deficient in atomic hydrogen gas (HI gas) compared to their field counterparts and now there is much evidence that low density ISM can be easily removed by ram pressure caused by ICM wind. Meanwhile, no significant molecular gas deficiency of the cluster galaxy population has been found yet they show overall lower star formation rate than galaxies in the field, and it is still controversy whether dense ISM can be also stripped by the ICM wind or not. NGC 4402 with truncated HI disk($D_{HI}/D_{opt}$ ~ 0.75 and only 36%of HI gas compare to field galaxies of a similar size) and a disturbed gas morphology, appears to have strong ongoing ram pressure. Using high resolution 12 and 13CO data of NGC 4402 from a Sub Millimeter Array (SMA), we probe the molecular gas properties under strong ICM pressure. We discuss how its star formation activity and hence the global color of NGC4402 would be changed in the future.한국천문연구원에서는 2009년부터 외계행성 탐색시스템(KMTNet) 개발 사업을 진행하고 있다. 이 사업에서는 중력렌즈 방법이나 별표면 통과(Transit) 방법으로 외계행성을 탐색하기 위하여, 1.6m 광학 망원경과 3.4억 화소의 모자이크 CCD 카메라로 구성된 2도${\times}$ 2도의 광시야 관측시스템을 제작하고 있다. 이 시스템은 2014년까지 남반구의 칠레 CTIO(1호기), 남아공화국 SAAO(2호기), 호주 SSO(3호기)에 설치될 예정이다. 광시야 망원경은 최종 설계가 완료되어 제작 중이며, 1호기 주경 가공도 성공적으로 마무리되었다. 모자이크 카메라는 2011년 6월에 미국 오하이오 주립대학교 천문학과와 제작 계약을 체결하였으며, 현재 최종 설계가 진행 중이다. 이번 발표에서는 망원경과 카메라 등 탐색 관측 시스템 제작 현황과 향후 일정을 제시할 것이다.대 소 마젤란은하는 항성진화 및 은하진화를 연구할 수 있는 가장 중요한 실험실이다. 두 은하는 우리은하에 매우 가깝고, 각크기가 매우 크기 때문에 이들 두 은하에 대한 측광학적 연구는 매우 지엽적이고 단편적으로 이루어졌다. 시상이 매우 좋은 KMTNet의 1호기 (칠레)를 사용하여 대마젤란은하 ($10^{\circ}{\times}10^{\circ}$ )와 소마젤란은하 ($5^{\circ}{\times}5^{\circ}$ ) 영역에 대한 UBVI 및 협대역$H{\alpha}$ , [OIII]$5007{\AA}$ 측광 탐사관측을 통해 다음과 같은 연구를 제안한다. 1.$V{\approx}23$ 등급까지 대 소 마젤란은하 천체들의 측광 자료의 제공 2. 거리를 지시할 수 있는 천체들의 공간적 분포를 통해 3차원 구조 연구 3. 협대역$H{\alpha}$ 측광을 통해 Herbig Ae/Be 천체들의 분포와 별 탄생 연구 4. 협대역$H{\alpha}$ 및 O[III] 측광을 통해 행성상성운의 분포와 광도함수 연구 5. 색-등급도 연구를 통해 위치에 따른 별 탄생의 역사 연구 6. 어두운 별들의 공간적 분포를 통해 LMC-SMC, LMC-MWG, SMC-MWG의 상호작용 연구.Lee, Jae-U;Kim, Seung-Ri;Lee, Chung-Uk;Park, Byeong-Gon;Jeong, Seon-Ju;Ryu, Yun-Hyeon;Gu, Jae-Rim 120.1
현대 천문학의 주요한 이슈 중 하나인 외계행성은 570개 이상 발견되었는데, 이들 모두 우리 은하내 외계행성들이다. 우리는 KMTNet 광시야 관측시스템을 이용하여 마젤란 은하내 외계행성을 Transit 방법으로 탐색 관측하여 외부은하 최초의 외계행성을 발견하고자 한다. 이제까지 알려진 Transit 행성들의 별표면 통과시간(transit duration)은 대부분 100-300분 사이에 분포하기 때문에, 이 현상의 검출은 최대 10분의 시간분해능을 필요로 한다. 한편, KMTNet 망원경은 마젤란 은하내 21등급의 별을 I 필터에서 10분의 노출로 1%의 측정정밀도를 얻을 수 있고, 8-10미터급 대형망원경을 이용하면 태양질량의 21등급 별을 공전하는 목성형 행성들의 분광후속 관측이 가능하다. 우리는 KMTNet으로 마젤란 은하내 19-21등급에 있는 F-G형 주계열성들과 청색수평가지별들(blue horizontal branch star)을 I 필터(관측 시작, 중간, 끝 시간에는 V 필터도 사용)에서 10분의 노출로 시계열 측광 관측하면, 다수의 Transit 외계행성을 발견할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다. 이와 더불어, 수년의 장시간 관측자료로부터 RR Lyr,${\delta}$ Sct 및 식변광성의 극대/극심시각을 정밀하게 측정하여 Timing 방법으로 항성계 주위를 공전하는 장주기 외계행성을 발견할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 중력렌즈(self-lensing) 현상을 보이는 외계행성도 검출가능하다.최근 북반구 하늘에 대한 SDSS 관측으로부터 우리은하 주변에서 다수 발견된 Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxies (uFDs)는 우주의 차가운 암흑물질 (CDM) 이론에서 예측한 질량이 작은 위성은하의 후보로 알려져 있다. 특히 이 uFDs는 역학적 특성과 관련하여 특이한 특징을 갖는 것으로 알려져 있다. 그러나 아직 그 수가 충분하지 않아 더 많은 수의 uFDs의 발견이 기대되고 있다. 이 연구에서는 남반구에서 가동이 시작된 남반구 전천 탐사 망원경 SkyMapper와 향후 가동하게 될 KMT-Net를 이용하여 남반구 하늘에서 SDSS 보다 더 1~2 등급 깊은 관측을 수행하여 다수의 더 어두운 uFDs를 탐색하고, 그 은하와 CDM의 특성을 연구함으로써 우리은하뿐만 아니라 우주의 구조와 진화에서의 CDM의 역할을 규명하는 프로젝트를 제안하려한다. 이 연구에서는 SkyMapper와 KMT-Net의 상호 역할, 관측전략, 기대효과 등 제반사항을 논의하려 한다.We propose a program of conducting research of young supernovae in nearby galaxies using the KMTNet facilities. Thanks to the wide field ($2^{\circ}{\times}2^{\circ}$ ) with multiple filters and the continuous sky coverage using the three 1.6 m telescopes, the KMTNet can provide an unprecedented opportunity for studying supernovae. The primary program is twofold: it can be used as a discovery facility of young supernovae and also as a facility providing multi-band photometric data of unprecedentedly high cadence for supernovae light curves.For more than a decade, NEA (Near-Earth Asteroid) survey teams equipped with 1 meter-class telescopes discovered thousands of NEAs in the northern sky. As of August 2011, some 8,200 NEAs have been cataloged, yet only five percent of them has been investigated for their physical and chemical properties. In order to improve current situation, we propose a deep ecliptic survey utilizing KMTNet, for detection and characterization of NEAs in the southern sky. Thanks to the wide-field capability (four square degrees) of the telescopes, we will be able to considerably expand the search volume carrying out precision photometry down to 21.5th magnitude. We plan to focus our survey on opposition and two "sweet spots" in the ecliptic belt. Since SDSS colors characterize mineralogical properties of NEAs, g', r', i', z' filters will be employed. Based on the round-the-clock observation, we will study their rotational properties; for multiple systems, mass, density and other physical parameters can be obtained. We plan to maintain a dedicated database of the physical and mineralogical properties of NEAs. With this archive, it is expected that our understanding on the population will see a drastic change. We also plan to participate in the GAIA Follow-Up Network for ground based observation of the Solar System Objects (GAIA-FUN-SSO). The follow- up astrometry will be performed upon alerts issued by the GAIA-FUN-SSO Central Node in France.한국천문연구원의 대형광학망원경 개발사업(K-GMT)은 거대마젤란망원경(GMT; Giant Magellan Telescope)의 지분 10% 확보를 목표로 2009년부터 2018년까지 수행하고 있는 사 업이다. 2011년 상반기 GMT에서는 1세대 관측장비 최종 선정 및 GMT 핵심연구주제 확정을 위한 활동을 수행하였다. 하반기에는 관측기기 선정 절차를 완료하고 GMT 자료처리센터 구축에 관한 개념설계를 시작할 예정이다. 국내에서는 GMT 핵심연구그룹 육성을 위하여 AAT 3.9m 망원경을 이용한 연구를 수행하였고 하반기에 CFHT 3.6m, Magellan 6.5m 망원경 활용 연구를 수행할 예정이다. 하반기 부경개발분야에서는 시험모델에 대한 기본 설계를 완료할 예정이며 관측기기개발 분야에서는 GMTNIRS 개념설계를 완료하고 GMT의 선정 심사를 받을 예정이다.Kim, Yeong-Su;Go, Ju-Heon;Han, In-U;Yang, Ho-Sun;Kim, Ho-Sang;Lee, Gyeong-Don;An, Hyo-Seong;Cho, Myung;Cheon, Mu-Yeong;Park, Byeong-Gon;Gyeong, Jae-Man;Yun, Yang-No 124.2
한국천문연구원은 GMT (Giant Magellan Telescope)의 부경 중의 하나인 FSM (Fast Steering Mirror)의 시험모델을 개발 중이다. 구경 1.06m의 비축 비구면 반사경을 경량화 가공을 하는 중이며, tip-tilt 제어를 위한 test-bed를 제작하고 시험하는 중이다. 이를 위하여 actuator control model과 진공 운영모델을 마련하고 있다. 또한 tip-tilt의 최종 성능시험을 위한 장치를 개발하기 위한 계획을 세우고 있다. 이 발표에서는 FSM 시험모델의 개발 현황에 대해 논한다.After a short description of the observatory, this presentation will highlight some of the most recent scientific achievements based on CFHT observations and how they benefit from the current instrumentation and novel observing modes proposed to the CFHT users. We will then move to the mid-term future with the development of new spectroscopic capabilities (visible wide-field FTS or near-IR spectro-polarimetry) and the study of a novel wide-field imager in the visible using Ground-Layer AO to provide unprecedented image quality on a large field of view. As an option for the long-term future, the concept of a next generation 10-m class telescope to replace the current CFHT 3.6-m will be described. An emphasis will be given on how CFHT is slowly morphing into an Asia-Pacific Rim observatory and on the role the Korean community could play in such an endeavor, from immediate access to first-class astronomical data to partnering with other nations in exciting developments.Jeong, Hyeon-Ju;Wang, Wei-Song;Gully-Santiago, Michael;Deen, Casey;Pak, Soo-Jong;Jaffe, Daniel T. 125.2
