High-resolution imaging follow-up of doubly imaged quasars

Kavli Affiliate: Paul L. Schechter | First 5 Authors: Anowar J. Shajib, Eden Molina, Adriano Agnello, Peter R. Williams, Simon Birrer | Summary: We report upon three years of follow-up and confirmation of doubly imaged quasar lenses through imaging campaigns from 2016-2018 with the Near-Infrared Camera2 (NIRC2) on the W. M. Keck Observatory. A sample […]


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Pulsar glitches in a strangeon star model. II. The activity

Kavli Affiliate: Renxin Xu | First 5 Authors: Weihua Wang, Xiaoyu Lai, Enping Zhou, Jiguang Lu, Xiaoping Zheng | Summary: Glitch is supposed to be a useful probe into pulsar’s interior, but the underlying physics remains puzzling. The glitch activity may reflect a lower limit of the crustal moment of inertia in conventional neutron star […]


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NANOGrav results and LIGO-Virgo primordial black holes in axion-like curvaton model

Kavli Affiliate: Masahiro Kawasaki | First 5 Authors: Keisuke Inomata, Masahiro Kawasaki, Kyohei Mukaida, Tsutomu T. Yanagida, | Summary: We discuss a possible connection between the recent NANOGrav results and the primordial black holes (PBHs) for the LIGO-Virgo events. In particular, we focus on the axion-like curvaton model, which provides a sizable amount of PBHs […]


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Out of Control: Reducing Probabilistic Models by Control-State Elimination

Kavli Affiliate: Johannes Lehmann | First 5 Authors: Tobias Winkler, Johannes Lehmann, Joost-Pieter Katoen, , | Summary: State-of-the-art probabilistic model checkers perform verification on explicit-state Markov models defined in a high-level programming formalism like the PRISM modeling language. Typically, the low-level models resulting from such program-like specifications exhibit lots of structure such as repeating subpatterns. […]


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Matrix model for the total descendant potential of a simple singularity of type $D$

Kavli Affiliate: Todor Milanov | First 5 Authors: Alexander Alexandrov, Todor Milanov, , , | Summary: We construct a Hermitian matrix model for the total descendant potential of a simple singularity of type D similar to the Kontsevich matrix model for the generating function of intersection numbers on the Deligne–Mumford moduli spaces $overline{mathcal{M}}_{g,n}$. | Search […]


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Insights into photosynthetic energy transfer gained from free-energy structure: Coherent transport, incoherent hopping, and vibrational assistance revisited

Kavli Affiliate: Graham R. Fleming | First 5 Authors: Akihito Ishizaki, Graham R. Fleming, , , | Summary: Giant strides in ultrashort laser pulse technology have enabled real-time observation of dynamical processes in complex molecular systems. Specifically, the discovery of oscillatory transients in the two-dimensional electronic spectra of photosynthetic systems stimulated a number of theoretical […]


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Prestrain-induced bandgap tuning in 3D-printed tensegrity-inspired lattice structures

Kavli Affiliate: Chiara Daraio | First 5 Authors: Kirsti Pajunen, Paolo Celli, Chiara Daraio, , | Summary: In this letter, we provide experimental evidence of bandgap tunability with global prestrain in additively-manufactured tensegrity-inspired lattice structures. These lattices are extremely lightweight and designed to exhibit a nonlinear compressive response that mimics that of a tensegrity structure. […]


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P-orbital magnetic topological states on square lattice

Kavli Affiliate: Bo Gu | First 5 Authors: Jing-Yang You, Bo Gu, Gang Su, , | Summary: Honeycomb or triangular lattices were extensively studied and thought to be proper platforms for realizing quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE), where magnetism is usually caused by d orbitals of transition metals. Here we propose that square lattice can […]


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TOI 122b and TOI 237b, two small warm planets orbiting inactive M dwarfs, found by textit{TESS}

Kavli Affiliate: Robert F. Goeke | First 5 Authors: William C. Waalkes, Zachory K. Berta-Thompson, Karen A. Collins, Adina D. Feinstein, Benjamin M. Tofflemire | Summary: We report the discovery and validation of TOI 122b and TOI 237b, two warm planets transiting inactive M dwarfs observed by textit{TESS}. Our analysis shows TOI 122b has a […]


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