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Simulation of the Determination of NaCl Concentration in Concrete samples by the Neutron induced Prompt Gamma-ray Method

  • Kim, Hyeon-Soo
    • 한국환경과학회지
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    • 제13권2호
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    • pp.175-180
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    • 2004
  • A prompt gamma-ray neutron activation (PGNA) system was simulated by the Monte Carlo N-Particle transport code (MCNP-4A) to estimate the level at which the scattered photon fluence rate, the absolute efficiency of the HPGe-detector, the volume of the concrete sample and the $^{35}$ /Cl(n, ${\gamma}$) reaction rate in this sample contribute to the count rate in the NaCl concentration measurement. The n- ${\gamma}$ fluence rates at the ST-2 beam tube exit of the HANARO reactor were used as input data, and the GAMMA-X type HPGe detector was modeled to tally 1.1649 MeV ${\gamma}$ -rays emitted from the $^{35}$ Cl(n, ${\gamma}$) reaction in the concrete sample. For three cylindrical concrete samples of 13.8, 46.8 and 157.1 ㎤ volumes, respectively, the relations between the NaCl weight fractions of 0.1, 1, 2 and 5 % in each of the concrete samples and the 1.1 649 MeV pulses created in the HPGe detector model were studied. As a result, it was found that the count rate at the same NaCl concentration nearly depends on the volume of the samples in a simulated condition of the same NaCl concentration samples, and that the linearities of the NaCl concentration calibration curves were reasonable in the narrow range of the NaCl weight fraction.

NEAR-INFRARED PAH FEATURES IN GALACTIC PLANETARY NEBULAE

  • Ohsawa, R.;Onaka, O.;Sakon, I.;Mori, T. I.;Kaneda, H.;Matsuura, M.
    • 천문학논총
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    • 제32권1호
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    • pp.87-91
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    • 2017
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are considered to be carriers of the unidentified infrared bands, which are ubiquitously observed in the Universe. PAHs are mainly formed around evolved carbon-rich stars and injected into interstellar space. Planetary nebulae (PNe), a late stage of low- and intermediate stellar mass evolution, are suitable objects to investigate the formation and evolution of PAHs. The shortest PAH feature is located in $3.3{\mu}m$, which is important to examine the excitation and size distribution of PAHs. While the number of samples had been limited before, the high sensitivity of AKARI /IRC has drastically increased the number of samples. We obtained the $2-5{\mu}m$ spectra of Galactic PNe with AKARI /IRC and compiled a near-infrared spectral catalog, containing 73 PNe. We investigate the detection rate and the evolution of the PAH features. The characteristics of the catalog are illustrated and the origin of the evolution of the PAH features is discussed.

Neutron Monitor as a New Instrument for KSWPC

  • Oh, Su-Yeon;Yi, Yu;Kim, Yong-Kyun;Bieber, John W;Cho, Kyung-Seok
    • 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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    • 한국우주과학회 2008년도 한국우주과학회보 제17권2호
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    • pp.34.1-34.1
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    • 2008
  • Cosmic ray (CR)s are energetic particles that are found in space and filter through our atmosphere. They are classified with galactic cosmic ray (GCR)s and solar cosmic ray (SCR)s from their origins. The process of a CR particle colliding with particles in our atmosphere and disintegrating into smaller pions, muons, neutrons, and the like, is called a cosmic ray shower. These particles can be measured on the Earth's surface by neutron monitor (NM)s. Regarding with the space weather, there are common types of short term variation called a Forbush decrease (FD) and a Ground Level Enhancement (GLE). In this talk, we will briefly introduce our recent studies on CRs observed by NM: (1) simultaneity of FD depending on solar wind interaction, (2) an association between GLE and solar proton events, and (3) diurnal variation of the GCR depending on geomagnetic cutoff rigidity. NM will provide a crucial information for the Korea Space Weather Prediction Center (KSWPC).