We are developing medium resolution cross-dispersed silicon grisms in the near IR region ($1.45{\sim}5.2{\mu}m$ ). The grisms will be installed in MIMIR, a multifunction instrument at the Lowel Observatory, USA. The two devices are designed to cover H and K band and L and M band simultaneously. Our goal is to make grism with R=3000 at 1.2 arcsec slit. The Silicon has high refractive index (n=3.4 at$1.5{\mu}m$ ) which enhances the resolving power by up to 5 times when compared to conventional material such as BK-7 (n=1.5 at 1.5${\mu}m$ ). The bonded grisms will be installed in a filter wheel for the uses switch from spectroscopic mode to imaging mode easily. Our device is compact and light weighted while it provides a decent resolving power. We produce monolithic grisms using e-beam lithography at the NASA JPL and chemically etching the grooves on the silicon prisms. Moreover, the main-disperser and cross-disperser will be contacted together by direct Si-Si bonding technique and eventually turn into one piece. The bonded pair offers more stability in terms of the layout of the spectrum and removes the Fresnel loss at the intersection of two grisms. We report on the proper wafer bonding steps through this research, and inspected the bonding quality thermally, optically and mechanically.Jeong, Woong-Seob;Matsumoto, Toshio;Lee, Dae-Hee;Pyo, Jeong-Hyun;Park, Sung-Joon;Moon, Bong-Kon;Ree, Chang-Hee;Park, Young-Sik;Han, Won-Yong;Lee, Hyung-Mok;Im, Myung-Shin;SPICA/FPC Team, SPICA/FPC Team 126.1
The SPICA (SPace Infrared Telescope for Cosmology & Astrophysics) project is a next-generation infrared space telescope optimized for mid- and far-infrared observation with a cryogenically cooled 3m-class telescope. Owing to unique capability of focal plane instruments onboard SPICA, it will enable us to resolve many astronomical key issues from the star-formation history of the universe to the planetary formation. The FPC (Focal Plane Camera) is a Korean-led near-infrared instrument as an international collaboration. Korean consortium for FPC proposed a key instrument responsible for a fine guiding (FPC-G). The back-up of FPC-G will make scientific observations as well. We have examined the legacy science programs for FPC and performed the feasibility study for the fine guiding system. Recently, the international review process is now in progress, in order to make a selection of the focal plane instruments. Here, we report the current status of SPICA/FPC project.Park, Yeong-Sik;Lee, Dae-Hui;Mun, Bong-Gon;Jeong, Ung-Seop;Lee, Chang-Hui;Park, Seong-Jun;Lee, Deok-Haeng;Pyo, Jeong-Hyeon;Nam, Uk-Won;Park, Jang-Hyeon;Lee, Seung-U;Matsumoto, Toshio;Han, Won-Yong 126.2
MIRIS(Multipurpose InfraRed Imaging System)는 과학기술위성 3호의 주 탑재체이며 2012년 하반기 발사예정이다. MIRIS 우주관측 카메라는 0.9-2.0${\mu}m$ 영역에서 3.67 deg. x 3.67 deg. FOV로 우리 은하평면 survey 관측과 우주배경복사(CIB) 관측을 수행할 것이다. 현재 MIRIS는 비행모델 개발 마무리 단계에 있으며, 검교정 시험, 열-진공 시험, 진동 시험 등을 수행하고 나면 2011년 말 위성 본체와의 조립을 진행할 것이다. 망원경이 복사냉각(Passive Cooling)을 통해 200K 이하로 냉각되면, dewar에 설치된 소형 냉각기를 가동하여 적외선 센서를 90K 정도로 냉각한다. MIRIS 우주관측카메라에는 PICNIC($256{\times}256$ pixel) 센서를 사용하였고, 상온과 냉각된 상태에서의 노이즈 특성을 측정하였다. PICNIC 센서와 dewar내부를 냉각하기 위해 RICOR사의 K-508 micro stirling cooler를 사용하는데, cooler가 동작하면서 전자부에 영향을 주어 주된 잡음으로 나타남을 확인하였다. Cooler에서 발생하는 잡음을 최소화 하기위해 fanout B/D와 LVPS 부분을 개선하였으며, 본 발표에서는 잡음 측정 결과에 대해 논의 하고자 한다.Over the past several years the millimeter wave VLBI(Veryl Long Baseline Interferometry) observations have been intensively carried out. However In millimeter and sub-millimeter waves observations for VLBI, it is crucial to calibrate correctly the phase variations of the electromagnetic waves propagation through the troposphere. To do this, KVN(Korean VLBI Network) has a unique multi-frequency bands receiver system which is able to perform the simultaneous observations in up to four bands such as 22, 43, 86, and 129GHz. The phase of a source at 22GHz can be used to calibrate the phase of the same source at higher frequency bands. The phase calibration using multi-frequency bands receiver system is possible because the phase fluctuations from a given amount of waver vapor increase linearly with frequency. That is to say that troposphere is non-dispersive property in terms of tropospheric delay fluctuations. In this talk, We present results of test observation for multi-frequency bands receiver system.KVN 21미터 전파 망원경의 수신시스템은 동시에 좌우 원형편파를 수신할 수 있다. 또한 단일경 전파 분광 관측에 사용되고 있는 전파분광기는 자기상관자료와 함께 교차상관자료도 동시에 처리할 수 있다. 이 전파분광기의 교차상관자료 처리 기능을 이용하여 편광관측을 할 수 있도록 관측 소프트웨어를 개선하였으며 현재 연속파 편광관측을 진행 중이다. 본 발표는 KVN 21미터 망원경을 이용한 단일경 편광 관측에 대해 소개하고 편광 관측 성능 측정 결과를 소개한다.We present the results of the first simultaneous dual-frequency VLBI observation with KVN (Korean VLBI Network). The KVN has a unique multi-frequency receiving system performing simultaneous observations at four frequencies, such as 22, 43, 86, and 129 GHz, in order to calibrate the atmospheric phase fluctuations, which cause a severe degradation of an interferometric coherence in mm-VLBI regime. In order to test the multi-frequency phase referencing capability of KVN, we observe the bright continuum VLBI source, NRAO 150 at two different frequencies of 21.7 (K band) and 43.4 (Q band) GHz simultaneously. The VLBI fringe phases at K and Q bands show a tight correlation of phase behaviors and the results of phase referencing (residual phase, coherence etc) are promising for achieving excellent phase referencing observations with KVN. The KVN will be able to open new perspectives in the multi-frequency study of VLBI.Experiments to study high-energy cosmic rays (CRs) employ Monte Carlo codes for extensive air shower (EAS) simulations to figure out the properties of CRs. COSMOS and CORSIKA among EAS simulation codes are currently being used to analyze the data of the Telescope Array experiment. We have generated a library of about 10,000 simulated EASs with the primary energy ranging from$10^{18.5}eV$ to$10^{20}eV$ and the zenith angle of primary particles ranging from 0 to 45 degree for proton and iron primaries. We have compared the results predicted by CORSIKA and COSMOS under the same condition. In this talk, we show the differences in the energy spectra at the ground, the longitudinal shower profile as a function of atmospheric depth, the Calorimetric energy, and the Xmax distribution. We also discuss the lateral distribution function obtained from GEANT4 simulations which is being used to measure the detector response.We have applied an advanced multi-aperture indexing photometry and sophisticated de-trending method to existing Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) data sets. TAOS, a wide-field ($3^{\circ}{\times}3^{\circ}$ ) and rapid photometry (5Hz) survey, is designed to detect small objects in the Kuiper Belt. Since TAOS has fast and multiple exposures per zipper mode image, point spread function (PSF) varies in a given image. Selecting appropriate aperture among various size apertures allows us to reflect these variations in each light curve. The survey data turned out to contain various trends such as telescope vibration, CCD noise, and unstable local weather. We select multiple sets of stars using a hierarchical clustering algorithm in such a way that the light curves in each cluster show strong correlations between them. We then determine a primary trend (PT) per cluster using a weighted sum of the normalized light curves, and we use the constructed PTs to remove trends in individual light curves. After removing the trend, we can get each synthetic light curve of star that has much higher signal-to-noise ratio. We compare the efficiency of the synthetic light curves with the efficiency of light curves made by previous existing photometry pipelines. Our photometric method is able to restore subtle brightness variation that tends to be missed in conventional aperture photometric methods, and can be applied to other wide-field surveys suffering from PSF variations and trends. We are developing an analysis package for the next generation TAOS survey (TAOS II) based on the current experiments.망원경을 사용하여 천체를 관측할 때, 망원경은 기계적인 오차, 구동제어 오차 등의 영향을 받는다. 제어를 위하여 천체영상을 획득하는 부분은 시간 지연, 상의 왜곡 등의 영향을 받는다. 더우기, 바람이나 진동 등 예기치 않은 외부적인 요인에 의한 오차가 유발되기도 한다. 이러한 다양한 요인들은 망원경이 천체를 정확히 찾아가고 추적하는 것을 어렵게 만든다. 우리는 추적오차에 주는 영향들을 정량적으로 분석하고 제어에 반영하여 가장 최적의 제어를 할 수 있도록 하고자 한다. 이전 연구에서 김해천문대 독일식 적도의 방식 200mm 망원경과 PLC 기반의 망원경 제어 장치 및 AP8 CCD 카메라를 사용하여, 지향 및 추적 관측 실험을 하였고, 그 결과를 분석하여 경험적 제어 모형을 만들었다(강용우 외, 2010). 이전 연구를 기반으로 이번 연구에서는 제어 전달을 해석적 함수로 시스템의 수학적 모델을 세워, 각 요인들의 영향을 분석하여, 그 내용을 소개하고자 한다.Park, Jang-Hyeon;Choe, Yeong-Jun;Jo, Jung-Hyeon;Im, Hong-Seo;Mun, Hong-Gyu;Park, Jong-Uk;Choe, Jin;Kim, Jae-Hyeok;Jo, Gi-In 130.1
