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Simultaneous source frequency phase referencing observations of H2O and SiO masers toward VX Sgr

  • Yoon, Dong-Hwan;Cho, Se-Hyung;Yun, Young-Joo;Choi, Yoon Kyung;Kim, Jaeheon
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제40권2호
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    • pp.40.3-41
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    • 2015
  • We performed simultaneous observations of H2O and SiO masers toward VX Sgr using the Korean VLBI Network (KVN) and Source Frequency Phase Referencing (SFPR) method. The observations were carried out at 5 epochs from 2014 February to 2015 June. The relative locations of the SiO with respect to the H2O maser emission were determined at two epochs by SFPR for the first time. The H2O masers show well developed asymmetric outflow features which are spread up to ~300 mas in diameter. On the other hand, the SiO masers show a ring-like structure close to the central star with ~ 30 mas diameter. The SFPR observational results at two epochs (${\varphi}=0.83$ and 0.99) provide similar relative locations of H2O and SiO maser features. These superposed maps of H2O and SiO masers lead us to investigate the development of outflow motions from relatively spherical SiO maser regions close to central star to aspherical H2O maser regions according to optical phase of stellar pulsation together with the prediction of the position of central star.

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Star formation in high redshift early-type galaxies

  • Gobat, Raphael;Daddi, Emanuele;Magdis, Georgios;Bournaud, Frederic;Sargent, Mark;Martig, Marie;Jin, Shuowen;Hwang, Ho Seong
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제42권2호
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    • pp.40.1-40.1
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    • 2017
  • Massive early-type galaxies (ETG) have been spectroscopically confirmed up to z>3 which, together with their ages and abundances at z>1.5, implies that their progenitors must have converted gas into stars on short timescales. The termination of star formation in these galaxies can occur through several channels, but they remain largely conjectural, in part due to the current lack of direct measurements of the amount of residual gas in high redshift ETGs. Here I will present constraints on the star formation rate and dust/gas content of z=1.4-2.5 ETGs. These galaxies, close to their epoch of quenching, contained more than 2 orders of magnitude more dust than their local counterparts, which suggests the presence of substantial amounts of gas and a low star formation efficiency.

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[ N2H+ ] OBSERVATIONS OF MOLECULAR CLOUD CORES IN TAURUS

  • TATEMATSU KEN'ICHI
    • 천문학회지
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    • 제38권2호
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    • pp.279-282
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    • 2005
  • We report the millimeter-wave radio observations of molecular cloud cores in Taurus. The observed line is the $N_2H^+$ emission at 93 GHz, which is known to be less affected by molecular depletion. We have compared starless (IRAS-less) cores with star-forming cores. We found that there is no large difference between starless and star-forming cores, in core radius, linewidth, core mass, and radial intensity profile. Our result is in contrast with the result obtained by using a popular molecular line, in which starless cores are larger and less condensed. We suggest that different results mainly come from whether the employed molecular line is affected by depletion or not. We made a virial analysis, and found that both starless and star-forming cores are not far from the critical equilibrium state, in Taurus. Together with the fact that Taurus cores are almost thermally supported, we conclude that starless Taurus cores evolve to star formation without dissipating turbulence. The critical equilibrium state in the virial analysis corresponds to the critical Bonnor-Ebert sphere in the Bonnor-Ebert analysis (Nakano 1998). It is suggested that the initial condition of the molecular cloud cores/globules for star formation is close to the critical equilibrium state/critical Bonnor-Ebert sphere, in the low-mass star forming region.