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The Oxidation of Magnetic Particles in Medicinal Ointment

  • Kim, Eng-Chan
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.83-85
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    • 2012
  • Magnetic particles in a novel, wound-healing ointment were studied using M$\ddot{o}$ssbauer spectroscopy and VSM to estimate the stability of the properties of the magnetic particles. The isomer shifts of $Fe_3O_4(A)$ were found to be 0.49-0.56 mm/s relative to iron metal, this indicates that the iron ions in $Fe_3O_4(A)$ are $Fe^{3+}$. On the other hand, the isomer shifts of $Fe_3O_4(B)$ were found to be 0.91-1.13 mm/s relative to iron metal, this shows that the ion state of $Fe_3O_4(B)$ is a mixed state of $Fe^{2+}$ and $Fe^{3+}$. It is noted that this composition, as well as that of the initial pure component in the form of a highly dispersed fraction (${\sim}10\;{\AA}$), differs from the stoichiometric one. It was found that the area ratio of the M$\ddot{o}$ssbauer subspectra of $Fe_3O_4(A)$ / $Fe_3O_4(B)$ taken at 87 and 181 K linearly increased in comparison to the initial pure magnetic particles, but the rate of increase of the area ratio at 181 K was about two times that at 87 K. From the magnetic hyperfine field, despite their small size, the particles exhibit no superparamagnetism.

방향성 입자를 이용한 실시간 변형 및 파괴 시뮬레이션 (Real-Time Simulation of Deformation and Fracture with Oriented Particles)

  • 원종원;최민규
    • 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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    • 제18권4호
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    • pp.35-40
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    • 2012
  • 컴퓨터 그래픽스 분야에서 변형 및 파괴 시뮬레이션은 매우 중요한 기법으로 영화 및 게임 등에서 그 응용 범위가 매우 넓다. 본 논문에서는 방향성 입자를 이용한 고체 시뮬레이션 기법[1]을 확장하여 과도한 변형에 의한 파괴 현상을 실시간에 안정적으로 근사할 수 있는 실용적인 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법은 방향성 입자 집합의 최적 회전을 엄밀히 계산함으로써 순수 신축을 정확히 얻을 수 있으며 이를 이용하여 파괴 현상을 손쉽게 정형화할 수 있다. 본 논문의 실험에서는 대규모 모델의 변형 및 파괴 시뮬레이션도 실시간에 수행되었다.

Spray Characteristics on the Electrostatic Rotating Bell Applicator

  • Im, Kyoung-Su;Lai, Ming-Chia;Yoon, Suck-Ju
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • 제17권12호
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    • pp.2053-2065
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    • 2003
  • The current trend in automotive finishing industry is to use more electrostatic rotating bell (ESRB) need space to their higher transfer efficiency. The flow physics related with the transfer efficiency is strongly influenced by operating parameters. In order to improve their high transfer efficiency without compromising the coating quality, a better understanding is necessary to the ESRB application of metallic basecoat painting for the automobile exterior. This paper presents the results from experimental investigation of the ESRB spray to apply water-borne painting. The visualization, the droplet size, and velocity measurements of the spray flow were conducted under the operating conditions such as liquid flow rate, shaping airflow rate, bell rotational speed, and electrostatic voltage setting. The optical techniques used in here were a microscopic and light sheet visualization by a copper vapor laser, and a phase Doppler particle analyzer (PDPA) system. Water was used as paint surrogate for simplicity. The results show that the bell rotating speed is the most important influencing parameter for atomization processes. Liquid flow rate and shaping airflow rate significantly influence the spray structure. Based on the microscopic visualization, the atomization process occurs in ligament breakup mode, which is one of three atomization modes in rotating atomizer. In the spray transport zone, droplets tend to distribute according to size with the larger drops on the outer periphery of spray. In addition, the results of present study provide detailed information on the paint spray structure and transfer processes.

전자회절실험에 의한 알루미늄 합금 (Al-Cu-Mg)의 미세 S-상 석출입자에 대한 결정구조 연구 (A Study of the Crystal Structure of the Fine S-Phase Precipitate in Al-Cu-Mg Alloy by Electron Diffraction Experiments)

  • 김황수
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • 제35권4호
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2005
  • 이 논문에서 Al-Cu-Mg 합금의 미세 석출 입자의 S-상 ($Al_2CuMg$) 결정구조에 대해 전자회절실험에 의한 포괄적인 연구 결과가 보고 되어 있다. 이 실험에는 한 S-상 입자를 포함하는 최소 영역의 일정 zone축의 회절패턴(SAED) 관찰과 이에 대응되는 운동학적 이론을 기초로 한 패턴의 시물레이션과의 비교 분석, 그리고 관측된 회절 패턴 필름으로부터 각 Bragg회절 점의 강도의 정량적 데이터 추출과 운동학적 및 동역학적 회절 강도 계산과의 비교 검토의 과정을 포함하고 있다. 이러한 연구의 한 결과 S-상의 결정구조는 일찍이 X-ray 방법으로부터 얻은 PW 모델결정(Perlitz and Westgren, 1943)과 일치함을 보여주고 있고, HREM 방법에 의해 새로이 구한 RaVel (Radmilovic et al., 1999) 모델과는 전혀 맞지않음이 판명되었다.

