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Kennicutt-Schmidt law with H I velocity profile decomposition in NGC 6822

  • Park, Hye-Jin;Oh, Se-Heon;Wang, Jing;Zheng, Yun;Zhang, Hong-Xin;de Blok, W.J.G.
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.32.3-33
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    • 2021
  • We present H I gas kinematics and star formation activities of NGC 6822, a dwarf galaxy located in the Local Volume at a distance of ~ 490 kpc. We perform profile decomposition of the line-of-sight velocity profiles of the high-resolution (42.4" × 12" spatial; 1.6 km/s spectral) H I data cube taken with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). For this, we use a new tool, the so-called BAYGAUD (BAYesian GAUssian Decompositor) which is based on Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques, allowing us to decompose a line-of-sight velocity profile into an optimal number of Gaussian components in a quantitative manner. We classify the decomposed H I gas components of NGC 6822 into bulk-narrow, bulk-broad, and non_bulk with respect to their velocity and velocity dispersion. We correlate their gas surface densities with the surface star formation rates derived using both GALEX far-ultraviolet and WISE 22 micron data to examine the impact of gas turbulence caused by stellar feedback on the Kennicutt-Schmidt (K-S) law. The bulk-narrow component that resides within r25 is likely to follow the linear extension of the Kennicutt-Schmidt (K-S) law for molecular hydrogen (H2) at the low gas surface density regime where H I is not saturated.

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2 - 4 ㎛ Spectroscopy of Red Point Sources in the Galactic Center

  • Jang, DaJeong;An, Deokkeun;Sellgren, Kris;Ramirez, Solange V.;Boogert, Adwin;Geballe, Tom
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.49.2-49.2
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    • 2019
  • We present results from our long-term observing campaign, using the NASA IRTF at Maunakea, to obtain 2 - 4 ㎛ spectra of 118 red point sources in the line of sight to the Galactic Center (GC). Our sample is largely composed of point sources selected from near- and mid-infrared photometry, but also includes a number of massive young stellar objects. Many of these sources show high foreground extinction as shown by deep 3.4 ㎛ aliphatic hydrocarbon absorption feature, which is a characteristic of the diffuse ISM and comes from the long line of sight through the diffuse medium toward the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ), the central 300 pc region of the GC. The deep 3.1 ㎛ H2O ice absorption band coming from the local, dense material in the GC CMZ suggests that most sources are likely located in the GC CMZ. A few of these sources show weak CCH3OH ice absorption at 3.535 ㎛, which can provide a strong constraint on the CCH3OH ice formation in the unique environment of the CMZ. From the best-fitting models, the optical depths of these features are determined and used to generate a well-rounded view of the ice composition across the GC CMZ and the spectral characteristics of massive YSOs in the GC.

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Experimental Study on the Effect of Antenna Polarization in WBAN Off-Body Channel (WBAN Off-Body 채널에서 안테나 편파의 영향 분석)

  • Jeon, Jaesung;Ahn, Byoungjik;Kim, Sunwoo;Choi, Jaehoon
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.144-151
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    • 2013
  • This paper investigates the effect of antenna polarization in Wireless Body Area Network(WBAN) off-body channel. The polarizations of antenna are divided into four combinations regarding Line-of-Sight(LOS) and Non-LOS(NLOS) environment. The human body keeps both still standing and moving to show that the impact of the polarization to signal. This paper confirms the performance depending on the polarization of receiver antenna and the combination of the polarizations on the off-body channel.

A Study on a Nonlinear Control Algorithm for the Automatic Berthing of Ships (선박 자동 이접안을 위한 비선형 제어알고리즘 연구)

  • Won, Moon-Cheol;Hong, Seong-Kuk;Jung, Yun-Ha;Kim, Sun-Young;Son, Nam-Sun;Yoon, Hyun-Gyu
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.34-40
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    • 2008
  • his study discusses the design of an automatic berthing control algorithm for ships with a haw thruster and a stern thruster, as well as a rudder. A nonlinear mathematical model for the law speed maneuvering of ships was used to design a MIMO (multi-input multi-output) nonlinear control algorithm. The algorithm consists of two parts, the forward velocity control and heading angle control. The control algorithm was designed based on the longitudinal and yaw dynamic models of ships. The desired heading angle was obtained by the so-called "Line of Sight" method. An optimal control force allocation method forthe rudder and the thrusters is suggested. The nonlinear control algorithm was tested by numerical simulations using MATLAB, and showed good tracking performance.

Enhanced Spatial Modulation of Indoor Visible Light Communication

  • Shan, Ye;Li, Ming;Jin, Minglu
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2015
  • In this study, we consider visible light communication in an indoor line-of-sight environment. It has been proved that among the multiple input multiple output (MIMO) techniques, spatial modulation (SM) performs better than repetition coding (RC) and spatial multiplexing (SMP). On the basis of a combination of SM and pulse amplitude modulation (PAM), here, we propose an enhanced SM algorithm to improve the bit error rate. Traditional SM activates only one light-emitting diode (LED) at one time, and the proposed enhanced SM activates two LEDs at one time and reduces the intensity levels of PAM by half. Under the condition of a highly correlated channel, power imbalance is used to improve the algorithm performance. The comparison between the two schemes is implemented at the same signal-to-noise ratio. The simulation results illustrate that the enhanced SM outperforms the traditional SM in both highly correlated and lowly correlated channels. Furthermore, the proposed enhanced SM scheme can increase the transmission rate in most cases.

