Publications (117)
Study of nuclear effects on charm production in light-ion collisions
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1106
The onset of nuclear effects in light-ion collisions is studied by measuring the ratio of meson production between NeNe and OO collisions at a center-of-mass energy per nucle…
Radio-continuum spectra of ram pressure stripped galaxies in the Coma Cluster
I. D. Roberts, R. J. van Weeren, D. V. Lal +7
We used the nearby Coma Cluster as a laboratory in order to probe the impact of ram pressure on star formation as well as to constrain the characteristic timescales and vel…
A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE).VI. Environmental quenching on HII region scales
A. Boselli, M. Fossati, A. Longobardi +15
The Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE) is a blind narrow-band Halpha+[NII] imaging survey of the Virgo cluster carried out with MegaCam at the Canada…
A Compact Central Object in the Supernova Remnant Kes 79
F. D. Seward, P. O. Slane, R. K. Smith +1
A Chandra X-ray observation has detected an unresolved source at the center of the supernova remnant Kes 79. The best single-model fit to the source spectrum is a blackbody with an…
H-alpha tail, intracluster HII regions and star-formation: ESO137-001 in Abell 3627
M. Sun, M. Donahue, G. M. Voit
We present the discovery of a 40 kpc H-alpha tail and at least 29 emission-line objects downstream of a star-forming galaxy ESO 137-001 in the rich, nearby cluster A3627. The galax…
Substrate effects on quasiparticles and excitons in graphene nanoflakes
W. Sheng, M. Sun, A. Zhou +1
The effects of substrate on electronic and optical properties of triangular and hexagonal graphene nanoflakes with armchair edges are investigated by using a configuration interact…
The survival and destruction of X-ray coronae of early-type galaxies in the rich cluster environments: a case study of Abell 1367
M. Sun, A. Vikhlinin, W. Forman +2
A new Chandra observation of the northwest region of the galaxy cluster A1367 reveals four cool galaxy coronae (0.4 - 1.0 keV) embedded in the hot intracluster medium (ICM) (5 - 6…
A High Angular Resolution View of Hot Gas in Clusters, Groups, and Galaxies
W. Forman, E. Churazov, L. David +6
We discuss two themes from Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of galaxies, groups, and clusters. First, we review observational aspects of cluster formation and evolution as matte…
Analysis methods for the first KATRIN neutrino-mass measurement
M. Aker, K. Altenmüller, A. Beglarian +126
We report on the data set, data handling, and detailed analysis techniques of the first neutrino-mass measurement by the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment, which probe…
MUSTANG High Angular Resolution Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Imaging of Sub-Structure in Four Galaxy Clusters
P. M. Korngut, S. R. Dicker, E. D. Reese +6
We present 10" to 18" images of four massive clusters of galaxies through the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect (SZE). These measurements, made at 90~GHz with the MUSTANG receiver on the G…
Bound or blown: the fate of hot gas in galaxy groups
R. Seppi, D. Eckert, J. Schaye +14
The impact of AGN feedback on the hot gas content of galaxy groups remains a key uncertainty in galaxy formation and its connection to the large scale structure of the Universe. We…
Anisotropic Particle Transport from a Pulsar Wind Nebula Revealed by Einstein Probe and LHAASO
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +339
Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) are major cosmic ray accelerators, yet the mechanisms transporting high-energy particles into the interstellar medium remain elusive. Building on the LHA…
A small X-ray corona of the narrow-angle tail radio galaxy NGC 1265 soaring through the Perseus cluster
M. Sun, D. Jerius, C. Jones
A deep Chandra observation of NGC 1265 (3C 83.1B), the prototype for the narrow-angled-tailed (NAT) radio galaxy, reveals a small cool X-ray thermal corona (~ 0.6 keV) embedded in…
A new long gamma-ray burst formation pathway at solar metallicity
M. M. Briel, T. Fragos, O. S. Salafia +11
Context. Long gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) are generally observed in low-metallicity environments. However, 10 to 20 per cent of LGRBs at redshift are associated with near-solar…
Bound on 3+1 active-sterile neutrino mixing from the first four-week science run of KATRIN