Evolution of the Vortex Melting Line with Irradiation Induced Defects

  • Kwok, Wai-Kwong;L. M. Paulius;Christophe Marcenat;R. J. Olsson;G. Karapetrov
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • 제3권1호
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    • pp.5-12
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    • 2001
  • Our experimental research focuses on manipulating pinning deflects to alter the phase diagram of vortex matter, creating new vortex phases. Vortex matter offers a unique opportunity for creating and studying these novel phase transitions through precise control of thermal, pinning and elastic energies. The vortex melting transition in untwinned YB $a_2$C $u_3$ $O_{7-}$ $\delta$/ crystals is investigated in the presence of disorder induced by particle irradiation. We focus on the low disorder regime, where a glassy state and a lattice state can be realized in the same phase diagram. We follow the evolution of the first order vortex melting transition line into a continuous transition line as disorder is increased by irradiation. The transformation is marked by an upward shift in the lower critical point on the melting line. With columnar deflects induced by heavy ion irradiation, we find a second order Bose glass transition line separating the vortex liquid from a Bose glass below the lower critical point. Furthermore, we find an upper threshold of columnar defect concentration beyond which the lower critical point and the first order melting line disappear together. With point deflect clusters induced by proton irradiation, we find evidence for a continuous thermodynamic transition below the lower critical point..

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Modelling the shapes of the largest gravitationally bound objects

  • Rossi, Graziano;Sheth, Ravi K.;Tormen, Giuseppe
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제36권2호
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    • pp.53.2-53.2
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    • 2011
  • We combine the physics of the ellipsoidal collapse model with the excursion set theory to study the shapes of dark matter halos. In particular, we develop an analytic approximation to the nonlinear evolution that is more accurate than the Zeldovich approximation; we introduce a planar representation of halo axis ratios, which allows a concise and intuitive description of the dynamics of collapsing regions and allows one to relate the final shape of a halo to its initial shape; we provide simple physical explanations for some empirical fitting formulae obtained from numerical studies. Comparison with simulations is challenging, as there is no agreement about how to define a non-spherical gravitationally bound object. Nevertheless, we find that our model matches the conditional minor-to-intermediate axis ratio distribution rather well, although it disagrees with the numerical results in reproducing the minor-to-major axis ratio distribution. In particular, the mass dependence of the minor-to-major axis distribution appears to be the opposite to what is found in many previous numerical studies, where low-mass halos are preferentially more spherical than high-mass halos. In our model, the high-mass halos are predicted to be more spherical, consistent with results based on a more recent and elaborate halo finding algorithm, and with observations of the mass dependence of the shapes of early-type galaxies. We suggest that some of the disagreement with some previous numerical studies may be alleviated if we consider only isolated halos.

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Effects of the Micro-hole Target Structures on the Laser-driven Energetic Proton Generation

  • Pae, Ki-Hong;Choi, Il-Woo;Hahn, Sang-June;Lee, Jong-Min
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • 제13권1호
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    • pp.48-52
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    • 2009
  • Micro-hole targets are studied to generate energetic protons from laser-thin foil targets by using 2-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. By using a small hole, the maximum energy of the accelerated proton is increased to 4 times higher than that from a simple planar target. The main proton acceleration mechanism of the hole-targets is the electrostatic field created between the fast electrons accelerated by the laser pulse ponderomotive force combined with the vacuum heating and the target rear surface. But in this case, the proton angular distribution shows double-peak shape, which means poor collimation and low current density. By using a small cone-shaped hole, the maximum proton energy is increased 3 times higher than that from a simple planar target. Furthermore, the angular distribution of the accelerated protons shows good collimation.