Metastable ferroelectricity in optically strained $SrTiO_3$

Kavli Affiliate: Ankit Disa | Summary:Fluctuating orders in solids are generally considered high-temperature precursors of broken symmetry phases. However, in some cases these fluctuations persist to zero temperature and prevent the emergence of long-range order, as for example observed in quantum spin and dipolar liquids. $SrTiO_3$ is a quantum paraelectric in which dipolar fluctuations grow […]


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Enhanced energy transfer in a Dicke quantum battery

Kavli Affiliate: Miriam Blaauboer | Summary:We theoretically investigate the enhancement of the charging power in a Dicke quantum battery which consists of an array of $N$ two-level systems (TLS) coupled to a single mode of cavity photons. In the limit of small $N$, we analytically solve the time evolution for the full charging process. The […]


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Demonstration of resolving power $λ/Δλ> 10,000$ for a space-based x-ray transmission grating spectrometer

Kavli Affiliate: Mark Schattenburg | Summary:We present measurements of the resolving power of a soft x-ray spectrometer consisting of 200 nm-period lightweight, alignment-insensitive critical-angle transmission (CAT) gratings and a lightweight slumped-glass Wolter-I focusing mirror pair. We measure and model contributions from source, mirrors, detector pixel size, and grating period variation to the natural line width […]


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The ultra-diffuse galaxy NGC 1052-DF2 with MUSE: I. Kinematics of the stellar body

Kavli Affiliate: Eric Peng | First 5 Authors: Eric Emsellem, Remco F. J. van der Burg, Jeremy Fensch, Tereza Jerabkova, Anita Zanella | Summary: The so-called ultra-diffuse galaxy NGC~1052-DF2 was announced to be a galaxy lacking dark matter based on a spectroscopic study of its constituent globular clusters. Here we present the first spectroscopic analysis […]


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Surface curvature guides early construction activity in mound-building termites

Kavli Affiliate: Radhika Nagpal | First 5 Authors: Daniel S. Calovi, Paul Bardunias, Nicole Carey, J. Scott Turner, Radhika Nagpal | Summary: Termite colonies construct towering, complex mounds, in a classic example of distributed agents coordinating their activity via interaction with a shared environment. The traditional explanation for how this coordination occurs focuses on the […]


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SOFIA Far Infrared Imaging Polarimetry of M82 and NGC 253: Exploring the Super-Galactic Wind

Kavli Affiliate: Rodriguez Enrique Lopez | Summary:We present Far-Infrared polarimetry observations of M82 at 53 and $154~μrmm$ and NGC 253 at $89~μrmm$, which were taken with HAWC+ in polarimetry mode on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). The polarization of M82 at $53~μrmm$ clearly shows a magnetic field geometry perpendicular to the disk in […]


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Jetting to dripping transition: critical aspect ratio in step emulsifiers

Kavli Affiliate: David Weitz | First 5 Authors: Andrea Montessori, Marco Lauricella, Elad Stolovicki, David Weitz, Sauro Succi | Summary: Fully three-dimensional, time-dependent, direct simulations of the non-ideal Navier-Stokes equations for a two-component fluid, shed light into the mechanism which inhibits droplet breakup in step emulsifiers below a critical threshold of the the width-to-height ($w/h$) […]


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Future Opportunities in Accelerator-based Neutrino Physics

Kavli Affiliate: Mark Hartz | Summary:This document summarizes the conclusions of the Neutrino Town Meeting held at CERN in October 2018 to review the neutrino field at large with the aim of defining a strategy for accelerator-based neutrino physics in Europe. The importance of the field across its many complementary components is stressed. Recommendations are […]


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Future Opportunities in Accelerator-based Neutrino Physics

Kavli Affiliate: Masayuki Nakahata | First 5 Authors: Andrea Dell’Acqua, Antoni Aduszkiewicz, Markus Ahlers, Hiroaki Aihara, Tyler Alion | Summary: This document summarizes the conclusions of the Neutrino Town Meeting held at CERN in October 2018 to review the neutrino field at large with the aim of defining a strategy for accelerator-based neutrino physics in […]


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