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Lyα Radiative Transfer and The Wouthuysen-Field effect

  • 선광일;김창구
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제42권2호
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    • pp.43.1-43.1
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    • 2017
  • A three-dimensional (3D) $Ly{\alpha}$ radiative transfer code is developed to study the Wouthuysen-Field effect, which couples the 21 cm spin temperature of neutral hydrogen and the $Ly{\alpha}$ radiation field, and the escape fraction of $Ly{\alpha}$ from galaxies. The Monte Carlo code is capable of treating arbitrary 3D distributions of $Ly{\alpha}$ source, neutral hydrogen and dust densities, gas temperature, and velocity field. It is demonstrated that the resonance-line profile at the center approaches to the Boltzmann distribution with the gas temperature. A plane-parallel ISM model, which is appropriate for the neutral ISM of our Galaxy, is used to calculate the $Ly{\alpha}$ radiation field strength as a function of height above the galactic plane. We also use a two-phase, clumpy medium model which is composed of the cold and warm neutral media (WNM). It is found that the $Ly{\alpha}$ radiation field is strong enough to thermalize the 21 cm spin temperature in the WNM to the gas kinetic temperature. The escape fraction of $Ly{\alpha}$ is found to be a few percent, which is consistent with the $Ly{\alpha}$ observations of our Galaxy and external galaxies.

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MCNP, EGS, ITS코드를 이용한 고순도 게르마늄 검출기의 저에너지 광자에 대한 반응 비교연구 (A Study on the Comparison of HPGe Detector Response Data for Low Energy Photons Using MCNP, EGS, and ITS Codes)

  • 김순영;김종경;김종오;김봉환
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제21권2호
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    • pp.125-129
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    • 1996
  • 저에너지 광자에 대한 고순도 게르마늄 검출기의 에너지 반응데이타를, 3개의 몬테칼로 코드 (MCNP4A, EGS4. ITS3의 CYLTRAN)를 사용하여 계산하였다. 본 연구에서는, beam고순도 게르마늄 검출기$(100 mm^2{\times}10mm)$가 사용되었고. 측정기표면의 중앙에 pencil beam을 수직으로 입사시켰다. 광전효과 효율. $K_{\alpha}$$K_{\beta}$ 이탈률을, 12keV부터 60 keV 범위까지 2 keV 간격으로 입사된 X-선 에너지의 함수로 나타내었다. 이 에너지범위에서 컴프턴산란률, 탄성산란률 및 투과율은 매우 작기 때문에 본 계산에서는 제외되었다. 비록 MCNP EGS및 CYLTRAN코드의 저에너지 광자에 대한 고순도 게르마늄 검출기 에너지 반응데이터 값은 약간의 차이를 나타내지만. 세 가지 몬테칼로 코드는 검출기내의 저에너지 광자산란을 정확히 예측하고 있음을 알 수 있다. 또한. EGS나 ITS의 결과에 비해 저에너지 영역에서 정확성이 떨어진다고 여겨지는 MCNP의 결과도 EGS나 ITS의 결과에 상당하는 정확성을 보여주고 있으며, 저에너지 광자에 대한 검출기 반응데이타 계산에 응용될 수 있다

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Local $H{\alpha}$ Emitters: Low-z Analogs of z>4 Star-Forming Galaxies

  • 심현진
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제37권2호
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    • pp.71.1-71.1
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    • 2012
  • We have identified local analogs of strong $H{\alpha}$ Emitters (HAEs) that dominate the z~4 Lyman-break galaxy population using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). At z<0.4, only 0.04% of galaxies are classified as HAEs with $H{\alpha}$ equivalent width larger than $500{\AA}$, comparable to that of z~4 HAEs. The $H{\alpha}$-to-UV luminosity ratio of local HAEs is consistent with that of z~4 HAEs, indicating relatively large specific star formation rate in these galaxies compared to traditionally studied UV-selected Lyman break analogs. Local HAEs are young, less evolved galaxies with low metallicity. It is still difficult to constrain whether the star formation in local HAEs is powered by minor mergers or by cosmological cold gas accretion. However, the stacked optical spectrum of local HAEs shows several strong ionization lines, for example HeII 4686 emission line, which are shown in Wolf-Rayet galaxies. Thus it is highly likely that local HAEs are galaxies with an elevated ionization parameter, either due to a high electron density or large escape fraction of hydrogen ionizing photons.

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