Kavli Affiliate: Linhua Jiang | Summary:Emission-line galaxies provide key diagnostics of star formation, chemical enrichment, and AGN activity across cosmic time. We present a systematic census of emission-line sources using JWST/NIRCam wide-field slitless spectroscopy (WFSS) from the COSMOS-3D program, which covers a large contiguous area of 0.33 deg$^2$ and provides F444W grism spectroscopy over $3.9$–$5.1 […]

Kavli Affiliate: Lijing Shao | Summary:Extra spatial dimensions arise naturally in theories beyond four-dimensional general relativity (GR), but direct observational evidence remains elusive. Gravitational waves offer a distinctive probe: geometric projection onto the observable three-dimensional spatial subspace can produce apparent tensor, vector, and scalar polarizations. We consider one additional spatial dimension and a two-mode tensor-wave […]

Kavli Affiliate: Claudio Ricci | Summary:Galaxies with stellar masses $M_star<10^8~M_odot$, hereafter referred to as extreme dwarf galaxies (EDGs), represent one of the least explored regimes in the search for accreting intermediate-mass black holes. Using the recent Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Preview 2 (DP2; covering 2025-04-25 to 2026-01-06), we present the first systematic search for […]

Kavli Affiliate: Huawei Zhang | Summary:Spatial audio signal enhancement (SASE) aims to separate a desired soundfield from interference and noise while preserving its spatial cues. However, existing algorithms pay limited attention to preserving the spatial cues of the residual interference, which reduces their effectiveness in practical applications. In this paper, we propose a direction-preserving SASE […]

Kavli Affiliate: Huawei Zhang | Summary:We propose a hybrid framework that combines deep learning with adaptive filtering for acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) and suppression. It integrates a multi-output neural network to jointly update filter parameters and perform post-processing. A learnable variant of the normalized least mean squares (NLMS) filter is introduced, incorporating a variable step […]

Kavli Affiliate: Lijing Shao | Summary:Fast-spinning, nonaxisymmetrically deformed neutron stars (NSs) are promising targets for continuous gravitational-wave (CGW) searches with current and next-generation ground-based detectors. Ultraluminous X-ray pulsars (ULXPs), characterized by super-Eddington accretion and strong magnetic fields, provide extreme environments in which substantial nonaxisymmetric deformations may develop. In this Letter, we investigate thermo-elastic mountains generated […]