인류의 우주공간에 대한 영향력이 확대됨에 따라, 우주공간에서의 인위적인 활동에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 모든 종류의 상황들에 대한 이해가 최근 전 세계적으로 매우 중요한 이슈로 부상하고 있다. 이를 Space Situational Awareness (SSA)라고 하는데, 특히 근지구공간에서의 인위적, 자연적 우주물체는, 우주발사체의 지속적인 증가와 이리듐-코스모스 위성의 상호 충돌 및 중국 폐기위성 파괴 등과 같은 사건으로 기하급수적으로 증가된 우주물체의 개체수로 인해 대한민국 국적의 모든 위성에도 실제적인 위협 요인으로 대두되고 있다. 이에 기초 기술연구회와 한국천문연구원은 이러한 위협을 국가적으로 해결해야할 과제(National Agenda Project) 중의 하나로 정의하고, 이를 해결하기 위해 우주물체 전자광학 감시체계 기술개발(OWL; Optical Wide-field patroL) 사업을 시작하였다. 이 사업의 목표는 자국위성에 대한 궤도력을 독자적으로 유지할 수 있는 시스템을 개발하는 것이며, 이를 위하여 2011년부터 6년 동안 총 5개소의 해외 관측소에 50cm급 광시야 망원경을 각각 설치하여 자국위성을 자동으로 상시관측하고, 관측된 자료를 이용한 궤도계산을 통하여 독자적으로 궤도력을 유지할 계획이다. 또한, 우주잔해물 감시는 하나의 국가에서 단독으로 할 수 없기 때문에 2m급 우주물체 감시망원경을 개발하여 국제공동으로 진행할 계획이다. 사업 첫해인 2011년 4월 시스템 요구사항 분석을 완료하였고 10월말 시스템 기본설계를 완료할 예정이다. 최종 완성될 소구경 광시야 망원경과 우주물체 감시망원경의 주요 임무는 우주물체 관측이지만, 향후 광시야를 이용한 다양한 탐사천문학에도 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다. 한편, 자국위성에 대한 충돌 위험도 분석 및 회피기동에 관한 연구는 한국항공우주연구원이 이 사업의 협동연구로 참여하고 있다.지상의 관측소에서 특정 인공위성을 찾아내기 위해서는 위성의 정밀궤도 계산이 필요하다. 궤도상의 인공위성의 위치는 시간에 따라 계속 변하므로 이러한 위성의 위치를 실시간으로 추적하기 위해서는 컴퓨터를 이용한 계산이 필수적이다. 정밀한 계산 결과를 얻기 위하여 태양과 지상 관측소의 위치는 Astronomical Almanac과 지구 타원체 모델을 이용하여 계산 하였다. 인공위성의 궤도는 미공군 북미방공사령부(NORAD)에서 발표하는 TLE를 초기값으로 이용하여 J2 섭동효과를 포함한 위성의 위치 및 속도의 변화를 계산하여 SkyView로 나타내었다. 이렇게 나타낸 SkyView의 결과를 실제 위성의 궤적과 비교하여 위성의 궤도를 검증하였으며, 시간에 따른 위성의 광도 곡선 변화 계산 루틴을 작성하여 실제 위성을 찾아내기 위한 기초자료로 활용이 가능하도록 하였다. 모든 계산을 위한 프로그램을 Visual Studio.net 2010 환경에서 C++ 언어를 이용하여 작성하였으며, 결과를 나타내기 위하여 Nokia 사의 Cross Platform 라이브러리인 Qt를 이용하여 UI 제작 및 Visualization을 수행하였다. Qt 라이브러리는 C++ 언어를 기반으로 작성된 플랫폼 독립적인 GUI 라이브러리로써 MS Windows, Linux, MacOS 환경에서 사용이 가능하다. 이를 통해 운영체제에 관계없이 모든 컴퓨터 환경에서 동일한 유저 인터페이스를 이용하여 계산을 할 수 있다. 본 연구는 향후 우주물체탐색에 있어 독자적인 운영을 위한 프로그램으로 활용할 예정이다.Shin, Min-Su;Byun, Yong-Ik;Chang, Seo-Won;Kim, Dae-Won;Kim, Myung-Jin;Lee, Dong-Wook;Ham, Jae-Gyoon;Jung, Yong-Hwan;Yoon, Jun-Weon;Kwak, Jae-Hyuck;Kim, Joo-Hyun 131.1
We present applications of clustering methods to detect variability in massive astronomical time series data. Focusing on variability of bright stars, we use clustering methods to separate possible variable sources from other time series data, which include intrinsically non-variable sources and data with common systematic patterns. We already finished the analysis of the Northern Sky Variability Survey data, which include about 16 million light curves, and present candidate variable sources with their association to other data at different wavelengths. We also apply our clustering method to the light curves of bright objects in the SuperWASP Data Release 1. For the analysis of the SuperWASP data, we exploit a elastically configurable Cloud computing environments that the KISTI Supercomputing Center is deploying. Two quite different configurations are incorporated in our Cloud computing test bed. One system uses the Hadoop distributed processing with its distributed file system, using distributed processing with data locality condition. Another one adopts the Condor and the Lustre network file system. We present test results, considering performance of processing a large number of light curves, and finding clusters of variable and non-variable objects.Oh, Sang-Hoon;Oh, John J.;Kim, Young-Min;Lee, Chang-Hwan;Vaulin, Ruslan;Hodge, Kari;Katsavounidis, Erik;Blackburn, Lindy;Biswas, Rahul 131.2
We present performance of artificial neural network multivariate classifier in identifying non-astrophysical origin noise transients from the gravitational wave channel of Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). LIGO has successfully conducted six science runs, achieving the sensitivity as planned and producing many fruitful scientific results. It has been well observed that the detector noise is non-Gaussian and non-stationary, which results in large excess of noise transients called glitches arising from instrumental and environmental artifacts. Great efforts have been committed to reduce the glitches by tuning the detector instruments and by vetoing them but further improvement is still needed. To this end, there have been efforts to incorporate data from hundreds of auxiliary, physical and environmental channels into identifying the glitches in the gravitational wave channel. We introduce a multivariate classification method using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) that efficiently handles large number of variables. In this poster, we present preliminary results of the application of our ANN algorithm to data from LIGO's Science Run 4 and compare its performance with conventional vetoing method.2.1m Otto Struve 망원경은 미국 McDonald 천문대에 있는 광학망원경으로, 초기우주천체 연구단은 현재 카세그레인 초점에 CQUEAN(Camera for QUasars in EArly uNiverse) 시스템을 부착하여 장기 관측 과제를 수행 중이다. 향후 주 초점을 이용한 관측에 대비하여 본 연구에서는 2.1m Otto Struve 망원경의 파인더에 FLI 4K CCD를 부착하여 자동조준 시스템 테스트를 수행하였다. 파인더 망원경의 제원은 구경 254mm, 초점거리 3038mm이며, FLI 4K CCD의 제원은 해상도$4096{\times}4096$ 화소, 화소 크기$9{\mu}m{\times}9{\mu}m$ 로서, 파인더 망원경 초점면에서 픽셀스케일 0.61"/pixel, 시야$41.6'{\times}41.6'$ 이다. 자동조준 소프트웨어는 McDonald 천문대의 agdr-1.14를 사용하였다. 자동조준 카메라(4K CCD)의 영상을 통해 파인더 망원경에서의 시야와 한계등급을 구하였다. 여러 방향으로 망원경을 조준하여 2.1m 망원경에 부착된 CQUEAN과 파인더 망원경에 부착된 4K CCD 각각에서 영상을 얻고, 이들의 중심좌표를 비교함으로써 중력에 의한 망원경의 휨 효과를 조사하였다. 더하여 자동조준 설정을 바꿔가며 CQUEAN으로 NGC 6633의 장기 노출 영상을 얻고, 이들 영상에서 별 모양 특성을 분석하여 각각의 조건에서 자동조준 시스템의 성능을 조사하였다. 이상의 연구결과를 토대로 2.1m Otto Struve 망원경의 주 초점 관측 시 파인더 망원경을 이용한 자동조준장치 시스템 활용에 대해 제언하고자 한다.We are developing Adaptive Optics (AO) system for astronomical use. The He-Ne laser works as an artificial light source. The tip-tilt correction servo is added to our AO system. The tip-tilt term, among the Zernike terms, is the biggest contributor of wavefront deformation caused by atmospheric turbulence at small telescopes. The tip-tilt correction servo consists of a Piezo tip-tilt platform with a mirror, a quadrant photodiode as a tip-tilt sensor, and controllers. The Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor measures the residual wavefront errors and they are corrected by the MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System) deformable mirror. The MEMS deformable mirror allows the compact size at low cost compare to adaptive secondary mirror and other deformable mirrors. As the frame rates of the MEMS deformable mirror is about tens of kHz, the frame rates of the detector in wavefront sensor is the bottleneck of the wavefront correction speed. For faster performance, we replaced a CCD which provides frame rates only 70 Hz with a CMOS with frame rates up to 450 Hz.태양풍이 지구 전파통신에 미치는 영향을 예측하고 대응하기 위해 전파연구소와 협력하여 태양풍의 운동을 모니터할 수 있는 시스템을 개발하고 있다. 태양풍이 일으키는 섬광(scintillation)에 의해 태양풍 배후에 있는 전파원 밝기가 변하는 것을 측정하여 역으로 태양풍의 이동속도, 전자밀도 등을 유도하는 원리를 이용한다. 포물면형의 전파망원경 대신 시야가 넓은 다이폴 안테나를 24개 단위로 묶은 타일 32개를 동서-남북으로 수백미터 넓이의 부지에 배열하고 전자빔조향으로 원하는 천체를 추적한다. 타일은 수동으로 남북방향으로 움직일 수 있어 계절별로 태양근처의 전파원을 잘 볼 수 있도록 하였다. 각 타일에서 나온 신호는 약 10MHz의 대역폭으로 디지털화되어 컴퓨터에 기록되고 실시간에 가깝게 각 타일간의 천체 위치별 위상차를 보정한 후 합성되어 전파원의 세기를 측정한다. 이 신호들을 교차상관시키면 야간에는 천문용 간섭계로도 사용할 수 있다. 기본적으로는 MWA를 참고해서 설계한 것이나, 동작을 입증하기 위해서 타일 3개로 이루어진 시제품도 제작하였다. 현재 각 부분별로 제작이 진행되고 있으며 하드웨어는 올해 말까지 완성될 것이다.Lee, Jeong-Ae;Son, Bong-Won;Byeon, Do-Yeong;Lee, Ji-Won;Park, Pu-Reun;Kim, Min-Jung;Park, Song-Yeon;Jeong, Tae-Hyeon 133.2
