• 천문학회보
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.56.1-56.1
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• 2017

When turbulent motions perturb magnetic field lines and produce magnetic fluctuations, the perturbations leave imprints of turbulence statistics on magnetic field. Observation of synchrotron radiation is one of the easiest ways to study turbulent magnetic field. Therefore, we study statistical properties of synchrotron polarization emitted from media with magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, using both synthetic and MHD turbulence simulation data. First, we obtain the spatial spectrum and its derivative with respect to wavelength of synchrotron polarization arising from both synchrotron radiation and Faraday rotation. The study of spatial spectrum shows how the spectrum is affected by Faraday rotation and how we can recover the statistics of underlying turbulent magnetic field as well as turbulent density of electrons from interferometric observations that incorporate the effects of noise and finite telescopic beam size. Second, we study quadrupole ratio to quantitatively describe the degree of anisotropy introduced by magnetic field in the presence of MHD turbulence. We consider the case that the synchrotron emission and Faraday rotation are spatially separated, as well as the situation that the sources of the synchrotron radiation and thermal electrons causing Faraday rotation exist in the same region. In this study, we demonstrate that the spectrum and quadrupole ratio of synchrotron polarization can be very informative tools to get detailed information about the statistical properties of MHD turbulence from radio observations of diffuse synchrotron polarization.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권10호
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• pp.3591-3598
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• 2023

Photoneutron background spectroscopy observations at linac are essential for directing accelerator shielding and subtracting background signals. Therefore, we constructed a Bonner Sphere Spectrometer (BSS) system based on an array of BF₃ gas proportional counter tubes. Initially, the response of the BSS system was simulated using the MCNP5 code. Next, the response of the system was calibrated by using neutrons with energies of 2.86 MeV and 14.84 MeV. Then, the system was employed to measure the spectrum of the ²⁴¹Am-Be neutron source, and the results were unfolded by using the Gravel and EM algorithms. Using the validated system, the undesirable neutron spectrum of the 120 MeV electron linac was finally measured and acquired. In addition, it is demonstrated that the equivalent undesirable neutron dose at a distance of 3.2 m from the linac is 19.7 mSv/h. The results measured by the above methods could provide guidance for linac-related research.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.127-133
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• 1997

2차원 방사선 측정시스템에서 측정된 감마선의 에너지 스펙트럼으로부터 실제 에너지 스펙트럼을 얻기 위하여 CsI(T1) 섬광계수기에 대한 EGS4 모의실험을 실시하였다. $0.1{\sim}2$ MeV의 감마선에 대하여 50 keV 간격으로 모의실험을 실시하여 $39{\times}39$ response matrix를 계산하였고 이에 대한 역행렬을 구하였다. 이를 이용하여 실제 측정된 Co-60 에너지 스펙트럼에 대하여 unfolding을 실시하였다. 그 결과 계산된 response matrix가 실제 스펙트럼 분석에 유용한 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.755-760
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 IPEM(The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine) Report 78의 진단용 엑스선 발생장치에서 방출되는 엑스선 스펙트럼 데이터를 이용하여 의료 환경에서 사용되는 주요 엑스선 방호장비의 차폐율을 계산하고, 방사선 방호분야 적용가능성을 알아보았다. 진단용 엑스선 방호에 이용되는 납 앞치마(0.3 mmPb), 갑상샘 차폐체(0.5 mmPb), 납 고글(0.5 mmPb), 납 유리(1.8, 2.7, 3.3 mmPb)를 대상으로 에어커마와 엑스선 총강도의 감소율을 통해 방사선 차폐율을 계산하였다. 그 결과 에어커마 감소율로 계산한 차폐율은 80 kV에서 96.31~100 %범위였고, 120 kV에서는 90.35~100%범위로 나타났다. 또한 본 계산의 결과가 실제 차폐율 측정한 선행연구결과와 잘 일치하여 IPEM Report 78의 엑스선 스펙트럼 데이터가 방사선 방호에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.1052-1060
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• 2023

The airborne radiation monitoring has been used in geophysics for more than forty years and now it also has its important role in emergency monitoring. The aircraft background and the cosmic gamma-rays contribute to the measured gamma spectrum on the aircraft board. This adverse effect should be eliminated before the data processing. The paper describes two semiparametric methods to estimate the full spectrum aircraft background and cosmic gamma-ray contribution from spectra measured at altitudes where terrestrial contribution is negligible. The methods only assume to know possible peak positions in spectra and their full width at half maximum, that can be easily obtained e.g. from terrestrial measurement. The methods were applied to real experimental data acquired on Mi-17 and Bell 412 helicopter boards. The IRIS airborne gamma-ray spectrometer, with 4×4 L NaI(Tl) crystals, produced by Pico Envirotec Inc., Canada, was used on helicopters' boards. To obtain valid estimate of the aircraft background and the cosmic contribution, the measurements over sea and large water areas were carried out. However, the satisfactory results over inland were also achieved comparing with those acquired over large water areas.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.159-174
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• 1998

