• 천문학회보
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.88.2-88.2
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• 2012

We present kinematic properties of the narrow-line region in three type-2 QSOs at z~0.35, using 2-D spectra obtained with the VIMOS integral field unit spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope. One of the objects shows a line-of-sight velocity shift of the [OIII] and $H{\beta}$ lines up to 40km/s on a 15 kpc scale, which can be interpreted as either outflow or rotation. The outflow scenario is supported by the presence of blue wings and a radio structure showing lobes in the same direction. Another object features double-peaked emission lines which can be decomposed into two velocity components. Its Hubble Space Telescope image shows two nuclei separated by ~0.2"(~1kpc), implying this may be a binary AGN.

• 천문학회지
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.171-183
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• 2018

To celebrate the tenth anniversary since the launch of Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, we take a retrospect to a series of breakthroughs Fermi has contributed to pulsar astronomy in the last decade. Apart from significantly enlarging the population of ${\gamma}$-ray pulsars, observations with the Large Area Telescope onboard Fermi also show the population is not homogeneous. Instead, many classes and sub-classes have been revealed. In this paper, we will review the properties of different types of ${\gamma}$-ray pulsars, including radio-quiet ${\gamma}$-ray pulsars, millisecond pulsars, ${\gamma}$-ray binaries. Also, we will discuss the prospects of pulsar astronomy in the high energy regime.

• 천문학회지
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• 제29권spc1호
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• pp.77-78
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• 1996

We perfom a large project for complex study of Blue Compact Galaxies (BCGs) with strong star formation, which includes optical spectroscopy, BVR CCD photometry and HI 21 cm radio survey. The most interesting galaxies are studied also with HST and VLA. In the frame of this project we began the study of H$\alpha$ morphology of BCGs with 6-m telescope. We present and discuss here the results for the first 6 galaxies. We found the noticeable variety of forms for H$\alpha$ morphology comparing to broad band images: from very compact HII region in very center of stellar body (Mark 996, possible dwarf post-merger, old galaxy experiencing strong star formation burst), to very extended gas emission encompassing the whole area traced by stars (SBS 0335-052, the most probable young galaxy in formation).

• 천문학회보
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.63.1-63.1
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• 2021

We present status of solar astronomy in North Korea through analysis of research papers written by North Korea scientists. For the study, we collected 42 papers published in North Korea and international journals. We have analyzed the papers statistically according to three criteria such as research subject, research field, and research members. The main research subjects are the sunspot (28%), observation system (21%), and space environments (19%). The research fields are distributed with data analysis (50%), numerical method (29%), and instrument development (21%). There have been 25 and 9 researchers in the solar astronomy and space environment, respectively since 1995. North Korea's solar research activities were also investigated in three area: instrument, solar physics, and international research linkage. PAO(Pyongyang Astronomical Observatory) has operated two of sunspot telescope and solar horizontal telescope for spectroscopy and polarimetry, but there is no specific information on solar radio telescopes. North Korea has cooperated in solar research with Europe and China. We expect that the results of this study will be used as useful resource in supporting astronomical cooperation between South and North Korea in the future.

• 천문학회보
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.37.1-37.1
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• 2015

It is suggested that relativistic jets associated with active galactic nuclei (AGNs) can have great impacts on the evolution of the host galaxy. However, the physical properties of AGN jets including the formation mechanism are not well known to date, and hence the AGN feedback on the host galaxy is yet poorly understood. OVV 1633+382 as a highly variable AGN source (a.k.a. blazer) with a compact core and very well developed jet components is an excellent laboratory to study the jet formation mechanism of radio-loud AGN. Near 2002, a major flare was reported at mm wavelength with a dramatic increase of the flux, which is likely to be followed by a dense and bright outflow. In order to probe the evolution of the innermost region of this radio-loud AGN, we have monitored using the Very Large Baseline Array (VLBA) and the Effelsberg 100m single-dish radio telescope in 12 epochs from 2002 and 2005. The observations were conducted at 22, 43 and 86 GHz in full polarization mode. In this work, we present the intensity and spectral index maps at 22 and 43 GHz from our monitoring observations. We probe the kinematics and geometry of individual jet components to discuss the evolution of the jet.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.737-743
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• 2004

120∼180 GHz 대역의 고정 튜닝방식을 사용한 SIS(Superconductor-Insulator-Superconductor) 접합 믹서를 개발 하였다. 이 믹서는 노베야마 전파천문대에서 제작된 6개 직렬 연결 Nb/Al-A1$_2$O$_3$/Nb SIS 접합 소자를 사용하였으며 석영유리 기판에 제작된 이 SIS 칩은 전 주파수 대역에서 입력신호 결합을 향상시키기 위해 half-height 도파관의 중심에 놓여 있다. 본 논문에서 개발된 SIS 믹서는 기계적인 튜닝 장치를 사용하지 않으며 RF 신호와 LO 전력은 냉각된 십자형 방향성 결합기를 통해서 믹서에 공급된다. 또한 IF 신호 손실을 줄이기 위해 SIS 믹서의 IF 출력 임피던스를 IF 증폭단의 50 $\Omega$ 입력 임피던스에 정합 시켰다. SIS 수신기의 측정된 DSB 잡음온도는 120∼180 GHz 대역에서 32∼131 K이며 본 논문에서 개발된 SIS 믹서는 대덕전파천문대의 14 m 전파망원경에 설치되어 전파천문 관측에 사용되고 있다.

