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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The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit: a consolidated design for the system requirement review of the preliminary definition phase

Kavli Affiliate: Kent Irwin | First 5 Authors: Didier Barret, Vincent Albouys, Jan-Willem den Herder, Luigi Piro, Massimo Cappi | Summary: The Athena X-ray Integral Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer, studied since 2015 for flying in the mid-30s on the Athena space X-ray Observatory, a versatile observatory designed to address the Hot […]


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GPI 2.0: Characterizing Self-Luminous Exoplanets Through Low-Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy

Kavli Affiliate: Arlene Aleman | First 5 Authors: Arlene Aleman, Bruce Macintosh, Mary Anne Limbach, Mark Marley, Jeffrey Chilcote | Summary: Direct imaging characterization of extrasolar planets is often done at low spectral resolution. We model the spectrograph for the Gemini Planet Imager upgrade (GPI 2.0) and assess the instrument’s potential for allowing observers to […]


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Snowmass 2021 IF01: Quantum Sensors Topical Group Report

Kavli Affiliate: Kent Irwin | First 5 Authors: Thomas Cecil, Kent Irwin, Reina Maruyama, Matt Pyle, Silvia Zorzetti | Summary: The use of quantum sensors in high energy physics has seen explosive growth since the previous Snowmass Community Study. This growth extends far beyond high energy physics (HEP) impacting many areas of science from communications […]


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