KVN phase Calibrator Survey(KVNCS)는 VLBI 관측 시 대기의 불규칙한 수증기 분포로 인한 visibility 위상의 불규칙한 변화를 보정하기 위해 도입되는 phase-referencing 기법 등에서 필수요소인 위상보정 calibrator를 얻기 위한 연구이다. Phase-referencing 기법을 이용하여 위상을 보정하기 위해서는 대상 천체의 근접한 곳에 비교적 compact한 calibrator가 존재해야 한다. 또한 Asaki et al.(1996)에 의하면 대기의 coherence structure가 유지되기 위해서는 두 천체가 적어도$5^{\circ}$ 이내의 분리각을 가져야 한다. 위상보정 calibrator에 대한 연구는 주로 2, 8GHz 대역에서 진행되어 왔고 최근에는 22GHz에서 VLBI 관측이 진행되고 있지만 천구상의 특정 영역에 국한되거나 calibrator들 간의 분리각이 여전히 크다. KVNCS는 천구상에서 calibrator의 분포를 좀 더 고르게 하고 더 많은 calibrator를 얻어 적어도$5^{\circ}$ 이내의 분리각을 구현하고자 한다. 먼저, 단일경을 이용하여 KVNCS의 대상을 확보하기위하여 이들의 플럭스를 정확히 측정하였다. 2, 8GHz 대역에서 관측된 VLBA(Very Long Baseline Array) Calibrator Survey(VCS) 목록을 기초로 power-law를 가정하여 22GHz에서 100mJy 이상일 것으로 예상되는 천체 2503개를 KVNCS 단일경 연구의 후보로 선정하였다. KVN 연세와 울산 전파망원경경을 이용하여 2009년 12월부터 2011년 3월까지 2298개의 플럭스 측정 관측을 진행하여 22GHz에서 약 77%, 43GHz에서 약 23%의 검출률을 얻었다. 또한 이 천체들의 공간분포도$5^{\circ}$ 의 분리각을 만족하는 것을 확인하였다. 앞으로 KVNCS 단일경 결과를 활용하여 KVN 각 사이트의 위치 정보를 비롯하여 22GHz KVN VLBI 관측을 통해 KVN 위상보정 calibrator를 확보 할 계획이다.Chung, Hyun-Soo;Je, Do-Heung;Oh, Se-Jin;Roh, Duk-Gyoo;Sohn, Bong-Won;Lee, Sang-Sung;Kim, Hyo-Ryoung 134.1
APT(Asian-Pacific Telecommunity)는 아시아-태평양지역 국가의 공동이익을 도모하기 위하여 결성된 아-태지역 전파협의체 조직으로, WRC(세계전파통신회의)회의에서의 아-태 지역 주관청의 공동이익을 얻기 위해 APG(APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC)회의를 연간 1회의 비율로 개최하고 있다. 2012년의 WRC-12회의에 대비하여 아태지역 회원국의 최종 공동의견서를 작성하기 위해, APG-12 5차회의가 2011년 8월 29일-9월 3일 부산에서 개최되었으며, 전파천문업무 보호 및 22 GHz 대역 달탐사, 38 GHz 대역 Space-VLBI운용대역과 관련된 WRC-12 의제 1.6, 1.11, 1.12 등에 대한 회의가 있었다. WRC-12 의제 1.6은 수동업무(전파천문업무, 지구탐사위성 및 우주연구업무)를 능동업무의 유해혼신으로부터 보호하기 위하여 제정한 전파규칙 각주 5.565조의 개정 검토와 관련된 의제이다. 따라서 한국천문연구원에서는 275 GHz 이상 대역에서 전파천문업무의 원활한 운용을 위해, APG-12 5차회의에 참석하여 WRC-12회의에 제출하기 위한 아-태지역 국가의 공동의견서 작성에 주도적인 역할을 담당하였다. 본 발표에서는 APG-12 5차 회의에 제안한 우리나라의 기고서 제안 내용 및 동 회의에서 의 최종 아태지역 회원국 공동의견서 결과 및 향후 대응책에 대해서도 알아보고자 한다.Chung, Hyun-Soo;Roh, Duk-Gyoo;Oh, Se-Jin;Je, Do-Heung;Sohn, Bong-Won;Lee, Sang-Sung;Kim, Hyo-Ryoung 134.2
APT(Asian-Pacific Telecommunity)는 아시아-태평양지역 국가의 공동이익을 도모하기 위하여 결성된 아-태지역 전파협의체 조직으로, WRC(세계전파통신회의)회의에서의 아-태지역 주관청의 공동이익을 얻기 위해 APG(APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC)회의를 연간 1회의 비율로 개최하고 있다. 2012년의 WRC-12회의에 대비하여 아태지역 회원국의 최종 공동의견서를 작성하기 위해, APG-12 5차회의가 2011년 8월 29일-9월 3일 부산에서 개최되었으며, 전파천문업무 보호 및 22 GHz 대역 달탐사, 38 GHz 대역 Space-VLBI운용대역과 관련된 WRC-12 의제 1.6, 1.11, 1.12 등에 대한 회의가 있었다. 따라서 한국천문연구원에서는 달탐사계획과 관련된 22 GHz 대역에서의 전파천문업무 및 우주연구업무의 원활한 운용을 위해, APG-12 5차회의에 참석하여 WRC-12회의에 제출하기 위한 아-태지역 국가의 공동의견서 작성에 주도적인 역할을 담당하였다. 본 발표에서는 국내의 달탐사계획과 관련되어, APG-12 5차 회의에 제안한 우리나라의 기고서 제안 내용 및 동 회의에서의 최종 아태지역 회원국 공동의견서 결과 및 향후 대응책에 대해서도 알아보고자 한다.현재 국내에는 약 30여 개의 종합(관측실과 투영관이 있는) 천문시설이 운영 중에 있으며 매년 2-3개의 시설이 추가로 건설 되고 있다. 그리고 교육과학연구원, 도서관 등 많은 시설에서 천문시설을 갖추고 교육에 활용하고 있다. 최근 천문학에 대한 대중들의 흥미와 관심이 점점 높아지고 있고, 언론도 주요 천문 현상들을 관심을 가지고 보도해주기 때문에 지금은 천문시설들이 천문학 대중화에 큰 역할을 할 수 있는 좋은 기회라고 볼 수 있다. 그런데 현재 대부분의 천문시설들은 예산과 인력 확보에 어려움을 겪고 있다. 천문학 전공자가 전혀 고용되어 있지 않은 천문시설도 많이 있으며, 고용되어 있는 사람들도 대부분 비정규직으로 고용 안정성과 보수에 큰 문제가 있는 상황이다. 천문시설들이 투자된 비용에 걸맞는 역할을 할 수 있는 제도적 방법을 찾고, 천문학계가 천문인력들의 안정적인 일자리 확보에 어떤 역할을 할 수 있는지 고민해볼 필요가 있다. 또한 각 천문시설 운영자들이 직접 다양한 교육 콘텐츠를 개발하는 데에는 한계가 있으므로 기관협력체나 천문연구원 등의 체계적인 천문교육 콘텐츠 개발 및 보급이 절실하다.한국천문올림피아드(KAO)는 경시대회에 의한 입시 과열 및 사교육 조장 논란으로 촉발된 정부 정책의 변화로 2010년 1차 선발 방식을 지필고사에서 서류전형으로 바꾸는 등 대대적인 개편을 겪었다. 그 결과로 지원자 수의 급감 등 양적 변화 외에 지원자의 성향에 있어서도 상당한 변화가 예상되고 있다. 이에 따라 2011년도 KAO 2차 선발 심층면접 참가 학생 96명을 대상으로 실시한 설문조사를 토대로 KAO 참가 동기, 참가준비방법, 타 올림피아드 중복 참가 여부, 그리고 천문올림피아드 자체교육(온라인 강좌, 인터넷과제, 주말교육) 및 서류심사, 심층면접에 대한 평가 의견을 전체 및 소속 학교별, 성별, 지역별로 분류하여 분석하였다. 또한 위의 결과를 2010년도에 시범적으로 실시한 설문조사 결과와 비교 분석하여 시간적 변화 추이에 대해서도 살펴보았다. 이로부터 도출된 결론을 바탕으로 단기적 관점에서 KAO의 선발 방식 및 선발학생의 교육을 어떤 방식으로 개선해나가야 할지, 그리고 장기적 관점에서 천문학에 관심 있는 과학영재를 어떻게 발굴하고 육성해나갈지에 대해 논의했다.한국천문학회는 한국천문올림피아드를 통해 영재를 발굴하고, 교육을 통해 천문학의 의미있는 성장을 기대하고 있다. 천문학은 우리 문명의 중요한 문화의 한 부분이며, 우리의 삶과 사고를 형성케하는 근본적인 학문으로 인식되고 있어, 천문올림피아드를 통한 영재 교육은 청소년들의 천문학과 천체물리학의 학교 교육 분야는 물론, 서로 다른 나라간의 국제 교류의 증진을 통해 괄목한 성장을 이루고 있다. 또한, 이를 통한 영재 교육은 우리 삶의 모든 부분과 관련된 주제와 특히 과학기술의 발달이 국가 경쟁력의 원천이 될 것 이라는 신념 때문에, 국내는 물론 국제적인 관심이 되었다. 천문올림피아드 3개의 국제대회, 국제천문올림피아드, 아시아 태평양 천문올림피아드, 국제 천문 및 천체물리올림피아드 참가자 24명을 대상으로 추적연구를 실시하였다. 천문올림피아드 참가 학생들의 개인변인, 가정변인, 학교변인을 알아보고, 천문올림피아드가 학생들에게 어떤 영향을 미쳤는지, 그들의 진로에 어떤 영향을 주었는지, 한국천문올림피아드가 과학영재 교육에 기여하고 있는지 추적연구를 수행하였다.규표(圭表)는 남중하는 해의 그림자를 측정해 일 년의 길이와 절기를 알아내기 위한 관측 기기이다. 규표에 대한 우리 역사 기록에 따르면 조선시대에 8척과 40척 크기의 규표를 만들어 사용한 것으로 알려져 있다. 세종대에 간의대 서쪽에 설치한 40척 규표에 대해서는 그 구조와 크기가 상세히 기록되어 있지만 8척 규표에 대해서는 명종대의 관측 사실만이 남아있을 뿐이다. 8척 규표에 관한 국내 외 문헌과 중국에 남아 있는 유물을 조사하여 조선의 8척 규표 모델을 새롭게 복원하였다. 복원한 8척 규표는 주척(周尺, 1척=20.7cm)을 기준으로 규 21척, 표 8척의 크기이다. 오석으로 만든 규면에는 16척 길이의 눈금을 1분(2.07cm) 단위로 새겨놓았다. 청동으로 만든 표의 꼭대기에는 그림자를 명확히 나타내기 위해 길이 2척, 지름 1.2cm의 횡량(橫樑)을 설치하였다. 또한 횡량의 그림자를 정확하게 측정하기 위해 규면에 설치할 영부(影符)도 함께 연구 복원하였다. 규면에 새겨진 못(池)과 물홈(水渠)의 모양은 한국과 중국의 천문유물에 남아 있는 여러 자료와 구조적 기능을 고려해 결정하였다. 지금까지 국내에서 복원된 규표는 8척 규표에 대한 문헌 자료가 부족했기 때문에 40척 규표의 구조를 축소해서 만들어왔다. 이번에 복원한 조선의 8척 규표는 40척 규표의 축소 모형이 아닌 새로운 모델을 연구하여 제작한 것으로 한국천문연구원 앞뜰 간의 서편에 설치하였다.천상열차분야지도와 소주천문도는 전통 별자리를 돌에 새긴 한국과 중국의 대표 천문도이다. 이들 천문도는 조선 초기인 1395년과 남송시대인 1247년에 각각 만들어졌다. 비슷한 시기에 만들어진 두 천문도에는 한양(漢陽)과 개봉(開封)의 위도를 기준으로 밤하늘에 보이는 동양의 전통 별자리가 새겨져있다. 본 연구에서는 이들 두 천문도의 별자리를 비교 분석하여 각각의 특징을 찾아내고 이들을 한국과 중국의 전통 별그림과 비교하였다. 천상열차분야지도 별그림의 가장 큰 특징은 밝기에 따라 별의 크기를 다르게 새긴 과학적인 표현법이다. 이 외에도 한국과 중국 석각천문도의 별그림에는 몇 가지 차이점이 있다. 두 천문도에서 보이는 별그림의 차이를 조사한 결과 다르게 그려진 별그림에서 각각의 공통된 특징을 찾아냈다. 두 천문도의 대표적 차이점은 별자리 연결방식과 별의 상대적 위치 차이에 의한 별자리 모양이다. 아울러, 두 천문도에 그려진 서로 다른 별그림을 한국과 중국의 보천가(步天歌)와 신의상법요(新儀象法要)의 별그림과 비교하였다. 한국과 중국의 석각 천문도를 비교한 결과 두 천문도 별그림의 가장 큰 차이점은 천문도 제작의 완성도와 별그림의 유래 그리고 별자리 표현 방식의 차이에서 기인하고 있음을 확인하였다.Astronomical data such as calendar day and time of rising/setting of the sun and onset of twilight are essential in our daily lives. Knowing the calendar day of the past is particularly crucial for studying the history of a clan or a nation. To verify previous studies on the calendar day of the Joseon dynasty (1392 - 1910), we also investigated the sexagenary cycle of the new moon day (i.e., the first day in a lunar month) using different sources: results of the calculation by the Datong calendar (a Chinese Calendar of the Ming Dynasty) and data of Baekjungryeok (a Perpetual Calendar - literally, a one hundred-year almanac). Compared with the study of Ahn et al., we have found that as many as 17 sexagenary cycles show discrepancies. In the case of nine discrepancies, we found that the sexagenary cycles of this study are identical to those of the almanacs at that time. In addition, we study six sexagenary cycles by using the historical accounts of Joseon Wangjo Sillok (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty), Seungjeongwon Ilgi (Daily Records of Royal Secretariat), Chungung Ilgi (Logs of Crown Prince), and so forth. We present historical materials supporting the results of this study for the remainder. In conclusion, we think that this study will greatly contribute to the comparison between luni-solar calendar days during the Joseon dynasty and those in the modern (i.e., Gregorian) calendar.외규장각에 소장되어 있던 도서들은 주로 왕실과 직접적인 관련이 있는 도서들이다. 1866년 병인양요 때 프랑스 해군이 극히 일부를 약탈해 가고 나머지 대부분은 소각하였다. 이때 약탈되어 프랑스 국가도서관에 소장되어 있던 도서들 중 일부가 2011년에 임대 형식을 빌어 반환되었다. 본 연구에서는 약탈 이전에 외규장각에는 어떤 도서가 소장되어 있는지를 알려주는 외규장각 형지안을 분석하여 외규장각에는 어떤 천문학 관련 도서가 소장되어 있었는지를 살펴본다. 특히 1631년 정두원이 한국사 최초로 망원경을 전래할 때 함께 가져 온 서양 천문학 지식이 담긴 서적들의 존재가 확인되며, 숙종본 천상열차분야지도의 초기 탁본이 프랑스 국가도서관에 보관되어 있음을 확인하였다. 이러한 외규장각에 소장되어 있던 천문한 관련 도서들의 의의와 반환과 관련한 문제점에 대해서 검토하려 한다.Heo, Hyeon-O;Lee, In-Deok;Jo, Yeong-Su;Gang, Mi-Ju;Kim, Mi-Ryang;Sin, Yun-Gyeong;Lee, Yeong-Dae;Im, Beom-Du;Im, Yeo-Myeong;Jeon, Lee-Seul;Jeong, Ui-Jeong 139.2
