• 제목/요약/키워드: Inhomogeneities

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Theory and technology of growing striation-free crystals

  • Scheel, Hans J.
    • 한국결정성장학회지
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    • 제14권4호
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    • pp.174-186
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    • 2004
  • Striations are growth-induced inhomogeneities which hamper the applications of solid-solution crystals and of doped crystals in numerous technologies. Thus the optimized performance of solid solutions often can not be exploited. The inhomogeneity problem can be solved in specific cases by achieving a distribution coefficient one in growth from melts and from solutions. Macrostep-induced striations can be suppressed by controlling the growth mode, by achieving growth on facets thereby preventing step bunching. Thermal striations are commonly assumed to be caused by convective instabilities so that reduced convection by microgravity or by damping magnetic fields was and is widely attempted to reduce such inhomogeneities. Here it will be shown that temperature fluctuations at the growth interface cause striations, and that hydrodynamic fluctuations in a quasi-isothermal growth system do not cause striations. The theoretically derived conditions were experimentally established and allowed the growth of striation-free crystals of $KTa_{1-x}Nb_xO_3$"KTN" solid solutions. Hydrodynamic variations from the accelerated crucible rotation technique ACRT did not cause striations as long as the temperature was controlled within $0.03^{\circ}$ at $1200^{\circ}C$ growth temperature. Alternative approaches to solve or reduce the segregation and striation problems in growth from melts and from solutions are discussed as well.

THE VELOCITY INHOMOGENEITY IN THE COMA CLUSTER OF GALAXIES

  • KIM KWANG TAE
    • 천문학회지
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    • 제28권1호
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    • pp.15-30
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    • 1995
  • A velocity inhomogeneity, which is defined as a regional preponderence of either radial or tangential orbits, is searched with a new technique for the Coma cluster of galaxies. It is found within $\~2h^{-1}$ Mpc from the cluster center that the Coma shows conspicuous inhomogeneities in velocity and that the inhomogeneities are real at a $99\%$ level of confidence. Even in the central region (7' - 30' from the center), zones that are dominated by radial and tangential orbits are distinguishable. Defining the cluster's 'equator' as the direction defined by the Coma-A1367 supercluster, tangential orbits dominate the 'polar' zones in the central region. Galaxies that are located in 30'-100' also inhomogeneous in velocity in that the 'polar' zones are mostly radial while the rest is nearly homogeneous. These results indicate that the Coma galaxies are exceedingly more radial in orbit, implying that merging or infalls are either still going on or an earlier virialization is likely to have occurred preferentially near the 'equator'. Incorporating the velocity inhomogeneity into mass estimators, the most appropriate mass is turned out to be $0.4\times10^{15}h^{-1}M_\bigodot(R\;\leq\;0.6h^{-1} Mpc),\;and\;1.0\times10^{15}h^{-1} M_\bigodot(R\;\leq\;2.1h^{-1}Mpc)$. The corresponding mass to blue light ratio on the average is $\~$300h. These estimates are consistent with Merritt (1987) and Hughes (1989) and the MILE is seemed to favour the mass-follows-light models than the uniform spread of dark matter throughout the cluster.

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Temperature Dependent Current Transport Mechanism in Graphene/Germanium Schottky Barrier Diode

  • Khurelbaatar, Zagarzusem;Kil, Yeon-Ho;Shim, Kyu-Hwan;Cho, Hyunjin;Kim, Myung-Jong;Kim, Yong-Tae;Choi, Chel-Jong
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • 제15권1호
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    • pp.7-15
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    • 2015
  • We have investigated electrical properties of graphene/Ge Schottky barrier diode (SBD) fabricated on Ge film epitaxially grown on Si substrate. When decreasing temperature, barrier height decreased and ideality factor increased, implying their strong temperature dependency. From the conventional Richardson plot, Richardson constant was much less than the theoretical value for n-type Ge. Assuming Gaussian distribution of Schottky barrier height with mean Schottky barrier height and standard deviation, Richardson constant extracted from the modified Richardson plot was comparable to the theoretical value for n-type Ge. Thus, the abnormal temperature dependent Schottky behavior of graphene/Ge SBD could be associated with a considerable deviation from the ideal thermionic emission caused by Schottky barrier inhomogeneities.

구상성단 거성들의 분광 연구 (SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY ON RED GIANTS IN GLOBULAR CLUSTERS)

  • 이상각
    • 천문학논총
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    • 제15권spc1호
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    • pp.15-30
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    • 2000
  • A large scatter of the chemical abundances among globular cluster red giants has been observed. Especially the chemical elements C, N, O, Na, Mg, and Al vary form star to star within globular clusters. Except for $\omega$ Cen and M22, most globular clusters could be considered to be monometallic of their iron peak elements within error ranges. The variations in light elements among globuar cluster giants appear much more pronounced than in field halo giants of comparable Fe-peak metallicity. It has been found that in general the nitrogen abundance is anticorrelated with both carbon and oxygen, while it is correlated with Na and AI. These intracluster abundance inhomogeneities can be interpreted either by mixing of nucleosythesized material from the deep stellar interior during the red giant branch phase of evolution or by inhomogeneities of primordially processed material, from which the stars were formed. The simple way of distingushing between two senarios is to obtain the element abundances of main-sequence stars in globular clusters, which are too faint for high resolution spectroscopic studies until now. Both 'evolutionary' and 'primodial' origins are accepted for explanations of abundance variations among red giants and CN-CH anticorrelations among main-sequence stars in globular clusters. This paper reviews chemical abundances of light elements among globular cluster giants, with brief reviews of cannonical stellar evolution of low mass stars after main-sequence and deep mixing for abundance variations of cluster giants, and a possible connection between deep mixing and second parameter.

