Machine-Learning Analysis of Radiative Decays to Dark Matter at the LHC

Kavli Affiliate: Marcela Carena | First 5 Authors: Ernesto Arganda, Marcela Carena, Martín de los Rios, Andres D. Perez, Duncan Rocha | Summary: The search for weakly interacting matter particles (WIMPs) is one of the main objectives of the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC). In this work we use Machine-Learning (ML) techniques to explore […]


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The Affleck-Dine Curvaton

Kavli Affiliate: Gordan Krnjaic | First 5 Authors: Aurora Ireland, Gordan Krnjaic, Takuya Okawa, , | Summary: The Standard Model of particle physics does not explain the origin of the universe’s baryon asymmetry or its primordial fluctuations. The Affleck-Dine mechanism is a well-motivated scenario for generating the baryon asymmetry through the post-inflationary dynamics of a […]


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Gravitational Effects of Null Particles

Kavli Affiliate: Craig Hogan | First 5 Authors: Kris Mackewicz, Craig Hogan, , , | Summary: We generalize earlier solutions of gravitational shocks sourced by distributional null stress-energy and analyze their observable effects. A systematic method is proposed to demonstrate consistency between the gravitational effects of a null perfect fluid, i.e. a photon gas, and […]


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Eridanus III and DELVE 1: Carbon-rich Primordial Star Clusters or the Smallest Dwarf Galaxies?

Kavli Affiliate: Alexander P. Ji | First 5 Authors: Joshua D. Simon, Ting S. Li, Alexander P. Ji, Andrew B. Pace, Terese T. Hansen | Summary: We present spectroscopy of the ultra-faint Milky Way satellites Eridanus III (Eri III) and DELVE 1. We identify eight member stars in each satellite and place non-constraining upper limits […]


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First Very Long Baseline Interferometry Detections at 870μm

Kavli Affiliate: Bradford A. Benson | First 5 Authors: Alexander W. Raymond, Sheperd S. Doeleman, Keiichi Asada, Lindy Blackburn, Geoffrey C. Bower | Summary: The first very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) detections at 870$mu$m wavelength (345$,$GHz frequency) are reported, achieving the highest diffraction-limited angular resolution yet obtained from the surface of the Earth, and the […]


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Gravitational Particle Production of Scalars: Analytic and Numerical Approaches Including Early Reheating

Kavli Affiliate: Edward W. Kolb | First 5 Authors: Leah Jenks, Edward W. Kolb, Keyer Thyme, , | Summary: Cosmological gravitational particle production (GPP) is a generic mechanism by which particles are produced during the inflationary epoch. In this work we consider the GPP of massive scalars in an effort to fully understand the spectrum […]


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Gravitational Particle Production of Scalars: Analytic and Numerical Approaches Including Early Reheating

Kavli Affiliate: Edward W. Kolb | First 5 Authors: Leah Jenks, Edward W. Kolb, Keyer Thyme, , | Summary: Cosmological gravitational particle production (GPP) is a generic mechanism by which particles are produced during the inflationary epoch. In this work we consider the GPP of massive scalars in an effort to fully understand the spectrum […]


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Connecting Lyman-$α$ and ionizing photon escape in the Sunburst Arc

Kavli Affiliate: Michael D. Gladders | First 5 Authors: M. Riley Owens, Keunho J. Kim, Matthew B. Bayliss, T. Emil Rivera-Thorsen, Keren Sharon | Summary: We investigate the Lyman-$alpha$ (Ly$alpha$) and Lyman continuum (LyC) properties of the Sunburst Arc, a $z=2.37$ gravitationally lensed galaxy with a multiply-imaged, compact region leaking LyC and a triple-peaked Ly$alpha$ […]


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Where has all the $r$-process gone? Timescales for GRB-Kilonovae to Enrich their Host Galaxies

Kavli Affiliate: Alexander P. Ji | First 5 Authors: Anya E. Nugent, Alexander P. Ji, Wen-fai Fong, Hilay Shah, Freeke van de Voort | Summary: Neutron star (NS) mergers are currently the only observed source of r-process production in the Universe. Yet, it is unclear how much r-process mass from these mergers is incorporated into […]


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Co-Design of 2D Heterojunctions for Data Filtering in Tracking Systems

Kavli Affiliate: Salman Habib | First 5 Authors: Tupendra Oli, Wilkie Olin-Ammentorp, Xingfu Wu, Justin H. Qian, Vinod K. Sangwan | Summary: As particle physics experiments evolve to achieve higher energies and resolutions, handling the massive data volumes produced by silicon pixel detectors, which are used for charged particle tracking, poses a significant challenge. To […]


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