Warm and Fuzzy Dark Matter: Free Streaming of Wave Dark Matter

Kavli Affiliate: Wayne Hu | First 5 Authors: Rayne Liu, Wayne Hu, Huangyu Xiao, , | Summary: Wave or fuzzy dark matter that is produced with relativistic wavenumbers exhibits free streaming effects analogous to warm or hot particle dark matter with relativistic momenta. Axions produced after inflation provide such a warm or mildly relativistic candidate, […]


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The imprint of dark matter on the Galactic acceleration field

Kavli Affiliate: Lina Necib | First 5 Authors: Arpit Arora, Robyn E. Sanderson, Sukanya Chakrabarti, Andrew Wetzel, Thomas Donlon II | Summary: Measurements of the accelerations of stars enabled by time-series extreme-precision spectroscopic observations, from pulsar timing, and from eclipsing binary stars in the Solar Neighborhood offer insights into the mass distribution of the Milky […]


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The imprint of dark matter on the Galactic acceleration field

Kavli Affiliate: Lina Necib | First 5 Authors: Arpit Arora, Robyn E. Sanderson, Sukanya Chakrabarti, Andrew Wetzel, Thomas Donlon II | Summary: Measurements of the accelerations of stars enabled by time-series extreme-precision spectroscopic observations, from pulsar timing, and from eclipsing binary stars in the Solar Neighborhood offer insights into the mass distribution of the Milky […]


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Every Poincaré gauge theory is conformal: a compelling case for dynamical vector torsion

Kavli Affiliate: Anthony Lasenby | First 5 Authors: Will Barker, Michael Hobson, Anthony Lasenby, Yun-Cherng Lin, Zhiyuan Wei | Summary: The Poincar’e gauge theory (PGT) of gravity provides a viable formulation of general relativity (Einstein-Cartan theory), and a popular model-building framework for modified gravity with torsion. Notoriously, however, the PGT terms which propagate vector torsion […]


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Every Poincaré gauge theory is conformal: a compelling case for dynamical vector torsion

Kavli Affiliate: Anthony Lasenby | First 5 Authors: Will Barker, Michael Hobson, Anthony Lasenby, Yun-Cherng Lin, Zhiyuan Wei | Summary: The Poincar’e gauge theory (PGT) of gravity provides a viable formulation of general relativity (Einstein-Cartan theory), and a popular model-building framework for modified gravity with torsion. Notoriously, however, the PGT terms which propagate vector torsion […]


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Challenges to the Lambda CDM Cosmology

Kavli Affiliate: George Efstathiou | First 5 Authors: George Efstathiou, , , , | Summary: Observations of the cosmic microwave backgroundradiation are described to remarkable accuracy by the six-parameterLambda CDM cosmology. However, the key ingredients of this model, namely dark matter, dark energy and cosmic inflation are not understood at a fundamental level. It is […]


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Challenges to the Lambda CDM Cosmology

Kavli Affiliate: George Efstathiou | First 5 Authors: George Efstathiou, , , , | Summary: Observations of the cosmic microwave backgroundradiation are described to remarkable accuracy by the six-parameterLambda CDM cosmology. However, the key ingredients of this model, namely dark matter, dark energy and cosmic inflation are not understood at a fundamental level. It is […]


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An IXPE-Led X-ray Spectro-Polarimetric Campaign on the Soft State of Cygnus X-1: X-ray Polarimetric Evidence for Strong Gravitational Lensing

Kavli Affiliate: Herman L. Marshall | First 5 Authors: James F. Steiner, Edward Nathan, Kun Hu, Henric Krawczynski, Michal Dovciak | Summary: We present the first X-ray spectropolarimetric results for Cygnus X-1 in its soft state from a campaign of five IXPE observations conducted during 2023 May-June. Companion multiwavelength data during the campaign are likewise […]


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An IXPE-Led X-ray Spectro-Polarimetric Campaign on the Soft State of Cygnus X-1: X-ray Polarimetric Evidence for Strong Gravitational Lensing

Kavli Affiliate: Herman L. Marshall | First 5 Authors: James F. Steiner, Edward Nathan, Kun Hu, Henric Krawczynski, Michal Dovciak | Summary: We present the first X-ray spectropolarimetric results for Cygnus X-1 in its soft state from a campaign of five IXPE observations conducted during 2023 May-June. Companion multiwavelength data during the campaign are likewise […]


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An IXPE-Led X-ray Spectro-Polarimetric Campaign on the Soft State of Cygnus X-1: X-ray Polarimetric Evidence for Strong Gravitational Lensing

Kavli Affiliate: Herman L. Marshall | First 5 Authors: James F. Steiner, Edward Nathan, Kun Hu, Henric Krawczynski, Michal Dovciak | Summary: We present the first X-ray spectropolarimetric results for Cygnus X-1 in its soft state from a campaign of five IXPE observations conducted during 2023 May-June. Companion multiwavelength data during the campaign are likewise […]


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