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1. Large Bandgap Observed on the Surfaces of EuZn2As2 Single Crystals

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Kong, Dejia, Karbasizadeh, Siavash, Narasimha, Ganesh, Regmi, Paras, Tao, Chenggang, Mu, Sai, Vasudevan, Rama, Harrison, Ian, Jin, Rongying, and Gai, Zheng

Subjects
Condensed Matter - Materials Science
Abstract

EuM2As2 (M = Zn, Cd, In, Sn etc.) is an excellent material system for studying topological properties, which can be easily tuned by magnetism involved. Theoretical calculations predict gapped and flat bands in EuZn2As2 but gapless structure in EuCd2As2. In this work, low-temperature (77 K) cleaved EuZn2As2 crystals are studied using scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/S) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Defects-induced local density of states (LDOS) modification with a triangular shape helps identify the surface terminations: Eu versus AsZn surface. While large bandgaps (~1.5 eV at 77 K) are observed on both pristine surfaces, the bandgap width is found to be very sensitive to local heterogeneity, such as defects and step edges, with the tendency of reduction. Combining experimental data with DFT simulations, we conclude that the modified bandgap in the heterogeneous area arises from Zn vacancies and/or substitution by As atoms. Our investigation offers important information for reevaluating the electron topology of the EuM2As2 family., Comment: 17 pages, 4 figures

