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Metallicity, age, and alpha-element of the globular clusters in the Virgo giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4636

  • Park, Hong-Soo;Lee, Myung-Gyoon;Hwang, Ho-Seong;Arimoto, Nobuo;Yamada, Yoshihiko;Tamura, Naoyuki;Onodera, Masato
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.31.1-31.1
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    • 2010
  • We present a spectroscopic study of the globular clusters (GCs) in the giant elliptical galaxy (gE) NGC 4636 in the Virgo cluster. Line indices of GCs in NGC 4636 are measured from the integrated spectra obtained with Faint Object Camera and Spectrograph (FOCAS) on the Subaru Telescope. We derive the [Fe/H] of the GCs in NGC 4636 using Brodie & Huchra (1990) method. The [Z/H], age, and alpha-element of the GCs are obtained from the comparison of the Lick line indices with the SSP model grid. We investigate the distribution and radial variation of the metallicity, age, and alpha-element of NGC 4636 GCs. The metallicity distribution of NGC 4636 GCs shows a bimodality. The chemical properties of these GCs show little radial variation. These results will be discussed with regard to the formation and evolution of NGC 4636.

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THE DISCOVERY OF TWO RED GIANT BRANCHES IN THE GLOBULAR CLUSTERS NGC 288 AND NGC 362

  • Roh, Dong-Goo;Lee, Young-Wook;Joo, Seok-Joo;Han, Sang-Il;Sohn, Young-Jong;Lee, Jae-Woo
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.82.2-82.2
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    • 2010
  • We investigate the distribution of stars along the red giant branch (RGB) in the globular clusters (GCs) NGC 288 and NGC 362 from Caby photometry using the CTIO 4m Blanco telescope. Our color-magnitude diagrams in hk index show that the RGB stars have two distinct subpopulations with different Ca abundances apparently supplied by the Type II supernovae explosions. However, the RGB splits are not shown in the b - y color, as indicated by previous observations. Our stellar population models show that the presence of two distinct RGBs in these GCs can be reproduced if metal-rich second generation stars are also enhanced in helium and younger by 1 ~ 2 Gyrs.

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A New Perspective on the Blue Tilt Phenomenon of Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems

  • Lee, Sang-Yoon;Yoon, Suk-Jin
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.29.1-29.1
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    • 2010
  • Recent observations reveal that some early-type galaxies show a color-magnitude relation of blue globular clusters (GCs) in the color-magnitude diagrams, which is referred to as 'blue tilt'. This phenomenon is interpreted as a mass-metallicity relation -- metallicities of blue GCs increase with increasing mass, and thus provides a crucial clue to the chemical enrichment processes of GCs as a function of their mass. However, some galaxies show 'non-tilt' or even 'reverse blue tilt' on the blue GC sequence, and thus the origin of blue tilt still remains a puzzle. In this study, we put forward the theoretical explanation for the phenomenon and discuss its implications towards galaxy formation scenarios.

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Dynamical Evolution of Mass Function and Radial Profile of the Globular Cluster System of M87

  • Shin, Ji-Hye;Kim, Sung-Soo S.
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.56.2-56.2
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    • 2010
  • M87, a cD galaxy in the Virgo cluster, has 3-10 times larger enclosed mass than the Milky Way at any given galactocentric radius. Thus the globular cluster (GC) system in M87 is expected to have undergone a more significant dynamical evolution than that of the Milky Way if it had started from the same initial mass function (MF) and radial distribution (RD) as the Milky Way. The evolution of MF and RD of the M87 GC system has been calculated using an advanced, realistic Fokker-Planck (FP) model that considers dynamical friction, disk/bulge shocks, and eccentric cluster orbits. We perform hundreds of FP calculations with different initial cluster conditions, and then search a wide parameter space for the best-fit initial GC MF and RD that evolves into the observed present-day GC MF and RD. We also find best-fit initial MFs and RDs for blue and red GC groups, separately.

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Black Hole Binaries Dynamically Formed in Globular Clusters

  • Park, Dawoo;Kim, Chunglee;Lee, Hyung Mok;Bae, Yeong-Bok;Belczynski, Krzysztof
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.42 no.1
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    • pp.43.1-43.1
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    • 2017
  • We investigate properties of black hole (BH) binaries formed in globular clusters, by using direct N-body simulations. Comparing with previous studies which usually considered single BH masses, our models consist of two-component BH masses, or continuous BH mass function with single mass ordinary cluster stars. During the early stage of dynamical evolution, initially distributed BHs are move to the cluster center by dynamical friction, then BH-BH binaries start to be formed, and eventually be ejected from the cluster due to three body interaction. Finally we find the formation efficiency of high mass BHs are alwats larger than that of lower mass BHs, implying that a BH mass spectrum expected from GW observation should be biased to high mass. In addition, mass ratios of BHs in binaries prefer similar masses (ratio~1), while the most extreme case is less than 3. Expected merger rate from our models is about 7 BH-BH mergers per $Mpc^3$ per yr.

