Cosmological Evolution of Fermi-LAT Gamma-ray Blazars Using Novel Nonparametric Methods

Kavli Affiliate: Vahe Petrosian | First 5 Authors: Houdun Zeng, Vahé Petrosian, Tingfeng Yi, , | Summary: Multi-wavelength analyses of spectra of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) provide useful information on the physical processes in the accretion disk and jets of black holes. This, however, is limited to bright sources and may not represent the population […]


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Measurement of the Ionization Yield of Neutron-Induced Proton Recoils in Tetramethylsilane

Kavli Affiliate: Giorgio Gratta | First 5 Authors: Shuoxing Wu, Brian Lenardo, Giorgio Gratta, , | Summary: We report on a low energy measurement of the ionization yield in a Tetramethylsilane Time Projection Chamber (TPC) using 2.8 MeV neutrons from a deuterium-deuterium neutron generator. The proton recoil charge yield is measured at four different electric […]


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On the size distribution of spots within sunspot groups

Kavli Affiliate: Robert Cameron | First 5 Authors: Sudip Mandal, Natalie A. Krivova, Robert Cameron, Sami K. Solanki, | Summary: Size distribution of sunspots provides key information about the generation and emergence processes of the solar magnetic field. Previous studies on the size distribution have primarily focused on either the whole group or individual spot […]


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Fast and Accurate Emulation of the SDO/HMI Stokes Inversion with Uncertainty Quantification

Kavli Affiliate: J. Todd Hoeksema | First 5 Authors: Richard E. L. Higgins, David F. Fouhey, Dichang Zhang, Spiro K. Antiochos, Graham Barnes | Summary: The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) produces estimates of the photospheric magnetic field which are a critical input to many space weather modelling and […]


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The HST See Change Program: I. Survey Design, Pipeline, and Supernova Discoveries

Kavli Affiliate: Risa Wechsler | First 5 Authors: Brian Hayden, David Rubin, Kyle Boone, Greg Aldering, Jakob Nordin | Summary: The See Change survey was designed to make $z>1$ cosmological measurements by efficiently discovering high-redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and improving cluster mass measurements through weak lensing. This survey observed twelve galaxy clusters with […]


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Search for anisotropic gravitational-wave backgrounds using data from Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo’s first three observing runs

Kavli Affiliate: Chao-Lin Kuo | First 5 Authors: The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott | Summary: We report results from searches for anisotropic stochastic gravitational-wave backgrounds using data from the first three observing runs of the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. For the first time, […]


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Characterization of Skipper CCDs for Cosmological Applications

Kavli Affiliate: Noah Kurinsky | First 5 Authors: Alex Drlica-Wagner, Edgar Marrufo Villalpando, Judah O’Neil, Juan Estrada, Stephen Holland | Summary: We characterize the response of a novel 250 $mu$m thick, fully-depleted Skipper Charged-Coupled Device (CCD) to visible/near-infrared light with a focus on potential applications for astronomical observations. We achieve stable, single-electron resolution with readout […]


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Effects of overlapping sources on cosmic shear estimation: Statistical sensitivity and pixel-noise bias

Kavli Affiliate: Patricia R. Burchat | First 5 Authors: Javier Sanchez, Ismael Mendoza, David P. Kirkby, Patricia R. Burchat, | Summary: In Stage-IV imaging surveys, a significant amount of the cosmologically useful information is due to sources whose images overlap with those of other sources on the sky. The cosmic shear signal is primarily encoded […]


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