Design Requirements for the Wide-field Infrared TransientExplorer (WINTER)

Kavli Affiliate: Gabor Furesz | First 5 Authors: Danielle Frostig, John W. Baker, Joshua Brown, Richard S. Burruss, Kristin Clark | Summary: The Wide-field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER) is a 1×1 degree infrared survey telescope under development at MIT and Caltech, and slated for commissioning at Palomar Observatory in 2021. WINTER is a seeing-limited infrared […]


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Design Requirements for the Wide-field Infrared TransientExplorer (WINTER)

Kavli Affiliate: Nathan P. Lourie | First 5 Authors: Danielle Frostig, John W. Baker, Joshua Brown, Richard S. Burruss, Kristin Clark | Summary: The Wide-field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER) is a 1×1 degree infrared survey telescope under development at MIT and Caltech, and slated for commissioning at Palomar Observatory in 2021. WINTER is a seeing-limited […]


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NICER observations of the black hole candidate MAXI J0637$-$430 during the 2019-2020 Outburst

Kavli Affiliate: Ronald A. Remillard | First 5 Authors: Arghajit Jana, Gaurava K. Jaisawal, Sachindra Naik, Neeraj Kumari, Birendra Chhotaray | Summary: We present detailed timing and spectral studies of the black hole candidate MAXI J0637$-$430 during its 2019-2020 outburst using observations with the {em Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)} and the {em Neil […]


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Via Machinae: Searching for Stellar Streams using Unsupervised Machine Learning

Kavli Affiliate: Lina Necib | First 5 Authors: David Shih, Matthew R. Buckley, Lina Necib, John Tamanas, | Summary: We develop a new machine learning algorithm, Via Machinae, to identify cold stellar streams in data from the Gaia telescope. Via Machinae is based on ANODE, a general method that uses conditional density estimation and sideband […]


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High redshift JWST predictions from IllustrisTNG: III. Infrared luminosity functions, obscured star formation and dust temperature of high-redshift galaxies

Kavli Affiliate: Mark Vogelsberger | First 5 Authors: Xuejian Shen, Mark Vogelsberger, Dylan Nelson, Sandro Tacchella, Lars Hernquist | Summary: We post-process galaxies in the IllustrisTNG simulations with SKIRT radiative transfer calculations to make predictions for the rest-frame near-infrared (NIR) and far-infrared (FIR) properties of galaxies at $zgeq 4$. The rest-frame $K$- and $z$-band galaxy […]


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Effects of model incompleteness on the drift-scan calibration of radio telescopes

Kavli Affiliate: Max Tegmark | First 5 Authors: Bharat K. Gehlot, Daniel C. Jacobs, Judd D. Bowman, Nivedita Mahesh, Steven G. Murray | Summary: Precision calibration poses challenges to experiments probing the redshifted 21-cm signal of neutral hydrogen from the Cosmic Dawn and Epoch of Reionization (z~30-6). In both interferometric and global signal experiments, systematic […]


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TOI-1431b/MASCARA-5b: A Highly Irradiated Ultra-Hot Jupiter Orbiting One of the Hottest & Brightest Known Exoplanet Host Stars

Kavli Affiliate: Alan M. Levine | First 5 Authors: Brett Christopher Addison, Emil Knudstrup, Ian Wong, Guillaume Hebrard, Patrick Dorval | Summary: We present the discovery of a highly irradiated and moderately inflated ultra-hot Jupiter, TOI-1431b/MASCARA-5b (HD 201033b), first detected by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission (TESS) and the Multi-site All-Sky CAmeRA (MASCARA). The […]


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Hermeian haloes: Field haloes that interacted with both the Milky Way and M31

Kavli Affiliate: Mark Vogelsberger | First 5 Authors: Oliver Newton, Noam I. Libeskind, Alexander Knebe, Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde, Jenny G. Sorce | Summary: The Local Group is a unique environment in which to study the astrophysics of galaxy formation. The proximity of the Milky Way and M31 enhances the frequency of interactions of the low-mass […]


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Validation of the HERA Phase I Epoch of Reionization 21 cm Power Spectrum Software Pipeline

Kavli Affiliate: Jacqueline N. Hewitt | First 5 Authors: James E. Aguirre, Steven G. Murray, Robert Pascua, Zachary E. Martinot, Jacob Burba | Summary: We describe the validation of the HERA Phase I software pipeline by a series of modular tests, building up to an end-to-end simulation. The philosophy of this approach is to validate […]


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FastEMRIWaveforms: New tools for millihertz gravitational-wave data analysis

Kavli Affiliate: Scott A. Hughes | First 5 Authors: Michael L. Katz, Alvin J. K. Chua, Lorenzo Speri, Niels Warburton, Scott A. Hughes | Summary: We present the FastEMRIWaveforms (FEW) package, a collection of tools to build and analyze extreme mass ratio inspiral (EMRI) waveforms. Here, we expand on the Physical Review Letter that introduced […]


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