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COSMIC RAY ACCELERATION DURING LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE FORMATION

  • BLASI PASQUALE
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.5
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    • pp.483-491
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    • 2004
  • Clusters of galaxies are storage rooms of cosmic rays. They confine the hadronic component of cosmic rays over cosmological time scales due to diffusion, and the electron component due to energy losses. Hadronic cosmic rays can be accelerated during the process of structure formation, because of the supersonic motion of gas in the potential wells created by dark matter. At the shock waves that result from this motion, charged particles can be energized through the first order Fermi process. After discussing the most important evidences for non-thermal phenomena in large scale structures, we describe in some detail the main issues related to the acceleration of particles at these shock waves, emphasizing the possible role of the dynamical backreaction of the accelerated particles on the plasmas involved.

Convolution and Deconvolution Algorithms for Large-Volume Cosmological Surveys

  • Park, KeunWoo;Rossi, Graziano
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.50.4-51
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    • 2015
  • Current and planned deep multicolor wide-area cosmological surveys will map in detail the spatial distribution of galaxies and quasars over unprecedented volumes, and provide a number of objects with photometric redshifts more than an order of magnitude bigger than that of spectroscopic redshifts. Photometric information is statistically more significant for studying cosmological evolution, dark energy, and the expansion history of the universe at a fraction of the cost of a full spectroscopic survey, but intrinsically carries a bias due to noise in the distance estimates. We provide convolution- and deconvolution-based algorithms capable of removing this bias -- thus able to exploit the full cosmological information -- in order to reconstruct intrinsic distributions and correlations between distance-dependent quantities. We then show some direct applications of our techniques to the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) datasets. Our methods impact a broader range of studies, when at least one distance-dependent quantity is involved; hence, they will be useful for upcoming large-volume surveys, some of which will only have photometric information.

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Cosmological Research with Isolated Galaxy Pairs

  • Koo, Hanwool;Lee, Jounghun
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.50.3-50.3
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    • 2015
  • 고립된 은하쌍 내의 두 은하의 스핀 각운동량의 각도 차이의 분포를 구하고 이를 통계적으로 분석한 결과를 관측 데이터와 수치 시뮬레이션 데이터 간에 비교함으로써 ${\Lambda}CDM$ 모형이 아닌 다른 우주 모형의 주요 변수를 규제할 수 있다. 이 연구에서는 결합된 암흑 에너지 (coupled dark energy, cDE) 모형의 주요 변수인 결합 함수를 규제하기 위해 서로 다른 조건의 cDE 모형과 ${\Lambda}CDM$ 모형에 따라서 생성한 수치 데이터의 스핀 정렬을 Argudo-Fernandez et al. (2015) 에서 인용한 관측 데이터의 스핀 정렬과 비교하였고, ${\Lambda}CDM$ 모형과 대부분의 cDE 모형의 수치 데이터는 관측 데이터와 부합하나 일부 cDE 모형은 부합하지 않아서 제외될 가능성이 높음을 확인하였다.

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Focal Plane Damage Analysis by the Space Radiation Environment in Aura Satellite Orbit

  • Ko, Dai-Ho;Yeon, Jeoung-Heum;Kim, Seong-Hui;Yong, Sang-Soon;Lee, Seung-Hoon;Sim, Enu-Sup;Lee, Cheol-Woo;De Vries, Johan
    • Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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    • 2011.04a
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    • pp.28.1-28.1
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    • 2011
  • Radiation-induced displacement damage which has caused the increase of the dark current in the focal plane adopted in the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) was studied in regards of the primary protons and the secondaries generated by the protons in the orbit. By using the Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code System (MCNPX) version 2.4.0 along with the Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter version 2010 (SRIM2010), effects of the primary protons as well as secondary particles including neutron, electron, and photon were investigated. After their doses and fluxes that reached onto the charge-coupled device (CCD) were examined, displacement damage induced by major sources was presented.

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Improvement of Underground Parking Garages Lighting in Residential Areas (아파트의 지하주차장의 조명 운영개선)

  • Chang, Soo-Jung;Choi, An-Seop;Choi, Sung-Youl
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.163-168
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    • 2004
  • The improvement of perspectives on dark and limited underground space could be an important factor in successful underground space development. Current trend in the apartment underground parking lot requires not only quantitatively energy efficient design and operation, but also qualitative improvement of the space. For this, we need to consider two factors: Firstly, to understand the characteristics of the fluorescent lamp. Secondly, to improve the uniformity ratio of illuminance. In winter season, a way to keep the uniformity and a method not to lower the indoor illuminance level by cold ambient air. Therefore, a change in interval and arrangement of the lighting fixtures is required. Also, in their operation, current time-fixed control method needs to be changed into the control that method considers the use pattern.

