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TOWARD A NEXT GENERATION SOLAR CORONAGRAPH: DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPACT DIAGNOSTIC CORONAGRAPH FOR THE ISS

  • Cho, K.S.;Bong, S.C.;Choi, S.;Yang, H.;Kim, J.;Baek, J.H.;Park, J.;Lim, E.K.;Kim, R.S.;Kim, S.;Kim, Y.H.;Park, Y.D.;Clarke, S.W.;Davila, J.M.;Gopalswamy, N.;Nakariakov, V.M.;Li, B.;Pinto, R.F.
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.50 no.5
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    • pp.139-149
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    • 2017
  • The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute plans to develop a coronagraph in collaboration with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and to install it on the International Space Station (ISS). The coronagraph is an externally occulted one-stage coronagraph with a field of view from 3 to 15 solar radii. The observation wavelength is approximately 400 nm, where strong Fraunhofer absorption lines from the photosphere experience thermal broadening and Doppler shift through scattering by coronal electrons. Photometric filter observations around this band enable the estimation of 2D electron temperature and electron velocity distribution in the corona. Together with a high time cadence (<12 min) of corona images used to determine the geometric and kinematic parameters of coronal mass ejections, the coronagraph will yield the spatial distribution of electron density by measuring the polarized brightness. For the purpose of technical demonstration, we intend to observe the total solar eclipse in August 2017 with the filter system and to perform a stratospheric balloon experiment in 2019 with the engineering model of the coronagraph. The coronagraph is planned to be installed on the ISS in 2021 for addressing a number of questions (e.g., coronal heating and solar wind acceleration) that are both fundamental and practically important in the physics of the solar corona and of the heliosphere.

Forecasting Cryptocurrency Prices in COVID-19 Phase: Convergence Study on Naver Trends and Deep Learning (COVID-19 국면의 암호화폐 가격 예측: 네이버트렌드와 딥러닝의 융합 연구)

  • Kim, Sun-Woong
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.116-125
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze whether investor anxiety caused by COVID-19 affects cryptocurrency prices in the COVID-19 pandemic, and to experiment with cryptocurrency price prediction based on a deep learning model. Investor anxiety is calculated by combining Naver's Corona search index and Corona confirmed information, analyzing Granger causality with cryptocurrency prices, and predicting cryptocurrency prices using deep learning models. The experimental results are as follows. First, CCI indicators showed significant Granger causality in the returns of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Lightcoin. Second, LSTM with CCI as an input variable showed high predictive performance. Third, Bitcoin's price prediction performance was the highest in comparison between cryptocurrencies. This study is of academic significance in that it is the first attempt to analyze the relationship between Naver's Corona search information and cryptocurrency prices in the Corona phase. In future studies, extended studies into various deep learning models are needed to increase price prediction accuracy.

Discharge Characteristics near the tip of needle in water (수중에서 침전극 끝단의 방전특성)

  • Lee, Bok-Hee;Choi, Jong-Hyuk;Park, Geon-Hun;Jun, Byung-Wook;Kim, Hoe-Gu;Beak, Young-Hwan;Lee, Kyu-Sun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.239-241
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    • 2007
  • In this paper we describe streamer propagations characterizing underwater pre-breakdown and breakdown behaviour under impulse voltages. Streamer corona branches in lower resistivities are much thicker and brighter than those in higher resistivities. The negative streamer channels not only have more branches but also widely spread out than the positive streamer channels. The succession of streamer coronas during re-breakdown produces a stepwise propagation. The pre-breakdown currents consist of the conduction current and streamer corona current pulses.

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Development of composite filter with high performance meltblown non-woven (고성능 멜트블로운 부직포 복합필터 개발)

  • Lee Jae-Dal;Hong Young-Ki;Bae Kie-Seo
    • Textile Coloration and Finishing
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    • v.17 no.2 s.81
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    • pp.40-45
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    • 2005
  • Electret filter is good enough to protect health and environment from air pollution. The reason why is gathering particles not only by mechanical mechanism but also by electrostatic attraction. Especially this filter is shown lower pressure drop than general mechanical filters as glass fiber. For making electret filter media using polypropylene meltblown(M/B) nonwoven, the nonwoven is charged with corona which was supplied high voltage DC, AC, and pulse with DC power. The electret filter media is tested with $0.3{\mu}m$ sodium chloride and dioctyl phthalate(DOP) aerosol. Results revealed that filtration performance of electret filter media increased as corona was applied with higher voltage and with AC power rather than DC, and fiber diameter was fine and uniform.

