Cosmic Strings in Multi-Step Symmetry Breaking

Kavli Affiliate: Satoshi Shirai | First 5 Authors: Akifumi Chitose, Masahiro Ibe, Satoshi Shirai, Yaxuan Wen, | Summary: We investigate cosmic strings arising from a hierarchical gauge symmetry breaking sequence, $mathrm{SU}(2) times mathrm{U}(1) rightarrow mathrm{U}(1) times mathrm{U}(1) rightarrow mathrm{U}(1)’ rightarrow text{Nothing}$. This pattern gives rise to two distinct classes of cosmic strings: light, stable strings […]


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Interplay of Zeeman field, Rashba spin-orbit interaction, and superconductivity: spin susceptibility

Kavli Affiliate: Yi Zhou | First 5 Authors: Chen Pang, Yi Zhou, , , | Summary: We present a self-consistent theory to calculate the static and uniform spin susceptibility in superconductors under simultaneous Zeeman magnetic fields and Rashba-type spin-orbit coupling (SOC). Employing a single-band Bogoliubov-de Gennes Hamiltonian, we solve the gap equation for both conventional […]


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Overmassive Black holes live in compact galaxies in the early Universe

Kavli Affiliate: Ran Wang | First 5 Authors: Yuxuan Wu, Tao Wang, Daizhong Liu, Qinghua Tan, Luis C. Ho | Summary: A significant population of quasars have been found to exist within the first Gyr of cosmic time. Most of them have high black hole (BH) masses ($M_{rm BH} sim 10^{8-10} M_{odot}$) with an elevated […]


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Phase Transitions at Unusual Values of $θ$

Kavli Affiliate: Hitoshi Murayama | First 5 Authors: Csaba Csáki, Teruhiko Kawano, Hitoshi Murayama, Ofri Telem, | Summary: We calculate the $theta$ dependence in a cousin of QCD, where the vacuum structure can be analyzed exactly. The theory is $mathcal{N}=2$ $SU(2)$ gauge theory with $N_F=0,1,2,3$ flavors of fundamentals, explicitly broken to $mathcal{N}=1$ via an adjoint […]


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The ASAS-SN Low Surface Brightness Survey I: Proof-of-Concept and Potential Applications

Kavli Affiliate: Subo Dong | First 5 Authors: Evan Jennerjahn, Michael A. Tucker, Benjamin J. Shappee, Christopher S. Kochanek, Subo Dong | Summary: The ASAS-SN Low Surface Brightness Survey utilizes the $sim7$ years of g-band CCD data from ASAS-SN (The All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae) to create stacked images of the entire sky. It is […]


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JADES and BlackTHUNDER: rest-frame Balmer-line absorption and the local environment in a Little Red Dot at z = 5

Kavli Affiliate: Roberto Maiolino | First 5 Authors: Francesco D’Eugenio, Ignas Juodžbalis, Xihan Ji, Jan Scholtz, Roberto Maiolino | Summary: We present a broad-line active galactic nucleus (AGN) at z = 5.077, observed with both NIRSpec/MSA and NIRSpec/IFU by the JADES and BlackTHUNDER surveys. The target exhibits all the hallmark features of a ‘Little Red […]


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Spectral disruption of inter-hemispheric resting-state BOLD coherence at vasomotor frequency (~0.1 Hz) links vascular dysfunction to functional connectivity loss in carotid artery stenosis

Kavli Affiliate: David Kleinfeld | Authors: Sangcheon Choi, Gabriel Hoffmann, Sebastian Schneider, Stephan Kaczmarz, David Kleinfeld, Xin Yu, Christian Sorg and Christine Preibisch | Summary: Vasomotor dynamics at the infra-slow frequencies (~0.1 Hz), driven by synchronized oscillation of smooth muscle cells in vessel walls, play an important role in regulating cerebral perfusion and constitute a […]


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YOLOv11-RGBT: Towards a Comprehensive Single-Stage Multispectral Object Detection Framework

Kavli Affiliate: Ting Xu | First 5 Authors: Dahang Wan, Rongsheng Lu, Yang Fang, Xianli Lang, Shuangbao Shu | Summary: Multispectral object detection, which integrates information from multiple bands, can enhance detection accuracy and environmental adaptability, holding great application potential across various fields. Although existing methods have made progress in cross-modal interaction, low-light conditions, and […]


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Quadrotor Morpho-Transition: Learning vs Model-Based Control Strategies

Kavli Affiliate: Morteza Gharib | First 5 Authors: Ioannis Mandralis, Richard M. Murray, Morteza Gharib, , | Summary: Quadrotor Morpho-Transition, or the act of transitioning from air to ground through mid-air transformation, involves complex aerodynamic interactions and a need to operate near actuator saturation, complicating controller design. In recent work, morpho-transition has been studied from […]


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