한국 젊은 천문우주과학자들의 모임 (Korea Young Astronomers Meeting, 이하 본 모임)은 2011년 2월 13일부터 5박6일간 제주도에서 'The 4th East Asia Young Astronomers Meeting' (이하 EAYAM2011)을 개최하였다. EAYAM은 한국, 대만, 일본, 중국 등 동아시아 4개국의 젊은 천문우주과학자들의 교류와 연구 증진을 위하여 3년에 한 번씩 열리는 모임으로, 2003년 대만, 2006년 일본, 2008년 중국에 이어 4회째를 맞이하였다. EAYAM2011에는 한국 36명, 대만 19명, 일본 14, 중국 23명, 태국 1명 등 총 93명이 참여하여 구두발표 (71편) 및 포스터 발표(23편)를 진행하였다. 초청강연은 천문연구원의 김종수 박사, ISAS/JAXA의 Munetaka Ueno 교수 (일본), 상하이 천문대의 Cheng Li 교수 (중국), ASIAA의 Jeremy Kim 교수 (대만) 등 총 4편이 있었다. 참가자들은 발표 외에도 휴식시간을 이용하여 다양한 토의를 할 수 있었으며, 셋째 날 오후에는 다 함께 성산일출봉을 방문하여 제주도의 자연 경관을 둘러보며 친분을 쌓았다. 차기 EAYAM은 4개국의 순환개최 방식에 따라 2014년경 대만에서 개최하기로 결정되었다. 또한 2010년 8월 26일부터 2박3일간 일본에서 개최된 제 4회 JKYAM (Japan-Korea Young Astronomers Meeting)에 18명이 참가하였고, 차기 KJYAM (Korea-Japan Young Astronomers Meeting)은 한국에서 2012년 2월 21일부터 3박 4일 일정으로 개최하는 것을 목표로 준비하고 있다. 그리고 2011년 8월 5일-6일에는 '한국 젊은 천문우주과학자들의 모임 정기모임'을 개최하여, 회원들이 한 자리에 모여 1년간의 활동을 정리 하고 회칙 초안의 세부조항을 논의하는 기회를 마련하였으며, 본 모임의 차기 임원진을 선출하였다.한국우주전파관측망(KVN)은 2009년 후반기부터 단일경으로 연구관측을 계속하면서 이제 22/43 GHz 대 VLBI로서의 연구관측을 앞두고 있다. 여기에서는 KVN의 중요한 연구분야의 하나인 점근적색거성에서 전행성상성운에 이르기까지 진화과정에 대한 KVN 단일 경 관측연구룰 소개하고 앞으로의 VLBI 연구방향을 소개하고자 한다. 단일경 연구에는 SiO 및 H2O 메이저선 동시관측에 의한 점근적색거성과 후점근적색거성 등에 대한 서베이 및 상대적으로 강한 메이저선 강도를 보이는 각 단계별 관심 천체에 대한 시간 모니터링 관측 결과를 소개한다.We present high-resolution radial velocity (RV) measurements of K2 giant HD 66141 from December 2003 to January 2011 using the fiber-fed Bohyunsan Observatory Echelle Spectrograph (BOES) at Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory (BOAO). We find that the RV measurements for HD 66141 exhibit a periodic variation of 480 days with a semi-amplitude of 146 m/s. We do not find the correlation between RV variations and a chromospheric activity indicator (H line). The Hipparcos photometry as well as bisector velocity span (BVS) also do not show any obvious correlations with RV variations. Thus, Keplerian motion is the most likely explanation, which suggests that the RV variations arise from an orbital motion. Assuming a possible stellar mass of 1.5$M{\odot}$ , for HD 66141, we obtain a minimum mass for the planetary companion of 7.4 MJup with an orbital semi-major axis of 1.4 AU, and an eccentricity of 0.07. We support that planet occurrence rate around evolved stars is more than 10 % (Dollinger et al. 2009) as well as more massive stars do form significantly more massive planetary companions (Johnson et al. 2007; Lovis & Mayor 2007; Dollinger et al. 2009).New CCD BVR light curves of BD And are presented. Our light curves with nearly equal depths for both primary and secondary eclipses show well-defined photometric waves outside eclipse for all of BVR bandpasses. The orbital period is greatly revised as$0.^d92580519$ which is twice longer than that known previously. Sixteen timings from our observations and thirteen ones from the SuperWASP measurements were calculated. All available timings over 76 years, including ours, were analyzed to figure out the dynamical behavior of the system. It was found that the recent CCD O-C residuals varied in a cyclical way with a period of$9.^y18$ and a semi-amplitude of$0.^d0046$ . The secondary period of$9.^y18$ is the most shortest one among those which have been ever found in the short period RS CVn binary stars. The periodic variation most likely arises from the light-travel time effect due to a low-mass ($m_3{\sim}0.88\;M_{\odot}$ ) tertiary companion moving in an orbit with an large eccentricity ($e_3$ =0.70) and a low inclination ($i_3{\sim}28^{\circ}$ ). The Applegate mechanism could not operate properly in both components because the model parameters require too much large luminosity changes of${\Delta}L/L_{p,s}$ > 10. The new light curves were synthesized using the 2003 version of Wilson-Divinney code. It was found useful to model two huge spots on the surface of the hotter star and a third-light in order to minimize the residuals from the observations. Astronomical basic parameters were deduced from our photometric solution.We present physical parameters of the detached eclipsing binary KIC3858884, which has a d-Scuti type pulsating secondary component. To derive orbital elements from radial-velocity curve, high-resolution Echelle spectra were obtained at the Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory in Korea. The BOES spectra and Kepler photometric data were analyzed with JKTEBOP and Wilson-Devinney model for eclipsing light-curve synthesis and Period04 for pulsation frequency analysis. After the iterative curve fitting, we determined physical parameters of KIC3858884 as$M_1=2.02{\pm}0.23M_{\odot}$ ,$M_2=2.02{\pm}0.16M_{\odot}$ ,$R_1=3.61{\pm}0.12R_{\odot}$ ,$R_2=2.84{\pm}0.10R_{\odot}$ , respectively.UBVI and$H{\alpha}$ CCD photometry of IC 1848, one of active star-forming regions in Cas OB6, is carried out as a part of Sejong Open cluster Survey (SOS) project. An OB association is an ideal laboratory for studying the triggered star formation and star formation history. Our purposes are to provide deep photometric data up to 21 mag in V and physical parameters of IC 1848. We classify 79 early-type stars and 186 pre-main sequence (PMS) stars as being the members of the cluster using photometric criteria. The IR excess emission PMS stars by Koenig et al. (2008) are also included as members of IC 1848. Total number of members is 414. We derive the interstellar reddening (= $0.659{\pm}0.058$ mag), reddening law ($R_V=4.0{\pm}0.1$ ), distance modulus ($V_0-M_V=12.0{\pm}0.1$ mag) using the early-type members of IC 1848. We also determine the age of the cluster ($3.5{\pm}1.5$ Myr) by placing the theoretical isochrones on the HR diagram.Hydrodynamic simulations of gas clouds in the central hundred parsecs region of the Milky Way that is modeled with a three-dimensional bar potential are presented. Our simulations consider realistic gas cooling and heating, star formation, and supernova feedback. A ring of dense gas clouds forms as a result of$X_1-X_2$ orbit transfer, and our potential model results in a ring radius of ~200 pc, which coincides with the extraordinary reservoir of dense molecular clouds in the inner bulge, the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ). The gas clouds accumulated in the CMZ can reach high enough densities to form stars, and with an appropriate choice of simulation parameters, we successfully reproduce the observed gas mass and the star formation rate (SFR) in the CMZ,${\sim}2{\times}10^7\;M_{\odot}$ and${\sim}0.1\;M_{\odot}/yr$ . Star formation in our simulations takes place mostly in the outermost$X_2$ orbits, and the SFR per unit surface area outside the CMZ is much lower. These facts suggest that the inner Galactic bulge may harbor a mild version of the nuclear star-forming rings seen in some external disk galaxies. We also find that the stellar population resulting from sustained star formation in the CMZ would be enlogated perpendicularly to the main bar, and this "inner bar" can migrate the gas in the CMZ further down to the central parsecs region.Deep Ca,b,y images obtained from the CTIO 4m Blaco telescope are used to investigate the multiple stellar populations of red giant branch (RGB) and sub-giant branch (SGB) in Galactic globular clusters NGC 6656 and NGC 6723. For NGC 6656, confirming the result of Lee et al. (2009), we find two discrete populations of the RGB stars of which mean color separation is about 0.2 mag in hk[=(Ca-b)-(b-y)] index. Furthermore, we also find the bimodel distribution of the SGB stars in (hk, y) color-magnitude diagram. A new finding is that the (hk, y) color-magnitude diagram of NGC 6723 shows two distinct RGB stars with different calcium abundances of which mean color separation is about 0.12 mag in hk index. This multiple stellar feature has not been observed in previous observation, suggesting that NGC 6723 may also be a possible relic of dwarf galaxies that merged into the Milky Way in the past. Thus our result adds further constraints to the merging scenario of the Galaxy formation. Unfortunately, the split of SGB stars in NGC 6723 is not obvious. We will present some statistical results to compare properties of two populations in two clusters.보현산천문대 1.8 m 망원경과 2K CCD를 이용하여 2002년 4월과 2003년 5월에 중원소 함량이 아주 적은 구상성단 M53(NGC 5024)과 M92(NGC 6341)에 대하여 BVI CCD 측광관측을 수행하였다. 