THE FREQUENCY AGILE SOLAR RADIOTELESCOPE

  • GARY DALE E.
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.36 no.spc1
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    • pp.135-143
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    • 2003
  • Solar radio astronomy is about to undergo a revolution with the advent of a new radio synthesis array, the Frequency Agile Solar Radiotelescope (FASR). The array will consist of more than 100 antennas (5000 baselines), and will be designed to meet the special challenges of solar imaging. It will produce high-quality images at hundreds of frequencies in the range 20 MHz-24 GHz. We briefly describe the plans for the instrument, and then concentrate on the range of science that is expected to be addressed, using current state-of-the-art solar radio observations and modeling to illustrate FASR performance. We end with an assessment of the current status of the instrument, and plans for future.

Solar Interior Currents Presumed by Solar Surface Magnetic Fields

  • Bogyeong Kim;Yu Yi
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.56 no.2
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    • pp.187-194
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    • 2023
  • The remote sensing technique of measuring the magnetic field was applied first to sunspots by Hale (1908). Later Babcock (1961) showed that the solar surface magnetic field on a global scale is a dipole in first-order approximation and that this dipole field reverses once every solar cycle. The Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO) supplies the spherical harmonics coefficients of the solar corona magnetic field of each Carrington Rotation, calculated based on the remotely-sensed photospheric magnetic field of the solar surface. To infer the internal current system producing the global solar coronal magnetic field structure and evolution of the Sun, we calculate the multipole components of the solar magnetic field using the WSO data from 1976 to 2019. The prominent cycle components over the last 4 solar activity cycles are axis-symmetric fields of the dipole and octupole. This implies that the current inversion driving the solar magnetic field reversal originates from the equatorial region and spreads to the whole globe. Thus, a more accurate solar dynamo model must include an explanation of the origin and evolution of such solar internal current dynamics.

TOWARD A NEXT GENERATION SOLAR CORONAGRAPH: DIAGNOSTIC CORONAGRAPH EXPERIMENT

  • Cho, Kyung-Suk;Yang, Heesu;Lee, Jae-Ok;Bong, Su-Chan;Kim, Jihun;Choi, Seonghwan;Park, Jongyeob;Cho, Kyuhyoun;Baek, Ji-Hye;Kim, Yeon-Han;Park, Young-Deuk
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.53 no.4
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    • pp.87-98
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    • 2020
  • The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) has been developing a next-generation coronagraph (NGC) in cooperation with NASA to measure the coronal electron density, temperature, and speed simultaneously, using four different optical filters around 400 nm. KASI organized an expedition to demonstrate the coronagraph measurement scheme and the instrumental technology during the 2017 total solar eclipse (TSE) across the USA. The observation site was in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA. We built an eclipse observation system, the Diagnostic Coronal Experiment (DICE), composed of two identical telescopes to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. The observation was conducted at four wavelengths and three linear polarization directions in the limited total eclipse time of about 140 seconds. We successfully obtained polarization data for the corona but we were not able to obtain information on the coronal electron temperature and speed due to the low signal-to-noise ratio of the optical system and strong emission from prominences located at the western limb. In this study, we report the development of DICE and the observation results from the eclipse expedition. TSE observation and analysis with our self-developed instrument showed that a coronagraph needs to be designed carefully to achieve its scientific purpose. We gained valuable experience for future follow-up NASA-KASI joint missions: the Balloon-borne Investigation of the Temperature and Speed of Electrons in the Corona (BITSE) and the COronal Diagnostic EXperiment (CODEX).