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A Study on Combustion Modeling of Nitramine Solid-Propellant (니트라민계 고체추진제의 연소현상에 대한 연구)

  • Yoon, Jae-Kun;Yang, Vigor
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.06a
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    • pp.89-92
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    • 2004
  • This work describes a model development and numerical simulation of detailed combustion mechanisms of RDX/GAP/BTIN propellants. The analysis is based on the conservation equations of mass, energy, and species concentrations for both the condensed and gas phases, and takes into account finite-rate chemical kinetics and variable thermophysical properties. The model has been applied to study the combustion wave structures and burning characteristics of RDX/GAP/BTIN propellants over a broad range of pressures. Reasonably good agreement is achieved between the calculated and measured burning rate at atmospheric pressure. But the model calculation does not result in dark zone experimentally observed.

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High-Speed, High-Reliability Planar-Structure InP/InGaAs Avalanche Photodiodes for 10Gb/s Optical Receivers with Recess Etching (수광영역의 식각을 통한 단일확산 공정의 고속 평판형 InP/InGaAs 10Gb/s 광 검출기의 신뢰성)

  • Jung, Ji-Houn;Kwon, Yong-Hwan;Hyun, Kyung-Sook;Yun, Il-Gu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2002.07b
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    • pp.1022-1025
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    • 2002
  • This paper presents the reliability of planar InP/InGaAs avalanche photodiodes (APD's) with recess etching, which is very crucial for the commercial 10-Gb/s optical receiver application. A versatile design for the planar InP/InGaAs APD's and bias-temperature tests to evaluate long-term reliability at temperature from 200 to $250^{\circ}C$. The reliability is examined by accelerated life tests by monitoring dark current and breakdown voltage. The lifetime of the APD's is estimated by a degradation activation energy. Based on the test results, it is concluded that the planar InP/InGaAs APD's with recess etching shows the sufficient reliability for practical 10-Gb/s optical receivers.

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Novel Synthesis and Characterization of Pt-graphene/TiO2 Composite Designed for High Photonic Effect and Photocatalytic Activity under Visible Light

  • Ye, Shu;Oh, Won-Chun
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.54 no.1
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    • pp.28-32
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    • 2017
  • The degradation of methyl blue (MB) catalyzed by platinum (Pt)-graphene/$TiO_2$ in dark ambiance was studied. Pt-graphene/$TiO_2$ composites were prepared by simple hydrothermal method. Characterizations of composites were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), specific surface area (BET) analysis, and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis. UV-spectroscopic analysis of the dyes was performed by measuring the change in absorbance. The degradation of the organic dyes was calculated based on the decrease in concentration of the dyes with respect to regular time intervals. Rate coefficients for the catalytic process were successfully established and reusability tests were performed to test the stability of the used catalysts.

Real time observation of reconstruction transition on GaAs (111)B vicinal surface by scanning electron microscopy

  • Ren, Hong-Wen;Tatau Nishinaga
    • Proceedings of the Korea Association of Crystal Growth Conference
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    • 1996.06a
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    • pp.19-37
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    • 1996
  • Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has been applied to observe directly the {{{{ SQRT { 19} }}}}${\times}${{{{ SQRT { 19} }}}} and (1${\times}$1)HT reconstructions and the transition associated step bunching on the GaAs (111)B surfaces under As pressure. Close to the transition point, {{{{ SQRT { 19} }}}}${\times}${{{{ SQRT { 19} }}}}an d (1${\times}$1)HT reconstructions are observed in dark and bright domains by SEM and determined by micro-probe reflection high-energy electron diffraction (${\mu}$-RHEED). The reconstruction diagram shows hyster-esis. The stepped surface morphology during the reconstruction transition was unstable. Heavy step bunching with rough macrostep edges was observed.

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Euclid ASTEROSEISMOLOGY AND KUIPER BELT OBJECTS

  • GOULD, ANDREW;HUBER, DANIEL;STELLO, DENNIS
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.49 no.1
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    • pp.9-18
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    • 2016
  • Euclid, which is primarily a dark-energy/cosmology mission, may have a microlensing component, consisting of perhaps four dedicated one-month campaigns aimed at the Galactic bulge. We show that such a program would yield excellent auxilliary science, including asteroseismology detections for about 100 000 giant stars, and detection of about 1000 Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs), down to 2-2.5 mag below the observed break in the KBO luminosity function at I ∼ 26. For the 400 KBOs below the break, Euclid will measure accurate orbits, with fractional period errors ≲ 2.5%.