Kavli Affiliate: Erin Kara | First 5 Authors: Peter Kosec, Peter Kosec, , , | Summary: X-ray binary accretion disk winds can carry away a significant fraction of the originally infalling matter and hence strongly affect the accretion flow and the long-term evolution of the binary system. However, accurate measurements of their mass outflow rates […]
Kavli Affiliate: Rudolf Podgornik | First 5 Authors: , , , , | Summary: Proteinaceous shells useful for various biomedical applications exhibit a wide range of anomalous structures that are fundamentally different from icosahedral viral capsids described by the Caspar-Klug paradigmatic model. Exploring the Protein Data Bank, we have identified nine different types of anomalous […]
Kavli Affiliate: Debora Sijacki | First 5 Authors: Martin G. H. Krause, Martin G. H. Krause, , , | Summary: We review the state of the evidence for the existence and observational appearance of supermassive black hole binaries. Such objects are expected from standard hierarchical galaxy evolution to form after two galaxies, each containing a […]
Kavli Affiliate: Michael Wimmer | First 5 Authors: Juan Daniel Torres Luna, Juan Daniel Torres Luna, , , | Summary: To observe Majorana bound states, and especially to use them as a qubit, requires careful optimization of competing quality metrics. We systematically compare Majorana quality in proximitized semiconductor nanowires and quantum dot chains. Using multi-objective […]
Kavli Affiliate: Jacqueline N. Hewitt | First 5 Authors: Kai-Feng Chen, Kai-Feng Chen, , , | Summary: Observations of the redshifted 21-cm line during the Epoch of Reionization will open a new window to probe the intergalactic medium during the formation of the first stars, galaxies, and black holes. A particularly promising route to an […]
Kavli Affiliate: Kohei Inayoshi | First 5 Authors: Brenda L. Jones, Brenda L. Jones, , , | Summary: JWST has identified a large population of faint, broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the early universe that are powered by black holes (BHs) that often appear overmassive relative to their host galaxies. In this study, we […]
Kavli Affiliate: David Gross | First 5 Authors: Filippo Girardi, Filippo Girardi, , , | Summary: Gaussian states are widely regarded as one of the most relevant classes of continuous-variable (CV) quantum states, as they naturally arise in physical systems and play a key role in quantum technologies. This motivates a fundamental question: given copies […]
Kavli Affiliate: Jin Kang | Authors: Abdullah Ozer, Jin Joo Kang, Yuliang Tang, Kumar Yugandhar, Yu Sun, Michael D DeBerardine, Karim Omar, John Lis and Haiyuan Yu | Summary: RNA Polymerase II (Pol II) transcription is highly regulated at two early steps in the transcription cycle: Pre-Initiation Complex (PIC) assembly with its coupled initiation, and […]
Kavli Affiliate: Sara Seager | First 5 Authors: Mathilde Mâlin, Mathilde Mâlin, , , | Summary: Young accreting planetary-mass objects are thought to draw material from a circumplanetary disk (CPD) composed of gas and dust. While the gas within the disk is expected to disperse within the first million years, strong accretion has nonetheless been […]
Kavli Affiliate: Morteza Gharib | First 5 Authors: Fengze Xie, Fengze Xie, , , | Summary: Fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) offer endurance and efficiency but lack low-speed agility due to highly coupled dynamics. We present an end-to-end sensing-to-control pipeline that combines bio-inspired hardware, physics-informed dynamics learning, and convex control allocation. Measuring airflow on a […]