Kavli Affiliate: Xian Chen | First 5 Authors: Yucheng Yin, Josh Mathews, Alvin J. K. Chua, Xian Chen, | Summary: A binary extreme-mass-ratio inspiral (b-EMRI) is a hierarchical triple system consisting of a stellar-mass binary black hole (BBH) orbiting a central Kerr supermassive black hole (SMBH). Although predicted by several astrophysical models, b-EMRIs pose a […]
Kavli Affiliate: Subo Dong | First 5 Authors: Luming Sun, Ning Jiang, Liming Dou, Xinwen Shu, Jiazheng Zhu | Summary: We report the discovery of a second optical flare that occurred in September 2021 in IRAS F01004-2237, where the first flare occurred in 2010 has been reported, and present a detailed analysis of multi-band data. […]
Kavli Affiliate: Todor Milanov | First 5 Authors: John Alexander Cruz Morales, Todor Milanov, , , | Summary: We give a reformulation of the Dubrovin conjecture about the semisimplicity of quantum cohomology in terms of the so-called second structure connection of quantum cohomology. The key ingredient in our work is the notion of a twisted […]