M. Aker, K. Altenmueller, A. Beglarian +126
We report on the light sterile neutrino search from the first four-week science run of the KATRIN experiment in~2019. Beta-decay electrons from a high-purity gaseous molecular trit…
A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE).V. Properties of the ionised gas filament of M87
A. Boselli, M. Fossati, A. Longobardi +22
We have observed the giant elliptical galaxy M87 during the Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Galaxy Evolution (VESTIGE), a blind narrow-band Halpha+[NII] imaging survey of the Vi…
Cooling in the X-ray halo of the rotating, massive early-type galaxy NGC 7049
A. JuráÅová, N. Werner, M. Gaspari +9
The relative importance of the physical processes shaping the thermodynamics of the hot gas permeating rotating, massive early-type galaxies is expected to be different from that i…
The X-ray Halo Scaling Relations of Supermassive Black Holes
M. Gaspari, D. Eckert, S. Ettori +13
We carry out a comprehensive Bayesian correlation analysis between hot halos and direct masses of supermassive black holes (SMBHs), by retrieving the X-ray plasma properties (tempe…
Differential measurement of the branching fraction and asymmetry of the decay
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1121
Differential measurements of the branching fraction and asymmetry of the decay are performed in intervals of the dimuon mass squared, , using…
Active Galaxy Science in the LSST Deep-Drilling Fields: Footprints, Cadence Requirements, and Total-Depth Requirements
W. N. Brandt, Q. Ni, G. Yang +25
This white paper specifies the footprints, cadence requirements, and total-depth requirements needed to allow the most-successful AGN studies in the four currently selected LSST De…
Spectacular tails of ionised gas in the Virgo cluster galaxy NGC 4569
A. Boselli, J. C. Cuillandre, M. Fossati +14
We obtained using MegaCam at the CFHT a deep narrow band Halpha+[NII] wide field image of NGC 4569, the brightest late-type galaxy in the Virgo cluster. The image reveals the prese…
The impact of strong feedback on galaxy group scaling relations
D. Eckert, R. Seppi, J. Braspenning +16
Feedback from active supermassive black holes alters the distribution of matter in the Universe by injecting energy in the neighbouring hot gaseous medium, which leads to ejection…
MeerKAT HI imaging of the jellyfish galaxy ESO 137-001
M. Ramatsoku, P. Serra, M. Sun +2
We present MeerKAT HI observations of ESO 137-001, a quintessential jellyfish galaxy with long multi-phase tails formed due to the interaction with the intra-cluster medium of its…
The narrow X-ray tail and double H-alpha tails of ESO 137-002 in Abell 3627
B. Zhang, M. Sun, L. Ji +9
We present the analysis of a deep Chandra observation of a ~2L_* late-type galaxy, ESO 137-002, in the closest rich cluster A3627. The Chandra data reveal a long (>40 kpc) and narr…
Measurement of the average transverse momentum of forward prompt charged particles in and collisions at
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1106
The paper reports the first measurements of the average transverse momentum of prompt charged particles in pp and pPb collisions at 5.02 TeV, studying its dependence on event multi…
Observation of the doubly charmed baryon with the LHCb Run 3 detector
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1106
The first observation of the doubly charmed baryon is reported through its decay to the final state, with a statistical significance exceeding se…
A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE).XIV. The main sequence relation in a rich environment down to M_star ~ 10^6 Mo
A. Boselli, M. Fossati, J. Roediger +15
Using a compilation of Halpha fluxes for 384 star forming galaxies detected during the VESTIGE survey, we study several important scaling relations for a complete sample of galaxie…
ESO 137-001 -- a jellyfish galaxy model
B. Vollmer, M. Sun, P. Jachym +2
Ram pressure stripping of the spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 within the highly dynamical intracluster medium (ICM) of the Norma cluster lead to spectacular extraplanar CO, optical, H$α…
Gas rotation and turbulence in the galaxy cluster Abell 2029
T. Bartalesi, A. Simionescu, S. Ettori +4
We constrain the rotation and turbulent support of the intracluster medium (ICM) in Abell 2029 (A2029), using dynamical equilibrium models and a combination of state-of-the-art X-r…
Star formation in shocked cluster spirals and their tails
