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THE RADIO-FAR INFRARED CORRELATION IN THE NEP DEEP FIELD

  • Barrufet, Laia;White, Glenn J.;Pearson, Chris;Serjeant, Stephen;Lim, Tanya;Matsuhara, Hideo;Oi, Nagisa;Karouzos, Marios;AKARI-NEP Team
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.267-269
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    • 2017
  • We report the results of a multi-wavelength study in the North Ecliptic Pole (NEP) deep field and examine the far infrared-radio correlation (FIRC) for high and low redshift objects. We have found a correlation between the GMRT data at 610 MHz and the Herschel data at $250{\mu}m$ that has been used to define a spectral index. This spectral index shows no evolution against redshift. As a result of the study, we show a radio colour-infrared diagram that can be used as a redshift indicator.

Design space exploration in aircraft conceptual design phase based on system-of-systems simulation

  • Tian, Yifeng;Liu, Hu;Huang, Jun
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.624-635
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    • 2015
  • Design space exploration has been much neglected in aircraft conceptual design phase, which often leads to a waste of time and cost in design, manufacture and operation process. It is necessary to explore design space based on operational system-of-systems (SoS) simulation during the early phase for a competitive design. This paper proposes a methodology to analyze aircraft performance parameters in four steps: combination of parameters, object analysis, operational simulation, and key-parameters analysis. Meanwhile, the design space of an unmanned aerial vehicle applied in earthquake search and rescue SoS is explored based on this methodology. The results show that applying SoS simulation into design phase has important reference value for designers on aircraft conceptual design.

AKARI FAR-INFRARED ALL-SKY SURVEY MAPS

  • Doi, Yasuo;Komugi, Shinya;Kawada, Mitsunobu;Takita, Satoshi;Arimatsu, Ko;Ikeda, Norio;Kato, Daisuke;Kitamura, Yoshimi;Nakagawa, Takao;Ootsubo, Takafumi;Morishima, Takahiro;Hattori, Makoto;Tanaka, Masahiro;White, Glenn J.;Etxaluze, Mireya;Shibai, Hiroshi
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.111-116
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    • 2012
  • Far-infrared observations provide crucial data for the investigation and characterisation of the properties of dusty material in the Interstellar Medium (ISM), since most of its energy is emitted between ~ 100 and $200{\mu}m$. We present the first all-sky image from a sensitive all-sky survey using the Japanese AKARI satellite, in the wavelength range $50-180{\mu}m$. Covering > 99% of the sky in four photometric bands with four filters centred at $65{\mu}m$, $90{\mu}m$, $140{\mu}m$, and $160{\mu}m$ wavelengths, this achieved spatial resolutions from 1 to 2 arcmin and a detection limit of < 10 MJy $sr^{-1}$, with absolute and relative photometric accuracies of < 20%. All-sky images of the Galactic dust continuum emission enable astronomers to map the large-scale distribution of the diffuse ISM cirrus, to study its thermal dust temperature, emissivity and column density, and to measure the interaction of the Galactic radiation field and embedded objects with the surrounding ISM. In addition to the point source population of stars, protostars, star-forming regions, and galaxies, the high Galactic latitude sky is shown to be covered with a diffuse filamentary-web of dusty emission that traces the potential sites of high latitude star formation. We show that the temperature of dust particles in thermal equilibrium with the ambient interstellar radiation field can be estimated by using $90{\mu}m$, $140{\mu}m$, and $160{\mu}m$ data. The FIR AKARI full-sky maps provide a rich new data set within which astronomers can investigate the distribution of interstellar matter throughout our Galaxy, and beyond.

Effective Application of Design Space Exploration in the Very Early Naval Ship Design (초기단계 함정설계시 설계영역탐색의 효과적 적용)

  • Park, Jinwon;Park, Sangil
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.61-73
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    • 2015
  • The early-phase naval ship design demands requirements synthesis rather than design synthesis, which conducts engineering design for several domains on a detailed level. Requirements synthesis focuses on creating a balanced set of required operational capabilities satisfying user's needs and concept of operations. Requirements are evolved from capability based languages to function based language by statistical exploration and engineering design which are derived in the following order: concept alternative, concept baseline, initial baseline and functional baseline. The early-phase naval ship design process can be divided into three passes: concept definition, concept exploration and concept development. Main activities and outcomes in each pass are shortly presented. Concept definition is the first important step that produces a concept baseline through extensive design space exploration promptly. Design space exploration applies a statistical approach to explore design trends of existing ships and produce feasible design range corresponding to concept alternative. It further helps naval systems engineers and operational researchers by inducing useful responses to user and stakeholders' questions at a sufficient degree of confidence and success in the very early ship design. The focus of this paper is on the flow of design space exploration, and its application to a high-speed patrol craft. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors, and do not reflect the official policy or rule of the Navy.

