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A Study of Current Driven Electrostatic Instability on the Auroal Zone -Based on Particle Simulation Methods- (오로라 지역(Auroral Zone)에서의 전류에 의한 정전기적 불안정성 연구 -입자모의 실험방법을 중심으로-)

  • Kim, S.Y.;Okuda, H.
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.71-79
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    • 1986
  • According to recent satellite observations, strong ion transverse acceleration to the magnetic field(ion conics) has been known. The ion conics may be a result of electrostatic waves frequently observed on the auroral zone. Both linear and nonlinear theory of electrostatic instability driven by an electron current based on 1-dimensional particle simulation experiment have been considered. From the results of simulation strong ion transverse acceleration has been shown.

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Optical Assembly and Fabrication of a Micro-electron Column (마이크로 전자렌즈의 광학적 정렬과 조립)

  • Park, Jong-Seon;Jang, Won-Kweon;Kim, Ho-Seob
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.354-358
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    • 2006
  • A silicon lens and an insulator of pyrex, components of a micro-electron column, should be assembled by aligning and stacking simultaneously. An optical alignment of a diffraction beam and a laser welding were employed for the assembly of a source lens and an Einzel lens with precision within $\pm$4% for the maximum aperture size. The experimental condition for optical alignment and laser welding are explained. Anodic bonding was used to assist in stacking lenses. A micro-electron column of smaller apertures assembled with precise alignment and fabrication was tested with a current image of a Cu grid of 9$\mu$m in linewidth, and showed a higher resolution in acceleration mode.

The Proton Contamination Problem of RBSPICE's electron data during March 1, 2013 storm event

  • Kim, Hang-Pyo;Hwang, Junga;Choi, Eunjin;Park, Jong-Seon;Park, Young-Deuk
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.95.1-95.1
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    • 2013
  • The RBSPICE (Radiation Belt Storm Probes Ion Composition Experiment) is one of five instrument suites onboard the twin Van Allan Probes (or Radiation Belt Storm Probes; RBSP), launched August 30, 2012 by NASA. One of science targets of RBSPICE instrument is to determine "how changes in that ring current affect the creation, acceleration, and loss of radiation belt particles?". For that purpose, it measures ions and electrons simultaneously. Ion's energy range is from ~20 keV to ~1 MeV and electron's energy channel is from ~35 keV to 1 MeV in order to provide supplementary information about the radiation belts. In this paper, we investigate a reliability of the electron flux measured from the RBSPICE by comparing with ECT (The Energetic Particle, Composition and Thermal Plasma Suite) data. We found there is a critical proton contamination problem in the electron channels of ~ 1MeV of RBSPICE observations during one moderate storm event of Sym H ~ -76 nT on March 1, 2013.

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Relativistic Radiation Belt Electron Responses to GEM Magnetic Storms: Comparison of CRRES Observations with 3-D VERB Simulations

  • Kim, Kyung-Chan;Shprits, Yuri;Subbotin, Dmitriy;Ni, Binbin
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.90.1-90.1
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    • 2012
  • Understanding the dynamics of relativistic electron acceleration, loss, and transport in the Earth's radiation belt during magnetic storms is a challenging task. The U.S. National Science Foundation's Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) has identified five magnetic storms for in-depth study that occurred during the second half of the Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) mission in the year 1991. In this study, we show the responses of relativistic radiation belt electrons to the magnetic storms by comparing the time-dependent 3-D Versatile Electron Radiation Belt (VERB) simulations with the CRRES MEA 1 MeV electron observations in order to investigate the relative roles of the competing effects of previously proposed scattering mechanisms at different storm phases, as well as to examine the extent to which the simulations can reproduce observations. The major scattering processes in our model are radial transport due to Ultra Low Frequency (ULF) electromagnetic fluctuations, pitch-angle and energy diffusion including mixed diffusion by whistler mode chorus waves outside the plasmasphere, and pitch-angle scattering by plasmaspheric hiss inside the plasmasphere. We provide a detailed description of simulations for each of the GEM storm events.

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A PIC Simulation Study for Electron Preacceleration at Weak Quasi-Perpendicular Galaxy Cluster Shocks

  • Ha, Ji-Hoon;Kim, Sunjung;Ryu, Dongsu;Kang, Hyesung
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.36.2-36.2
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    • 2021
  • In the outskirts of galaxy clusters, weak shocks with Ms < ~3 appear as radio relics where the synchrotron radiation is emitted from cosmic-ray (CR) electrons. To understand the production of CR electrons through the so-called diffusive shock acceleration (DSA), the electron injection into the DSA process at shocks in the hot intracluster medium (ICM) has to be described. However, the injection remains as an unsolved, outstanding problem. To explore this problem, 2D Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulations were performed. In this talk, we present the electron preacceleration mechanism mediated by multi-scale plasma waves in the shock transition zone. In particular, we find that the electron preacceleration is effective only in the supercritical shocks, which have the sonic Mach number Ms > Mcrit ≈ 2.3 in the high-beta (β~100) plasma of the ICM, because the Alfven ion cyclotron instability operates and hence multi-scale plasma waves are induced only in such supercritical shocks. Our findings will help to understand the nature of radio relics in galaxy clusters.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF HETEROEPITAXIALLY GROWN $Y_2$O$_3$ FILMS BY r-ICB FOR VLSI