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Electric Field Simulation and Characteristics of Water Treatment Apparatus using Dielectrics (유전체를 이용한 수처리장치의 전계시뮬레이션 및 수처리 특성)

  • Hwang, In-Ah;Lee, Hyun-Soo;Han, Byung-Sung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.333-335
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    • 2005
  • The simulation of electric field distribution of discharge tube with globular $ZrO_2$ and the removal characteristic of Escherichia coli by the discharge tube with globular $ZrO_2$ were estimated. The removal characteristic of Escherichia coli was related to the input voltage because the electric field is increased according to input voltage. As the particle size of $ZrO_2$ beads increased, the removal time of Escherichia coli was shortened due to the dielectric polarization of $ZrO_2$ beads.

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The Grain Size Control of A356 Aluminum Alloy by Electromagnetic Stirring (수평식 전자교반을 이용한 A356 합금의 결정립 제어)

  • Ko J. H.;Seo P. K.;Choi W. S.;Kang C. G.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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    • 2004.10a
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    • pp.111-114
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    • 2004
  • It is many devices to obtain the globular structure because the globularity of the structure is the key to the low apparent viscosity and also to good rheological properties. In this study, the morphology of the change of primary Al phase in A356 alloy by electro magnetic stirrer was investigated to obtain the globular structure. The parameters are the current, stirring time, pouring temperature individually. The greater current and longer stirring time was to get the finer the primary however in case of over the 80A of current and 60sec of stirring time, the primary Al was merged together and was increased. The effect of pouring temperature has an important effect on the size of primary phase. About the $675^{\circ}C$, the primary Al was very fined.

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Reheating Process of Semi-Solid Aluminum Alloy (반융용알루미늄재료의 재가열공정)

  • 강성수;도영진;강충길
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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    • 1997.06a
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    • pp.16-27
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    • 1997
  • A semi-solid forming has a lot of advantages compared to the die casting, squeeze costing and convenctional forging, therefore, semi-solid forming process are now becoming of industial interest for the production of metal components and metal matrix composites. However, the material behaviour in the semi-solid temperature range is not sufficiently known although it controls the whole process through forces and geometry evolutions bcause the behaviour of metal slurries is complex. The semi-solid materials(SSM) fabricated under electric-magnetic stirring condition is necessary to be applicate in forming process. A reheating conditions were studied with the reheating time, holing time and reheating temperatures. The microstructure of SSM (which specimen size:d 40${\times}$i60) on condition of heating time 10min and heating temperature 590$^{\circ}C$ is most globular and finest one. The microstructure of SSM(specimen size:d75${\times}$i60) reheated under the three step reheating conditions is most globular and finest.

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Study of variables influencing on the metal transfer in GMAW (GMAW의 금속이행에 영향을 주는 변수연구를 위한 계측 시스템과 조건해석)

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    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.73-79
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    • 1993
  • The phenomenon of metal transfer has been investigated for different transfer modes using a digital high speed motion analyzer and an arc shadow-graphing system based on a laser source and related optical system. It was observed that the pinch instability phenomenon did not occur for the globular transfer mode, since the liquid globule was then spherical rateher than a cylindrical liquid bar. On increasing the ratio of carbon dioxide to argon, the transition current from globular to spray transfer generally increased, but it is interesting that the transition was observed to occur at the lowest current in a 5% CO$_{2}$-95% argon gas mixture. For pure carbon dioxide and helium shielding gases, the drop frequency increased slowly with increasing current. At high currents or an argon based shielding gas, the length of liquid bar decreased as the carbon dioxide content increased. The acceleration of a droplet within the arc was determined using the gas drag force theory and was found to be greater than the experimental results.

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The Effect of Strain Rate on Macroscopic Behaviour in Compression Forming of Semi-Solid Aluminum Alloy (반용융 알루미늄 재료의 압축성형시 변형율속도가 미시적 거동에 미치는 영향)

  • 강충길;김기훈
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.338-345
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    • 1997
  • The behaviour of alloys in the semi-solid state strongly depends on the imposed stress stage and on the morphology of the phase which can vary from dendritic to globular. To optimal net shape forging of semi-solid materials, it is important to investigate for material behaviour for variation of strain rate. Therefore, to investigate the effect of compression speed on deformation of aluminum alloy with globular microstructure, the compression test for semi-solid aluminum alloy with controlled solid fraction is perform by material test system which is attracted with furance. The behavior of semi-solid aluminum alloy were discussed for the various solid fraction and die speed. The material constants in stress-strain were are also proposed.

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