E. Roediger, M. Brüggen, M. S. Owers +2
Recent observations of ram pressure stripped spiral galaxies in clusters revealed details of the stripping process, i.e., the truncation of all interstellar medium (ISM) phases and…
The Extended Ultrahigh-energy Gamma-Ray Emission in the Vicinity of PSR J2238+5903
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +324
We present a comprehensive analysis of the recently discovered TeV gamma-ray source, LHAASO J2238+5900. Based on data collected from the LHAASO, our fitting results suggest that th…
Extreme AGN feedback in the fossil galaxy group SDSSTG 4436
D. Eckert, F. Gastaldello, L. Lovisari +20
Supermassive black hole feedback is the currently favoured mechanism to regulate the star formation rate of galaxies and prevent the formation of ultra-massive galaxies ($M_\star>1…
Reconstruction of Exciton-Polariton Condensates in 1D Periodic Structures
S. Yoon, M. Sun, Y. G. Rubo +1
We demonstrate the reconstruction of the exciton-polariton condensate loaded in a single active miniband in one-dimensional microcavity wires with a complex-valued periodic potenti…
The Design, Construction, and Commissioning of the KATRIN Experiment
M. Aker, K. Altenmüller, J. F. Amsbaugh +226
The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment, which aims to make a direct and model-independent determination of the absolute neutrino mass scale, is a complex experiment wit…
Spectacular X-ray tails, intracluster star formation and ULXs in A3627
M. Sun, M. Donahue, E. Roediger +5
We present the discovery of spectacular double X-ray tails associated with ESO137-001 and a possibly heated X-ray tail associated with ESO137-002, both late-type galaxies in the cl…
A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE).III. Star formation in the stripped gas of NGC 4254
A. Boselli, M. Fossati, J. C. Cuillandre +22
During pilot observations of the Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Galaxy Evolution (VESTIGE), a blind narrow-band Halpha+[NII] imaging survey of the Virgo cluster carried out wit…
A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE) XVIII. Reconstructing the star formation history of early-type galaxies through the combination of their UV and H emission
S. Martocchia, A. Boselli, C. Maraston +21
We reconstruct the SFHs of 7 massive () early-type galaxies (ETGs) in the Virgo cluster by analysing their spatially resolved stellar population…
A 70 kpc X-ray tail in the cluster A3627
M. Sun, C. Jones, W. Forman +3
We present the discovery of a 70 kpc X-ray tail behind the small late-type galaxy ESO137-001 in the nearby, hot (T=6.5 keV) merging cluster A3627, from both Chandra and XMM observa…
Revealing the relation between black-hole growth and host-galaxy compactness among star-forming galaxies
Q. Ni, W. N. Brandt, G. Yang +8
Recent studies show that a universal relation between black-hole (BH) growth and stellar mass () or star formation rate (SFR) is an oversimplification of BH-galaxy co-e…
Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1121
A measurement of the ratio of semileptonic branching fractions , defined as $\mathcal{R}(J/Ï) \equiv \mathcal{B}(B_c^+ \to J/ÏÏ^+ ν_Ï)/\mathcal{B}(B_c^+ \to…
Modelling the selection of galaxy groups with end to end simulations
R. Seppi, D. Eckert, A. Finoguenov +13
Feedback from supernovae and AGN shapes galaxy formation and evolution, yet its impact remains unclear. Galaxy groups offer a crucial probe, as their binding energy is comparable t…
Shaken Snow Globes: Kinematic Tracers of the Multiphase Condensation Cascade in Massive Galaxies, Groups, and Clusters
M. Gaspari, M. McDonald, S. L. Hamer +16
We propose a novel method to constrain turbulence and bulk motions in massive galaxies, groups and clusters, exploring both simulations and observations. As emerged in the recent p…
The X-ray coronae of the two brightest galaxies in the Coma cluster
J. S. Sanders, A. C. Fabian, M. Sun +4
We use deep Chandra X-ray Observatory observations to examine the coronae of the two brightest cluster galaxies in the Coma cluster of galaxies, NGC 4874 and NGC 4889. We find that…
CIV Broad Absorption Line Acceleration in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasars
C. J. Grier, W. N. Brandt, P. B. Hall +10
We present results from the largest systematic investigation of broad absorption line (BAL) acceleration to date. We use spectra of 140 quasars from three Sloan Digital Sky Survey…
ESO 3060170 -- a massive fossil galaxy group with a heated gas core?