Comparison of Coronal Electron Density Distributions from MLSO/MK4 and SOHO/UVCS

  • Lee, Jae-Ok;Lee, Kyung-Sun;Lee, Jin-Yi;Jang, Soojeong;Kim, Rok-Soon;Cho, Kyung-Suk;Moon, Yong-Jae
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.85.2-85.2
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    • 2017
  • The coronal electron density is a fundamental and important physical quantity in solar physics for estimating coronal magnetic fields and analyzing solar radio bursts. To check a validation of coronal electron density distributions (CEDDs) from polarized brightness (pB) measurements with Van de Hulst inversions, we compare CEDDs derived from a polarized brightness (pB) observation [MLSO/MK4 coronameter] and one spectroscopic observation [SOHO/UVCS]. For this, we consider data observed in 2005 with the following conditions: (1) the observation time differences from each other are less than 1 minutes; and (2) O VI doublet (O VI $1031.9{\AA}$ and $1037.6{\AA}$) is well identified. In the pB observation, the CEDDs can be estimated by using Van de Hulst inversion methods. In the spectroscopic observation, we use the ratio of radiative and collisional components of the O VI doublet to estimate the CEDDs. We find that the CEDDs obtained from pB measurements are higher than those based on UVCS observations at the heights between 1.6 and 1.8 Rs (${\times}1.9$ for coronal streamer, 1.2 ~ 1.8 for background corona, and 1.5 for coronal hole), while they are lower than those based on UVCS at the heights between 1.9 and 2.6 Rs (${\times}0.1{\sim}0.6$ for coronal streamer, 0.5 ~ 0.7 for background corona, and 0.6 for coronal hole). The CEDDs of coronal streamers are higher than those of background corona at the between 1.6 and 2.0 Rs: ${\times}1.2{\sim}2.4$ for MK4 and 1.5 ~ 1.9 for UVCS.

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A Comparative Study on Recovery of Motor Function in Stroke Patients with Corona Radiata Infarcts and Intracerebral Hemorrhage

  • Kim, Chung-Sun;Park, Sang-Young;Kwon, Jung-Won
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.53-58
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: Our goal was to determine the difference in motor recovery between two stroke types: the corona radiata (CR) infarct type and the intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) type, by using assessment methods for motor functions. Methods: Forty subjects who were diagnosed as having had a stroke with an infarct (men: 11, women: 9, mean age: $62.25{\pm}7.59$) or a stroke with an ICH (men: 12, women: 8, mean age: $59.75{\pm}6.11$) were recruited. In all subjects, motor functions of the affected extremities were measured 2 times: at stroke onset (initial) and 6 months after the onset (final) by the motricity index (MI), the modified Brunnstrom classification (MBC), and functional ambulatory category (FAC). We compared the final assessment with the initial one. Results: Motor functions of all patients improved with the passing of time. All scores of motor function assessment in the ICH type were higher than in the infarct type. Comparing the initial assessment with the final one, upper MI and MBC scores of the upper extremities were significantly different between the two stroke types (p<0.05), but lower MI and FAC scores of the lower extremities were not (p>0.05). Conclusion: These findings imply that patterns of motor recovery in patients with either the infarct type or the ICH type of stroke change for the better over time. The degree of motor recovery in the ICH type was better than in the infarct type. Therefore, one can introduce clinical interventions by the aspect of progress in functional motor recovery.

Study on Electrical Environmental Obstacle Using a 765kV Double Circuit Test Line (765kV 시험선로를 이용한 전기환경장해 특성연구)

  • Kim, Jeong-Boo;Jo, Seong-Sae;Shin, Goo-Yong;Lee, Dong-Il;Yang, Kwang-Ho;Ahn, Hee-Sung;Bae, Jeong-Hyo;Koo, Ja-Yoon;Min, Seok-Weon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1994.07b
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    • pp.1517-1519
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    • 1994
  • This paper describes electrical environmental study of a 765kV double circuit test line. Corona performance on several candidate conductor bundles has been investigated in the corona cage (single phase simulation facility) since 1984. We have known that six RAIL conductor bundle is the most suitable for the 765kV transmission Line, [3] To investigate electrical environmental impact of the future commerciale line, we build a full sacle 765kV test line in 1993. The test results of Audible Noise, Radio Interference, TV Interference from August, 1993 to Jan. 1994 were measured as $48.7[dBA](L_{50})$. $57.4[dB{\mu}V/m]$(Fair weather, $L_{50})$. $14.5[dB${\mu}$V/m]$(Fair weather, $L_{50}$). We have found that the Audible Noise data were very close to the predicted(48.5 [dBA]) by BPA Corona and Field Effects Computer program, however, the RI and TVI data were much higher than predicted(42 [dBmV/m], $7.9[dB{\mu}V/m)$ by the BPA program. We have investigating the reason of the difference. In the constructing of full scale test line, we developed the tubular tower, 765kV test transformer and hardwares of 765kV transmission line insulator strings. Also we will investigate the effects of plants under the 765kV test Line.

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