• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.78.1-78.1
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• 2014

Pulsar binaries in tight orbits are considered to emit strong gravitational waves (GWs) during the last stage of their coalescences. They form a subset of compact binary mergers, which consists of white dwarfs (WDs), neutron stars (NSs), or black holes (BHs). One of the most famous example of 'merging' pulsar binaries is the Hulse-Taylor pulsar (PSR B1913+16) discovered in 1974 by Russell Hulse and Joseph Taylor. About ten NS-NS and several tens of NS-WD binaries are known in our Galaxy. Merging binaries are rare and only a few NS-NS and NS-WD have been discovered to date. A pulsar with a black hole companion is also theoretically expected, but there is yet no detection. Within several years, direct detections of GWs from compact binary mergers will be made by laser interferometers. This will pave a way to study physics of compact binaries that cannot be reached by electromagnetic waves (EM). Pulsar binaries are of particular interest as we can use both EM and GW to probe these systems. In this talk, we present a brief overview on the Galactic pulsar populations and discuss their implications for GW detection.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.559-565
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• 2015

To defend against information leakage or malware inflow by USB memory, security technologies such as copy protection and device control have being researched and developed. However, countermeasure are insufficient despite being recognized as a fatal security-hole for BadUSB presented at the Black Hat Security Conference 2014. To solve this problem, the countermeasures for BadUSB vulnerability are proposed.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.30.2-31
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• 2018

지난 20여 년간 수많은 역학적 증거들로부터 거의 대부분의 은하 중심에 초거대 질량 블랙홀이 존재한다는 사실이 알려졌고, 현재 우주에서 관측적으로 발견된 블랙홀-은하 척도관계들은 블랙홀과 그 모 은하가 공동으로 진화한다는 틀을 도입하며 은하의 형성과 진화 이론에 패러다임 쉬프트를 가져왔다. 그들 간의 관련성과 상호작용을 활용하여, 궁극적으로 매우 복잡하고 총체적인 은하의 형성과 진화를 보다 완전히 이해하기 위해서는, 먼저 다양한 우주적 시간에 존재하는 블랙홀의 핵심적인 물리량인 블랙홀 질량을 정확히 측정하는 것이 필수적이다. 그러나 실질적인 관측적 제약과 한계로 인해 먼 우주에 존재하는 블랙홀의 질량은 오직 중심 블랙홀로 물질이 떨어지며 굉장히 밝은 빛을 내고 분광학적으로 넓은 선폭을 보이는 활동성 은하핵을 관측해야만 얻어질 수 있다. 따라서 본 발표에서는 활동성 은하에서의 보다 정확한 블랙홀 질량 측정을 위한 연구들과, 은하 진화경로 상에서 주요한 시기를 나타내는 활동성 은하 샘플들을 활용한 블랙홀-은하 척도 관계 연구들을 소개하고자 한다.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.51.3-52
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• 2020

We present the status of the development of a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) parameter estimation (PE) pipeline for compact binary coalescences (CBCs) with the Japanese KAGRA gravitational-wave (GW) detector. The pipeline is included in the KAGRA Algorithm Library (KAGALI). Basic functionalities are benchmarked from the LIGO Algorithm Library (LALSuite) but the KAGRA MCMC PE pipeline will provide a simpler, memory-efficient pipeline to estimate physical parameters from gravitational waves emitted from compact binaries consisting of black holes or neutron stars. Applying inspiral-merge-ringdown and inspiral waveforms, we performed simulations of various black hole binaries, we performed the code sanity check and performance test. In this talk, we present the situation of GW observation with the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to preliminary PE results with the KAGALI MCMC PE pipeline, we discuss how we can optimize a CBC PE pipeline toward the next observation run.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.31.1-31.1
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• 2021

We report the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) Integral Field Unit (IFU) observation of a red active galactic nucleus (AGN), 2MASSJ165939.7+183436 (1659+1834). 1659+1834 is a prospective merging supermassive black hole (SMBH) candidate due to its merging features and double-peaked broad emission lines. The double-peaked broad emission lines are kinematically separated by 3000 km/s, with the SMBH of each component weighing at 10^8.9 and 10^7.1 solar mass. Our GMOS IFU observation reveals that the two components of the double-peaked broad emission line are spatially separated by 0.085" (~250pc). In different assumptions for the line fitting, however, a null (<0.05") or a larger spatial separation (~0.15") are also possible. For this GMOS IFU observational results of 1659+1834, various models can be viable solutions, such as the disk emitter and multiple SMBH models. We believe that these results show the need for future research of finding more multiple SMBH systems in red AGNs.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.41.3-41.3
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• 2015

The supermassive black hole (SMBH) of our Galactic Center is surrounded by the circumnuclear disk (CND) in the radii of about 2-3 pc. New data from the Submillimeter Array and Green Bank Telescope clearly reveal the irregular and clumpy structures of the CND and its surroundings which may be a dynamically evolving integrated system. The CND seems to be the convergence of the various gas streamers inflowing, shaped mostly via local disturbances associated with, rather than a quasi-stationary stable structure.

• Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.261-266
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• 2005

This paper reviews the progress in the VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) studies of Sgr A$\ast$, the best known supermassive black hole candidates with a dark mass concentration of $4 {\times} 10^6 M_{\bigodot}$ at the center of the Milky Way. The emphasis is on the importance of the millimeter and sub-millimeter VLBI observations in the detection of Sgr A$\ast$'s intrinsic structure and search for the structural variation.

• Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.29 no.spc1
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• pp.97-98
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• 1996

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

• Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.305-307
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• 2001

Radiation hydrodynamics in high. velocity or high optical-depth flow should be treated under rigorous relativistic formalism. Relativistic radiation hydrodynamic moment equations are summarized, and its application to the near-critical accretion onto neutron star is discussed. The relativistic effects can dominate the dynamics of the flow even when the gravity is weak and the velocity is small. First order equations fail to describe the intricate relativistic effects correctly.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.60.1-60.1
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• 2019

In this talk, I will briefly review the discovery and early-time interferometric observations of the Galactic Center radio source and then go through recent major updates including the improvement in the array capabilities, developments of the scattering and intrinsic structure modeling, and high-frequency astrometric observations of this source. Introduction of the 1.3 mm VLBI observations in 2017 and 2018 (e.g. array configuration and signal-to-noise ratios), as well as the related multi-wavelength campaign (including GMVA and EAVN observations), will be also presented.