AEDGE: Atomic Experiment for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration in Space

Kavli Affiliate: Chris B. Schaffer| First 5 Authors: Yousef Abou El-Neaj, Yousef Abou El-Neaj, , , | Summary:We propose in this White Paper a concept for a space experiment using cold atoms to search for ultra-light dark matter, and to detect gravitational waves in the frequency range between the most sensitive ranges of LISA and […]


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Liquid-Like Interfaces Mediate Structural Phase Transitions in Lead Halide Perovskites

Kavli Affiliate: Peidong Yang | First 5 Authors: Connor G. Bischak, Minliang Lai, Dylan Lu, Zhaochuan Fan, Philippe David | Summary: Microscopic pathways of structural phase transitions are difficult to probe because they occur over multiple, disparate time and length scales. Using $in$ $situ$ nanoscale cathodoluminescence microscopy, we visualize the thermally-driven transition to the perovskite […]


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Entanglement, squeezing and state-swap in cholesteric liquid crystals

Kavli Affiliate: Ya Blanter | Summary:Phenomena such as state-swap, quadrature squeezing, entanglement and violation of entanglement inequalities are frequently reported to occur in quantum systems only. It is shown here that these effects can also occur in cholesteric liquid crystals in the presence of an applied magnetic field. The nature of these effects as well […]


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GRID: a Student Project to Monitor the Transient Gamma-Ray Sky in the Multi-Messenger Astronomy Era

Kavli Affiliate: Yuchong Tai| First 5 Authors: Jiaxing Wen, Jiaxing Wen, , , | Summary:The Gamma-Ray Integrated Detectors (GRID) is a space mission concept dedicated to monitoring the transient gamma-ray sky in the energy range from 10 keV to 2 MeV using scintillation detectors onboard CubeSats in low Earth orbits. The primary targets of GRID […]


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Wide-angle spectrally selective absorbers and thermal emitters based on inverse opals

Kavli Affiliate: Anna V. Shneidman | First 5 Authors: Alireza Shahsafi, Graham Joe, Soeren Brandt, Anna V. Shneidman, Nicholas Stanisic | Summary: Engineered optical absorbers are of substantial interest for applications ranging from stray light reduction to energy conversion. We demonstrate a large-area (centimeter-scale) metamaterial that features near-unity frequency-selective absorption in the mid-infrared wavelength range. […]


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Mesophase Formation Stabilizes High-Purity Magic-Sized Clusters

Kavli Affiliate: Richard D. Robinson | Summary:Magic-sized clusters (MSCs) are renowned for their identical size and closed-shell stability that inhibit conventional nanoparticle (NP) growth processes. Though MSCs have been of increasing interest, understanding the reaction pathways toward their nucleation and stabilization is an outstanding issue. In this work, we demonstrate that high concentration synthesis (1000 […]


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Chemically reversible isomerization of inorganic clusters

Kavli Affiliate: Richard D. Robinson | Summary:Structural transformations in molecules and solids have generally been studied in isolation, while intermediate systems have eluded characterization. We show that a pair of CdS cluster isomers provides an advantageous experimental platform to study isomerization in well-defined atomically precise systems. The clusters coherently interconvert over an est. 1 eV […]


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Transfer conditions and transmission bias in capillaries of vacuum interfaces

Kavli Affiliate: Stephan Rauschenbach | Summary:A detailed study of the transfer of ions in transfer capillaries of electrospray ion sources is presented. The laminar flow field for various capillary sizes and wall temperatures is calculated. It forms the base of ion transfer simulation of a large number of ions with space charge. This allows to […]


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Cells exploit a phase transition to mechanically remodel the fibrous extracellular matrix

Kavli Affiliate: G. Ravichandran |Summary:Through mechanical forces, biological cells remodel the surrounding collagen network, generating striking deformation patterns. Tethers-tracts of high densification and fiber alignment-form between cells, thinner bands emanate from cell clusters. While tethers facilitate cell migration and communication, how they form is unclear. Combining modeling, simulation and experiment, we show that tether formation […]


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