• 천문학회지
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.151-155
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• 2017

We investigate the radio properties of the dwarf galaxy SDSS J133245.62+263449.3 which shows optical signatures of black hole activity. Dwarf galaxies are known to host intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs) with masses $M_{BH}{\sim}10^{4-6}M_{\odot}$, some of them being radio loud. Recently, Reines et al. (2013) found dwarf galaxy candidates which show signatures of being black hole hosts based on optical spectral lines. SDSS J133245.62+263449.3 is one of them; it shows a flux density of ~ 20 mJy at 1.4 GHz, which corresponds to $L_{1.4GHz}{\sim}10^{23}W\;Hz^{-1}$. This is much brighter than other black hole host dwarf galaxies. However, star formation activity can contribute to radio continuum emission as well. To understand the nature of the radio emission from SDSS J133245.62+263449.3, we imaged this radio loud dwarf galaxy at low frequencies (325 MHz and 610 MHz) using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). We present here the high resolution images from our GMRT observations. While we detect no obvious extended emission from radio jets from the central AGN, we do find the emission to be moderately extended and unlikely to be dominated by disk star formation. VLBI observations using the Korean VLBI Network (KVN) are now being planned to understand the emission morphology and radiation mechanism.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.239-248
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 pHEMT(pseudo-morphic High Electron Mobility Transistor)로 구성된 저잡음 증폭기 MMIC(Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit)를 이용하여 극저온에서 동작하는 전파 망원경 수신기 전단부용 22 GH2 대역 저잡음 증폭기 모듈을 설계, 제작하였다. pHEMT MMIC 선정에는, 극저온에서의 동작이 입증된 pHEMT 공정을 사용하여 제작된 저잡음 증폭기 MMIC를 선택하였다. 선정된 2개의 MMIC는 박막(thin film) 세라믹 기판에 장착하여 모듈화 하였다. 모듈화 시 하우징(housing)과 캐리어(carrier) 사이의 간극을 제거하고 전파 흡수체를 사용하여 불필요한 구조에 의한 발진을 제거하였다. 또한 커넥터와 기판 사이의 부정합으로 나타나는 잡음 및 이득의 열화를 리본 조정을 통해 개선시켜 상온에서 최적의 성능을 가지도록 했다. 제작된 증폭기 모듈은 상온에서 $21.5{\sim}23.5GHz$ 대역 내 이득 $35dB{\pm}1dB$, 잡음지수 $2.37{\sim}2.57dB$를 보였다. 제작된 증폭기는 헬륨 냉각기를 이용하여 $15^{\circ}K$로 냉각 후 측정 결과, 대역 내에서 이득 35 dB 이상, 잡음온도 $28{\sim}37^{\circ}K$를 얻었다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제36권2호
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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.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.1175-1182
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• 2021

한국우주전파관측망(KVN: Korea VLBI Network)을 이루는 각 망원경의 수신기에는 우주에서 오는 전파 신호를 디지털 신호로 바꾸는 샘플러가 있다. 이 샘플러의 성능(특히, 대역폭과 샘플링 주파수 그리고 샘플링 비트수)은, 대역폭을 n배 증가시키면 관측감도는 sqrt(n) 만큼 향상되고, 연속전파원의 경우 관측 가능한 천체의 수가 기하급수학적으로 증가하게 된다. 대역폭이 넓어지면, 전파원에서 동시에 모니터링 할 수 있는 스펙트럼의 선들도 많아진다. 이는 전파 관측에서 연구영역을 대폭 확장시킬 수 있게 된다. 이러한 이유로 고속 샘플러의 기술과 성능 향상을 독자적으로 확보하려하는 것이다. 이에, 지금까지의 연구 경험과 기술 축적을 바탕으로, 샘플링 주파수를 가변할 수 있으며, 보다 광대역으로 관측을 할 수 있는 최대 3.5GHz 샘플링을 할 수 있는 장치를, 초기 시험용으로 설계·제작하였다. 본 연구에서는 개발된 가변 샘플링 시스템의 내용과 시험 측정 결과를 발표하고자 한다.