구상성단 M53과 M92의 정밀한 상대 나이 측정을 위하여 M53의 측광관측 자료에 대해 조동환과 이상각이 2007년 출간한 구상성단 M15(NGC 7078)와 M92를 대상으로 수행한 측광연구 논문에서 M92의 측광관측 자료를 분석할 때 적용한 꼭 같은 방식으로 전처리, PSF 측광, 표준화 등의 자료 분석을 수행하였다. 그리고 구상성단 M53의 V 대 BV, V 대 V-I, 그리고 V 대 B-I 색-등급도를 제시하였다. 구상성단 M53과 M92의 상대 나 이는${\Delta}$ (B-V) 방법을 이용하여 도출하였다. 구상성단 M53과 M92 사이의 상대 나이 비교에서 M92의 절대 나이를 14 Gyr로 취할 경우 M53의 상대 나이가 M92의 상대 나이보다$1.1-2.6{\pm}0.9$ Gyr 적은 것으로 유도하였다. 구상성단 M53과 M92의 이 상대 나이 차이는 M53과 M92의 약간 다른 수평계열 형태 차이를 유발했을 것으로 추정한다.We explore the metallicity distribution of the Galactic halo based on the SDSS ugriz photometry. We use empirically calibrated sets of stellar isochrones to determine distances and metallicities of individual main-sequence stars in the halo. At heliocentric distances greater than 5 kpc, we find that the in situ photometric metallicity distribution reveals chemically divided dual halo components, which supports arguments from earlier studies based on the medium resolution spectroscopy. Our finding provides an unbiased estimate of relative fractions of each of these stellar components in the Galactic halo.A dwarf irregular galaxy IC10 in the Local Group is the nearest starburst galaxy, playing an important role revealing the details of starburst. It is located close to the Galactic plane so that it suffers from severe foreground reddening. Therefore much less is known about the property of this galaxy compared with other galaxies in the Local Group. So are star clusters in this galaxy. We present a photometric study of the star clusters in IC10. 57 star clusters are already found from HST images in previous studies, and we newly found 15 star clusters using Local Group Survey data and SUBARU/Suprime-Cam data. We derive UBVRI integrated photometry of these star clusters from the images from Local Group Survey data and JHKs photometry taken with SUBARU/MOIRCS. Then we derive age and mass of these clusters using the spectral energy distribution fitting with the simple stellar population models. We discuss the photometric and physical properties of these star clusters and its implication.Kim, Yong-Gi;Yoon, Joh-Na;Andronov, Ivan L.;Breus, Vitalii V.;Smecker-Hane, Tammy A.;Chinarova, Lidia L.;Han, Won-Yong 145.1
We present results of two-color VR photometry of the intermediate polar RXS J1803. The data were aquired using the Korean 1-m telescope located at Mt. Lemmon, USA. Different "high" and "low" luminosity states, similar to other intermediate polars, were discovered. No statistically significant variability of the color index with varying luminosity was detected. The orbital variability was found to be not statistically significant. Spin maxima timings were determined, as well as the photometric ephemeris for the time interval of our observations. The spin period variations, caused by interaction of the accretion structure with the rotating magnetic white dwarf, were also detected. These variations are of complicated character, and their study requires further observations. We determine the color transformation coefficients for our photometric systems, and improve on the secondary photometric standards.We present the results of simultaneous observations of SiO v = 1, 2, J = 1-0,$^{29}SiO$ v = 0, J = 1-0, and$H_2O$ $6_{16}-5_{23}$ maser lines toward 152 known$H_2O$ -only maser sources (the sources which are previously detected only in the 22 GHz$H_2O$ maser emission) using Yonsei and Tamna 21-m radio telescopes of the Korean VLBI Network from 2009 June to 2011 January. Both SiO and$H_2O$ maser emission were detected from 62 sources giving a detection rate of 40.8 %. SiO-only maser emission was detected from 27 sources, while$H_2O$ -only maser was detected from 22 sources. We have identified 19 new detections of SiO maser emission for previous non-detection sources and 51 new detections of SiO maser for previously not observed sources. Characteristics of all observed sources in the IRAS two-color diagram is investigated including their evolutionary sequence and mutual relations between SiO and$H_2O$ maser emission. These observational results will be useful for statistical study of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and future VLBI observation.최근의 관측에 의하면 우리 은하의 헤일로내 field에 위치한 subdwarf B 항성이 헬륨이 증가된 구상성단의 푸른 수평계열성 ( Extreme Blue Horizontal Branch ) 과 동일한 기원을 가질 것으로 예측된다. 초기 우주 환경과 비슷한 헬륨 함량을 보이는 환경에서는 Building Block 내부 이외에는 헬륨이 충분히 증가된 가스를 공급할 수 없기 때문에 이러한 기원을 가지는 sdB 항성의 개수를 예측함으로써 우리 은하의 초기 Building Block으로 부터 얼마나 많은 수의 항성이 헤일로에 뿌려졌는지 예측할 수 있다. 우리는 우리 은하내 나이가 많은 항성들로 이루어진 헤일로와 Bulge 내에 이러한 기원을 가지는 sdB 항성의 개수를 예측한 결과, 초기 Building Block으로 부터 유입된 sdB 항성이 최소 8만 여개 이상일 것으로 추정하였다. 이 개수는 우리 은하 구상 성단 중 은하 Building Block의 잔재로 생각되는 성단에 존재하는 헬륨이 증가된 수평계열성의 총 합의 10배 이상의 규모에 해당한다. 이는 이들 성단이 은하 생성 초기에는 현재의 질량 규모보다 최소 10배 이상 무거웠을 것이라는 가정과 일치하는 결과이다.In this study, we have derived the abundances of several elements ? Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni - for the six F G K type stars in IC 2391 and the seven stars in NGC 6475. The spectra of those stars are taken from UVES POP archive data, of which resolution is 80,000. To derive the abundances of those elements, TAME (Tools for Automatic Measurement of Equivalent-widths), Kurucz stellar atmospheric model, and MOOG code are used. The stellar parameters (effective temperature, log g, metallicity, microturbulent velocity) are determined from the iron lines. The results provide the abundance differences of chemical elements between two open clusters, IC 2391 (a member of Gould Belt) and NGC 6475 (non-member of it), which would lead to better understanding about Gould Belt.We investigate the chemical differentiation in F, G, K type stars with and without planets to extend the work by Kang et al. (2011) to various spectral types. Since the primordial chemical composition has been preserved in the stellar atmosphere, stellar metallicity can provide the information on the primordial material, which is the potential building block of planets. Therefore, we can explore the favored conditions for planet formation through the comparison of chemical compositions between planet-host stars (PHSs) and stars without planets. In this work, we analyze 19 F, G, and K type stars. In each spectrum, we measure equivalent widths (EWs) of Fe, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co, and Ni using TAME (Tools for Automatic Measurement of Equivalent width). The abundances of these species can be derived with the measured EWs and MOOG code (Sneden 1973). Like results by precedent studies, we find that planet-host stars have abundances higher than stars without planets. The typical difference in the abundances of Na, Mn, Co and Ni is$0.4{\pm}0.2dex$ . In addition, as found in Kang et al. (2011), Mn is the most different element between PHSs and comparison stars.Seo, Kyoung-Ae;Woo, Yeon-Joo;Hui, Chung-Yue;Huang, Regina Hsiu-Hui;Trepl, Ludwig;Woo, Yeon-Joo;Lu, Tlng-Ni;Kong, Albert Kwok Hing;Walter, Fred M. 147.2
We have initiated a long-term identification campaign of supernova remnant candidates in X-ray regime. In the short-listed unidentified sources from the ROSAT All Sky Survey, we have chosen the brightest candidate, G308.3-1.4, as our pilot target for a dedicated investigation with Chandra X-ray Observatory. Our observation has revealed an incomplete shell-like X-ray structure which well-correlated with the radio feature. Together with the spectral properties of a shocked heated plasma, we confirm that G308.3-1.4 is indeed a supernova remnant. A bright X-ray point source which locates close to the remnant center is also uncovered in this observation. Its spectral behavior conform with those observed in a rare class of neutron stars. The properties of its optical/infrared counterpart suggests the evidence for a late-type companion star. Interestingly, possible excesses in B-band and H-alpha have been found which indicate this can be an accretion-powered system. With the further support from the putative periodicity of ~1.4 hrs, this source can possibly provide the direct evidence of a binary system survived in a supernova explosion for the first time.Yang, Yun-A;Sung, Hyun-Il;Lee, Sang-Gak;Jeon, Young-Beom;Lee, Jung-Eun;Sung, Hwan-Kyung;Kang, Won-Seok;Park, Keun-Hong 148.1