Broadband Photometric Study of Two Open Clusters: Westerlund 1 and IC 1848

  • Lim, Beomdu
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제39권1호
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    • pp.83.1-83.1
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    • 2014
  • Open clusters consisting of a co-spatial and coeval population with a similar chemical composition are a superb astrophysical test bed in both stellar and galactic astronomy. We introduce not only several scientific issues relating to these objects but also comprehensive studies of the two young open clusters Westerlund 1 and IC 1848 formed in extremely different star-forming conditions. Westerlund 1 is known as the most massive starburst cluster in the Galaxy. Located in the Scutum-Centaurus spiral arm, the cluster is relatively close to the Galactic Center. The apparent surface density is very high. On the other hand, IC 1848 is a core cluster within the large-scale star-forming region W5 lying in the Perseus arm. Unlike Westerlund 1, IC 1848 with a putatively low metallicity exhibits a low surface density. We present the fundamental parameters of those young clusters, such as reddening, distance, and age, obtained from the broadband photometric analysis. The stellar initial mass function (IMF) of the clusters is used to investigate the effects of the different star-forming conditions on the star formation activity. With the results of previous studies for several young open clusters, our preliminary results support a possibility that star formation activity may be affected by the environmental factors or the initial condition of natal clouds. In addition, we shortly discuss the age scale and spread of pre-main sequence stars to understand the formation processes of star clusters.

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CLOSE-IN STELLAR COMPANIONS IN CLOSE BINARY STARS

  • LIAO, FIRST M. WENPING;QIAN, SHENGBANG;ZHU, LIYING;LIU, LIANG
    • 천문학논총
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    • 제30권2호
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    • pp.215-216
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    • 2015
  • Close binary stars are so close that one component has an effect on the evolution of the other. But how do they form and evolve? This is an unsolved problem. One speculation is that the binary is a part of a hierarchical triple and its orbit shrinks due to interaction with the third component. Therefore, searching for and investigating tertiary components, especially close-in ones, in close binary stars are important for understanding their origin, as well as to test theories of star formation and stellar dynamical interaction.

Towards the Understanding of the Growth and Evolution of Supermassive Black Holes at Galaxy Centers

  • Kim, Ji-hoon
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제43권2호
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    • pp.32.2-32.2
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    • 2018
  • As computational resolution of modern cosmological simulations reach ever so close to resolve individual star-forming clumps in a galaxy, a need for "resolution-appropriate" physics for a galaxy-scale simulation has never been greater. To this end, we introduce a self-consistent numerical framework that includes explicit treatments of feedback from star-forming molecular clouds and massive black holes. We perform a state-of-the-art cosmological simulation of a quasar-host galaxy at z~7.5, and demonstrate that previously undiscussed types of interplay between galactic components may hold important clues about the growth and impact of quasar-host galaxies.

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ON THE $FEKETE-SZEG\"{O}$ PROBLEM FOR STRONGLY $\alpha$-LOGARITHMIC CLOSE-TO-CONVEX FUNCTIONS

  • Cho, Nak-Eun
    • East Asian mathematical journal
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    • 제21권2호
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    • pp.233-240
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    • 2005
  • Let $CS^{\alpha}(\beta)$ denote the class of normalized strongly $\alpha$-logarithmic close-to-convex functions of order $\beta$, defined in the open unit disk $\mathbb{U}$ by $$\|arg\{\(\frac{f(z)}{g(z)}\)^{1-\alpha}\(\frac{zf'(z)}{g(z)\)^{\alpha}\}\|\leq\frac{\pi}{2}\beta,\;(\alpha,\beta\geq0)$$ where $g{\in}S^*$ the class of normalized starlike functions. In this paper, we prove sharp $Fekete-Szeg\"{o}$ inequalities for functions $f{\in}CS^{\alpha}(\beta)$.

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Performance Prediction of a Laser-guide Star Adaptive Optics System for a 1.6 m Telescope