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DISCOVERY OF VELOCITY INHOMOGENEITIES IN THE COMA, HYDRA, ABELL 2256 CLUSTER OF GALAXIES

  • Kim, Kwang-Tae
    • 천문학논총
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    • 제7권1호
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    • pp.39-50
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    • 1992
  • A velocity inhomogeneity, which is the regional preponderence of either radial or tangential orbits, is searched with the new technique proposed by Kim (1992) for Coma, Hydra I, and Abell 2256 cluster of galaxies. Conspicuous inhomogeneities are found in the Coma and A2256 which X-ray isophotes are indicative for their underlying potentials being ellipitcal in shape, Even in their central regions, zones that are dominated by radial orbits are clearly distinguishable from that of the tangential orbits, and defining the cluster 'equator' as the direction of maximum elongation of the X-ray isophotes, radial orbits dominate along this direction whereas tangential orbits dominate the 'polar' zones. Merger events that are evidenced in X-ray observations occur in the equatorial zones of Coma and A2256, suggesting preponderence of radial orbits in the zones, which is in good agreement with their velocity structures. On the other hand, the inhomogeneity in Hydra I turns out to be insignificant in the central regions and this is just what is expected from a cluster whose X-ray isophotes is nearly circular. The velocity distribution in regions further out, however, shows significant inhomogeneity and this seems to support the previous results that this cluster is likely to have substructures and velocity anisotropy.

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기상청 기후자료의 균질성 문제 (I) - 관측지점의 이전 (Inhomogeneities in Korean Climate Data (I): Due to Site Relocation)

  • 류상범;김연희;권태헌;박일수
    • 대기
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    • 제16권3호
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    • pp.215-223
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    • 2006
  • Among observational, local-environmental, and large-scale factors causing significant changes in climate records, the site relocations and the replacement of the instruments are well-known nonclimatic factors for the analysis of climatic trends, climatic variability, and for the detection of anthropogenic climate change such as heat-island effect and global warming. Using dataset that were contaminated by these nonclimatic factors can affect seriously the assessment of climatic trends and variability, and the detection of the climatic change signal. In this paper, the inhomogeneities, which have been caused by relocation of the observation site, in the climate data of Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) were examined using two-phase regression model. The observations of pan evaporation and wind speed are more sensitive to site relocations than those of other meteorological elements, such as daily mean, maximum and minimum temperatures, with regardless to region.

CHEMICAL SHIFT IMAGING

  • 이윤;김민기
    • 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한의용생체공학회 1992년도 추계학술대회
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    • pp.22-25
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    • 1992
  • 화학적 이동성을 이용하여, 생체의 경우 지방질의 영상 혹은 물성분의 영상을 얻을 수 있다. 여러 가지 기술을 사용하여 분리된 성분의 자기공명 영상을 얻었다. Dixon의 방법은 두 번의 영상실험을 하여 지방질 영상과 물성분 영상을 구분할 수 있으며, 부분적 자기장의 불균질성에 영향을 적게 받고 다층 영상법에 용이하게 적용할 수 있다. CHESS와 SECSI 방법은 한번의 영상실험으로 물 또는 지방질 영상을 획득할 수 있다. 그러나 부분적 자기장의 불균질성에 영향을 많이 받으며, 다층영상법에 적용하기에는 어려운 점이 있다. 화학 성분의, 즉 지방질과 물성분의 분리의 척도가 되는 지방질 신호대 물성분신호 비에 있어 SECSI 방법이 가장 우수함을 보였다.

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자기공명영상의 비지도 분할을 위한 통계적 모델기반 적응적 방법 (A Statistically Model-Based Adaptive Technique to Unsupervised Segmentation of MR Images)

  • 김태우
    • 한국정보처리학회논문지
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    • 제7권1호
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    • pp.286-295
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    • 2000
  • 본 논문은 MR 영상의 비지도 분할을 위하여 MDL원리를 이용한 통계적 모델기반의 적응적 방법을 제안한다. 이 방법에서 조직 영역을 MRF로 모델링함으로써 잡음에 대응하고, 창으로 정의되는 국소영역 내의 밝기값을 가우스 혼합으로 모델링함으로써 영상의 비균일성을 흡수한다. 분할 알고리즘은 ICM을 기반으로 하며 MAP를 근사적으로 추정하고, 모델 파라미터를 국소영역으로부터 구한다. 파라미터 추정과 분할을 위한 창의 크기는 MDL원리를 이용하여 영상으로부터 추정한다. 실험에서 제안한 방법이 특히 비균일성이 있는 MR영상의 분할에서 국소영역의 영상특성을 잘 반영하였으며, 기존의 방법보다 더 좋은 결과를 보여주었다.

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