We report the result of post-outburst observation of HBC722, the new FU Orionis-like young stellar object (also known as LkHa 188-G4 and PTF 10qpf; A. Miller et al., 2011). We have been monitoring this object since Nov. 2010 with KASINICS (Korean Astronomy and Space Institute Near Infrared Camera System) at Bohyun Optical Astronomy Observatory (BOAO). The observations were performed two times; the first observation was conducted in Nov. 19, 24, and 25, 2010. And the second one was done in March 22 and 25, 2011. We used three filters: J, H, and Ks band. We did aperture photometry with IRAF packages and standardized the photometric result (instrumental magnitude) with 2MASS data that were used as standard stars. As a result, we have found that the brightness of the target decreased in all bands and its colors reddened: the magnitudes and colors of the target are J=10.37, H= 9.49, Ks=8.59, J-H=0.88, and J-Ks=1.36 on Nov. 19, 2010. And those are J=10.81, H=9.81, Ks=9.28, J-H=1.00, and J-Ks=1.53 on March 25, 2011. The previous study showed the similar decrease of brightness in J and H band except for Ks band., They were J= 10.03, H= 9.14, and Ks= 8.65 on Sept. 2010 and those were J= 10.02, H=9.24, and Ks= 8.59 on Nov. 2010. Consequently, we can conclude that HBC722 is fading out continuously from last November to this March.Many symbiotic stars exhibit features formed through Raman scattering with hydrogent atom, which can be useful in probing the mass loss and mass transfer processes. These include Raman scattered O VI 6830, 7088, Raman scattered He II 6545, 4850, 4332, and broad wings around Balmer emission lines. In this study we investigate the basic properties of broad Balmer wings formed through Raman scattering using a Monte Carlo technique. Special attention is made on the symmetry of the wings which is expected to be broken due to asymmetric scattering cross section. In this poster, we show preliminary results.Han, Jang-Hui;Son, Jeong-Ju;Seong, Hyeon-Il;Jeon, Yeong-Beom;Angeloni, Rodolfo;Grijs, Richardde 149.1
보현산 천문대의 근적외선 카메라시스템인 KASINICS(KASI Near Infrared Camera System)를 사용하여 다주기 변광성 BL Cam을 관측하였다. BL Cam(${\alpha}=03^h47^m19^s$ ,${\delta}=+63^{\circ}22'7"$ [J2000.0], V=13.10,${\Delta}V$ =0.33mag)은 광학적 쌍성으로 SX Pheoenics 변광성 중 하나이며 0.03 - 0.08day의 짧은 주기를 갖는 다주기 변광성으로 알려져 있다. 대상 천체의 적외선 관측을 위하여 한국천문연구원에서 개발한 지상 망원경용 근적외선 카메라 시스템 KASINICS를 사용해 J, H, Ks filter로 시계열 관측을 하였다. 대상 천체의 가시광 파장대에서의 관측 자료와 적외선 파장대에서의 관측 자료를 비교 분석함으로써 천체의 외곽층에서 발생하는 상호작용에 대해 알아볼 수 있다.We performed the cross-correlation analysis on energy-dependent light curves of the Z-type source GX 5-1. We observed X-ray delays of a few hundred seconds between hard (16-30 keV) and soft (2-5 keV) X-ray light curves. During these phenomena, the centroid frequency of horizontal branch oscillation (HBO) was found to shift to lower or higher frequency indicating towards the dynamical movement of a Compton cloud or an inner disk front. Both eastern and western approaches were used to unfold the X-ray continuum and systematic changes were observed in soft and hard X-ray spectral components. Simultaneous energy spectral and power density spectral study shows that the production of HBOs is closely related to the Comptonizing region rather than the accretion disk. We discuss the results in the context of re-condensation of coronal material in the inner accretion disk region.Cheon, Mu-Yeong;Yuk, In-Su;Lee, Seong-Ho;Park, Chan;Kim, Gang;Igrins team, Igrins team;Park, Su-Jong;Jaffe, Daniel T. 150.1
한국천문연구원은 미국 텍사스 대학 및 경희대와 함께 2개의 적외선 고분산 분광기 프로젝트를 진행하고 있다. 2013년 완성을 목표로 진행하고 있는 IGRINS ((the Immersion GRating INfrared Spectrograph) 는 최종 설계를 완료하여 지난 8월 25일 최종 설계 검토 회의를 진행하였으며, 내년 상반기까지 제작, 하반기 실험실 정렬을 거쳐 2013년맥도날드 2.7미터 부착 시험 관측을 예정하고 있다. 한국이 참여하고 있는 거대망원경 GMT (Giant Magellan Telescope)의 제 1세대 관측기 기로 제안한 고분산 적외선 분광기 GMTNIRS 는 IGRINS의 성능에 J, L, M band 분광기능을 더한 것이다. 총 6개의 개념 설계 기기중 하나로 선정되어 지난 1년간 개념설계를 진행해 왔으며, 10월 3일 최종 개념 설계 검토 회의를 진행할 예정이다. 이 두 기기의 성능, 현재까지의 진행상황 그리고 앞으로의 계획에 대해 설명한다.Lee, Sung-Ho;Deen, Casey;Chun, Moo-Young;Kim, Kang-Min;Yuk, In-Soo;Park, Chan;Oh, Hee-Young;Rukdee, Surangkhana;Jeong, Hwa-Kyung;Pak, Soo-Jong;Gully-Santiago, Michael;Lee, Han-Shin;Strubhar, Joseph;Rafal, Marc;Jaffe, Daniel 150.2
Volume Phase Holographic (VPH) gratings are getting more popular as dispersion elements in spectrographs. High efficiency, compact configuration, and easy handling are driving many visual spectrographs to use VPH gratings for their main dispersers or for their cross-dispersers in higher resolution spectrographs. More recently, VPH gratings are being adopted in near-infrared by some spectrographs and by a number of next generation instrument projects. IGRINS (Immersion Grating Infrared Spectrograph) uses a VPH grating as a cross-disperser in each H or K band arm. J or H band performance of VPH gratings has been proven by other instruments. But K-band VPH gratings are new to the field. In this presentation, we are going to present test results we have got so far for verification of H-band VPH gratings and development of K-band VPH gratings.Le, Huynh Anh Nguyen;Pak, Soo-Jong;Kang, Won-Seok;Lee, Jong-Min;Lee, Sung-Won;Seifahrt, Andreas;Jaffe, Daniel T. 151.1
We present the Exposure Time Calculator of IGRINS. The noises of IGRINS can be calculated from the combination of Telluric background emission and absorptions, the emission and transmission of the telescope and instrument optics, and the dark noise and the read noise of the infrared arrays. For the atmospheric transmissions, we apply the simulated spectra depending on the Precipitable Water Vapor (PWV) values. The user needs to input the expected target magnitude, the weather conditions, and the desired exposure time. The output would be the expected signal-to-noise for each spectral resolution element.IGRINS (Immersion GRating INfrared Spectrometer) will provide the spectra with high-resolution and an instantaneous spectral coverage of H and K band in NIR region. Therefore, it is expected that the wide coverage of wavelength would make a production of an extensive NIR high-resolution spectra of standard stars as a prior program of IGRINS. As a counter part of these NIR spectra, we have planned to obtain the high-resolution spectra of those standard stars in optical band. These optical high-resolution spectra would give us an opportunity to produce the library of high-resolution stellar spectra covering from optical to NIR band, and to confirm the method to determine the stellar parameters and chemical abundances from the NIR high-resolution spectra. Before using the NIR high-resolution spectra, we have tested the method to determine the stellar parameters by comparing between the observed spectra and the synthetic spectra in optical band. In order to make the synthetic spectra, we have used the Kurucz ATLAS9 model grids and the SYNTH code described by Fiorella Castelli (http://wwwuser.oat.ts.astro.it/castelli/). For the cross-check against the parameters that would be derived from the NIR spectra, the stellar parameters such as effective temperature and surface gravity were determined using the optical spectra of the solar-like stars, as preliminary results.We report preliminary results of long-slit near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy of Luminous Blue Variables (LBVs) with moderate resolution of R ~ 2400. We obtained Jshort (1.04-1.26 micron) and Ks (2.02-2.31 micron) band spectra of 4 LBVs and 3 LBV candidates in Southern hemisphere using IRIS2, infrared imager and spectrograph, mounted on the 4-m Anglo-Australian