A Study on Passive Homing Trajectory for Maximizing Target Information (표적 정보량을 최대화하는 피동 호밍궤적에 관한 고찰)

  • Ra, Won-Sang;Shin, Hyo-Sang;Jung, Bo-Young;Whang, Ick-Ho
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.68 no.1
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    • pp.172-181
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    • 2019
  • This paper deals with the problem of generating the energy optimal trajectory which is intended to enhance the target tracking performance of a passive homing missile. Noticing that the essence of passive target tracking is the range estimation problem, the target information gathered by passive measurements can be readily analyzed by introducing the range estimator designed in line-of-sight(LOS) frame. Moreover, for the linear filter structure of the suggested range estimator, the cost function associated with the target information is clearly expressed as a function of the line-of-sight rate. Based on this idea, the optimal missile trajectory maximizing the target information is obtained by solving the saddle point problem for an indefinite quadratic cost which consists of the target information and the energy. It is shown that, different from the previous heuristic approaches, the guidance command producing the optimal passive homing trajectory is produced by the modified proportional navigation guidance law whose navigation constant is determined by the weighting coefficient for target information cost.

Effect of Path Loss Models for CDMA Base Station Deployment in LOS Environments (LOS 환경에서 CDMA 기지국 배치를 위한 Path Loss Model의 영향)

  • Min, Seung-Wook
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.36 no.1A
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2011
  • Cell Capacity and cell layout are strongly dependent on the up-link interference caused by out-of-cell mobiles. Accurate prediction of the propagation path loss from out-of-cell mobiles is essential to achieve system designs that minimize the infrastructure required for a given quality of service (QOS). Less accurate predictions can be expected to yield designs requiring the use of a greater number of base stations. In order to quantify the dependence of infrastructure on prediction accuracy, this paper considers the cellular systems, LOS (line of sight) cells along a road or highway.

Hybrid TOA/AOA Cooperative Mobile Localization in 4G Cellular Networks

  • Wu, Shixun;Wang, Shuliang;Xu, Kai;Wang, Honggang
    • IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.77-85
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    • 2013
  • this study examined hybrid Time of Arrival/Angle of Arrival (TOA/AOA) localization technique in a cellular network. Based on the linearized equations from the TOA and AOA measurements, the weighted least square (WLS) method is proposed to obtain the location estimation of a mobile station (MS) by analyzing the statistical properties of the error vector in Line of Sight (LOS) and Non-line of Sight (NLOS) environments, respectively. Moreover, the precise expression of the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) for hybrid TOA/AOA measurements in different LOS/NLOS conditions was derived when the LOS error is a Gaussian variable and the NLOS error is an exponential variable. The idea of cooperative localization is proposed based on the additional information from short-range communication among the MSs in fourth generation (4G) cellular networks. Therefore, the proposed hybrid TOA/AOA WLS method can be improved further with the cooperative scheme. The simulation results show that the hybrid TOA/AOA method has better performance than the TOA only method, particularly when the AOA measurements are accurate. Moreover, the performance of the hybrid TOA/AOA method can be improved further by the cooperative scheme.

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A Study on the Non-Line-of-Sight Error Mitigation in Wireless Sensor Networks (무선 센서 네트워크 환경에서 Non-Line-of-Sight 오류 감소 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Woo-Jin;Kang, Chul-Gyu;Oh, Chang-Heon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.873-875
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    • 2008
  • In sensor network, the elimination of NLOS information is a necessity to improve the accuracy of the localization. For this reason, we proposed an algorithm iteratively eliminating the NLOS information to enhance the accuracy of the localization of a tag location, and simulated the proposed algorithm to confirm the performance. The proposed algorithm can estimate the location of the error distance within 3.5m when it has 10 LOS coordinates with LOS information. In addition, it can enhance the accuracy according to decreasing NLOS coordinates.

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3D Orientation and Position Tracking System of Surgical Instrument with Optical Tracker and Internal Vision Sensor (광추적기와 내부 비전센서를 이용한 수술도구의 3차원 자세 및 위치 추적 시스템)

  • Joe, Young Jin;Oh, Hyun Min;Kim, Min Young
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.22 no.8
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    • pp.579-584
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    • 2016
  • When surgical instruments are tracked in an image-guided surgical navigation system, a stereo vision system with high accuracy is generally used, which is called optical tracker. However, this optical tracker has the disadvantage that a line-of-sight between the tracker and surgical instrument must be maintained. Therefore, to complement the disadvantage of optical tracking systems, an internal vision sensor is attached to a surgical instrument in this paper. Monitoring the target marker pattern attached on patient with this vision sensor, this surgical instrument is possible to be tracked even when the line-of-sight of the optical tracker is occluded. To verify the system's effectiveness, a series of basic experiments is carried out. Lastly, an integration experiment is conducted. The experimental results show that rotational error is bounded to max $1.32^{\circ}$ and mean $0.35^{\circ}$, and translation error is in max 1.72mm and mean 0.58mm. Finally, it is confirmed that the proposed tool tracking method using an internal vision sensor is useful and effective to overcome the occlusion problem of the optical tracker.