Report of the Topical Group on Particle Dark Matter for Snowmass 2021

Kavli Affiliate: Daniel S. Akerib | First 5 Authors: Jodi Cooley, Tongyan Lin, W. Hugh Lippincott, Tracy R. Slatyer, Tien-Tien Yu | Summary: This report summarizes the findings of the CF1 Topical Subgroup to Snowmass 2021, which was focused on particle dark matter. One of the most important scientific goals of the next decade is […]


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Snowmass Theory Frontier: Astrophysics and Cosmology

Kavli Affiliate: Risa H. Wechsler | First 5 Authors: Daniel Green, Joshua T. Ruderman, Benjamin R. Safdi, Jessie Shelton, Ana Achúcarro | Summary: We summarize progress made in theoretical astrophysics and cosmology over the past decade and areas of interest for the coming decade. This Report is prepared as the TF09 "Astrophysics and Cosmology" topical […]


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Snowmass Theory Frontier: Astrophysics and Cosmology

Kavli Affiliate: W. L. Kimmy Wu | First 5 Authors: Daniel Green, Joshua T. Ruderman, Benjamin R. Safdi, Jessie Shelton, Ana Achúcarro | Summary: We summarize progress made in theoretical astrophysics and cosmology over the past decade and areas of interest for the coming decade. This Report is prepared as the TF09 "Astrophysics and Cosmology" […]


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Polarized Blazar X-rays imply particle acceleration in shocks

Kavli Affiliate: Grzegorz M. Madejski | First 5 Authors: Ioannis Liodakis, Alan P. Marscher, Iván Agudo, Andrei V. Berdyugin, Maria I. Bernardos | Summary: Blazars are active galactic nuclei that launch collimated, powerful jets of magnetized relativistic plasma. Their primary jet, whose emission typically spans from low-frequency radio to very high-energy ($gtrsim0.1$ TeV) $gamma$-rays (Blandford […]


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The MegaMapper: A Stage-5 Spectroscopic Instrument Concept for the Study of Inflation and Dark Energy

Kavli Affiliate: Risa H. Wechsler | First 5 Authors: David J. Schlegel, Juna A. Kollmeier, Greg Aldering, Stephen Bailey, Charles Baltay | Summary: In this white paper, we present the MegaMapper concept. The MegaMapper is a proposed ground-based experiment to measure Inflation parameters and Dark Energy from galaxy redshifts at $2<z<5$. In order to achieve […]


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A Spectroscopic Road Map for Cosmic Frontier: DESI, DESI-II, Stage-5

Kavli Affiliate: Risa H. Wechsler | First 5 Authors: David J. Schlegel, Simone Ferraro, Greg Aldering, Charles Baltay, Segev BenZvi | Summary: In this white paper, we present an experimental road map for spectroscopic experiments beyond DESI. DESI will be a transformative cosmological survey in the 2020s, mapping 40 million galaxies and quasars and capturing […]


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Symphony: Cosmological Zoom-in Simulation Suites over Four Decades of Host Halo Mass

Kavli Affiliate: Risa H. Wechsler | First 5 Authors: Ethan O. Nadler, Philip Mansfield, Yunchong Wang, Xiaolong Du, Susmita Adhikari | Summary: We present Symphony, a compilation of $262$ cosmological, cold dark matter-only zoom-in simulations spanning four decades of host halo mass, from $10^{11}~M_{mathrm{odot}}$ to $10^{15}~M_{mathrm{odot}}$. This compilation includes three existing simulation suites at the […]


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The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems II: A 1 to 20 Micron Spectrum of the Planetary-Mass Companion VHS 1256-1257 b

Kavli Affiliate: Bruce Macintosh | First 5 Authors: Brittany E. Miles, Beth A. Biller, Polychronis Patapis, Kadin Worthen, Emily Rickman | Summary: We present the highest fidelity spectrum to date of a planetary-mass object. VHS 1256 b is a $<$20 M$_mathrm{Jup}$ widely separated ($sim$8arcsec, a = 150 au), young, planetary-mass companion that shares photometric colors […]


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The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems I: High Contrast Imaging of the Exoplanet HIP 65426 b from 2-16 $μ$m

Kavli Affiliate: Bruce Macintosh | First 5 Authors: Aarynn L. Carter, Sasha Hinkley, Jens Kammerer, Andrew Skemer, Beth A. Biller | Summary: We present JWST Early Release Science (ERS) coronagraphic observations of the super-Jupiter exoplanet, HIP 65426 b, with the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) from 2-5 $mu$m, and with the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) from 11-16 $mu$m. […]


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The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems I: High Contrast Imaging of the Exoplanet HIP 65426 b from 2-16 $μ$m

Kavli Affiliate: Bruce Macintosh | First 5 Authors: Aarynn L. Carter, Sasha Hinkley, Jens Kammerer, Andrew Skemer, Beth A. Biller | Summary: We present JWST Early Release Science (ERS) coronagraphic observations of the super-Jupiter exoplanet, HIP 65426 b, with the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) from 2-5 $mu$m, and with the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) from 11-16 $mu$m. […]


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