Telescope. All targets are fairly bright in NIR so that we can obtain high signal-to-noise ratio for clear line detection and modeling. They are also widely distributed in the HR diagram so that we can compare the spectral properties of LBVs in different temperature and luminosity ranges. Among them, we present the results of two well-known LBVs AG Car and HR Car. Their spectra show similar properties with hydrogen, He I, and metallic lines such as Fe II and Mg II, most of them in emission. We discuss, in particular, the He I 1.083 micron lines formed in stellar wind because these two LBVs show large variation in their He I line intensities, compared to previous studies. Since the He I 1.083 line is known to be anticorrelated with the photometric variation of LBVs, strong line intensities with P-Cygni profiles in both stars indicate that they are now near the visual minimum phase. We model the obtained spectra using non-LTE atmosphere code CMFGEN of Hillier (1998) to derive stellar parameters such as wind velocity and mass loss rate, and discuss the long-term variability of stellar parameters of these LBVs. deduced from our otometric solution.M형 항성 주변의 외계행성 탐색 등을 위하여 근적외선 영역에서 정밀 신선속도 측정에 대한 관심이 근래 증가하고 있다. 이번 발표에서는 IGRINS를 이용하여 정밀 시선속도 측정을 하기 위한 방법과 이를 위한 필요한 일들을 소개하려 한다. 아울러 IGRINS로 정밀 시선속도를 측정하여 할 수 있는 연구 주제도 소개한다.For the stars cooler than the Sun, it is difficult to determine the stellar parameters and chemical abundances because of the strong molecular lines in the optical region. Therefore the NIR high-resolution spectra, such as those obtained by IGRINS would be a solution to determine the stellar parameters for late-type stars, such as M dwarfs. As using the NIR high-resolution spectra, we are expecting that it would be more reliable to compare observed spectra with synthetic spectra for the stellar parameters. In order to confirm the method by using high-resolution spectra in NIR band, it should be cross-checked against the stellar parameters from optical high-resolution spectra. We have derived the stellar parameters of M dwarfs using the synthetic spectra in the long wavelength region of the optical spectra (over 8000$\bar{A}$ ), which is relatively less contaminated by molecular lines as well as telluric lines.Moon, Bong-Kon;Wang, Weisong;Park, Chan;Lee, Sung-Ho;Yuk, In-Soo;Chun, Moo-Young;Lee, Han-Shin;Jaffe, Daniel T. 153.2
The IGRINS (Immersion GRating INfrared Spectrometer) is a high resolution wide-band infrared spectrograph developed by Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) and the University of Texas at Austin (UT). Immersion grating is a key component of IGRINS, which disperses the input ray by using a Silicon material with a lithography technology. Opto-mechanical mount for the immersion grating is important to keep the high spectral resolution and the optical alignment in a cold temperature of$130{\pm}0.06K$ . The optical performance of immersion grating can maintain within the de-center tolerance of${\pm}0.05mm$ and the tip-tilt tolerance of${\pm}1.5arcmin$ . The mount mechanism utilizes the flexure and the kinematic support design to satisfy the requirement and the operation condition. When the IGRINS system is cooled down to a cold temperature, three flexures compensate the thermal contraction stress due to the different material between the immersion grating and the mounting part(Aluminum 6061). They also support the immersion grating by an appropriate preload. Thermal stability is controlled by a copper strap with proper dimensions and a heater. Generally structural and thermal analysis was performed to confirm the mount mechanism. This talk presents the opto-mechanical mount design of the immersion grating of IGRINS.IGRINS (Immersion Grating Infrared Spectrometer) is a cross-dispersed high resolution near-infrared spectrograph whose primary disperser is a silicon immersion grating (SIG) and cross-dispersers are two volume phase holographic gratings (VPHG). IGRINS covers the full ranges of H and K astronomical wavelength bands at a single exposure with the spectral resolution of 40,000. The overall layout of the IGRINS Cryostat is a$960{\times}600{\times}380$ cubic millimeter rectangular box and the whole optical train is sitting on an$880{\times}520{\times}50\;mm^3$ rectangular Optical Bench. The total volume of the instrument has been revolutionarily reduced and remained compact for the spectral coverage and sensitivity of a high resolution spectrograph in infrared. We, in this presentation, introduce the design models, the structural and thermal analysis results of the mechanics and cryogenics of IGRINS.행성 및 타이탄과 같은 태양계 내의 면천체(extended source)를 관측하기 위해서는 공간분해능이 높은 대형망원경과 파장분해능이 높은 분광기가 필요하다. 특히 분광 관측 자료를 이용하면 행성 및 타이탄의 대기 구성 성분 및 그 성분비, 온도 분포, 구름과 연무 등의 수직 구조 등을 알 수 있다. 최근 연구에서는 구름, 연무, 비 등의 생성 과정에 불포화/초과포화 상태의 메탄, 에탄, 에틸렌 등이 관여하는 것이 새롭게 알려져 보다 활발한 후속 연구가 필요하다. 현재 개발 중인 IGRINS는 적외선 영역의 H band($1.49{\sim}1.8{\mu}m$ )와 K band($1.96{\sim}2.46{\mu}m$ )를 동시에 관측할 수 있고, McDonald 2.7m 망원경에 부착할 때 R~40,000의 높은 분해능을 가지는 장비로서 태양계 천체를 관측하는 데에 매우 적합하다. 따라서 향후 IGRINS가 본격적으로 가동될 때 얻을 수 있는 자료에 대한 사전 연구가 필요하며, 이는 대형 망원경 및 고분산 분광기를 이용한 관측, 자료 처리 및 분석 등의 경험에 기반을 두어 진행되어야 한다. 이에 NIFS/Gemini에 의해 관측된 타이탄 분광 자료와 TEXES/IRTF에 의해 획득된 목성극지방의 분광 자료를 분석하는 사전 연구를 진행하고 있다. 목성에 대해서는, 극지방에서 관측되는 hotspot, warm, normal 지역의 근적외선 영역 분광선 분석을 통해 기존에 결정되어 있지 않은 극지방 성층권의 고도에 따른 온도분포를 알아본다. 타이탄에 대해서는, 근적외선 영역의 메탄흡수밴드에서 관측된 주연증광(Limb brightening) 현상을 복사전달모델로 구현함으로써 어떤 기작이 이 현상에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는지에 대해 알아본다. 이런 태양계 천체 자료에 대한 연구는 향후 mission 및 rover 작업을 수행함에 있어 기본적인 정보로서 활용될 수 있다.Rukdee, Surangkhana;Park, Chan;Lee, Sung-Ho;Jaffe, Daniel T.;Lee, Han-Shin;Oh, Hee-Young;Jung, Hwa-Kyung;Yuk, In-Soo;Strubhar, Joseph;Kim, Kang-Min;Chun, Moo-Young 155.1
The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) and the Department of Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) are developing a near infrared wide-band high resolution spectrograph, IGRINS (Immersion Grating Infrared Spectrograph). The white-pupil design of the instrument optics uses 7 cryogenic mirrors including 3 aspherical off-axis collimators and 4 flat fold mirrors. Two of the 3 collimators are H- and K-band pupil transfer mirrors and they are designed as compensators for the system alignment in each channel. Therefore, their mount design will be one of the most sensitive parts in the IGRINS optomechanical system. The other flat fold mirrors are designed within the limited area. Each of those includes the features of 3 axial hard points and 2 radial hard points with one spring plunger in order for the proper deflection of the mirror. The design work will include the computer-aided 3D modeling and finite element analysis (FEA) to optimize the structural stability and the thermal behavior of the mount models. The mount body will also include a tip-tilt and translation adjustment mechanism to be used as the alignment compensators.Oh, Hee-Young;Kim, Kang-Min;Lee, Sung-Ho;Jang, Bi-Ho;Lee, Sang-On;Pak, Soo-Jong;Yuk, In-Soo;Chun, Moo-Young;Jaffe, Daniel T. 155.2
We present development of the calibration system for IGRINS (the Immersion GRating Infrared Spectrograph). We mainly use Th-Ar and U hollow cathode lamp as the spectral calibration source and telluric features can be used additionally. For the flat source, we selected a 3000K tungsten halogen lamp with 2 inch integrating sphere. From Light Tools simulation, the result flat image through calibration optics satisfied <1% flatness error requirement. We also present mechanical design of calibration box that will be attached on the IGRINS dewar. Three moving stages are designed to perform switching mechanism between all of the observing modes - target observation, flat, precision RV measurement, and spectro-polarimetric observation.
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