• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.127-132
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• 2013

Here we review the effort of Fermi Asian Network (FAN) in exploring the supernova remnants (SNRs) with state-of-art high energy observatories, including Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory, in the period of 2011- 2012. Utilizing the data from Fermi LAT, we have discovered the GeV emission at the position of the Galactic SNR Kes 17 which provides evidence for the hadronic acceleration. Our study also sheds light on the propagation of cosmic rays from their acceleration site to the intersteller medium. We have also launched an identification campaign of SNR candidates in the Milky Way, in which a new SNR G308.3-1.4 have been uncovered with our Chandra observation. Apart from the remnant, we have also discovered an associated compact object at its center. The multiwavelength properties of this X-ray source suggest it can possibly be the compact binary that survived a supernova explosion.

• 천문학회보
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.66-66
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• 2012

We describe the space project of Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory (UFFO), which will observe early optical photons from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with a sub-second optical response, for the first time. The UFFO will probe the early optical rise of GRBs, opening a completely new frontier in GRB and transient studies, using a fast-response rotatable mirror system which redirects opitical path to telescope instead of slewing of telescopes or spacecraft. In our small UFFO-Pathfinder experiment, scheduled to launch aboard the Lomonosov satellite in June 2012, we use a motorized mirror in our Slewing Mirror Telescope instrument to achieve less than one second optical response after X-ray trigger. We describe the science and the mission of the UFFO project, including a serious version called UFFO-100 which will be launched in 2014. With our program of ultra-fast optical response GRB observatories, we aim to gain a deeper understanding of GRB mechanisms, and potentially open up the z>10 universe to study via GRB as point source emission probes.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.1436-1443
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• 2019

A fast gamma-ray dose rate assessment method for complex geometries based on stylized model reconstruction and point-kernel method is proposed in this paper. The complex three-dimensional (3D) geometries are imported as a 3DS format file from 3dsMax software with material and radiometric attributes. Based on 3D stylized model reconstruction of solid mesh, the 3D-geometrical solids are automatically converted into stylized models. In point-kernel calculation, the stylized source models are divided into point kernels and the mean free paths (mfp) are calculated by the intersections between shield stylized models and tracing ray. Compared with MCNP, the proposed method can implement complex 3D geometries visually, and the dose rate calculation is accurate and fast.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.193-202
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• 2021

We present analysis results of Korean VLBI Network (KVN) four-band data for the highly variable blazar 3C 279. We measured the 22, 43, 86, and 129 GHz flux densities and spectral indices of the source using contemporaneous data taken over 5.6 years. We used the discrete correlation function to investigate correlations between the radio emission properties and those measured in the optical (2 × 10¹⁴ - 1.5 × 10¹⁵ Hz), X-ray (0.3-10 keV), and gamma-ray (0.1-300 GeV) bands. We found a significant correlation between the radio spectral index and gamma-ray flux without a time delay and interpreted the correlation using an extended jet scenario for blazar emission.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.1966-1973
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• 2023

Virtual reality technology has been widely used in the field of nuclear and radiation safety, dose rate computing in virtual environment is essential for optimizing radiation protection and planning the work in radioactive-controlled area. Because the CPU-based gamma dose rate computing takes up a large amount of time and computing power for voxelization of volumetric radioactive source, it is inefficient and limited in its applied scope. This study is to develop an efficient gamma dose rate computing code and apply into fast virtual simulation. To improve the computing efficiency of the point kernel algorithm in the reference (Li et al., 2020), we design a GPU-based computing framework for taking full advantage of computing power of virtual engine, propose a novel voxelization algorithm of volumetric radioactive source. According to the framework, we develop the GPPK(GPU-based point kernel gamma dose rate computing) code using GPU programming, to realize the fast dose rate computing in virtual world. The test results show that the GPPK code is play and plug for different scenarios of virtual simulation, has a better performance than CPU-based gamma dose rate computing code, especially on the voxelization of three-dimensional (3D) model. The accuracy of dose rates from the proposed method is in the acceptable range.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.567-572
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• 2011

