Observation of periodic optical spectra and soliton molecules in a novel passively mode-locked fiber laser

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Kavli Affiliate: Xiang Zhang | First 5 Authors: Xiang Zhang, Haobin Zheng, Kangrui Chang, Yong Shen, Yongzhuang Zhou | Summary: Due to the necessity of making a series of random adjustments after mode-locking in most experiments for preparing soliton molecules, the repeatability of the preparations remains a challenge. Here, we introduce a novel all-polarization-maintaining erbium-doped […]


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Observation of periodic optical spectra and soliton molecules in a novel passively mode-locked fiber laser

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Kavli Affiliate: Xiang Zhang | First 5 Authors: Xiang Zhang, Haobin Zheng, Kangrui Chang, Yong Shen, Yongzhuang Zhou | Summary: Due to the necessity of making a series of fine adjustments after mode-locking in most experiments for preparing soliton molecules, the repeatability of the preparations remains a challenge. Here, we propose a novel all-polarization-maintaining erbium-doped […]


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Chronicling the reionization history at $6lesssim z lesssim 7$ with emergent quasar damping wings

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Kavli Affiliate: Robert A. Simcoe | First 5 Authors: Dominika Ďurovčíková, Anna-Christina Eilers, Huanqing Chen, Sindhu Satyavolu, Girish Kulkarni | Summary: The spectra of high-redshift ($zgtrsim 6$) quasars contain valuable information on the progression of the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). At redshifts $z<6$, the observed Lyman-series forest shows that the intergalactic medium (IGM) is nearly […]


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Forecasts for Galaxy Formation and Dark Matter Constraints from Dwarf Galaxy Surveys

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Kavli Affiliate: Risa H. Wechsler | First 5 Authors: Ethan O. Nadler, Vera Gluscevic, Trey Driskell, Risa H. Wechsler, Leonidas A. Moustakas | Summary: The abundance of faint dwarf galaxies is determined by the underlying population of low-mass dark matter (DM) halos and the efficiency of galaxy formation in these systems. Here, we quantify potential […]


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Forecasts for Galaxy Formation and Dark Matter Constraints from Dwarf Galaxy Surveys

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Kavli Affiliate: Risa H. Wechsler | First 5 Authors: Ethan O. Nadler, Vera Gluscevic, Trey Driskell, Risa H. Wechsler, Leonidas A. Moustakas | Summary: The abundance of faint dwarf galaxies is determined by the underlying population of low-mass dark matter (DM) halos and the efficiency of galaxy formation in these systems. Here, we quantify potential […]


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Polarization Leakage and the IXPE PSF

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Kavli Affiliate: Roger W. Romani | First 5 Authors: Jack T. Dinsmore, Roger W. Romani, , , | Summary: By measuring photoelectron tracks, the gas pixel detectors of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer satellite provide estimates of the photon detection location and its electric vector position angle (EVPA). However, imperfections in reconstructing event positions blur […]


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Polarization Leakage and the IXPE PSF

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Kavli Affiliate: Roger W. Romani | First 5 Authors: Jack T. Dinsmore, Roger W. Romani, , , | Summary: By measuring photoelectron tracks, the gas pixel detectors of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer satellite provide estimates of the photon detection location and its electric vector position angle (EVPA). However, imperfections in reconstructing event positions blur […]


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Highly-coherent quasi-periodic oscillations in the ‘heartbeat’ black hole X-ray binary IGR J17091-3624

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Kavli Affiliate: Erin Kara | First 5 Authors: Jingyi Wang, Erin Kara, Jeroen Homan, James F. Steiner, Diego Altamirano | Summary: IGR J17091-3624 is a black hole X-ray binary (BHXB), often referred to as the ‘twin’ of GRS 1915+105 because it is the only other known BHXB that can show exotic ‘heartbeat’-like variability that is […]


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The 2022 Outburst of IGR J17091-3624: Connecting the exotic GRS 1915+105 to standard black hole X-ray binaries

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Kavli Affiliate: Erin Kara | First 5 Authors: Jingyi Wang, Erin Kara, Javier A. García, Diego Altamirano, Tomaso Belloni | Summary: While the standard X-ray variability of black hole X-ray binaries (BHXBs) is stochastic and noisy, there are two known BHXBs that exhibit exotic `heartbeat’-like variability in their light curves: GRS 1915+105 and IGR J17091-3624. […]


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