Updated design of the CMB polarization experiment satellite LiteBIRD

(2020)

Authors:

H Sugai, PAR Ade, Y Akiba, D Alonso, K Arnold, J Aumont, J Austermann, C Baccigalupi, AJ Banday, R Banerji, RB Barreiro, S Basak, J Beall, S Beckman, M Bersanelli, J Borrill, F Boulanger, ML Brown, M Bucher, A Buzzelli, E Calabrese, FJ Casas, A Challinor, V Chan, Y Chinone, J-F Cliche, F Columbro, A Cukierman, D Curtis, P Danto, P de Bernardis, T de Haan, M De Petris, C Dickinson, M Dobbs, T Dotani, L Duband, A Ducout, S Duff, A Duivenvoorden, J-M Duval, K Ebisawa, T Elleflot, H Enokida, HK Eriksen, J Errard, T Essinger-Hileman, F Finelli, R Flauger, C Franceschet, U Fuskeland, K Ganga, J-R Gao, R Génova-Santos, T Ghigna, A Gomez, ML Gradziel, J Grain, F Grupp, A Gruppuso, JE Gudmundsson, NW Halverson, P Hargrave, T Hasebe, M Hasegawa, M Hattori, M Hazumi, S Henrot-Versille, D Herranz, C Hill, G Hilton, Y Hirota, E Hivon, R Hlozek, D-T Hoang, J Hubmayr, K Ichiki, T Iida, H Imada, K Ishimura, H Ishino, GC Jaehnig, M Jones, T Kaga, S Kashima, Y Kataoka, N Katayama, T Kawasaki, R Keskitalo, A Kibayashi, T Kikuchi, K Kimura, T Kisner, Y Kobayashi, N Kogiso, A Kogut, K Kohri, E Komatsu, K Komatsu, K Konishi, N Krachmalnicoff, CL Kuo, N Kurinsky, A Kushino, M Kuwata-Gonokami, L Lamagna, M Lattanzi, AT Lee, E Linder, B Maffei, D Maino, M Maki, A Mangilli, E Martínez-González, S Masi, R Mathon, T Matsumura, A Mennella, M Migliaccio, Y Minami, K Mistuda, D Molinari, L Montier, G Morgante, B Mot, Y Murata, JA Murphy, M Nagai, R Nagata, S Nakamura, T Namikawa, P Natoli, S Nerva, T Nishibori, H Nishino, Y Nomura, F Noviello, C O'Sullivan, H Ochi, H Ogawa, H Ogawa, H Ohsaki, I Ohta, N Okada, N Okada, L Pagano, A Paiella, D Paoletti, G Patanchon, F Piacentini, G Pisano, G Polenta, D Poletti, T Prouvé, G Puglisi, D Rambaud, C Raum, S Realini, M Remazeilles, G Roudil, JA Rubiño-Martín, M Russell, H Sakurai, Y Sakurai, M Sandri, G Savini, D Scott, Y Sekimoto, BD Sherwin, K Shinozaki, M Shiraishi, P Shirron, G Signorelli, G Smecher, P Spizzi, SL Stever, R Stompor, S Sugiyama, A Suzuki, J Suzuki, E Switzer, R Takaku, H Takakura, S Takakura, Y Takeda, A Taylor, E Taylor, Y Terao, KL Thompson, B Thorne, M Tomasi, H Tomida, N Trappe, M Tristram, M Tsuji, M Tsujimoto, C Tucker, J Ullom, S Uozumi, S Utsunomiya, J Van Lanen, G Vermeulen, P Vielva, F Villa, M Vissers, N Vittorio, F Voisin, I Walker, N Watanabe, I Wehus, J Weller, B Westbrook, B Winter, E Wollack, R Yamamoto, NY Yamasaki, M Yanagisawa, T Yoshida, J Yumoto, M Zannoni, A Zonca

Galactic conformity in both star formation and morphological properties

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press 492:2 (2020) 2722-2730

Authors:

Ja Otter, Kl Masters, B Simmons, Cj Lintott

Abstract:

We investigate one-halo galactic conformity (the tendency for satellite galaxies to mirror the properties of their central) in both star formation and morphology using a sample of 8230 galaxies in 1266 groups with photometry and spectroscopy from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, morphologies from Galaxy Zoo and group memberships as determined by Yang et al. This is the first paper to investigate galactic conformity in both star formation and visual morphology properties separately. We find that the signal of galactic conformity is present at low significance in both star formation and visual morphological properties, however it is stronger in star formation properties. Over the entire halo mass range we find that groups with star-forming (spiral) centrals have, on average, a fraction 0.18 ± 0.08 (0.08 ± 0.06) more star-forming (spiral) satellites than groups with passive (early-type) centrals at a similar halo mass. We also consider conformity in groups with four types of central: passive early-types, star-forming spirals, passive spirals, and star-forming early-types (which are very rarely centrals), finding that the signal of morphological conformity is strongest around passive centrals regardless of morphology; although blue spiral centrals are also more likely than average to have blue spiral satellites. We interpret these observations of the relative size of the conformity signal as supporting a scenario where star formation properties are relatively easily changed, while morphology changes less often/more slowly for galaxies in the group environment.