M. Sun, W. Forman, A. Vikhlinin +3
We present a detailed study of the ESO 3060170 galaxy group combining Chandra, XMM and optical observations. The system is found to be a fossil galaxy group. The group X-ray emissi…
The pressure profiles of hot gas in local galaxy groups
M. Sun, N. Sehgal, G. M. Voit +5
Recent measurements of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) angular power spectrum from the South Pole Telescope (SPT) and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) demonstrate the importance o…
Enhancing solar cell efficiency of AlxIn1-xN/Si heterojunctions using an a-Si buffer: A study of material, interface and device properties
M. Sun, R. G. Cornejo, M. de la Mata +4
This study explores the impact of an optimized amorphous silicon (a-Si) buffer layer on AlxIn1-xN-on-Si(100) heterojunction solar cells, with Al content varying from 0% (InN) to 55…
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Compressible Fluid Flow in Two-Dimensional Channels
M. Sun, C. Ebner
We study compressible fluid flow in narrow two-dimensional channels using a novel molecular dynamics simulation method. In the simulation area, an upstream source is maintained at…
A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE). XIX. The discovery of a spectacular 230 kpc Halpha tail following NGC 4569 in the Virgo cluster
M. Sun, H. Le, B. Epinat +16
Context. Galaxies fly inside galaxy clusters and ram pressure by the ICM can remove a large amount of the ISM from the galaxy, and deposit the gas in the ICM. The ISM decoupled fro…
The Hot and Energetic Universe: The astrophysics of galaxy groups and clusters
S. Ettori, G. W. Pratt, J. de Plaa +28
As the nodes of the cosmic web, clusters of galaxies trace the large-scale distribution of matter in the Universe. They are thus privileged sites in which to investigate the comple…
Angular analysis of the decay
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1112
This paper presents the first measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry, , and the flat term, , that parameterise the angular distribution of the $B^+\toÏ^+…
InN nanowire solar cells on Si with amorphous Si interlayer deposited by sputtering
M. Sun, R. Gómez, B. Damilano +3
Here, we report the first experimental demonstration of InN nanowire solar cells deposited by RF sputtering with a bandgap energy of 1.78 eV. By adding an amorphous Si (a-Si) buffe…
A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE).IV. A tail of Ionised Gas in the Merger Remnant NGC 4424
A. Boselli, M. Fossati, G. Consolandi +31
We have observed the late-type peculiar galaxy NGC 4424 during VESTIGE, a blind narrow-band Halpha[NII] imaging survey of the Virgo cluster carried out with MegaCam at the CFHT. Th…
A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE) XX. Star formation in the tidal tail of NGC 4254
A. Boselli, A. Lupi, P. Serra +26
ALMA 12CO(1-0) observations of 42 star-forming regions located outside the disc of the Virgo Cluster galaxy NGC4254 within an HI gas tail produced during the galaxy's interaction w…
A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE) XV. The Halpha luminosity function of the Virgo cluster
A. Boselli, M. Fossati, P. Cote +17
We use a complete set of deep narrow-band imaging data for 384 galaxies gathered during the VESTIGE survey to derive the first Halpha luminosity function (LF) of the Virgo cluster…
ICM Signatures from Multiple Outbursts in the Galaxy Group NGC 5813: A Window to AGN Feedback
S. W. Randall, W. R. Forman, S. Giacintucci +10
We present results from Chandra observations of NGC 5813, the dominant central galaxy in a nearby galaxy group. We focus on three main results. 1) The diffuse gas shows clear signa…
XGAP with uGMRT I: Old AGN plasma in merging galaxy groups
R. Santra, R. Kale, K. Kolokythas +10
Galaxy groups are affected by outflows from central Active Galactic Nuclei due to the shallower gravitational potential compared to galaxy clusters. The group binding energy is com…
Discrepant Approaches to Modeling Stellar Tides, and the Blurring of Pseudosynchronization
R. H. D. Townsend, M. Sun
