Kavli Affiliate: Lile Wang | First 5 Authors: Shuting Lin, Shuting Lin, , , | Summary: We report the discovery of a dense molecular ring-like structure in a dense (10$^5$ cm$^-3$), cold (pc-scale CO depletion at a factor of 5), and young (10$^4$ year) star-forming region G34.74-0.12, revealed by C$^18$O (2-1), HNC (1-0), and N$_2$H$^+$ […]
Kavli Affiliate: Michael Shadlen | Authors: Prayshita Sharma, Michael Shadlen and S Shushruth | Summary: Perceptual decision-making refers to the class of decisions in which sensory evidence is used to categorize percepts and guide actions. Conventionally, categorical decisions are thought to precede motor actions. However, recent studies in nonhuman primates challenge this assumption — when […]
Kavli Affiliate: Zhuo Li | First 5 Authors: Yechen Zhang, Yechen Zhang, , , | Summary: Reinforcement learning (RL) has shown promise in a large number of robotic control tasks. Nevertheless, its deployment on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) remains challenging, mainly because of reliance on accurate dynamic models and platform-specific sensing, which hinders cross-platform transfer. […]
Kavli Affiliate: George Efstathiou | First 5 Authors: Sudipta Sikder, Sudipta Sikder, , , | Summary: The 21-cm line of hydrogen is the most promising probe of the Dark Ages and Cosmic Dawn. We combine hydrodynamical simulations with a large-scale grid in order to calculate the effect of non-linear structure formation on the large-scale 21-cm […]
Kavli Affiliate: George Efstathiou | First 5 Authors: Hyunbae Park, Hyunbae Park, , , | Summary: It is thought that the Universe went through an early period known as the Dark Ages, during which primeval density fluctuations grew to form the first luminous objects, marking the beginning of Cosmic Dawn around 100 million years after […]
Kavli Affiliate: Lile Wang | First 5 Authors: Sheng Xu, Sheng Xu, , , | Summary: The inner regions of protoplanetary disks are host to the sublimation of dust grains, a process traditionally modeled using equilibrium thermodynamics. We demonstrate through ab-initio density functional theory (DFT) and kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations that silicate dust sublimation […]