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2024

2. The PLATO Mission

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Rauer, Heike, Aerts, Conny, Cabrera, Juan, Deleuil, Magali, Erikson, Anders, Gizon, Laurent, Goupil, Mariejo, Heras, Ana, Lorenzo-Alvarez, Jose, Marliani, Filippo, Martin-Garcia, Cesar, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, O'Rourke, Laurence, Osborn, Hugh, Pagano, Isabella, Piotto, Giampaolo, Pollacco, Don, Ragazzoni, Roberto, Ramsay, Gavin, Udry, Stéphane, Appourchaux, Thierry, Benz, Willy, Brandeker, Alexis, Güdel, Manuel, Janot-Pacheco, Eduardo, Kabath, Petr, Kjeldsen, Hans, Min, Michiel, Santos, Nuno, Smith, Alan, Suarez, Juan-Carlos, Werner, Stephanie C., Aboudan, Alessio, Abreu, Manuel, Acuña, Lorena, Adams, Moritz, Adibekyan, Vardan, Affer, Laura, Agneray, François, Agnor, Craig, Børsen-Koch, Victor Aguirre, Ahmed, Saad, Aigrain, Suzanne, Al-Bahlawan, Ashraf, Gil, M de los Angeles Alcacera, Alei, Eleonora, Alencar, Silvia, Alexander, Richard, Alfonso-Garzón, Julia, Alibert, Yann, Prieto, Carlos Allende, Almeida, Leonardo, Sobrino, Roi Alonso, Altavilla, Giuseppe, Althaus, Christian, Trujillo, Luis Alonso Alvarez, Amarsi, Anish, Eiff, Matthias Ammler-von, Amôres, Eduardo, Andrade, Laerte, Antoniadis-Karnavas, Alexandros, António, Carlos, del Moral, Beatriz Aparicio, Appolloni, Matteo, Arena, Claudio, Armstrong, David, Aliaga, Jose Aroca, Asplund, Martin, Audenaert, Jeroen, Auricchio, Natalia, Avelino, Pedro, Baeke, Ann, Baillié, Kevin, Balado, Ana, Balestra, Andrea, Ball, Warrick, Ballans, Herve, Ballot, Jerome, Barban, Caroline, Barbary, Gaële, Barbieri, Mauro, Forteza, Sebastià Barceló, Barker, Adrian, Barklem, Paul, Barnes, Sydney, Navascues, David Barrado, Barragan, Oscar, Baruteau, Clément, Basu, Sarbani, Baudin, Frederic, Baumeister, Philipp, Bayliss, Daniel, Bazot, Michael, Beck, Paul G., Bedding, Tim, Belkacem, Kevin, Bellinger, Earl, Benatti, Serena, Benomar, Othman, Bérard, Diane, Bergemann, Maria, Bergomi, Maria, Bernardo, Pierre, Biazzo, Katia, Bignamini, Andrea, Bigot, Lionel, Billot, Nicolas, Binet, Martin, Biondi, David, Biondi, Federico, Birch, Aaron C., Bitsch, Bertram, Ceballos, Paz Victoria Bluhm, Bódi, Attila, Bognár, Zsófia, Boisse, Isabelle, Bolmont, Emeline, Bonanno, Alfio, Bonavita, Mariangela, Bonfanti, Andrea, Bonfils, Xavier, Bonito, Rosaria, Bonomo, Aldo Stefano, Börner, Anko, Saikia, Sudeshna Boro, Martín, Elisa Borreguero, Borsa, Francesco, Borsato, Luca, Bossini, Diego, Bouchy, Francois, Boué, Gwenaël, Boufleur, Rodrigo, Boumier, Patrick, Bourrier, Vincent, Bowman, Dominic M., Bozzo, Enrico, Bradley, Louisa, Bray, John, Bressan, Alessandro, Breton, Sylvain, Brienza, Daniele, Brito, Ana, Brogi, Matteo, Brown, Beverly, Brown, David, Brun, Allan Sacha, Bruno, Giovanni, Bruns, Michael, Buchhave, Lars A., Bugnet, Lisa, Buldgen, Gaël, Burgess, Patrick, Busatta, Andrea, Busso, Giorgia, Buzasi, Derek, Caballero, José A., Cabral, Alexandre, Calderone, Flavia, Cameron, Robert, Cameron, Andrew, Campante, Tiago, Martins, Bruno Leonardo Canto, Cara, Christophe, Carone, Ludmila, Carrasco, Josep Manel, Casagrande, Luca, Casewell, Sarah L., Cassisi, Santi, Castellani, Marco, Castro, Matthieu, Catala, Claude, Fernández, Irene Catalán, Catelan, Márcio, Cegla, Heather, Cerruti, Chiara, Cessa, Virginie, Chadid, Merieme, Chaplin, William, Charpinet, Stephane, Chiappini, Cristina, Chiarucci, Simone, Chiavassa, Andrea, Chinellato, Simonetta, Chirulli, Giovanni, Christensen-Dalsgaard, Jorgen, Church, Ross, Claret, Antonio, Clarke, Cathie, Claudi, Riccardo, Clermont, Lionel, Coelho, Hugo, Coelho, Joao, Cogato, Fabrizio, Colomé, Josep, Condamin, Mathieu, Conseil, Simon, Corbard, Thierry, Correia, Alexandre C. M., Corsaro, Enrico, Cosentino, Rosario, Costes, Jean, Cottinelli, Andrea, Covone, Giovanni, Creevey, Orlagh L., Crida, Aurelien, Csizmadia, Szilard, Cunha, Margarida, Curry, Patrick, da Costa, Jefferson, da Silva, Francys, Dalal, Shweta, Damasso, Mario, Damiani, Cilia, Damiani, Francesco, Chagas, Maria Liduina das, Davies, Melvyn, Davies, Guy, Davies, Ben, Davison, Gary, de Almeida, Leandro, de Angeli, Francesca, de Barros, Susana Cristina Cabral, Leão, Izan de Castro, de Freitas, Daniel Brito, de Freitas, Marcia Cristina, De Martino, Domitilla, de Medeiros, José Renan, de Paula, Luiz Alberto, de Plaa, Jelle, De Ridder, Joris, Deal, Morgan, Decin, Leen, Deeg, Hans, Degl'Innocenti, Scilla, Deheuvels, Sebastien, del Burgo, Carlos, Del Sordo, Fabio, Delgado-Mena, Elisa, Demangeon, Olivier, Denk, Tilmann, Derekas, Aliz, Desidera, Silvano, Dexet, Marc, Di Criscienzo, Marcella, Di Giorgio, Anna Maria, Di Mauro, Maria Pia, Rial, Federico Jose Diaz, Díaz-García, José-Javier, Dima, Marco, Dinuzzi, Giacomo, Dionatos, Odysseas, Distefano, Elisa, Nascimento Jr., Jose-Dias do, Domingo, Albert, D'Orazi, Valentina, Dorn, Caroline, Doyle, Lauren, Duarte, Elena, Ducellier, Florent, Dumaye, Luc, Dumusque, Xavier, Dupret, Marc-Antoine, Eggenberger, Patrick, Ehrenreich, David, Eigmüller, Philipp, Eising, Johannes, Emilio, Marcelo, Eriksson, Kjell, Ermocida, Marco, Giribaldi, Riano Isidoro Escate, Eschen, Yoshi, Estrela, Inês, Evans, Dafydd Wyn, Fabbian, Damian, Fabrizio, Michele, Faria, João Pedro, Farina, Maria, Farinato, Jacopo, Feliz, Dax, Feltzing, Sofia, Fenouillet, Thomas, Ferrari, Lorenza, Ferraz-Mello, Sylvio, Fialho, Fabio, Fienga, Agnes, Figueira, Pedro, Fiori, Laura, Flaccomio, Ettore, Focardi, Mauro, Foley, Steve, Fontignie, Jean, Ford, Dominic, Fornazier, Karin, Forveille, Thierry, Fossati, Luca, Franca, Rodrigo de Marca, da Silva, Lucas Franco, Frasca, Antonio, Fridlund, Malcolm, Furlan, Marco, Gabler, Sarah-Maria, Gaido, Marco, Gallagher, Andrew, Galli, Emanuele, Garcia, Rafael A., Hernández, Antonio García, Munoz, Antonio Garcia, García-Vázquez, Hugo, Haba, Rafael Garrido, Gaulme, Patrick, Gauthier, Nicolas, Gehan, Charlotte, Gent, Matthew, Georgieva, Iskra, Ghigo, Mauro, Giana, Edoardo, Gill, Samuel, Girardi, Leo, Winter, Silvia Giuliatti, Giusi, Giovanni, da Silva, João Gomes, Zazo, Luis Jorge Gómez, Gomez-Lopez, Juan Manuel, Hernández, Jonay Isai González, Murillo, Kevin Gonzalez, Gorius, Nicolas, Gouel, Pierre-Vincent, Goulty, Duncan, Granata, Valentina, Grenfell, John Lee, Grießbach, Denis, Grolleau, Emmanuel, Grouffal, Salomé, Grziwa, Sascha, Guarcello, Mario Giuseppe, Gueguen, Loïc, Guenther, Eike Wolf, Guilhem, Terrasa, Guillerot, Lucas, Guiot, Pierre, Guterman, Pascal, Gutiérrez, Antonio, Gutiérrez-Canales, Fernando, Hagelberg, Janis, Haldemann, Jonas, Hall, Cassandra, Handberg, Rasmus, Harrison, Ian, Harrison, Diana L., Hasiba, Johann, Haswell, Carole A., Hatalova, Petra, Hatzes, Artie, Haywood, Raphaelle, Hébrard, Guillaume, Heckes, 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Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract

PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is ESA's M3 mission designed to detect and characterise extrasolar planets and perform asteroseismic monitoring of a large number of stars. PLATO will detect small planets (down to <2 R_(Earth)) around bright stars (<11 mag), including terrestrial planets in the habitable zone of solar-like stars. With the complement of radial velocity observations from the ground, planets will be characterised for their radius, mass, and age with high accuracy (5 %, 10 %, 10 % for an Earth-Sun combination respectively). PLATO will provide us with a large-scale catalogue of well-characterised small planets up to intermediate orbital periods, relevant for a meaningful comparison to planet formation theories and to better understand planet evolution. It will make possible comparative exoplanetology to place our Solar System planets in a broader context. In parallel, PLATO will study (host) stars using asteroseismology, allowing us to determine the stellar properties with high accuracy, substantially enhancing our knowledge of stellar structure and evolution. The payload instrument consists of 26 cameras with 12cm aperture each. For at least four years, the mission will perform high-precision photometric measurements. Here we review the science objectives, present PLATO's target samples and fields, provide an overview of expected core science performance as well as a description of the instrument and the mission profile at the beginning of the serial production of the flight cameras. PLATO is scheduled for a launch date end 2026. This overview therefore provides a summary of the mission to the community in preparation of the upcoming operational phases.

Published
2024

3. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR6 Gravitational Lensing and SDSS BOSS cross-correlation measurement and constraints on gravity with the $E_G$ statistic

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Wenzl, Lukas, An, Rui, Battaglia, Nick, Bean, Rachel, Calabrese, Erminia, Chen, Shi-Fan, Choi, Steve K., Darwish, Omar, Dunkley, Jo, Farren, Gerrit S., Ferraro, Simone, Guan, Yilun, Harrison, Ian, Kim, Joshua, Louis, Thibaut, MacCrann, Niall, Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Marques, Gabriela A., Mehta, Yogesh, Niemack, Michael D., Qu, Frank J., Sehgal, Neelima, Shaikh, Shabbir, Sherwin, Blake D., Sifón, Cristóbal, van Engelen, Alexander, and Wollack, Edward J.

