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A CASE STUDY TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP OF RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON EVENTS TO SUBSTORM INJECTIONS AND ULF POWERS

  • Hwang Junga;Min Kyoung Wook;Lee Ensang;Lee China;Lee Dae Young
    • Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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    • 2004.10b
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    • pp.380-383
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    • 2004
  • We study the two storm events of 1997: one in May that was accompanied by a relativistic electron event (REE) and the other in September, with a more profound Dst decrease, but with no significant flux increase of relativistic electrons. We find that a larger amount of seed electrons was present in the May event compared to that of the September storm, whereas the ULF (ultra low frequency) power was more enhanced and the particle spectrum was harder in the September event. Hence, we demonstrate that a larger storm does not necessarily produce more seed electrons and that the amount of seed electrons is an important factor in an actual increase in REE flux levels, while ULF can harden the particle spectra without causing an apparent REE.

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Theoretical Background on Heavy Charged Particle Therapy and Proton Monte Carlo Simulation (중하전입자 치료의 이론적 배경과 양성자에 대한 몬테칼로 시뮬레이션)

  • 이정옥;이상공;김종일;정동혁;문성록;강정구
    • Progress in Medical Physics
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.47-52
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    • 1997
  • Simulations were performed using a Monte Carlo technique in order to show physical phenomena occurring when a heavy charged particle such as proton or alpha particle traverses the medium. It was confirmed that the sharp Bragg peak occurred deeper in the water with the increasing proton energy. It is found that the use of such a sharp Bragg peak due to heavy charged particles would be far superior to the case of the photon or electron, since the absorbed dose in the target tissues would be better localized, thereby minimizing the damage to the surrounding tissues.

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Gallium nitride nanoparticle synthesis using nonthermal plasma with gallium vapor

  • You, K.H.;Kim, J.H.;You, S.J.;Lee, H.C.;Ruh, H.;Seong, D.J.
    • Current Applied Physics
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    • v.18 no.12
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    • pp.1553-1557
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    • 2018
  • Gallium nitride (GaN) nanoparticles are synthesized by the gallium particle trapping effect in a $N_2$ nonthermal plasma with metallic Ga vapor. A proposed method has an advantage of synthesized GaN nanoparticle purity because the gallium vapor from the inductively heated tungsten boat does not contain any impurity source. The synthesized particle size can be controlled by the amount of Ga vapor, which is adjusted using the plasma emission ratio of nitrogen to gallium, owing to the particle trapping effect. The synthesized nanoparticles are investigated by electron microscopy studies. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) studies confirm that the synthesized GaN nanoparticles (10-40 nm) crystallize in a single-phase wurtzite structure. Room-temperature photoluminescence (PL) measurements indicate the band-edge emission of GaN at around 378 nm without yellow emission, which implies that the synthesized GaN nanoparticles have high crystallinity.

A Scheduling System for the Patient Treatment on a Heavy-ion Radiotherapy

  • Toyama, Hinako;Shibayama, Kouichi;Kanatsu, Syusuke;Kuroiwa, Toshitaka;Watanabe, Hideo;Wakaisami, Mitsuji;Tsuji, Hiroshi;Endo, Masahiro;Tsujii, Hirohiko
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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    • 2002.09a
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    • pp.177-179
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    • 2002
  • We have developed a scheduling system for heavy ion radiotherapy considering the condition of three treatment rooms and treatment planning for each patient. This system consists of a database (patient information, treatment method and machine schedule), a schedule for radiotherapy and WEB server. All operation of this system, such as data input, to change and to view the schedule, are performed by using a WEB browser. In order to protect personal information for the patients, access privilege to each information are limited by according to the occupational category. This system is connected with a hospital central information management system (AMIDAS) and an irradiation-managing computer for the heavy ion radiotherapy. A basic information for the patient is got from AMIDAS and the daily schedule sends to the treatment control computer at each treatment room through the irradiation-managing computer every morning. The daily, weekly, monthly schedules in the treatment room and the treatment condition of each patient are shared on the WEB browser with the all participants of the heavy ion therapy. This system could be useful to save a time to generate a treatment schedule and to inform us the most up-to-date treatment schedule and the related information at the same time.