MKT J170456.2-482100: the first transient discovered by MeerKAT

MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 491:1 (2020) 560-575

Authors:

Ln Driessen, I McDonald, Dah Buckley, M Caleb, Ej Kotze, Sb Potter, Km Rajwade, A Rowlinson, Bw Stappers, E Tremou, Pa Woudt, Rp Fender, R Armstrong, P Groot, I Heywood, A Horesh, Aj van der Horst, E Koerding, Va McBride, Jca Miller-Jones, Kp Mooley, Ramj Wijers

Abstract:

© 2019 The Author(s) We report the discovery of the first transient with MeerKAT, MKT J170456.2−482100, discovered in ThunderKAT images of the low-mass X-ray binary GX339−4. MKT J170456.2−482100 is variable in the radio, reaching a maximum flux density of 0.71 ± 0.11 mJy on 2019 October 12, and is undetected in 15 out of 48 ThunderKAT epochs. MKT J170456.2−482100 is coincident with the chromospherically active K-type sub-giant TYC 8332-2529-1, and ∼ 18 yr of archival optical photometry of the star shows that it varies with a period of 21.25 ± 0.04 d. The shape and phase of the optical light curve changes over time, and we detect both X-ray and UV emission at the position of MKT J170456.2−482100, which may indicate that TYC 8332-2529-1 has large star spots. Spectroscopic analysis shows that TYC 8332-2529-1 is in a binary, and has a line-of-sight radial velocity amplitude of 43 km s−1. We also observe a spectral feature in antiphase with the K-type sub-giant, with a line-of-sight radial velocity amplitude of ∼ 12 ± 10 km s−1, whose origins cannot currently be explained. Further observations and investigation are required to determine the nature of the MKT J170456.2−482100 system.

Up to two billion times acceleration of scientific simulations with deep neural architecture search

CoRR abs/2001.08055 (2020)

Authors:

MF Kasim, D Watson-Parris, L Deaconu, S Oliver, P Hatfield, DH Froula, G Gregori, M Jarvis, S Khatiwala, J Korenaga, J Topp-Mugglestone, E Viezzer, SM Vinko

Abstract:

Computer simulations are invaluable tools for scientific discovery. However, accurate simulations are often slow to execute, which limits their applicability to extensive parameter exploration, large-scale data analysis, and uncertainty quantification. A promising route to accelerate simulations by building fast emulators with machine learning requires large training datasets, which can be prohibitively expensive to obtain with slow simulations. Here we present a method based on neural architecture search to build accurate emulators even with a limited number of training data. The method successfully accelerates simulations by up to 2 billion times in 10 scientific cases including astrophysics, climate science, biogeochemistry, high energy density physics, fusion energy, and seismology, using the same super-architecture, algorithm, and hyperparameters. Our approach also inherently provides emulator uncertainty estimation, adding further confidence in their use. We anticipate this work will accelerate research involving expensive simulations, allow more extensive parameters exploration, and enable new, previously unfeasible computational discovery.

Search for Magnetic Monopoles and Stable High-Electric-Charge Objects in 13 Tev Proton-Proton Collisions with the ATLAS Detector.

Physical review letters 124:3 (2020) 031802

Authors:

