• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.44.1-44.1
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• 2015

We set up a project to make spectrometers for single dish observations of the Korean VLBI Network (KVN), a new future multi-beam receiver of the ASTE (Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment), and the total power (TP) antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Traditionally, spectrometers based on ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated circuit) and FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) have been used in radio astronomy. It is, however, that a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) technology is now viable for spectrometers due to the rapid improvement of its performance. A high-resolution spectrometer should have the following functions: poly-phase filter, data-bit conversion, fast Fourier transform, and complex multiplication. We wrote a program based on CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) for a GPU spectrometer. We measured its performance using two GPU cards, Titan X and K40m, from NVIDIA. A non-optimized GPU code can process a data stream of around 2 GHz bandwidth, which is enough for the KVN spectrometer and promising for the ASTE and ALMA TP spectrometers.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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• 2003.08a
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• pp.163-173
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• 2003

한국천문연구원에서는 연세대, 울산대, 탐라대에 건설되는 20m 전파망원경과 대덕전파천문대의 14m 안테나를 광 네트워크로로 연결하는 e-VLBI(electronic VLBI) 계획을 추진중에 있으며 이는 각 관측소에서 얻은 VLBI 데이터를 초고속정보망을 통하여 1024Mbps로 데이터센터까지 실시간 전송하는 것을 그 궁극적 목표로 하고 있다. e-VLBI는 각 관측 사이트에서 얻은 대용량의 VLBI 데이터를 영상합성처리 센터로 전송하기 위하여 초고속정보망(high-speed gobal network)을 이용하는 획기적인 기술이다. 뿐만 아니라 이는 전세계의 관측소에서 얻어낸 막대한 용량의 데이터를 실시간, 준-실시간 형태로서 데이터센터에 전송할 수 있는 유일한 방법으로 전세계에 걸쳐 구축된 초고속정보망을 적극적으로 활용하는 애플리케이션이라 할 수 있다.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.101.1-101.1
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• 2014

The fluctuation of VLBI visibility phase can be occurred, predominantly caused by the irregular distribution and motion of water vapor in the atmosphere at high frequencies (>1GHz). This radio-seeing effect shows up on filled-aperture telescopes as an anomalous refraction (AR). This can be shown as if the antenna pointing-offset increases, in other words the apparent displacement of radio sources from its nominal position happens. We carried out the single-dish observations on KVN sites in order to check the effect of AR from 2010 to 2014. Orion KL, U Her, and R Leo were observed with 1second sampling time at 22.235GHz and 43.122GHz simultaneously. Each source was observed with the tracking mode for 30 minutes per a source. We analyzed the structure function, power spectrum and Allan variance of the data according to a day and a night, a season and observatories. Finally, we can infer that the AR effect depends on the atmospheric environment, especially tropospheric turbulence.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.39-39
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• 2014

Studies of compact radio sources since the discovery of quasars have revealed a variety of physical properties: both in morphology and kinematics from sub-parsec to Mega-parsec scales, radiation mechanisms at frequencies from the radio to ${\gamma}$-rays, theoretical models for relativistic jets, etc. The frontier discovery of Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations for the compact extragalactic radio sources have triggered the extensive studies to investigate the underlying physics of the relativistic jets. In this context, the highest resolution VLBI surveys of ultra-compact radio sources provide the potentially important statistical basis for future study. As a tool of this study, a new millimeter VLBI network in Korea, the Korean VLBI Network (KVN) will paly an important role. We present results from large VLBI surveys of compact radio sources at millimeter wavelengths and discuss the prospects with the KVN on this study.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.58.1-58.1
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• 2010

We carried out simultaneous 22GHz $H_2O$ and 44GHz $CH_3OH$ maser line surveys of about 1000 galactic YSOs using KVN 21m telescopes. The sources consist of low-mass, intermediate-mass, high-mass YSOs in different evolutionary stages. We will present the preliminary results.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.47.2-47.2
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• 2017

We present the results of astrometric observations using water masers around a semi-regular variable star R Crt. The observations were carried out for two years with the Korean VLBI Network (KVN). The absolute positions of the water masers from R Crt are successfully obtained at 10 epochs in total. By tracking the positions of the water maser emission, we directly measured the annual parallax and distance of R Crt. The measured distance to R Crt enables us to estimate the actual 3D velocity of water masers around R Crt. Our research suggests the possibility of performing astrometric studies with the KVN. As a next step, we are going to enhance the astrometric accuracy by observing SiO masers.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.59.2-59.2
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• 2011

We introduce an ongoing project for monitoring total flux density at 22 and 43GHz, linearly polarized flux, and polarization angle at 22GHz of Gamma-ray bright AGN (Active Galactic Nuclei) with KVN (Korean VLBI Network) 21-m radio telescopes. The project started in May, 2011 with an effective monitoring cycle of 4 days, observing four main objects (3C 454.3, BL Lac, 3C 273, and 3C 279). More objects were included in the source list when they had flared in Gamma-ray. In this paper, we report the current status of the project and preliminary results for the monitoring observations.

• Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.477-479
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• 2015

By probing nuclear regions and the overall properties of AGN hosts as a function of their environments, we aim to observationally examine how AGN activities are related to their surroundings. We have selected a representative sample of AGN hosts in the Virgo cluster. The selected galaxies are located in a range of density regions showing various morphologies in 1.4 GHz continuum emission. High-resolution observations with the Korean VLBI Network (KVN) allow us to access the inner region of the AGN without suffering from dust extinction and synchrotron self-absorption. Since a number of our targets are too weak to be detected at K-band (22 GHz) within their coherence time, we applied phase referencing to calibrate fast atmospheric phase fluctuations.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.71.1-71.1
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• 2011

한일상관센터(Korea-Japan Correlation Center, KJCC)는 한국천문연구원이 일본국립천문대와 공동으로 2006년부터 개발한 한일공동VLBI상관기(Korea-Japan Joint VLBI Correlator, KJJVC)의 설치를 2010년 완료하였으며, 2010년 5월 13일에 개소하였다. 한일상관센터에 설치된 한일공동VLBI상관기는 한국우주전파관측망(Korean VLBI Network, KVN), VERA(VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry), JVN(Japanese VLBI Network), 그리고 중국의 Chinese VLBI Network(CVN)을 연결하여 관측한 동아시아 지역의 VLBI 관측데이터의 상관처리를 2011년 하반기부터 정상적으로 수행할 예정이다. 한일상관센터의 정상운영을 위해 각 하드웨어 시스템들의 시험운영을 진행하고 있으며, KVN과 VERA로 관측한 VLBI 관측데이터의 상관처리를 진행하고 있다. 특히 상관분석 소프트웨어 부분에서 상관처리 결과를 과학적 목적으로 분석할 수 있는 상관후처리 소프트웨어 개발을 한일공동으로 진행하고 있으며, 현재 소프트웨어 디버깅 작업을 진행하고 있다. 본 발표에서는 한일상관센터의 전체적인 하드웨어 및 소프트웨어 구성, 상관결과 분석방법, 운영방법 등의 내용을 중심으로 기술한다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.34.3-34.3
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• 2010

We present the results of flux monitoring of BL Lac object 0716+71 and 0954+65 at 22GHz and 43GHz. Both of the flat spectrum radio sources are known as Intraday variables (IDVs) which are characterized by fast flux variation on time scales of a day or less. In general, the IDV phenomenon is interpreted as the effect of refractive scintillation in the interstellar medium or the evidence of source intrinsic flux variation. The observations were made simultaneously at 22GHz and 43GHz with KVN Yonsei 21m radio telescope.