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Performance Comparison of Particle Simulation Using GPU Between OpenGL and Unity (OpenGL과 Unity간의 GPU를 이용한 Particle Simulation의 성능 비교)

  • Kim, Min Sang;Sung, Nak-Jun;Choi, Yoo-Joo;Hong, Min
    • KIPS Transactions on Software and Data Engineering
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    • v.6 no.10
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    • pp.479-486
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    • 2017
  • Recently, GPGPU has been able to increase the degradation of computer performance, and it is now possible to run physically based real-time simulations on PCs that require high computational complexity. Physical calculations applied in physics simulation can be performed by parallel processing, and can be efficiently performed using parallel computation using Compute shader recently supported by OpenGL 4.3 and Unity 4.0. In this paper, we measure and compare the number of performance in real - time physics simulation in OpenGL running on various platforms and Unity, a content creation tool supporting various platforms. Particle simulation experiments show that particle simulation using Unity performs faster than 136.04%. It is expected that it will be able to select better development tools for future multi - platform support.

Mesocarbon microbead densified matrix graphite A3-3 for fuel elements in molten salt reactors

  • Wang, Haoran;Xu, Liujun;Zhong, Yajuan;Li, Xiaoyun;Tang, Hui;Zhang, Feng;Yang, Xu;Lin, Jun;Zhu, Zhiyong;You, Yan;Lu, Junqiang;Zhu, Libing
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.53 no.5
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    • pp.1569-1579
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    • 2021
  • This study aims to provide microstructural characterization for the matrix graphite which molten salt reactors (MSRs) use, and improve resistance to molten salt infiltration of the matrix graphite for fuel elements. Mesocarbon microbeads (MCMB) densified matrix graphite A3-3 (MDG) was prepared by a quasi-isostatic pressure process. After densification by MCMBs with average particle sizes of 2, 10, and 16 ㎛, the pore diameter of A3-3 decreased from 924 nm to 484 nm, 532 nm, and 778 nm, respectively. Through scanning electron microscopy, the cross-section energy spectrum and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, resistance levels of the matrix graphite to molten salt infiltration were analyzed. The results demonstrate that adding a certain proportion of MCMB powders can improve the anti-infiltration ability of A3-3. Meanwhile, the closer the particle size of MCMB is to the pore diameter of A3-3, the smaller the average pore diameter of MDG and the greater the densification. As a matrix graphite of fuel elements in MSR was involved, the thermal and mechanical properties of matrix graphite MDG were also studied. When densified by the MCMB matrix graphite, MDGs can meet the molten salt anti-infiltration requirements for MSR operation.

An Integrated Framework Environment for Automatic Simulation of Geant4 : Geant4Editor (Geant4시뮬레이션 자동화를 위한 통합 프레임워크 환경 개발 : Geant4Editor)

  • Shin, Sung-Sik;Kim, A-Mi;Kim, Seung-Wan;Song, Ju-Whan;Gwun, Ou-Bong
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.12-18
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    • 2008
  • Researches on particle physics have benefited our everyday life in many aspects. They have tested the safety of the objects we use everyday, conducted experiments to examine harmful environments to man, and treated diseases. Despite the usefulness of particle physics in a range of fields, however, it's difficult to conduct researches and experiments directly. But the advancements in the computer industry have allowed for experiments of particle physics in virtual simulations. One of the foremost simulation libraries for particle physics that have been researched actively these days, Geant4 has been put to diverse uses in particle physics. This study designed GUI so that physicists, who were not good at programming, could use a simulation library faster, more accurately, and more conveniently. It also developed the Geant4Editor, a simulation automation framework. The advantages of the Geant4Editor include automatic generations of essential classes in a simulation using Geant4 libraries and real-time reflection of user demands in a simulation. It also allows for efficient management of resources(user-created data) through the Data Manager.

Synthesis and Characterization of Water Soluble Fluorescent Copper Nanoparticles

  • Yu, Ji Soo;Kim, Sung Hun;Man, Minh Tan;Lee, Hong Seok
    • Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.75-77
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    • 2018
  • The electrostatic interaction between emerging quantum-confined nanostructures with plasmonic structures is crucial for future biological applications. Water-soluble green fluorescent copper nanoparticles (Cu-NPs) were fabricated. We demonstrate that L-ascorbic acid is considered as a key to precisely control small Cu-NPs and the capability of the surface ligands, while cetyltrimethylammonium bromide is used as a stabilizing agent controls the particle growth, and stabilizes the nanoparticles. Water-soluble green fluorescent Cu-NPs are tunable through modification of the reaction periods.