2021 – Page 114 – Kavli Institute Pre-Print Publications

Superresolution Reconstruction of Severely Undersampled Point-spread Functions Using Point-source Stacking and Deconvolution

Posted by klaurent February 1, 2021Caltech

Kavli Affiliate: James Bock | First 5 Authors: Teresa Symons, Michael Zemcov, James Bock, Yun-Ting Cheng, Brendan Crill | Summary: Point-spread function (PSF) estimation in spatially undersampled images is challenging because large pixels average fine-scale spatial information. This is problematic when fine-resolution details are necessary, as in optimal photometry where knowledge of the illumination pattern […]

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Delensing the CMB with the cosmic infrared background: the impact of foregrounds

Posted by klaurent February 1, 2021Cambridge

Kavli Affiliate: Anthony Challinor | First 5 Authors: Antón Baleato Lizancos, Anthony Challinor, Blake D. Sherwin, Toshiya Namikawa, | Summary: The most promising avenue for detecting primordial gravitational waves from cosmic inflation is through measurements of degree-scale CMB $B$-mode polarisation. This approach must face the challenge posed by gravitational lensing of the CMB, which obscures […]

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Constraining reionization with the first measurement of the cross-correlation between the CMB optical-depth fluctuations and the Compton y-map

Posted by klaurent February 1, 2021Tokyo

Kavli Affiliate: Toshiya Namikawa | First 5 Authors: Toshiya Namikawa, Anirban Roy, Blake D. Sherwin, Nicholas Battaglia, David N. Spergel | Summary: We propose a new reionization probe that uses cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations; the cross-correlation between fluctuations in the CMB optical depth which probes the integrated electron density, $deltatau$, and the Compton $y$-map […]

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A numerical study of observational systematic errors in lensing analysis of CMB polarization

Posted by klaurent January 30, 2021Tokyo

Kavli Affiliate: Toshiya Namikawa | First 5 Authors: Ryo Nagata, Toshiya Namikawa, , , | Summary: Impacts of observational systematic errors on the lensing analysis of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization are investigated by numerical simulations. We model errors of gain, angle, and pointing in observation of the CMB polarization and simulate polarization fields […]

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R-process-rich stellar streams in the Milky Way

Posted by klaurent January 29, 2021MIT

Kavli Affiliate: Anna Frebel | First 5 Authors: Maude Gull, Anna Frebel, Karina Hinojosa, Ian U. Roederer, Alexander P. Ji | Summary: We present high-resolution Magellan/MIKE spectra of 22 bright ($9<V<13.5$) metal-poor stars ($-3.18<mbox{[Fe/H]}<-1.37$) in three different stellar streams, the Helmi debris stream, the Helmi trail stream, and the $omega$ Centauri progenitor stream. We augment […]

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Evidence for a high-energy tail in the gamma-ray spectra of globular clusters

Posted by klaurent January 29, 2021Tokyo

Kavli Affiliate: Shunsaku Horiuchi | First 5 Authors: Deheng Song, Oscar Macias, Shunsaku Horiuchi, Roland M. Crocker, David M. Nataf | Summary: Millisecond pulsars are very likely the main source of gamma-ray emission from globular clusters. However, the relative contributions of two separate emission processes–curvature radiation from millisecond pulsar magnetospheres vs. inverse Compton emission from […]

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Hamiltonian Gotay-Nester-Hinds analysis of the parametrized unimodular extension of the Holst action

Posted by klaurent January 28, 2021MIT

Kavli Affiliate: J. S. Villasenor | First 5 Authors: J. Fernando Barbero G., Bogar Díaz, Juan Margalef-Bentabol, Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor, | Summary: We give a detailed account of the Hamiltonian GNH analysis of the parametrized unimodular extension of the Holst action. The purpose of the paper is to derive, through the clear geometric picture […]

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The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey XVI. The angular momentum of low-mass star-forming galaxies. A cautionary tale and insights from TNG50

Posted by klaurent January 28, 2021MIT

Kavli Affiliate: Mark Vogelsberger | First 5 Authors: Nicolas F. Bouché, Shy Genel, Alisson Pellissier, Cédric Dubois, Thierry Contini | Summary: We investigate the specific angular momentum (sAM) $ j(<r)$ profiles of intermediate redshift ($0.4<z<1.4$) star-forming galaxies (SFGs) in the relatively unexplored regime of low masses (down to $M_starsim 10^8$M$_{odot}$), and small sizes (down to […]

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Certifying Numerical Decompositions of Compact Group Representations

Posted by klaurent January 28, 2021UCSB

Kavli Affiliate: David Gross | First 5 Authors: Felipe Montealegre-Mora, Denis Rosset, Jean-Daniel Bancal, David Gross, | Summary: We present a performant and rigorous algorithm for certifying that a matrix is close to being a projection onto an irreducible subspace of a given group representation. This addresses a problem arising when one seeks solutions to […]

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Simons Observatory Small Aperture Telescope overview

Posted by January 28, 2021Tokyo

Kavli Affiliate: Nobuhiko Katayama | First 5 Authors: Kenji Kiuchi, Shunsuke Adachi, Aamir M. Ali, Kam Arnold, Peter Ashton | Summary: The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment from the Atacama Desert in Chile comprising three small-aperture telescopes (SATs) and one large-aperture telescope (LAT). In total, SO will field over 60,000 […]

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