We examine the reasons for discrepancies between two alternative approaches to modeling small-amplitude tides in binary systems. The 'direct solution' (DS) approach solves the gove…
A Very Deep Chandra Observation of the Galaxy Group NGC 5813: AGN Shocks, Feedback, and Outburst History
S. W. Randall, P. E. J. Nulsen, C. Jones +11
We present results from a very deep (650 ks) Chandra X-ray observation of the galaxy group NGC~5813, the deepest Chandra observation of a galaxy group to date. Earlier observations…
Precision measurement of the electron energy-loss function in tritium and deuterium gas for the KATRIN experiment
M. Aker, A. Beglarian, J. Behrens +132
The KATRIN experiment is designed for a direct and model-independent determination of the effective electron anti-neutrino mass via a high-precision measurement of the tritium …
Search for cold and hot gas in the ram pressure stripped Virgo dwarf galaxy IC3418
P. Jachym, J. D. P. Kenney, A. Ruzicka +3
We present IRAM 30m sensitive upper limits on CO emission in the ram pressure stripped dwarf Virgo galaxy IC3418 and in a few positions covering HII regions in its prominent 17 kpc…
Thermodynamic properties, multiphase gas and AGN feedback in a large sample of giant ellipticals
K. Lakhchaura, N. Werner, M. Sun +6
We present a study of the thermal structure of the hot X-ray emitting atmospheres for a sample of 49 nearby X-ray and optically bright elliptical galaxies using {\it Chandra} X-ray…
Study of muon-tagged and decays to the final state
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1119
Decays of the pseudovector and mesons to the three-body final state are studied. The data sample is based on decays of beauty hadr…
Chandra studies of the X-ray gas properties of galaxy groups
M. Sun, G. M. Voit, M. Donahue +3
We present a systematic analysis of 43 galaxy groups (kT_500=0.7-2.7 keV or M_500=10^13-10^14 h^-1 M_solar, 0.012<z<0.12), based on Chandra archival data. With robust background su…
Chandra view of the dynamically young cluster of galaxies A1367 II. point sources
M. Sun, S. S. Murray
A 40 ks \emph{Chandra} ACIS-S observation of the dynamically young cluster A1367 yields new insights on X-ray emission from cluster member galaxies. We detect 59 point-like sources…
A multi-wavelength view of cooling vs. AGN heating in the X-ray luminous cool-core of Abell 3581
R. E. A. Canning, M. Sun, J. S. Sanders +12
We report the results of a multi-wavelength study of the nearby galaxy group, Abell 3581 (z=0.0218). This system hosts the most luminous cool core of any nearby group and exhibits…
An improved upper limit on the neutrino mass from a direct kinematic method by KATRIN
M. Aker, K. Altenmüller, M. Arenz +205
We report on the neutrino mass measurement result from the first four-week science run of the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino experiment KATRIN in spring 2019. Beta-decay electrons from…
Relationships Between Stellar Velocity Dispersion and the Atmospheres of Early-Type Galaxies
R. L. S. Frisbie, M. Donahue, G. M. Voit +3
The Voit et al. (2020) black hole feedback valve model predicts relationships between stellar velocity dispersion and atmospheric structure among massive early-type galaxies. In th…
Multivalley engineering in semiconductor microcavities
M. Sun, I. G. Savenko, H. Flayac +1
We consider exciton-photon coupling in semiconductor microcavities in which separate periodic potentials have been embedded for excitons and photons. We show theoretically that thi…
Search for the decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1128
The LHCb experiment searched for the rare radiative leptonic decays B⁺→μ⁺ν_μγ and B_c⁺→μ⁺ν_μγ in 13 TeV proton‑proton collisions, finding no signal and setting upper limits on thei…
Deep Chandra Observations of Edges and Bubbles in the NGC 5846 Galaxy Group
M. E. Machacek, D. Jerius, R. P. Kraft +5
We use a combined 120 ks Chandra exposure to analyze X-ray edges produced by non-hydrostatic gas motions (sloshing) from galaxy collisions, and cavities formed by AGN activity. Evi…
Comparison of the material quality of AlxIn1-xN (x ~ 0-0.50) films deposited on Si (100) and (111) by reactive RF sputtering
M. Sun, R. Blasco, M. de la Mata +5
