4 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Courtney D. Dressing, Danica Adams, Evelyne Alecian +324

The paper summarizes 70 science cases for the proposed NASA Habitable Worlds Observatory, outlining the observational needs across four scientific pillars and detailing required ca…

astro-ph.SR2026

A Pre-Main Sequence Binary Viewed Through its Circumbinary Disk: A New Phase for KH 15D

Catrina M. Hamilton, Adi B. Chacko, George A. Carson +16

The binary T Tauri system, KH 15D, is poised to provide unprecedented detail of gas and ices located between 3-5 AU of its circumbinary disk over the next few years. We analy…

physics.space-ph2026

Simultaneous Mars-orbit observations reveal Kelvin-Helmholtz instability-driven bulk atmospheric ion escape

Chi Zhang, Chuanfei Dong, Gangkai Poh +11

Atmospheric ion escape driven by the solar wind is a key process controlling the long-term loss of the Martian atmosphere. Localized plasma clouds can carry substantial fluxes of p…

hep-lat2026

Confinement and String Breaking in the Compact Abelian Higgs Model

Blake Senseman, Zane Ozzello, Yannick Meurice +1

The paper introduces a spin‑1 truncated version of the Compact Abelian Higgs Model implemented on qutrit sites to study confinement and string breaking in 1+1‑dimensional scalar el…