OVERVIEW OF NORTH ECLIPTIC POLE DEEP MULTI-WAVELENGTH SURVEY (NEP-DEEP)

  • Matsuhara, H.;Wada, T.;Oi, N.;Takagi, T.;Nakagawa, T.;Murata, K.;Goto, T.;Oyabu, S.;Takeuchi, T.T.;Malek, K.;Solarz, A.;Ohyama, Y.;Miyaji, T.;Krumpe, M.;Lee, H.M.;Im, M.;Serjeant, S.;Pearson, C.P.;White, G.J.;Malkan, M.A.;Hanami, H.;Ishigaki, T.;Burgarella, D.;Buat, V.;Pollo, A.
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.213-217
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    • 2017
  • The recent updates of the North Ecliptic Pole deep ($0.5deg^2$, NEP-Deep) multi-wavelength survey covering from X-ray to radio-wave is presented. The NEP-Deep provides us with several thousands of $15{\mu}m$ or $18{\mu}m$ selected galaxies, which is the largest sample ever made at these wavelengths. A continuous filter coverage in the mid-infrared wavelength (7, 9, 11, 15, 18, and 24 µm) is unique and vital to diagnose the contributions from starbursts and AGNs in the galaxies out to z=2. The new goal of the project is to resolve the nature of the cosmic star formation history at the violent epoch (e.g. z=1-2), and to find a clue to understand its decline from z=1 to present universe by utilizing the unique power of the multiwavelength survey. The progress in this context is briefly mentioned.

AKARI OBSERVATION OF THE FLUCTUATION OF THE NEAR-INFRARED BACKGROUND

  • Matsumoto, T.;Seo, H.J.;Jeong, W.S.;Lee, H.M.;Matsuura, S.;Matsuhara, H.;Oyabu, S.;Pyo, J.;Wada, T.
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.363-365
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    • 2012
  • We report a search for fluctuations of the sky brightness toward the North Ecliptic Pole with AKARI, at 2.4, 3.2, and $4.1{\mu}m$. The stacked images with a diameter of 10 arcminutes of the AKARI-Monitor Field show a spatial structure on the scale of a few hundred arcseconds. A power spectrum analysis shows that there is a significant excess fluctuation at angular scales larger than 100 arcseconds that cannot be explained by zodiacal light, diffuse Galactic light, shot noise of faint galaxies, or clustering of low-redshift galaxies. These findings indicate that the detected fluctuation could be attributed to the first stars of the universe, i.e., Population III stars.

Deep Space Maneuver by Microwave Discharge Ion Engines onboard "HAYABUSA" Asteroid Explorer

  • Kuninaka, Hitoshi;Nishiyama, Kazutaka;Shimizu, Yukio;Toki, Kyoichiro
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2004.03a
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    • pp.306-313
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    • 2004
  • The microwave discharge ion engine generates plasmas of both the main ion source and the neutralizer using 4㎓ microwave without discharge electrodes and hollow cathodes, so that long life and durability against oxygen and air are expected. The MUSES-C “HAYABUSA” asteroid explorer installing four microwave discharge ion engines “$\mu$10s” was launched into deep space by M-V rocket No.5 on May 9, 2003. After vacuum exposure and several runs of baking for reduction of residual gas the ion engine system established the continuous acceleration of the spacecraft toward the asteroid “ITOKAWA”. The Doppler shift measurement of the communication microwave revealed the performance of ion engines, which is 8mN thrust force for a single unit with 3,200sec specific impulse at 23mN/㎾ thrust power ratio. At the end of 2003 the accumulated operational time exceeded 8,000 hour and unit. HAYABUSA will execute the Earth swing-by on June 2004 and arrive at the asteroid in 2005 and return to Earth in 2007.

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Design and Performance Analysis of DSP Prototype for High Data Rate Transmission of Lunar Orbiter (달 탐사선의 데이터 고속 전송을 위한 DSP 프로토타입 설계 및 성능 분석)

  • Jang, Yeon-Soo;Kim, Sang-Goo;Cho, Kyong-Kuk;Yoon, Dong-Weon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.63-68
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    • 2011
  • Many countries all over the world have been doing lunar exploration projects. Korea has also been doing basic research on lunar exploration. The development of communication systems for lunar exploration projects is one of the most important aspects of performing a successful lunar mission. In this paper, we design a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) prototype based on the requirement analysis of a communication link for lunar exploration and implement its core module considering the international standards for deep space communications to perform a basic research on baseband processor development. It is verified by comparing the bit error rate of the DSP prototype with that of a computer simulation.

Faint Quasar Candidates at z~5 in the ELAIS-N1 field

  • Shin, Suhyun;Im, Myungshin;Kim, Yongjung;Hyun, Minhee;Jeon, Yiseul;Kim, Minjin;Kim, Dohyeong;Kim, Jae-Woo;Taak, Yoon Chan;Yoon, Yongmin;Choi, Changsu;Hong, Jueun;Jun, Hyunsung David;Karouzos, Marios;Kim, Duho;Kim, Ji Hoon;Lee, Seong-Kook;Pak, Soojong;Park, Won-Kee
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.74.2-74.2
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    • 2017
  • Faint quasars are important to test the possibility that quasars are the main contributor to the cosmic reionization. However, it has been difficult to find faint quasars due to the lack of deep, wide-field imaging data. In this poster, we present our efforts to find faint quasars in the ELAIS-N1 field through the deep data (iAB ~ 25) obtained by the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) Strategic Program survey. To select reliable quasar candidate, we also use the near-infrared (NIR) data of the Infrared Medium-deep Survey (IMS) and the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) - Deep Extragalactic Survey (DXS). Using multiple-band color cuts, we select high redshift quasar candidates. To confirm them as high redshift quasars, candidates are observed by the SED camera for QUasars in EArly uNiverse (SQUEAN) instrument in several medium band filters that can sample the redshifted Lyman break efficiency. The quasar sample will be used to study the growth of BH and stellar mass, the relation between the quasar activity and the host galaxy, and their contribution to the cosmic re-ionization.

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