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A diagram of the new TRAO observation system

  • Kang, Hyunwoo;Lee, Changhoon;Jung, Jae Hoon;Kim, Young Sik;Jeong, Il-Gyo
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.55.1-55.1
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    • 2015
  • Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory (TRAO) is about to jump with new system - 16 beams array receiver with low noise temperature, new observation system on VxWorks OS, and FX spectrometer for 32 input signals. We serve a quite obvious diagram to understand new TRAO observation system. This diagram will be quick guide for manager and observer.

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KVN Observation on Radio-selected AGNs hosted by Elliptical Galaxies

  • Park, Song-Youn;Yi, Suk-Young K.;Sohn, Bong-Won
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.61.1-61.1
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    • 2011
  • We have performed simultaneous observations at 22GHz and 43GHz on AGNs hosted by elliptical galaxies using KVN radio telescope. We have constructed the sample, based on two major surveys in radio and optical band, i.e. Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters (FIRST) and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) DR7, respectively. We restricted the redshift range 0.01 < z < 0.06 and the absolute magnitude Mr < -19.4 in order to satisfy volume limited sample. We also checked clear detection of four distinctive emission lines ([NII], [OIII], $H{\alpha}$, $H{\beta}$) so as to utilize on BPT diagram, distinguishing AGNs from star-forming galaxies. Elliptical galaxies have been selected by visual inspection making use of SDSS optical images. Then, we cross-matched the elliptical galaxies with FIRST detections. About 35% of the galaxies have been detected throughout KVN observations. We derive spectral index, applying the flux of different radio frequencies from FIRST (1.4GHz) and KVN (22GHz) and classify into steep, flat or inverted spectrum. We have found that most of the detected galaxies have flat spectrum while the rest of them have steep spectrum. This implies that a number of detected galaxies might have compact structure associated with the central region of the galaxies. The relation between black hole mass and radio luminosity has shown relatively tighter correlation in high frequency than in low frequency, which confirms that high frequency in radio band is appropriate to study the center of the galaxies.

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Low Luminosity AGNs at the center of the Perseus Cluster

  • Park, Songyoun;Yang, Jun;Oonk, Raymond;Paragi, Zsolt
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.44.1-44.1
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    • 2013
  • We investigate the origin of radio emission in nearby early-type galaxies using the European VLBI Network (EVN) at 1.4 GHz. The sample included NGC 1277, which was found to have an over-massive black hole of $1.7{\times}10^{10}M_{\odot}$, and four other early-type galaxies in the Perseus cluster. All the sources were detected above $5{\sigma}$. They show compact radio cores and high brightness temperatures, $10^7{\sim}10^9K$, which implies that radio emission in these objects is non-thermal. While the observed radio luminosities could be consistent with star formation (${\sim}1M_{\odot}yr^{-1}$), the small source size would imply a specific star formation rate (sSFR) of ${\sim}10^6M_{\odot}yr^{-1}kpc^{-2}$. Such a high sSFR rules out ongoing star formation. Supernovae (SNe) are ruled out as well because it is unlikely that we see SNe in all galaxies at the same time, and there is no significant radio variability either. The most plausible scenario is that these galaxies show low luminosity AGN activity in the radio, although there is no sign of AGN activity in other bands. If our interpretation is correct, then regular early-type galaxies may harbor active AGN more often than suspected from observations at other wavelengths.

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KSRBL Data Calibration and Note for Users

  • Bong, Su-Chan;Park, Sung-Hong;Hwangbo, Jung-Eun;Park, Young-Deuk;Lee, Dae-Young
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.91.2-91.2
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    • 2013
  • The Korean Solar Radio Burst Locator (KSRBL) is a solar radio spectrograph observing the frequency range between 0.245-18 GHz with the capability of locating the wideband gyrosynchrotron bursts. Its calibration process consists of antenna calibration, flux calibration, and demodulation. Antenna calibration is to determine the position, the width, and the peak value of the beam, flux calibration is to determine the conversion factor between the measured unit to the Solar Flux Unit (SFU), and demodulation is to determine the burst position and remove the modulation pattern. We introduce the current calibration software and some information that potential users may concern.

