Kavli Affiliate: Michael McDonald | First 5 Authors: Alex Thomas, Natalie LeBaron, Luca Angeleri, Phillip Morgan, Varun Iyer | Summary: We discuss our transient search for directed energy systems in local galaxies, with calculations indicating the ability of modest searches to detect optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) sources in the closest galaxies. Our analysis […]
Kavli Affiliate: Michael McDonald | First 5 Authors: Alex Thomas, Natalie LeBaron, Luca Angeleri, Phillip Morgan, Varun Iyer | Summary: We discuss our transient search for directed energy systems in local galaxies, with calculations indicating the ability of modest searches to detect optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) sources in the closest galaxies. Our analysis […]
Kavli Affiliate: Michael McDonald | First 5 Authors: Alex Thomas, Natalie LeBaron, Luca Angeleri, Samuel Whitebook, Rachel Darlinger | Summary: We present the TRansient Image Processing Pipeline (TRIPP), a transient and variable source detection pipeline that employs both difference imaging and light curve analysis techniques for astronomical data. Additionally, we demonstrate TRIPP’s rapid analysis capability […]
Kavli Affiliate: Lina Necib | First 5 Authors: Maria C. Straight, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, James S. Bullock, Philip F. Hopkins, Xuejian Shen | Summary: We investigate the central density structure of dark matter halos in cold dark matter (CDM) and self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models using simulations that are part of the Feedback In Realistic Environments […]
Kavli Affiliate: Lina Necib | First 5 Authors: Maria C. Straight, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, James S. Bullock, Philip F. Hopkins, Xuejian Shen | Summary: We investigate the central density structure of dark matter halos in cold dark matter (CDM) and self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models using simulations that are part of the Feedback In Realistic Environments […]
Kavli Affiliate: Max Tegmark | First 5 Authors: Lee Sharkey, Bilal Chughtai, Joshua Batson, Jack Lindsey, Jeff Wu | Summary: Mechanistic interpretability aims to understand the computational mechanisms underlying neural networks’ capabilities in order to accomplish concrete scientific and engineering goals. Progress in this field thus promises to provide greater assurance over AI system behavior […]
Kavli Affiliate: Lina Necib | First 5 Authors: Abdelaziz Hussein, Lina Necib, Manoj Kaplinghat, Stacy Y. Kim, Andrew Wetzel | Summary: We build a theoretical range for the Milky Way’s (MW) inner dark matter (DM) distribution informed by the FIRE-2, Auriga, VINTERGATAN-GM, and TNG50 simulation suites assuming the canonical cold dark matter (CDM) model. The […]
Kavli Affiliate: Lina Necib | First 5 Authors: Abdelaziz Hussein, Lina Necib, Manoj Kaplinghat, Stacy Y. Kim, Andrew Wetzel | Summary: We build a theoretical range for the Milky Way’s (MW) inner dark matter (DM) distribution informed by the FIRE-2, Auriga, VINTERGATAN-GM, and TNG50 simulation suites assuming the canonical cold dark matter (CDM) model. The […]
Kavli Affiliate: Anna Frebel | First 5 Authors: Xiaowei Ou, Alexander Yelland, Anirudh Chiti, Anna Frebel, Guilherme Limberg | Summary: Dwarf galaxies like Sagittarius (Sgr) provide a unique window into the early stages of galactic chemical evolution, particularly through their metal-poor stars. By studying the chemical abundances of stars in the Sgr core and tidal […]
Kavli Affiliate: Mark Vogelsberger | First 5 Authors: Giulia Despali, Lauro Moscardini, Dylan Nelson, Annalisa Pillepich, Volker Springel | Summary: We introduce the AIDA-TNG project, a suite of cosmological magnetohydrodynamic simulations that simultaneously model galaxy formation and different variations of the underlying dark matter model. We consider the standard cold dark matter model and five […]