A New Mechanism for Primordial Black Hole Formation from QCD Axion

Kavli Affiliate: Jia Liu | First 5 Authors: Shuailiang Ge, Jinhui Guo, Jia Liu, , | Summary: We present a novel mechanism for the primordial black hole (PBH) production within the QCD axion framework. We take the case where the Peccei-Quinn symmetry breaks during inflation, resulting in a $N_{rm DW}=1$ string-wall network that re-enters horizon […]


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Amplifying Non-Resonant Production of Dark Sector Particles in Scattering Dominance Regime

Kavli Affiliate: Jia Liu | First 5 Authors: Mingxuan Du, Jia Liu, Xiao-Ping Wang, Tianhao Wu, | Summary: We investigate the enhancement of dark sector particle production within the scattering dominant regime. These particles typically exhibit a slight mixing with Standard Model particles through various portals, allowing for their generation through in-medium oscillation from Standard […]


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Amplifying Non-Resonant Production of Dark Sector Particles in Scattering Dominance Regime

Kavli Affiliate: Jia Liu | First 5 Authors: Mingxuan Du, Jia Liu, Xiao-Ping Wang, Tianhao Wu, | Summary: We investigate the enhancement of dark sector particle production within the scattering dominant regime. These particles typically exhibit a slight mixing with Standard Model particles through various portals, allowing for their generation through in-medium oscillation from Standard […]


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IllustrisTNG in the HSC-SSP: image data release and the major role of mini mergers as drivers of asymmetry and star formation

Kavli Affiliate: John D. Silverman | First 5 Authors: Connor Bottrell, Hassen M. Yesuf, Gergö Popping, Kiyoaki Christopher Omori, Shenli Tang | Summary: At fixed galaxy stellar mass, there is a clear observational connection between structural asymmetry and offset from the star forming main sequence, $Delta$SFMS. Herein, we use the TNG50 simulation to investigate the […]


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IllustrisTNG in the HSC-SSP: image data release and the major role of mini mergers as drivers of asymmetry and star formation

Kavli Affiliate: John D. Silverman | First 5 Authors: , , , , | Summary: At fixed galaxy stellar mass, there is a clear observational connection between structural asymmetry and offset from the star forming main sequence, $Delta$SFMS. Herein, we use the TNG50 simulation to investigate the relative roles of major mergers (stellar mass ratios […]


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Enhancement of gravitational waves at Q-ball decay including non-linear density perturbations

Kavli Affiliate: Masahiro Kawasaki | First 5 Authors: Masahiro Kawasaki, Kai Murai, , , | Summary: The existence of a stochastic gravitational wave background is indicated by the recent pulsar timing array (PTA) experiments. We study the enhanced production of second-order gravitational waves from the scalar perturbations when the universe experiences a transition from the […]


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Enhancement of gravitational waves at Q-ball decay including non-linear density perturbations

Kavli Affiliate: Masahiro Kawasaki | First 5 Authors: Masahiro Kawasaki, Kai Murai, , , | Summary: The existence of a stochastic gravitational wave background is indicated by the recent pulsar timing array (PTA) experiments. We study the enhanced production of second-order gravitational waves from the scalar perturbations when the universe experiences a transition from the […]


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Uncovering a Massive z~7.65 Galaxy Hosting a Heavily Obscured Radio-Loud QSO Candidate in COSMOS-Web

Kavli Affiliate: John D. Silverman | First 5 Authors: Erini Lambrides, Marco Chiaberge, Arianna Long, Daizhong Liu, Hollis B. Akins | Summary: In this letter, we report the discovery of the highest redshift, heavily obscured, radio-loud QSO candidate selected using JWST NIRCam/MIRI, mid-IR, sub-mm, and radio imaging in the COSMOS-Web field. Using multi-frequency radio observations […]


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Uncovering a Massive z~7.7 Galaxy Hosting a Heavily Obscured Radio-Loud QSO Candidate in COSMOS-Web

Kavli Affiliate: John D. Silverman | First 5 Authors: Erini Lambrides, Marco Chiaberge, Arianna Long, Daizhong Liu, Hollis B. Akins | Summary: In this letter, we report the discovery of the highest redshift, heavily obscured, radio-loud AGN candidate selected using JWST NIRCam/MIRI, mid-IR, sub-mm, and radio imaging in the COSMOS-Web field. Using multi-frequency radio observations […]


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