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hep-ph2021

A Tale of Invisibility: Constraints on New Physics in

Tobias Felkl, Sze Lok Li, Michael A. Schmidt

The Belle II experiment will measure the rare decays and with increased sensitivity which can hence be expected to serve as a very efficient probe of new p…

math.NT2021

Primes in floor function sets

Randell Heyman

Let be a positive integer. We give an asymptotic formula for the number of primes in the set $\{\fl{x/n}, 1 \le n \le x\}$ and give some related results.

astro-ph.CO2021★ 10 cited

Thermal and annihilation radiation in the quark nugget model of dark matter

V. V. Flambaum, I. B. Samsonov

The Quark Nugget (QN) model of dark matter suggests that the dark matter may consist of compact composite objects of quark matter. Although such composite particles can strongly in…

math.HO2021★ 19 cited

A Hippocratic Oath for mathematicians? Mapping the landscape of ethics in mathematics

Dennis Müller, Maurice Chiodo, James Franklin

While the consequences of mathematically-based software, algorithms and strategies have become ever wider and better appreciated, ethical reflection on mathematics has remained pri…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 11 cited

The Gliese 86 Binary System: A Warm Jupiter Formed in a Disk Truncated at 2 AU

Yunlin Zeng, Timothy D. Brandt, Gongjie Li +12

Gliese 86 is a nearby K dwarf hosting a giant planet on a 16-day orbit and an outer white dwarf companion on a century-long orbit. In this study we combine radial…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 42 cited

GASKAP-HI Pilot Survey Science I: ASKAP Zoom Observations of HI Emission in the Small Magellanic Cloud

N. M. Pingel, J. Dempsey, N. M. McClure-Griffiths +53

We present the most sensitive and detailed view of the neutral hydrogen (HI) emission associated with the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), through the combination of data from the Aus…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 11 cited

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): The Weak Environmental Dependence of Quasar Activity at 0.1<z<0.35

Clare F. Wethers, Nischal Acharya, Roberto De Propris +13

Understanding the connection between nuclear activity and galaxy environment remains critical in constraining models of galaxy evolution. By exploiting extensive catalogued data fr…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 10 cited

The detection of a massive chain of dark HI clouds in the GAMA G23 Field

Gyula I. G. Jozsa, T. H. Jarrett, Michelle Cluver +18

We report on the detection of a large, extended HI cloud complex in the GAMA G23 field, located at a redshift of , observed as part of the MeerHOGS campaign (a pilot…

physics.atom-ph2021★ 20 cited

Laser-coolable AcOH ion for -violation searches

Alexander V. Oleynichenko, Leonid V. Skripnikov, Andréi V. Zaitsevskii +1

The AcOH molecular ion is identified as a prospective system to search for -violation effects. According to our study AcOH belongs to the class of laser-c…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 10 cited

Chemo-dynamics and asteroseismic ages of seven metal-poor red giants from the Kepler field

Arthur Alencastro Puls, Luca Casagrande, Stephanie Monty +5

In this work we combine information from solar-like oscillations, high-resolution spectroscopy and Gaia astrometry to derive stellar ages, chemical abundances and kinematics for a…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 6 cited

Skyrmion nucleation on the surface of a topological insulator

Daichi Kurebayashi, Oleg A. Tretiakov

Skyrmion nucleation induced by spin-transfer torques at an interface of a topological insulator and a ferromagnetic insulator is investigated. Due to strong spin-orbit coupling on…

cs.HC2021★ 25 cited

Individual and Group-wise Classroom Seating Experience: Effects on Student Engagement in Different Courses

Nan Gao, Mohammad Saiedur Rahaman, Wei Shao +2

Seating location in the classroom can affect student engagement, attention and academic performance by providing better visibility, improved movement, and participation in discussi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 47 cited

Lightly-strained germanium quantum wells with hole mobility exceeding one million

M. Lodari, O. Kong, M. Rendell +5

We demonstrate that a lightly-strained germanium channel ( = -0.41%) in an undoped Ge/SiGe heterostructure field effect transistor supports a 2D h…

quant-ph2021★ 70 cited

SiGe quantum wells with oscillating Ge concentrations for quantum dot qubits

Thomas McJunkin, Benjamin Harpt, Yi Feng +10

Large-scale arrays of quantum-dot spin qubits in Si/SiGe quantum wells require large or tunable energy splittings of the valley states associated with degenerate conduction band mi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 78 cited

Atomic fluctuations lifting the energy degeneracy in Si/SiGe quantum dots

Brian Paquelet Wuetz, Merritt P. Losert, Sebastian Koelling +16

Electron spins in Si/SiGe quantum wells suffer from nearly degenerate conduction band valleys, which compete with the spin degree of freedom in the formation of qubits. Despite att…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 132 cited

Theory of zero-field superconducting diode effect in twisted trilayer graphene

Harley D. Scammell, J. I. A. Li, Mathias S. Scheurer

In a recent experiment [Lin et al., arXiv:2112.07841], the superconducting phase hosted by a heterostructure of mirror-symmetric twisted trilayer graphene and WSe was shown to…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 9 cited

Optimising Inflationary Features the Bayesian Way

Jan Hamann, Julius Wons

Modern cosmological data demand modern data analysis techniques. We introduce BayOp, a new likelihood sampling and maximisation method which is based on the Bayesian Optimisation a…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 295 cited

Zero-field superconducting diode effect in small-twist-angle trilayer graphene

Jiang-Xiazi Lin, Phum Siriviboon, Harley D. Scammell +7

The critical current of a superconductor can be different for opposite directions of current flow when both time-reversal and inversion symmetry are broken. %When time-reversal and…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 20 cited

The dawn of a new era for dustless HdC stars with GAIA eDR3

P. Tisserand, C. L. Crawford, G. C. Clayton +7

Decades after their discovery, only four hydrogen-deficient carbon (HdC) stars were known to have no circumstellar dust shell. This is in complete contrast to the 130 known G…

cs.GT2021★ 6 cited

Truthful Cake Sharing

Xiaohui Bei, Xinhang Lu, Warut Suksompong

The classic cake cutting problem concerns the fair allocation of a heterogeneous resource among interested agents. In this paper, we study a public goods variant of the problem, wh…

hep-ph2021★ 51 cited

Simulations of axion-like particles in the post-inflationary scenario

Ciaran A. J. O'Hare, Giovanni Pierobon, Javier Redondo +1

Axions and axion-like particles (ALPs) are some of the most popular candidates for dark matter, with several viable production scenarios that make different predictions. In the sce…

physics.flu-dyn2021

Investigation of Flight Conditions where Box-Wing Outperforms Mono-Wing Configurations for Small UAVs

Jasmine Jerry Aloor, Bikalpa Bomjan Gurung, Gauri Wadhwa +3

We investigate the aerodynamic efficiency and flight dynamics of mono-wing and box-wing configurations across various parameters, including aspect ratio, velocity, and lift require…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 6 cited

The GALAH Survey: Improving our understanding of confirmed and candidate planetary systems with large stellar surveys

Jake T. Clark, Duncan J. Wright, Robert A. Wittenmyer +24

Pioneering photometric, astrometric, and spectroscopic surveys are helping exoplanetary scientists better constrain the fundamental properties of stars within our galaxy, and the p…

physics.space-ph2021

Orbit-localised thermosphere density prediction using a Kalman filter based calibration of empirical models

George Bowden

Accurate estimation of thermosphere mass density is critical to determining how satellite orbits evolve over time and thus to planning and managing space missions. Empirical thermo…