  • Lee, Jun Ho;Lee, Sang Eun;Kong, Young Jun
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • 제2권3호
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    • pp.269-279
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    • 2018
  • We are currently investigating the feasibility of a 1.6 m telescope with a laser-guide star adaptive optics (AO) system. The telescope, if successfully commissioned, would be the first dedicated adaptive optics observatory in South Korea. The 1.6 m telescope is an f/13.6 Cassegrain telescope with a focal length of 21.7 m. This paper first reviews atmospheric seeing conditions measured over a year in 2014~2015 at the Bohyun Observatory, South Korea, which corresponds to an area from 11.6 to 21.6 cm within 95% probability with regard to the Fried parameter of 880 nm at a telescope pupil plane. We then derive principal seeing conditions such as the Fried parameter and Greenwood frequency for eight astronomical spectral bands (V/R/I/J/H/K/L/M centered at 0.55, 0.64, 0.79, 1.22, 1.65, 2.20, 3.55, and $4.77{\mu}m$). Then we propose an AO system with a laser guide star for the 1.6 m telescope based on the seeing conditions. The proposed AO system consists of a fast tip/tilt secondary mirror, a $17{\times}17$ deformable mirror, a $16{\times}16$ Shack-Hartmann sensor, and a sodium laser guide star (589.2 nm). The high order AO system is close-looped with 2 KHz sampling frequency while the tip/tilt mirror is independently close-looped with 63 Hz sampling frequency. The AO system has three operational concepts: 1) bright target observation with its own wavefront sensing, 2) less bright star observation with wavefront sensing from another bright natural guide star (NGS), and 3) faint target observation with tip/tilt sensing from a bright natural guide star and wavefront sensing from a laser guide star. We name these three concepts 'None', 'NGS only', and 'LGS + NGS', respectively. Following a thorough investigation into the error sources of the AO system, we predict the root mean square (RMS) wavefront error of the system and its corresponding Strehl ratio over nine analysis cases over the worst ($2{\sigma}$) seeing conditions. From the analysis, we expect Strehl ratio >0.3 in most seeing conditions with guide stars.

ON THE FEKETE-SZEGO PROBLEM FOR CERTAIN ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS

  • Kwon, Oh-Sang;Cho, Nak-Eun
    • 한국수학교육학회지시리즈B:순수및응용수학
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    • 제10권4호
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    • pp.265-271
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    • 2003
  • Let $CS_\alpha(\beta)$ denote the class of normalized strongly $\alpha$-close-to-convex functions of order $\beta$, defined in the open unit disk $\cal{U}$ of $\mathbb{C}$${\mid}arg{(1-{\alpha})\frac{f(z)}{g(z)}+{\alpha}\frac{zf'(z)}{g(z)}}{\mid}\;\leq\frac{\pi}{2}{\beta}(\alpha,\beta\geq0)$ such that $g\; \in\;S^{\ask}$, the class of normalized starlike unctions. In this paper, we obtain the sharp Fekete-Szego inequalities for functions belonging to $CS_\alpha(\beta)$.

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Near-IR Polarization of the Northeastern Region of the Large Magellanic Cloud

  • Kim, Jaeyeong
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제42권2호
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    • pp.42.2-42.2
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    • 2017
  • The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a unique target to study the detail structures of molecular clouds and star-forming regions, due to its proximity and face-on orientation from us. Most part of the astrophysical subjects for the LMC have been investigated, but the magnetic field is still veiling despite its role in the evolution of the interstellar medium (ISM) and in the main force to influence the star formation process. Measuring polarization of the background stars behind interstellar medium allows us to describe the existence of magnetic fields through the polarization vector map. In this presentation, I introduce the near-infrared polarimetric results for the $39^{\prime}{\times}69^{\prime}$ field of the northeastern region of the LMC and the N159/N160 star-forming complex therein. The polarimetric observations were conducted at IRSF/SIRPOL 1.4 m telescope. These results allow us to examine both the global geometry of the large-scale magnetic field in the northeastern region and the close structure of the magnetic field in the complex. Prominent patterns of polarization vectors mainly follow dust emission features in the mid-infrared bands, which imply that the large-scale magnetic fields are highly involved in the structure of the dust cloud in the LMC. In addition, local magnetic field structures in the N159/N160 star-forming complex are investigated with the comparison between polarization vectors and molecular cloud emissions, suggesting that the magnetic fields are resulted from the sequential formation history of this complex. I propose that ionizing radiation from massive stellar clusters and the expanding bubble of the ionized gas and dust in this complex probably affect the nascent magnetic field structure.

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