• 한국지능시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국퍼지및지능시스템학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 학술발표 논문집 제15권 제2호
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• pp.531-534
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• 2005

한국천문연구원에서는 한국우주전파관측망(Korean VLBI Network: KVN)을 위한 전파영상합성기(상관기) 개발을 진행하고 있다. 전파관측 VLBI 시스템 중 상관기(Correlater) 시스템의 한 구성요소로서 데이터 입력 부분에 각 관측 사이트의 데이터를 사전 처리하는 Station Unit(SU)이 있다. VLBI 시스템에서, 디지털화된 데이터의 다중채널은 테이프 또는 하드디스크에 다중트랙 형태로 인코딩된다. 이 SU의 주요기능은 다중트랙으로부터 인코딩된 데이터를 디코딩하고, 마치 기록되지 않은 것과 같이 채널기반의 샘플 스트림으로 이 데이터를 복원하는 것이다. 이 기능을 원활하게 수행하기 위해서, SU는 논리적으로 재생기 시스템과 함께 시스템이 통합될 필요가 있다. 본 논문에서는 전파 천문 VLBI 시스템 중 SU의 기능과 구조에 대해 고찰하고자 한다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.58.4-59
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• 2015

We have performed single dish and VLBI monitoring observations of $H_2O$ and SiO masers toward the semi-regular variable star R Crateris using the Korean VLBI Network(KVN) 4 band receiving system. In the case of VLBI observations at 3 epochs, successful superposed maps of $H_2O$ and SiO masers were obtained on 2015 May by adopting the Source Frequency Phase Referencing(SFPR) method. These results enable us to investigate the development of outflow and asymmetric motions from SiO maser to $H_2O$ maser regions according to stellar pulsation which are closely related with a mass-loss process. Single dish monitoring observations were carried out from 2009 June to 2015 May. Intensity variations between $H_2O$ and SiO masers were investigated according to stellar phases together with peak velocity variations. We will compare the VLBI results with those of single dish.

• 천문학회보
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.45.2-45.2
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• 2010

한국천문연구원은 한국우주전파관측망(Korean VLBI Network, KVN)에서 시험 운영 중인 한일공동VLBI상관기(Korea-Japan VLBI Correlator, KJJVC)의 핵심인 VLBI상관 서브시스템(VLBI Correlation Subsystem, VCS)을 제어하기 위해 CCS(Correlation Control Software)를 개발하였다. CCS는 명령어의 문법 검사를 하고, VCS와 TCP/IP 소켓으로 통신하여 명령어와 응답(reply)을 주고받으며, VCS의 실시간 요청에 대응하여 입력 지연 파라미터(delay parameter)를 자동으로 전달하는 소프트웨어이다. CCS는 사용자의 명령어를 local UNX FIFO를 통하여, 명령줄(Command Line)로 전달받고, 이러한 명령어들의 조합을 쉘 스크립트로 묶는 형태로 구성 되어있다. 그러나, 이렇게 명령어의 조합을 직접 편집하여 구성할 때, 입력할 명령어나 지연 파라미터의 구성이 복잡해지면, 스크립트에 필요한 명령이 문법에 맞지 않게 사용되거나, 일부 명령어가 누락될 수 있는 위험이 있다. 이러한 오류를 차단하고 작업 효율을 높이기 위하여, 상관 처리의 전체 운용 및 제어를 통합적으로 할 수 있는 사용자 인터페이스가 필요하다. 이를 위하여 KJJVC의 운용 및 제어를 위한 GUI를 설계하고 제작하였다. 개발된 GUI는 Python 언어를 기반으로 하는 wxPython 패키지를 사용하였으며, 사용자(Operator)가 명령어 문법이나 순서를 확인할 필요 없이, 관측 정보와 관측국 정보, 기록 매체 정보만 가지고 손쉽게 명령어의 조합을 생성해 주며, 시스템 초기화와 각종 정보의 입력이 직관적으로 이루어질 수 있도록 해 준다. 본 연구에서는 개발된 GUI의 설계 및 개발 과정과 시험운영에 대해 소개한다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.43.1-43.1
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• 2016

With the Korean VLBI Network (KVN), both single dish and VLBI monitoring observations of H2O and SiO masers were performed toward the semi-regular variable star R Crateris. In the case of 11 VLBI monitoring observations from Jan. 5, 2014 to Jan. 7, 2016, successful superposed maps of H2O and SiO masers were obtained at 7 epochs by adopting the Source Frequency Phase Referencing (SFPR) method. These results enable us to investigate the development of outflow and asymmetric motions from SiO maser to H2O maser regions according to stellar pulsation which are closely related with a mass-loss process. Single dish monitoring observations of H2O and SiO masers were also carried out from 2009 June to 2016 Feb. Intensity variations between H2O and SiO masers were investigated according to stellar optical phases together with peak velocity variations with respect to the stellar velocity. We will compare the VLBI results among different maser transitions with those of single dish.

• 천문학논총
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.11-19
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• 2016

This paper presents the results of test observations toward a point source, 4C39.25, for observation modes with various bandwidths and numbers of IF streams in order to examine a reliability of the Daejeon hardware correlator performance for correlating VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) data obtained with the several observation modes of the KVN (Korean VLBI Network). We used a DiFX software correlator (DiFX) as a reference, for investigating the output visibilities from the Daejeon corelator. It is found that the band shapes of the output visibilities from two correlators are similar to each other and the correlated flux density for each baseline obtained from the Daejeon hardware correlator is lower by 3 - 7% than that from the DiFX. The flux difference is attributed to the limitation of FPGA resources and the difference of fringe rotation algorithm of the Daejeon hardware correlator. The conversion factor, 0.93 ~ 0.97, is proposed for future correlation with the Daejeon hardware correlator.

• 천문학회보
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.46.3-47
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• 2017

We performed simultaneous VLBI observations of H2O 616-523 (22.2 GHz) and SiO v=1, 2, J=1-0 (43.1, 42.8 GHz) and v=1, J=2-1, J=3-2 (86.2, 129.3 GHz) masers toward VX Sagittarius using the Korean VLBI Network (KVN). The astrometrically registered maps of the 22.2 GHz H2O and 43.1, 42.8, 86.2 SiO masers were successfully obtained at two epochs of 2016 February 27 and 2016 March 27 by adopting the Source Frequency Phase Referencing (SFPR) method. In addition we detected 129.3 Ghz SiO maser at second epoch. These results make it possible to determine the accurate position of central star as a dynamical center of 22.2 GHz H2O maser and relative locations of 43.1, 42.8, 86.2, 129.3 GHz SiO masers. In addition, it is possible to investigate the morphological and kinematic variations of clumpy structures from SiO maser to H2O maser regions in future together with the development of asymmetric structure of H2O maser region.

• 천문학회보
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• 제40권2호
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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.

• 천문학회보
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• 제42권1호
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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.

• 천문학논총
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• 제30권2호
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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.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.345-353
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• 2013

A W-band Orthomode Transducer (OMT) has been developed for Korean VLBI Network (KVN) polarization observation. The OMT design was based on E-plane split-block technique using septum structure. 3-dimensional electromagnetic simulation was fully employed to optimize the performance of the OMT. Measurements of the fabricated OMT show that the return losses for the vertically and horizontally polarized modes are better than -20 dB across 80 ~ 108 GHz and the insertion losses for the both modes are less than 0.47 dB. The cross-polarization level of the OMT is less than -30 dB. The bandwidth of the developed OMT is estimated as around 30%.