Open Problems in Mechanistic Interpretability

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 […]


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Theoretical Predictions for the Inner Dark Matter Distribution in the Milky Way Informed by Simulations

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 […]


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Theoretical Predictions for the Inner Dark Matter Distribution in the Milky Way Informed by Simulations

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 […]


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Early r-process Enrichment and Hierarchical Assembly Across the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy

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 […]


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Introducing the AIDA-TNG project: galaxy formation in alternative dark matter models

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 […]


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Introducing the AIDA-TNG project: galaxy formation in alternative dark matter models

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 […]


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GLIMPSE: An ultra-faint $simeq$ 10$^{5}$ $M_{odot}$ Pop III Galaxy Candidate and First Constraints on the Pop III UV Luminosity Function at $zsimeq6-7$

Kavli Affiliate: Anna Frebel | First 5 Authors: Seiji Fujimoto, Rohan P. Naidu, John Chisholm, Hakim Atek, Ryan Endsley | Summary: Detecting the first generation of stars, Population III (PopIII), has been a long-standing goal in astrophysics, yet they remain elusive even in the JWST era. Here we present a novel NIRCam-based selection method for […]


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11 New Transiting Brown Dwarfs and Very Low Mass Stars from TESS

Kavli Affiliate: Avi Shporer | First 5 Authors: Noah Vowell, Joseph E. Rodriguez, David W. Latham, Samuel N. Quinn, Jack Schulte | Summary: We present the discovery of 11 new transiting brown dwarfs and low-mass M-dwarfs from NASA’s TESS mission: TOI-2844, TOI-3122, TOI-3577, TOI-3755, TOI-4462, TOI-4635, TOI-4737, TOI-4759, TOI-5240, TOI-5467, and TOI-5882. They consist of […]


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11 New Transiting Brown Dwarfs and Very Low Mass Stars from TESS

Kavli Affiliate: Avi Shporer | First 5 Authors: Noah Vowell, Joseph E. Rodriguez, David W. Latham, Samuel N. Quinn, Jack Schulte | Summary: We present the discovery of 11 new transiting brown dwarfs and low-mass M-dwarfs from NASA’s TESS mission: TOI-2844, TOI-3122, TOI-3577, TOI-3755, TOI-4462, TOI-4635, TOI-4737, TOI-4759, TOI-5240, TOI-5467, and TOI-5882. They consist of […]


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Cyclical accretion regime change in the slow X-ray pulsar 4U 0114+65 observed with Chandra

Kavli Affiliate: Norbert Schulz | First 5 Authors: Graciela Sanjurjo-Ferrín, Jose Miguel Torrejón, Konstantin Postnov, Michael Nowak, Jose Joaquín Rodes-Roca | Summary: 4U 0114+65 is a high-mass X-ray binary system formed by the luminous supergiant B1Ia, known as V{*} V662 Cas, and one of the slowest rotating neutron stars (NS) with a spin period of […]


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