G Aad, B Abbott, DC Abbott, O Abdinov, A Abed Abud, K Abeling, DK Abhayasinghe, SH Abidi, OS AbouZeid, NL Abraham, H Abramowicz, H Abreu, Y Abulaiti, BS Acharya, B Achkar, S Adachi, L Adam, C Adam Bourdarios, L Adamczyk, L Adamek, J Adelman, M Adersberger, A Adiguzel, S Adorni, T Adye, AA Affolder, Y Afik, C Agapopoulou, MN Agaras, A Aggarwal, C Agheorghiesei, JA Aguilar-Saavedra, F Ahmadov, WS Ahmed, X Ai, G Aielli, S Akatsuka, TPA Åkesson, E Akilli, AV Akimov, K Al Khoury, GL Alberghi, J Albert, MJ Alconada Verzini, S Alderweireldt, M Aleksa, IN Aleksandrov, C Alexa, D Alexandre, T Alexopoulos, A Alfonsi, M Alhroob, B Ali, G Alimonti, J Alison, SP Alkire, C Allaire, BMM Allbrooke, BW Allen, PP Allport, A Aloisio, A Alonso, F Alonso, C Alpigiani, AA Alshehri, M Alvarez Estevez, D Álvarez Piqueras, MG Alviggi, Y Amaral Coutinho, A Ambler, L Ambroz, C Amelung, D Amidei, SP Amor Dos Santos, S Amoroso, CS Amrouche, F An, C Anastopoulos, N Andari, T Andeen, CF Anders, JK Anders, A Andreazza, V Andrei, CR Anelli, S Angelidakis, A Angerami, AV Anisenkov, A Annovi, C Antel, MT Anthony, M Antonelli, DJA Antrim, F Anulli, M Aoki, JA Aparisi Pozo, L Aperio Bella, G Arabidze, JP Araque, V Araujo Ferraz, R Araujo Pereira, C Arcangeletti, ATH Arce, FA Arduh, J-F Arguin, S Argyropoulos, J-H Arling, AJ Armbruster, LJ Armitage, A Armstrong, O Arnaez, H Arnold, A Artamonov, G Artoni, S Artz, S Asai, N Asbah, EM Asimakopoulou, L Asquith, K Assamagan, R Astalos, RJ Atkin, M Atkinson, NB Atlay, H Atmani, K Augsten, G Avolio, R Avramidou, MK Ayoub, AM Azoulay, G Azuelos, MJ Baca, H Bachacou, K Bachas, M Backes, F Backman, P Bagnaia, M Bahmani, H Bahrasemani, AJ Bailey, VR Bailey, JT Baines, M Bajic, C Bakalis, OK Baker, PJ Bakker, D Bakshi Gupta, S Balaji, EM Baldin, P Balek, F Balli, WK Balunas, J Balz, E Banas, A Bandyopadhyay, Sw Banerjee, AAE Bannoura, L Barak, WM Barbe, EL Barberio, D Barberis, M Barbero, T Barillari, M-S Barisits, J Barkeloo, T Barklow, R Barnea, SL Barnes, BM Barnett, RM Barnett, Z Barnovska-Blenessy, A Baroncelli, G Barone, AJ Barr, L Barranco Navarro, F Barreiro, J Barreiro Guimarães da Costa, S Barsov, R Bartoldus, G Bartolini, AE Barton, P Bartos, A Basalaev, A Bassalat, RL Bates, SJ Batista, S Batlamous, JR Batley, B Batool, M Battaglia, M Bauce, F Bauer, KT Bauer, HS Bawa, JB Beacham, T Beau, PH Beauchemin, F Becherer, P Bechtle, HC Beck, HP Beck, K Becker, M Becker, C Becot, A Beddall, AJ Beddall, VA Bednyakov, M Bedognetti, CP Bee, TA Beermann, M Begalli, M Begel, A Behera, JK Behr, F Beisiegel, AS Bell, G Bella, L Bellagamba, A Bellerive, P Bellos, K Beloborodov, K Belotskiy, NL Belyaev, D Benchekroun, N Benekos, Y Benhammou, DP Benjamin, M Benoit, JR Bensinger, S Bentvelsen, L Beresford, M Beretta, D Berge, E Bergeaas Kuutmann, N Berger, B Bergmann, LJ Bergsten, J Beringer, S Berlendis, NR Bernard, G Bernardi, C Bernius, T Berry, P Berta, C Bertella, IA Bertram, GJ Besjes, O Bessidskaia Bylund, N Besson, A Bethani, S 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PA Bruckman de Renstrom, D Bruncko, A Bruni, G Bruni, LS Bruni, S Bruno, BH Brunt, M Bruschi, N Bruscino, P Bryant, L Bryngemark, T Buanes, Q Buat, P Buchholz, AG Buckley, IA Budagov, MK Bugge, F Bührer, O Bulekov, TJ Burch, S Burdin, CD Burgard, AM Burger, B Burghgrave, K Burka, JTP Burr, JC Burzynski, V Büscher, E Buschmann, PJ Bussey, JM Butler, CM Buttar, JM Butterworth, P Butti, W Buttinger, A Buzatu, AR Buzykaev, G Cabras, S Cabrera Urbán, D Caforio, H Cai, VMM Cairo, O Cakir, N