Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: Dekun Lu, Dekun Lu, , , | Summary: End-to-end robot manipulation policies offer significant potential for enabling embodied agents to understand and interact with the world. Unlike traditional modular pipelines, end-to-end learning mitigates key limitations such as information loss between modules and feature misalignment caused by isolated […]

Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: Xiaolei Li, Xiaolei Li, , , | Summary: This paper proposes an orthogonality-constrained modal search (OCMS) method for estimating modal wavenumbers and modal depth functions using a vertical linear array (VLA). Under the assumption of a known sound speed profile, OCMS leverages the orthogonality of distinct modal […]

Kavli Affiliate: Sunil R. Golwala | First 5 Authors: Brandon J. Sandoval, Brandon J. Sandoval, , , | Summary: Phonon sensitive superconducting qubits promise to provide sub-eV energy deposit thresholds, useful for future rare-event experiments looking for interactions from dark matter and neutrinos. We detail here engineering results from a Quantum Parity Detector (QPDs), one […]

Kavli Affiliate: Rana X. Adhikari | First 5 Authors: , , , , | Summary: Improved low-frequency sensitivity of gravitational wave observatories would unlock study of intermediate-mass black hole mergers, binary black hole eccentricity, and provide early warnings for multi-messenger observations of binary neutron star mergers. Today’s mirror stabilization control injects harmful noise, constituting a […]

Kavli Affiliate: Lihong V. Wang | First 5 Authors: Lihong V. Wang, Lihong V. Wang, , , | Summary: We present a geometric interpretation of the hyperfine Breit–Rabi eigenvalues and eigenvectors in alkali atoms after reformulating the standard solution into a compact form. In this picture, the nuclear magnetic moment has a polar angle fixed […]

Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: Ziye Deng, Ziye Deng, , , | Summary: Molecular dynamics simulations using a Gaussian Approximation Potential (GAP) reveal a stress triaxiality driven, two-step Si-I (diamond cubic) to Si-V (simple hexagonal) phase transition pathway in a spherical Si nanoparticle with a 10 nm diameter under triaxial compression. A […]

Kavli Affiliate: Lihong V. Wang | First 5 Authors: Jiayun Wang, Jiayun Wang, , , | Summary: Photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) combines optical contrast with ultrasonic resolution, achieving deep-tissue imaging beyond the optical diffusion limit. While three-dimensional PACT systems enable high-resolution volumetric imaging for applications spanning transcranial to breast imaging, current implementations require dense transducer […]

Kavli Affiliate: Nathan Lewis | First 5 Authors: Kassahun H. Betre, Kassahun H. Betre, , , | Summary: Motivated by applications in background-independent quantum gravity, we discuss the quantization of labeled and unlabeled finite multigraphs with a maximum edge count. We provide a unified way to represent quantum multigraphs with labeled or unlabeled vertices, which […]

Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: Haoxuan Dylan Mu, Haoxuan Dylan Mu, , , | Summary: Inverse design problems are pervasive in engineering, particularly when dealing with nonlinear system responses, such as in mechanical behavior or spectral analysis. The inherent intractability, non-existence, or non-uniqueness of their solutions, and the need for swift exploration […]

Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: Haoxuan Dylan Mu, Haoxuan Dylan Mu, , , | Summary: Inverse design is a common yet challenging engineering problem, particularly for nonlinear functional responses such as mechanical behavior or spectral analysis. Deep generative models are motivated by intractability, non-existence or non-uniqueness of solutions, and the need for […]