Here, we compare the material quality of AlxIn1-xN layers deposited on Si with different crystallographic orientations, (100) and (111), via radio-frequency (RF) sputtering. To mod…
Circumgalactic Gas and the Precipitation Limit
G. M. Voit, A. Babul, Iu. Babyk +15
During the last decade, numerous and varied observations, along with increasingly sophisticated numerical simulations, have awakened astronomers to the central role the circumgalac…
Microphase transitions of block copolymer/homopolymer under shear flow
Y. Guo, J. Zhang, B. Wang +3
Cell dynamics simulation is used to investigate the phase behavior of block copolymer/homopolymer mixture subjected to a steady shear flow. Phase transitions occur from transverse…
The Chandra Deep Field-South Survey: 7 Ms Source Catalogs
B. Luo, W. N. Brandt, Y. Q. Xue +23
We present X-ray source catalogs for the Ms exposure of the Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S), which covers a total area of 484.2 arcmin. Utilizing WAVDETECT for init…
Probing multiphase gas in local massive elliptical galaxies via multiwavelength observations
P. Temi, M. Gaspari, F. Brighenti +6
We investigate the cold and warm gas content, kinematics, and spatial distribution of six local massive elliptical galaxies to probe the origin of the multiphase gas in their atmos…
Dot products in and the Vapnik-Chervonenkis dimension
A. Iosevich, B. McDonald, M. Sun
Given a set , where is the field with elements. Consider a set of "classifiers" , where if…
Supernova Sweeping and Black-Hole Feedback in Elliptical Galaxies
G. M. Voit, M. Donahue, B. W. O'Shea +3
Most of the massive elliptical galaxies in the universe stopped forming stars billions of years ago, even though plenty of hot gas remains available for star formation. Here we pre…
Construction and commissioning of CMS CE prototype silicon modules
B. Acar, G. Adamov, C. Adloff +327
As part of its HL-LHC upgrade program, the CMS Collaboration is developing a High Granularity Calorimeter (CE) to replace the existing endcap calorimeters. The CE is a sampling cal…
Modification of production in O and OO collisions at LHCb
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1161
The production rates of and mesons relative to that of the state are measured in , O, and OO collisions by the LHCb collabora…
A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE).I. Introduction to the Survey
A. Boselli, M. Fossati, L. Ferrarese +56
The Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE) is a blind narrow-band Halpha+[NII] imaging survey carried out with MegaCam at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telesc…
Low-to-mid Al content ( 0-0.56) AlInN layers deposited on Si(100) by radio-frequency sputtering
R. Blasco, S. Valdueza-Felip, D. Montero +3
Radio-frequency (RF) sputtering is a low-cost technique for the deposition of large-area single-phase AlInN on silicon layers with application in photovoltaic devices. Here, the ef…
Varying Joint Patterns and Compensatory Strategies Can Lead to the Same Functional Gait Outcomes: A Case Study
T. Bacek, M. Sun, H. Liu +4
This paper analyses joint-space walking mechanisms and redundancies in delivering functional gait outcomes. Multiple biomechanical measures are analysed for two healthy male adults…
Violent interaction between the AGN and the hot gas in the core of the galaxy cluster Sersic 159-03
N. Werner, M. Sun, J. Bagchi +7
We present a multi-wavelength study of the energetic interaction between the central active galactic nucleus (AGN), the intra-cluster medium, and the optical emission line nebula i…
Chandra View of the Dynamically Young Cluster of Galaxies A1367 I. Small-Scale Structures
M. Sun, S. S. Murray
The 40 ks \emph{Chandra} ACIS-S observation of A1367 provides new insights into small-scale structures and point sources in this dynamically young cluster. Here we concentrate on s…
Effect of temperature and excitation power on down-conversion process in Tb3+/Yb3+-activated silica-hafnia glass-ceramic films
S. E. Amrani, M. Sun, S. Valdueza-Felip +4
Transparent glass ceramics, when activated by rare earth ions, are excellent photonic materials. Regarding photonic glass-ceramics based on silicates, hafnia and silica in a binary…
