Study of superfluid $^3$He under nanoscale confinement. A new approach to the investigation of superfluid $^3$He films

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Kavli Affiliate: Jeevak Parpia | First 5 Authors: Lev Levitin, Robert Bennett, Andrew Casey, Brian Cowan, John Saunders | Summary: We review recent experiments in which superfluid $^3$He has been studied under highly controlled confinement in nanofluidic sample chambers. We discuss the experimental challenges and their resolution. These methods open the way to a systematic […]


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Long-Lived Distributed Relative Localization of Robot Swarms

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Kavli Affiliate: Radhika Nagpal | First 5 Authors: Alejandro Cornejo, Radhika Nagpal, , , | Summary: This paper studies the problem of having mobile robots in a multi-robot system maintain an estimate of the relative position and relative orientation of near-by robots in the environment. This problem is studied in the context of large swarms […]


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Generalized master equation for modular exciton density transfer

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Kavli Affiliate: Graham Fleming | First 5 Authors: Seogjoo Jang, Stephan Hoyer, Graham Fleming, K. Birgitta Whaley, | Summary: A generalized master equation (GME) governing quantum evolution of modular exciton density (MED) is derived for large scale light harvesting systems composed of weakly interacting modules of multiple chromophores. The GME-MED offers a practical framework to […]


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Performance of an LPD prototype detector at MHz frame rates under Synchrotron and FEL radiation

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Kavli Affiliate: Sven C. Herrmann | First 5 Authors: Andreas Koch, Matthew Hart, Tim Nicholls, Christian Angelsen, John Coughlan | Summary: A MHz frame rate X-ray area detector (LPD – Large Pixel Detector) is under development by the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory for the European XFEL. The detector will have 1 million pixels and allows analogue […]


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Vibration Isolation Design for the Micro-X Rocket Payload

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Kavli Affiliate: Sarah N. T. Heine | First 5 Authors: Sarah N. T. Heine, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, John M. Rutherford, Patrick Wikus, Phil Oakley | Summary: Micro-X is a NASA-funded, sounding rocket-borne X-ray imaging spectrometer that will allow high precision measurements of velocity structure, ionization state and elemental composition of extended astrophysical systems. One of the […]


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Participation And performance In 8.02x Electricity And Magnetism: The First Physics MOOC From MITx

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Kavli Affiliate: John Belcher | First 5 Authors: Saif Rayyan, Daniel T. Seaton, John Belcher, David E. Pritchard, Isaac Chuang | Summary: Massive Open Online Courses are an exciting new avenue for instruction and research, yet they are full of unknowns. In the Spring of 2013, MITx released its first introductory physics MOOC through the […]


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The REgolith X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) for OSIRIS-REx: Identifying Regional Elemental Enrichment on Asteroids

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Kavli Affiliate: Rebecca Masterson | First 5 Authors: Branden Allen, Jonathan Grindlay, Jaesub Hong, Richard P. Binzel, Rebecca Masterson | Summary: The OSIRIS-REx Mission was selected under the NASA New Frontiers program and is scheduled for launch in September of 2016 for a rendezvous with, and collection of a sample from the surface of asteroid […]


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The Third Gravitational Lensing Accuracy Testing (GREAT3) Challenge Handbook

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Kavli Affiliate: Aaron Roodman | First 5 Authors: Rachel Mandelbaum, Barnaby Rowe, James Bosch, Chihway Chang, Frederic Courbin | Summary: The GRavitational lEnsing Accuracy Testing 3 (GREAT3) challenge is the third in a series of image analysis challenges, with a goal of testing and facilitating the development of methods for analyzing astronomical images that will […]


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The Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment: Exploring Fundamental Symmetries of the Universe

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Kavli Affiliate: Mark Vagins | First 5 Authors: LBNE Collaboration, Corey Adams, David Adams, Tarek Akiri, Tyler Alion | Summary: The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early Universe, the dynamics of the supernova bursts that produced the heavy elements necessary for life and whether protons eventually decay — these mysteries at the forefront […]


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The Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment: Exploring Fundamental Symmetries of the Universe

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Kavli Affiliate: Mark Vagins | First 5 Authors: LBNE Collaboration, Corey Adams, David Adams, Tarek Akiri, Tyler Alion | Summary: The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early Universe, the dynamics of the supernova bursts that produced the heavy elements necessary for life and whether protons eventually decay — these mysteries at the forefront […]


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