Calace, P Calafiura, A Calandri, G Calderini, P Calfayan, G Callea, LP Caloba, S Calvente Lopez, D Calvet, S Calvet, TP Calvet, M Calvetti, R Camacho Toro, S Camarda, D Camarero Munoz, P Camarri, D Cameron, R Caminal Armadans, C Camincher, S Campana, M Campanelli, A Camplani, A Campoverde, V Canale, A Canesse, M Cano Bret, J Cantero, T Cao, Y Cao, MDM Capeans Garrido, M Capua, R Cardarelli, FC Cardillo, G Carducci, I Carli, T Carli, G Carlino, BT Carlson, L Carminati, RMD Carney, S Caron, E Carquin, S Carrá, JWS Carter, MP Casado, AF Casha, DW Casper, R Castelijn, FL Castillo, V Castillo Gimenez, NF Castro, A Catinaccio, JR Catmore, A Cattai, J Caudron, V Cavaliere, E Cavallaro, M Cavalli-Sforza, V Cavasinni, E Celebi, F Ceradini, L Cerda Alberich, K Cerny, AS Cerqueira, A Cerri, L Cerrito, F Cerutti, A Cervelli, SA Cetin, D Chakraborty, SK Chan, WS Chan, WY Chan, JD Chapman, B Chargeishvili, DG Charlton, TP Charman, TP Charman, CC Chau, S Che, A Chegwidden, S Chekanov, SV Chekulaev, GA Chelkov, MA Chelstowska, B Chen, C Chen, CH Chen, H Chen, J Chen, J Chen, S Chen, SJ Chen, X Chen, Y Chen, Y-H Chen, HC Cheng, HJ Cheng, A Cheplakov, E Cheremushkina, R Cherkaoui El Moursli, E Cheu, K Cheung, TJA Chevalérias, L Chevalier, V Chiarella, G Chiarelli, G Chiodini, AS Chisholm, A Chitan, I Chiu, YH Chiu, MV Chizhov, K Choi, AR Chomont, S Chouridou, YS Chow, MC Chu, J Chudoba, AJ Chuinard, JJ Chwastowski, L Chytka, KM Ciesla, D Cinca, V Cindro, IA Cioară, A Ciocio, F Cirotto, ZH Citron, M 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Farooque, S Farrell, SM Farrington, P Farthouat, F Fassi, P Fassnacht, D Fassouliotis, M Faucci Giannelli, WJ Fawcett, L Fayard, OL Fedin, W Fedorko, M Feickert, S Feigl, L Feligioni, A Fell, C Feng, EJ Feng, M Feng, MJ Fenton, AB Fenyuk, J Ferrando, A Ferrante, A Ferrari, P Ferrari, R Ferrari, DE Ferreira de Lima, A Ferrer, D Ferrere, C Ferretti, F Fiedler, A Filipčič, F Filthaut, KD Finelli, MCN Fiolhais, L Fiorini, F Fischer, WC Fisher, I Fleck, P Fleischmann, RRM Fletcher, T Flick, BM Flierl, LF Flores, LR Flores Castillo, FM Follega, N Fomin, JH Foo, GT Forcolin, A Formica, FA Förster, AC Forti, AG Foster, MG Foti, D Fournier, H Fox, P Francavilla, S Francescato, M Franchini, S Franchino, D Francis, L Franconi, M Franklin, AN Fray, B Freund, WS Freund, EM Freundlich, DC Frizzell, D Froidevaux, JA Frost, C Fukunaga, E Fullana Torregrosa, E Fumagalli, T Fusayasu, J Fuster, A Gabrielli, A Gabrielli, GP Gach, S Gadatsch, P Gadow, G Gagliardi, LG Gagnon, C Galea, B Galhardo, GE 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Abstract:

A search for magnetic monopoles and high-electric-charge objects is presented using 34.4  fb^{-1} of 13 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC during 2015 and 2016. The considered signature is based upon high ionization in the transition radiation tracker of the inner detector associated with a pencil-shape energy deposit in the electromagnetic calorimeter. The data were collected by a dedicated trigger based on the tracker high-threshold hit capability. The results are interpreted in models of Drell-Yan pair production of stable particles with two spin hypotheses (0 and 1/2) and masses ranging from 200 to 4000 GeV. The search improves by approximately a factor of 5 the constraints on the direct production of magnetic monopoles carrying one or two Dirac magnetic charges and stable objects with electric charge in the range 20≤|z|≤60 and extends the charge range to 60<|z|≤100.