First operation of the KATRIN experiment with tritium
M. Aker, K. Altenmüller, M. Arenz +168
The determination of the neutrino mass is one of the major challenges in astroparticle physics today. Direct neutrino mass experiments, based solely on the kinematics of beta-decay…
Search for violation in decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1106
A search for charge-parity () violation in the Cabibbo-suppressed decay is presented, using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated lumin…
Suppression of Penning discharges between the KATRIN spectrometers
M. Aker, K. Altenmüller, A. Beglarian +151
The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino experiment (KATRIN) aims to determine the effective electron (anti)neutrino mass with a sensitivity of (90 C.L.) by precise…
The DAQ system of the 12,000 Channel CMS High Granularity Calorimeter Prototype
B. Acar, G. Adamov, C. Adloff +327
The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC will be upgraded to accommodate the 5-fold increase in the instantaneous luminosity expected at the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). Concomitant wit…
Powerful AGN jets and unbalanced cooling in the hot atmosphere of IC 4296
R. Grossová, N. Werner, K. Rajpurohit +13
We present new Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA, 1.5 GHz) radio data for the giant elliptical galaxy IC 4296, supported by archival radio, X-ray (Chandra, XMM-Newton) and optic…
A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE). II. Constraining the quenching time in the stripped galaxy NGC 4330
M. Fossati, J. T. Mendel, A. Boselli +24
The Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE) is a blind narrow-band H+[NII] imaging survey carried out with MegaCam at the CFHT. During pilot observati…
The overmassive black hole in NGC 1277: new constraints from molecular gas kinematics
J. Scharwächter, F. Combes, P. Salomé +2
We report the detection of CO(1-0) emission from NGC 1277, a lenticular galaxy in the Perseus Cluster. NGC 1277 has previously been proposed to host an overmassive black hole (BH)…
Chandra observtaion of A2256 - a cluster at the early stage of merging
M. Sun, S. S. Murray, M. Markevitch +1
We present here \chandra observations of the rich cluster of galaxies A2256. In addition to the known cool subcluster, a new structure was resolved 2 east of the peak of the mai…
A Black-Hole Feedback Valve in Massive Galaxies
G. M. Voit, G. L. Bryan, D. Prasad +6
Star formation in the universe's most massive galaxies proceeds furiously early in time but then nearly ceases. Plenty of hot gas remains available but does not cool and condense i…
The XMM-SERVS survey: new XMM-Newton point-source catalog for the XMM-LSS field
C. -T. J. Chen, W. N. Brandt, B. Luo +28
We present an X-ray point-source catalog from the XMM-Large Scale Structure survey region (XMM-LSS), one of the XMM-Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (XMM-SERVS) f…
The effect of mass loss in models of red supergiants in the Small Magellanic Cloud
E. Zapartas, S. de Wit, K. Antoniadis +16
The rate and mechanism of mass loss of red supergiants (RSGs) remain poorly understood, especially at low metallicities. Motivated by the new empirical prescription by Yang et al.…
X-ray thermal coronae of galaxies in hot clusters -- ubiquity of embedded mini cooling cores
M. Sun, C. Jones, W. Forman +3
We present a systematic investigation of X-ray thermal coronae in 157 early-type galaxies and 22 late-type galaxies from a survey of 25 hot (kT>3 keV), nearby (z<0.05) clusters, ba…
The XMM-SERVS survey: XMM-Newton point-source catalogs for the W-CDF-S and ELAIS-S1 fields
Q. Ni, W. N. Brandt, C. -T. Chen +30
We present the X-ray point-source catalogs in two of the XMM-Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (XMM-SERVS) fields, W-CDF-S (4.6 deg) and ELAIS-S1 (3.2 deg)…
Chandra view of Kes 79: a nearly isothermal SNR with rich spatial structure
M. Sun, F. D. Seward, R. K. Smith +1
A 30 ks \chandra ACIS-I observation of Kes 79 reveals rich spatial structures, including many filaments, three partial shells, a loop and a ``protrusion''. Most of them have corres…