  • Choi, S.C.;Cho, M.H.;Whangbo, S.W.;Kim, M.S.;Whang, C.N.;Kang, S.B.;Lee, S.I.;Lee, M.Y.
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.809-815
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    • 1996
  • $Y_2O_3$-based metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) structure on p-Si(100) has been studied. Films were prepared by UHV reactive ionized cluster beam deposition (r-ICBD) system. The base pressure of the system was about $1 \times 10^{-9}$ -9/ Torr and the process pressure $2 \times 10^{-5}$ Torr in oxygen ambience. Glancing X-ray diffraction(GXRD) and in-situ reflection high energy electron diffracton(RHEED) analyses were performed to investigate the crystallinity of the films. The results show phase change from amorphous state to crystalline one with increasingqr acceleration voltage and substrate temperature. It is also found that the phase transformation from $Y_2O_3$(111)//Si(100) to $Y_2O_3$(110)//Si(100) in growing directions takes place between $500^{\circ}C$ and $700^{\circ}C$. Especially as acceleration voltage is increased, preferentially oriented crystallinity was increased. Finally under the condition of above substrate temperature $700^{\circ}C$ and acceleration voltage 5kV, the $Y_2O_3$films are found to be grown epitaxially in direction of $Y_2O_3$(1l0)//Si(100) by observation of transmission electron microscope(TEM). Capacitance-voltage and current-voltage measurements were conducted to characterize Al/$Y_2O_3$/Si MIS structure with varying acceleration voltage and substrate temperature. Deposited $Y_2O_3$ films of thickness of nearly 300$\AA$ show that the breakdown field increases to 7~8MV /cm at the same conditon of epitaxial growing. These results also coincide with XPS spectra which indicate better stoichiometric characteristic in the condition of better crystalline one. After oxidation the breakdown field increases to 13MV /cm because the MIS structure contains interface silicon oxide of about 30$\AA$. In this case the dielectric constant of only $Y_2O_3$ layer is found to be $\in$15.6. These results have demonstrated the potential of using yttrium oxide for future VLSI/ULSI gate insulator applications.

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Design of Self-ion assisted beam source (SIAB) based on electron focusing with concentric symmetrical electric field and Cu thin film growth by SIAB (동심원형 대칭 전기장 집속 방식을 응용한 자가 이온 보조 소스 제작 및 Cu 박막 증착)

  • 송재훈;김기환;이충만;최성창;송종한;정형진;최원국
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.121-126
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    • 1999
  • Cu thin film was deposited by a self-ion assisted beam source (SIAB) and the assessment of the Cu films was given. Some characteristics of the source and the experimental procedure are described at various conditions such as total power, ionization efficiency, and ion current vs. deposition rate. The dependence of crystalline structure, impurity concentration, and resistivity of the Cu films deposited by SIAB on acceleration voltage are discussed.

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AN ANALYSIS ON THE RARE SUBTYPES OF THE FAST SOLAR RADIO ACTIVITY

  • XIE R. X.;WANG M.
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.29 no.spc1
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    • pp.331-332
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    • 1996
  • We present 3 rare subtypes of the FFSs observed with high temporal resolution at 4-frequency (1.42, 2.13, 2.84 and 4.2G GHz). The various FFSs occurred during the main and post-flare phase can demonstrate that coronal nonthermal electron acceleration/injection may go through the whole development process of flares, and deduce that there may exist the re-forming of loop-like structures in the post-flare phase, and the complex multi-type magnetic structures in corona.

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MO Theoretical Studies on Organic Accelerators of Vulcanization (유기 가황촉진제에 관한 분자 궤도론적 연구)

  • Ikchoon Lee
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.359-366
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    • 1971
  • The extended Huckel calculations on five organic accelerators of vulcanization have been carried out. Various MO quantities e.g., electron populations and AO coefficients, are used to explain accelerator reactivity of the compounds. Results of these analyses lead us to support free radical mechanism of acceleration in vulcanization.

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Precise Correction Method of the Copper Emission Spectra obtained from the Pulsed Plasma Jet

  • Kim, Jong-Uk;Son, Sung-Min;Ko, Dong-Seob;Seungmook Oh
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2001.02a
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    • pp.104-105
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    • 2001
  • Recently, plasma injection has been suggested as a means to enhance and control combustion rates of propellant materials. It is also of interest for applications in fields such as rocket propulsion, electrothermal-chemical (ETC) launchers, and hypersonic mass acceleration technology. In order to characterize the plasma fundamental measurements such as the plasma excitation temperature and electron number density are essential. (omitted)

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