A sensitivity analysis of the methods used to evaluate the transport properties of a CdZnTe detector was performed using two different radiations (${\alpha}$ particle and gamma-ray) emitted from an $^{241}Am$ source. The mobility-lifetime products of the electron-hole pair in a planar CZT detector ($5{\times}5{\times}2\;mm^3$) were determined by fitting the peak position as a function of biased voltage data to the Hecht equation. To verify the accuracy of these products derived from ${\alpha}$ particles and low-energy gamma-rays, an energy spectrum considering the transport property of the CZT detector was simulated through a combination of the deposited energy and the charge collection efficiency at a specific position. It was found that the shaping time of the amplifier module significantly affects the determination of the (${\mu}{\tau}$) products; the ${\alpha}$ particle method was stabilized with an increase in the shaping time and was less sensitive to this change compared to when the gamma-ray method was used. In the case of the simulated energy spectrum with transport properties evaluated by the ${\alpha}$ particle method, the peak position and tail were slightly different from the measured result, whereas the energy spectrum derived from the low-energy gamma-ray was in good agreement with the experimental results. From these results, it was confirmed that low-energy gamma-rays are more useful when seeking to obtain the transport properties of carriers than ${\alpha}$ particles because the methods that use gamma-rays are less influenced by the surface condition of the CZT detector. Furthermore, the analysis system employed in this study, which was configured by a combination of Monte Carlo simulation and the Hecht model, is expected to be highly applicable to the study of the characteristics of CZT detectors.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.129-135
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• 2020

핵 및 방사능전 상황에서 방사선에 의한 인명피해를 줄이기 위한 방안으로서 유개호에 자철석이 포함된 중량 콘크리트의 적용 가능성을 확인해보았다. 이에 본 연구에서는 자철광 콘크리트의 방사선 차폐효과를 분석하기 위하여 감마선원을 사용하여 차폐실험을 진행하였고 실험조건과 동일한 몬테칼로 모델링도 하였다. 그 결과 자철광의 함량이 증가할수록 감마선에 대한 차폐효과가 향상됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 향후 자철광 콘크리트가 군사적 목적의 시설물에 적용될 경우 방사선 차폐 측면에서 효과를 얻을 수 있을 것이라 기대한다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.393-398
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• 2001

매년 병원에서 사용 후 폐기되는 비가연성 폐기물은 ${\gamma}$-선과 ${\beta}$-선을 방출하지만 방사능은 주변방사능 수준으로 매우 낮다. 이를 측정하기 위한 기존의 방법은 비효율적이고 복잡하므로, 좀더 간단한 방법이 긴요하다. 본 논문에서는 측정 방사선의 특성상 핵종에 따라 다른 측정방법을 사용하였는데, ${\gamma}$-선 방출 핵종은 표준시료로부터 효율곡선식을 도출하여 미지의 방사능을 측정하였다 ${\beta}$-선 방출 핵종은 Monte Carlo 시뮬레이션을 통해 계측 효율을 예측하고 표면장벽형계측기로 측정하여 미지의 방사능 양을 결정하는 새로운 방법을 제시하였다. 연구결과에 의하면 이론적 계산치와 표면장벽형 계측기를 이용하면 전처리를 필요로하는 액체섬광계수기를 이용하지 않고 또한 계측효율을 결정하기 위한 비경제적인 표준시료 측정시험과정 없이도 저에너지 방사선을 약 17% 오차 범위내에서 결정할 수 있다고 판단된다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2004

HPGe 검출기를 이용한 방사능 분석 시 효율교정을 위하여 통상적으로 사용하는 상용의 감마선 표준선원을 구입하는데 따르는 금전적인 문제와 장기간의 소요시간 등의 문제를 해결하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 표준선원을 직접 제작하였다. 측정하고자 하는 에너지 영역의 감마선을 방출하는 핵종이 포함된 시약을 원자로에서 조사시켜 방사화된 시약을 수용액 상태로 만들어 표준선원을 제조하였다. 제조한 방사선원을 상용의 표준선원과 비교하였으며 효율교정용 선원으로 사용할 수 있다는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 일상적인 방사능 분석과정에서 발생할 수 있는 표준선원과 측정 시료의 부피 차이에 따른 측정 효율의 변화정도를 조사하기 위하여 방사능 분석에서 사용되고 있는 다양한 측정용기에 대하여 표준선원의 부피 변화에 따른 효율의 변화 정도를 조사하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2013년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.732-735
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 광섬유 브래그 격자 센서를 이용하여 4종류의 단일모드 광섬유에 대한 감마선 조사에 따른 전송손실을 측정하였다. 시험에 사용된 방사선원은 $Co^{60}$ 감마선원으로, 총 2시간동안 0.6 kGy/hr, 1.2 kGy/hr, 2.4 kGy/hr의 선량률로 감마선을 조사하였다. 실험을 통하여 광섬유 종류에 따른 선량률 효과를 확인하였고, 방사선 유입손실 변화를 통한 방사선 민감도를 평가하였다.