개인방사선측정시스템은 광범위한 에너지의 방사선에 대하여 정확한 개인선량당량을 측정할 수 있어야 하지만 현재 사용중인 선량평가 알고리즘은 ANSI N13.11의 방사선장과 거의 유사한 과학기술부 고시에 명시되어 있는 X-선장을 기준으로 개발되었고 이는 실제 측정이 요구되는 방사선장과 상당한 차이가 있을 수 있다. 방사선작업종사자가 ANSI N13.11의 방사선장과 다른 형태의 방사선에 피폭되었을 경우 좀더 정확한 선량을 평가하기 위하여 한국원자력연구소에 설치되어 있는 단일에너지 X-선장에 $CaSO_4:Dy$ 열형광체를 조사시켜 에너지반응도를 실험적으로 구한 후 두 가지 형태의 알고리즘을 개발하였으며 이를 ANSI N13.11의 연속스펙트럼 X-선장에 기본을 두고 개발한 알고리즘과 비교하였다. 알고리즘 개발 후 ANSI, ISO의 연속 스펙트럼 X-선 및 단일에너지 X-선장과 IAEA/RCA 상호비교시험시 사용되었던 혼합방사선장 및 각도변화 실험데이타를 이용하여 이를 검증하였다. 검증결과 개발된 알고리즘들은 과학기술부 고시에 나타나 있는 X-선장뿐만 아니라 방사선작업환경에서 피폭될 수 있는 다른 종류의 방사선장에서도 매우 정확한 선량평가를 하고 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.45-48
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• 2017

This paper evaluated the amount of radiation generated by wedge filters during radiation therapy using a high-energy linear accelerator, and the dose to the worker during wedge replacement. After 10-MV photon beam was irradiated with wedge filter, the wedge was removed from the linear accelerator, and the dose rate and energy spectrum were measured. The initial measurement was approximately 1 uSv/h, and the radiation level was reduced to 0.3 uSv/h after 6 min. The effective half-life derived from the dose rate measurement was approximately 3.5 min, and the influence of AI-28 was about 53%. From the energy spectrum measurements, a peak of 1,799 keV was measured for AI-28, while the peak for Co-58 was not measured in the control room. The peaks for Au-106 and Cd-105 were found only measurement was done without wedge removement from the linear accelerator. The additional doses received by the radiation worker during wedge replacement were estimated to be 0.08-0.4 mSv per year.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.460-462
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• 2002

Absorption spectra of biological specimens in the soft X-ray region have been presented with special reference to the XANES (X-ray absorption Near Edge Structure) of constituent elements. Absorption spectrum in this wavelength region is characterized by the absorption edges from which elemental content could be derived. In addition, XANES has a characteristic profile for chemical environment around the element such as chemical bond. Using the specific absorption peak we can assign not only the chemical bond but also molecules having such a chemical bond. In the present paper, absorption spectrum of DNA was measured in the wavelength range from 1.5nm to 5nm. Spectrum of Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells was compared with the DNA spectrum. XANES were distinct at the K absorption edges of major elements, C, N and O. In the spectrum of the cells prominent peaks at the L absorption edge of minor element Ca were also detectable. XANES profiles in small local areas in a cell could also be measured in combination with X-ray microscopy. These give information about local chemical environment in a cell. XANES at the phosphorus K absorption edge in a human HeLa cell was successfully obtained corresponding to a sharp and intensive XANES peak of DNA.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.225-230
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• 2012

The Korean nationwide differential global positioning system (NDGPS) reference station transmits a global positioning system (GPS) enhancement signal using minimum shift keying modulation with a 200 bps data rate. The ocean-based DGPS covers the service area of 100 NM with 300 W output power; on the other hand, the land-based DGPS transmits the output power of 500 W, which covers the service area of 100 km. The DGPS reference stations with high output power can radiate spurious signals, which may act as interference sources affecting the other DGPS reference stations or the wireless ground stations that utilize the medium frequency band. In this paper, the radiation spectrums of the DGPS reference stations are measured and analyzed in the spurious domain. The DGPS radiation spectrums are evaluated from the perspective of the interference effect.

• 천문학회보
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.58.1-58.1
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• 2014

We model the polarized dust emission from aligned grains by radiative torques in molecular clouds. We consider various models of molecular clouds and calculate the polarization spectrum from aligned grains by both internal and external radiation fields. We show that some polarization spectrum exhibits the bump at wavelengths ${\lambda}$ < $100{\mu}m$, which can be explained due to the polarized emission from a population of small grains aligned by internal radiation fields. Our polarization spectra can explain the anomalous spectra observed by Hildebrand et al, with the rising polarization toward short wavelengths