Hard X-ray Irradiation Potentially Drives Negative AGN Feedback by Altering Molecular Gas Properties

Kavli Affiliate: Claudio Ricci | First 5 Authors: Taiki Kawamuro, Claudio Ricci, Takuma Izumi, Masatoshi Imanishi, Shunsuke Baba | Summary: To investigate the role of active galactic nucleus (AGN) X-ray irradiation on the interstellar medium (ISM), we systematically analyzed Chandra and ALMA CO($J$=2-1) data for 26 ultra-hard X-ray ($>$ 10 keV) selected AGNs at redshifts […]


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Tests of Gravitational-Wave Birefringence with the Open Gravitational-Wave Catalog

Kavli Affiliate: Lijing Shao | First 5 Authors: Yi-Fan Wang, Stephanie M. Brown, Lijing Shao, Wen Zhao, | Summary: The routine detection of gravitational-wave events from compact binary coalescences has allowed precise tests of gravity in strong field, dynamical field, and high energy regime. In this work, we report the results of testing gravitational-wave birefringence […]


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Quantum criticality of fermion velocities and critical temperature nearby a putative quantum phase transition in the $d$-wave superconductors

Kavli Affiliate: Jing Wang | First 5 Authors: Xiao-Yue Ren, Ya-Hui Zhai, Jing Wang, , | Summary: Quantum critical behaviors induced by a putative quantum phase transition are vigilantly investigated, which separates a $d$-wave superconducting state and $d$-wave superconducting+$X$ state below the superconducting dome of the $d-$wave superconductors with tuning the non-thermal doping variable. Within […]


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Subtle Data Crimes: Naively training machine learning algorithms could lead to overly-optimistic results

Kavli Affiliate: Ke Wang | First 5 Authors: Efrat Shimron, Jonathan I. Tamir, Ke Wang, Michael Lustig, | Summary: While open databases are an important resource in the Deep Learning (DL) era, they are sometimes used "off-label": data published for one task are used for training algorithms for a different one. This work aims to […]


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Further evidence of shocks in the first-overtone RR Lyrae pulsators: first detection of shock-triggered magnesium emissions

Kavli Affiliate: Huawei Zhang | First 5 Authors: Xiao-Wei Duan, Weijia Sun, Xiaodian Chen, Licai Deng, Huawei Zhang | Summary: The behavior of the shock wave in the atmosphere of the non-fundamental mode RR Lyrae pulsator remains a mystery. In this work, we firstly report a blueshifted Mg triplet emission in continuous spectroscopic observations for […]


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Investigating the Nature of the Luminous Ambiguous Nuclear Transient ASASSN-17jz

Kavli Affiliate: Subo Dong | First 5 Authors: Thomas W. -S. Holoien, Jack M. M. Neustadt, Patrick J. Vallely, Katie Auchettl, Jason T. Hinkle | Summary: We present observations of the extremely luminous but ambiguous nuclear transient (ANT) ASASSN-17jz, spanning roughly 1200 days of the object’s evolution. ASASSN-17jz was discovered by the All-Sky Automated Survey […]


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Subsurface Carbon-Induced Local Charge of Copper for On-Surface Displacement Reaction

Kavli Affiliate: Zhuo Li | First 5 Authors: Shaoshan Wang, Pengcheng Ding, Zhuo Li, Cristina Mattioli, Wenlong E | Summary: Transition metal carbides have sparked unprecedented enthusiasm as high-performance catalysts in recent years. Still, the catalytic properties of copper (Cu) carbide remain unexplored. By introducing subsurface carbon (C) to Cu(111), displacement reaction of proton in […]


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On-Surface Decarboxylation Coupling Facilitated by Lock-to-Unlock Variation of Molecules upon the Reaction

Kavli Affiliate: Zhuo Li | First 5 Authors: Shaoshan Wang, Zhuo Li, Pengcheng Ding, Cristina Mattioli, Wujun Huang | Summary: On-surface synthesis (OSS) involving relatively high energy barriers remains challenging due to a typical dilemma: firm molecular anchor is required to prevent molecular desorption upon the reaction, whereas sufficient lateral mobility is crucial for subsequent […]


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Accretion Disk Sizes from Continuum Reverberation Mapping of AGN Selected from the ZTF Survey

Kavli Affiliate: Luis C. Ho | First 5 Authors: Vivek Kumar Jha, Ravi Joshi, Hum Chand, Xue-Bing Wu, Luis C. Ho | Summary: We present the accretion disk size estimates for a sample of 19 active galactic nuclei (AGN) using the optical $g$, $r$, and $i$ band light curves obtained from the Zwicky Transient Facility […]


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The extreme properties of the nearby hyper-Eddington accreting Active Galactic Nucleus in IRAS 04416+1215

Kavli Affiliate: Claudio Ricci | First 5 Authors: Alessia Tortosa, Claudio Ricci, Francesco Tombesi, Luis C. Ho, Pu Du | Summary: The physical properties of the accretion flow and of the X-ray emitting plasma, in supermassive black holes accreting at extreme Eddington rates, are still very unclear. Here we present the analysis of simultaneous XMM-Newton […]


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