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OBSERVATIONS OF THE J=1-0 TRANSITION LINE OF HCN IN COMET HALE-BOPP (헤일밥 혜성의 HCN(J=1-0) 천이선 관측)

  • KIM BONG GYE;KIM HYO RYUNG;CHO SE HYUNG;KIM SANG JOON
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.13 no.1 s.14
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    • pp.129-134
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    • 1998
  • Observations of the J=1-0 transition line of HCN were made at the center of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) from November, 1996 to April, 1997 with the 14-m radio telescope at the TRAO (Taeduk Radio Astronomical Observatory). From the obtained data, an HCN production rate at each observed date was derived. The rapid variation of the HCN production rate near the perihelion was detected, and it is thought to be caused by jet(s) from the nucleus. The correlation between the visual magnitude and the HCN production rate is found to be $Q_{HCN}=27.03-0.11(m_v-5log{\Delta})$.

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Determining the star formation rate of type 2 AGNs with multi-wavelength SED from UV to radio

  • Lee, Jeong Ae;Woo, Jong-Hak
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.61.1-61.1
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    • 2018
  • Outflows are common among local AGNs. Woo et al. (2017) suggested that AGN feedback through outflows is delayed by a dynamical time scale before the suppression of SFR is observationally detected. However, these SFR have large uncertainties because they were estimated by Artificial Neural Network (ANN) method (Ellison et al. 2016). We measured the SFR of 21 far-IR matched sources (z < 0.1) with total IR luminosity from multi-wavelength SED fitting from UV to radio. 15 out of 21 sources were observed with JCMT SCUBA-2 450 and 850um and 4 and 2 sources were matched with archival data of JCMT SCUBA-2 and Herschel SPIRE, respectively. We compared the true SFR by SED fitting with ANN-based one. In addition, we confirmed that sub-mm data are important to determine the SFR with total IR luminosity from SED fitting. Finally, we discuss the significance of true SFR and further the AGN-SF link.

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OBSERVATIONS OF THE $J=1{\rightarrow}0$ TRANSITIONS OF $^{12}CO,\;^{13}CO\;and\;C^{18}O$ TOWARD OMC-1

  • SONG H. J.;CHUN M. S.;MINH Y. C.
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.65-72
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    • 1993
  • Using the Daeduk Radio Telescope, we have observed $J=1\rightarrow0$ transitions of 1$^{12}CO,\;^{13}CO\;and\;C^{18}O$ toward OMC-l. The column densities of $1\~5\times10^{17}\;cm^{-2}\;and\;1\~3\times10^{16}\;cm^{-2}$ have been derived, for $^{13}CO$ and $C^{18}O$, respectively, in the $11'\times11'$ region centered at Orion - KL. The double isotope ratio $[^{13}CO]/[C^{18}O]$ was found to be larger than the cosmic abundance ratio by factors of $2\~10$ which may result from the chemical fractionation effect.

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MOGABA: Monitoring of Gamma-ray Bright AGN with KVN 21-m radio telescopes at 22 and 43GHz

  • Lee, Sang-Sung;Yang, Ji-Hae;Byun, Do-Young;Sohn, Bong-Won
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.59.2-59.2
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    • 2011
  • We introduce an ongoing project for monitoring total flux density at 22 and 43GHz, linearly polarized flux, and polarization angle at 22GHz of Gamma-ray bright AGN (Active Galactic Nuclei) with KVN (Korean VLBI Network) 21-m radio telescopes. The project started in May, 2011 with an effective monitoring cycle of 4 days, observing four main objects (3C 454.3, BL Lac, 3C 273, and 3C 279). More objects were included in the source list when they had flared in Gamma-ray. In this paper, we report the current status of the project and preliminary results for the monitoring observations.

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VLBI Astrometry with Source Frequency Phase Referencing in KVN

  • Jung, Tae-Hyun;Rioja, Maria;Dodson, Richard;Sohn, Bong-Won
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.69.1-69.1
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    • 2011
  • The multi-band receiving feed which is one of the unique characteristics of the Korean VLBI Network (KVN) system compare to the other VLBI network enables to study precise astrometry with a source frequency phase referencing (SFPR) techniques. SFPR almost perfectly compensates the dominant non-dispersive tropospheric fluctuations by observing sources with multi-frequency simultaneously, and it also corrects the dispersive ionospheric fluctuations by adding a slow source-switching observation. In this talk, I will present the results from the KVN astrometric observations with SFPR and the achievable astrometric accuracy in KVN will be discussed.

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