Note on the absence of the second clock effect in Weyl gauge theories of gravity

Kavli Affiliate: Anthony Lasenby | First 5 Authors: Michael Hobson, Anthony Lasenby, , , | Summary: We reconsider the status of the so-called second clock effect in Weyl gauge theories of gravity, which are invariant both under local Poincar’e transformations and local changes of scale. In particular, we revisit and extend our previous demonstration that […]


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Earth as a transducer for axion dark-matter detection

Kavli Affiliate: Peter W. Graham | First 5 Authors: Ariel Arza, Michael A. Fedderke, Peter W. Graham, Derek F. Jackson Kimball, Saarik Kalia | Summary: We demonstrate that ultralight axion dark matter with a coupling to photons induces an oscillating global terrestrial magnetic field signal in the presence of the background geomagnetic field of the […]


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Atomic fluctuations lifting the energy degeneracy in Si/SiGe quantum dots

Kavli Affiliate: Giordano Scappucci | First 5 Authors: Brian Paquelet Wuetz, Merritt P. Losert, Sebastian Koelling, Lucas E. A. Stehouwer, Anne-Marije J. Zwerver | Summary: Electron spins in Si/SiGe quantum wells suffer from nearly degenerate conduction band valleys, which compete with the spin degree of freedom in the formation of qubits. Despite attempts to enhance […]


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EUSO-SPB2 Telescope Optics and Testing

Kavli Affiliate: Angela V. Olinto | First 5 Authors: Viktoria Kungel, Randy Bachman, Jerod Brewster, Madeline Dawes, Julianna Desiato | Summary: The Extreme Universe Space Observatory – Super Pressure Balloon (EUSO-SPB2) mission will fly two custom telescopes that feature Schmidt optics to measure v{C}erenkov- and fluorescence-emission of extensive air-showers from cosmic rays at the PeV […]


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Ultrafast time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy with widely tunable probe photon energy of 5.3-7.0 eV for investigating dynamics of three-dimensional materials

Kavli Affiliate: Feng Yuan | First 5 Authors: Changhua Bao, Haoyuan Zhong, Shaohua Zhou, Runfa Feng, Yuan Wang | Summary: Time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (TrARPES) is a powerful technique for capturing the ultrafast dynamics of charge carriers and revealing photo-induced phase transitions in quantum materials. However, the lack of widely tunable probe photon energy, […]


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Disordered vector models: from higher spins to incipient strings

Kavli Affiliate: Cheng Peng | First 5 Authors: Chi-Ming Chang, Sean Colin-Ellerin, Cheng Peng, Mukund Rangamani, | Summary: We present a one-parameter family of large $N$ disordered models, with and without supersymmetry, in three spacetime dimensions. They interpolate from the critical large $N$ vector model dual to a classical higher spin theory, towards a theory […]


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The Early Dark Sector, the Hubble Tension, and the Swampland

Kavli Affiliate: Wayne Hu | First 5 Authors: Evan McDonough, Meng-Xiang Lin, J. Colin Hill, Wayne Hu, Shengjia Zhou | Summary: We consider the interplay of the Early Dark Energy (EDE) model, the Swampland Distance Conjecture (SDC), and cosmological parameter tensions. EDE is a proposed resolution of the Hubble tension relying upon a near-Planckian scalar […]


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Cluster cosmology with anisotropic boosts: Validation of a novel forward modeling analysis and application on SDSS redMaPPer clusters

Kavli Affiliate: Masahiro Takada | First 5 Authors: Youngsoo Park, Tomomi Sunayama, Masahiro Takada, Yosuke Kobayashi, Hironao Miyatake | Summary: We present a novel analysis for cluster cosmology that fully forward models the abundances, weak lensing, and the clustering of galaxy clusters. Our analysis notably includes an empirical model for the anisotropic boosts impacting the […]


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Anomalous Josephson Effect in Topological Insulator-Based Josephson Trijunction

Kavli Affiliate: Xiang Zhang | First 5 Authors: Xiang Zhang, Zhaozheng Lyu, Guang Yang, Bing Li, Yan-Liang Hou | Summary: We studied anomalous Josephson effect (AJE) in Josephson trijunctions fabricated on Bi$_2$Se$_3$, and found that the AJE in T-shaped trijunctions significantly alters the Majorana phase diagram of the trijunctions, when an in-plane magnetic field is […]


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