Kavli Affiliate: Kyle Shen | First 5 Authors: Matthew Molloy, Matthew Molloy, , , | Summary: We describe a method to extract resonant orbits from N-body simulations exploiting the fact that they close in a frame rotating with a constant pattern speed. Our method is applied to the N-body simulation of the Milky Way by […]
Kavli Affiliate: Rebecca Masterson| First 5 Authors: Niraj K. Inamdar, Niraj K. Inamdar, , , | Summary:OSIRIS-REx is the third spacecraft in the NASA New Frontiers Program and is planned for launch in 2016. OSIRIS-REx will orbit the near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu, characterize it, and return a sample of the asteroid’s regolith back to Earth. […]
Kavli Affiliate: Kinfai Mak | First 5 Authors: Kit-Ho Mak, Kit-Ho Mak, , , | Summary: Let $p$ be a prime number, $C$ be any absolutely irreducible affine plane curve over $mathbbF_p$, and $g,finmathbbF_p(x,y)$ be rational functions. We continue the study of the distribution of the values of short hybrid exponential sums of the form […]
Kavli Affiliate: David A. Tirrell| First 5 Authors: Jacob Notbohm, Jacob Notbohm, , , | Summary:Biological cells sense and respond to mechanical forces, but how such a mechanosensing proccess takes place in a nonlinear inhomogeneous fibrous matrix remains unknown. We show that cells in a fibrous matrix induce deformation fields that propagate over a longer […]
Kavli Affiliate: Homer Neal| First 5 Authors: Marco Battaglieri, Marco Battaglieri, , , | Summary:The Heavy Photon Search (HPS), an experiment to search for a hidden sector photon in fixed target electroproduction, is preparing for installation at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab) in the Fall of 2014. As the first stage of this […]
Kavli Affiliate: Jie Shan | First 5 Authors: Donato Bini, Donato Bini, , , | Summary: A scalar field equivalent to a non-ideal "dark energy fluid" obeying a Shan-Chen-like equation of state is used as the background source of a flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmological spacetime to describe the inflationary epoch of our universe. Within the slow-roll […]
Kavli Affiliate: Roel H. M. Smit| First 5 Authors: Manohar Kumar, Manohar Kumar, , , | Summary:Pt is known to show spontaneous formation of monatomic chains upon breaking a metallic contact. From model calculations, these chains are expected to be spin polarized. However, direct experimental evidence for or against magnetism is lacking. Here, we investigate […]
Kavli Affiliate: Zhiting Tian | First 5 Authors: Zhiting Tian, Zhiting Tian, , , | Summary: Solid-state thermoelectric devices are currently used in applications ranging from thermocouple sensors to power generators in satellites, to portable air-conditioners and refrigerators. With the ever-rising demand throughout the world for energy consumption and CO2 reduction, thermoelectric energy conversion has […]