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Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

We derive new constraints on the $E_G$ statistic as a test of gravity, combining the CMB lensing map estimated from Data Release 6 (DR6) of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope with SDSS BOSS CMASS and LOWZ galaxy data. We develop an analysis pipeline to measure the cross-correlation between CMB lensing maps and galaxy data, following a blinding policy and testing the approach through null and consistency checks. By testing the equivalence of the spatial and temporal gravitational potentials, the $E_G$ statistic can distinguish $\Lambda$CDM from alternative models of gravity. We find $E_G= 0.31^{+0.06}_{-0.05}$ for ACT and CMASS data at 68.28\% confidence level, and $E_G = 0.49^{+0.14}_{-0.11}$ for ACT and LOWZ. Systematic errors are estimated to be 3\% and 4\% respectively. Including CMB lensing information from Planck PR4 results in $E_G = 0.34^{+0.05}_{-0.05}$ with CMASS and $E_G= 0.43^{+0.11}_{-0.09}$ with LOWZ. These are consistent with predictions for the $\Lambda$CDM model that best fits the Planck CMB anisotropy and SDSS BOSS BAO, where $E_G^{\rm GR} (z_{\rm eff} = 0.555) = 0.401\pm 0.005$ for CMB lensing combined with CMASS and $E_G^{\rm GR} (z_{\rm eff} = 0.316) = 0.452\pm0.005$ combined with LOWZ. We also find $E_G$ to be scale independent, with PTE $>5\%$, as predicted by general relativity. The methods developed in this work are also applicable to improved future analyses with upcoming spectroscopic galaxy samples and CMB lensing measurements., Comment: 33 pages, 21 figures, prepared for submission to PRD

Published
2024

5. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR6 Gravitational Lensing Map and Cosmological Parameters

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Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Qu, Frank J., Sherwin, Blake D., MacCrann, Niall, Li, Yaqiong, Abril-Cabezas, Irene, Ade, Peter A. R., Aiola, Simone, Alford, Tommy, Amiri, Mandana, Amodeo, Stefania, An, Rui, Atkins, Zachary, Austermann, Jason E., Battaglia, Nicholas, Battistelli, Elia Stefano, Beall, James A., Bean, Rachel, Beringue, Benjamin, Bhandarkar, Tanay, Biermann, Emily, Bolliet, Boris, Bond, J Richard, Cai, Hongbo, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Capalbo, Valentina, Carrero, Felipe, Challinor, Anthony, Chesmore, Grace E., Cho, Hsiao-mei, Choi, Steve K., Clark, Susan E., Rosado, Rodrigo Córdova, Cothard, Nicholas F., Coughlin, Kevin, Coulton, William, Crowley, Kevin T., Dalal, Roohi, Darwish, Omar, Devlin, Mark J., Dicker, Simon, Doze, Peter, Duell, Cody J., Duff, Shannon M., Duivenvoorden, Adriaan J., Dunkley, Jo, Dünner, Rolando, Fanfani, Valentina, Fankhanel, Max, Farren, Gerrit, Ferraro, Simone, Freundt, Rodrigo, Fuzia, Brittany, Gallardo, Patricio A., Garrido, Xavier, Givans, Jahmour, Gluscevic, Vera, Golec, Joseph E., Guan, Yilun, Hall, Kirsten R., Halpern, Mark, Han, Dongwon, Harrison, Ian, Hasselfield, Matthew, Healy, Erin, Henderson, Shawn, Hensley, Brandon, Hervías-Caimapo, Carlos, Hill, J. Colin, Hilton, Gene C., Hilton, Matt, Hincks, Adam D., Hložek, Renée, Ho, Shuay-Pwu Patty, Huber, Zachary B., Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Hughes, John P., Irwin, Kent, Isopi, Giovanni, Jense, Hidde T., Keller, Ben, Kim, Joshua, Knowles, Kenda, Koopman, Brian J., Kosowsky, Arthur, Kramer, Darby, Kusiak, Aleksandra, La Posta, Adrien, Lague, Alex, Lakey, Victoria, Lee, Eunseong, Li, Zack, Limon, Michele, Lokken, Martine, Louis, Thibaut, Lungu, Marius, MacInnis, Amanda, Maldonado, Diego, Maldonado, Felipe, Mallaby-Kay, Maya, Marques, Gabriela A., McMahon, Jeff, Mehta, Yogesh, Menanteau, Felipe, Moodley, Kavilan, Morris, Thomas W., Mroczkowski, Tony, Naess, Sigurd, Namikawa, Toshiya, Nati, Federico, Newburgh, Laura, Nicola, Andrina, Niemack, Michael D., Nolta, Michael R., Orlowski-Scherer, John, Page, Lyman A., Pandey, Shivam, Partridge, Bruce, Prince, Heather, Puddu, Roberto, Radiconi, Federico, Robertson, Naomi, Rojas, Felipe, Sakuma, Tai, Salatino, Maria, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schmitt, Benjamin L., Sehgal, Neelima, Shaikh, Shabbir, Sierra, Carlos, Sievers, Jon, Sifón, Cristóbal, Simon, Sara, Sonka, Rita, Spergel, David N., Staggs, Suzanne T., Storer, Emilie, Switzer, Eric R., Tampier, Niklas, Thornton, Robert, Trac, Hy, Treu, Jesse, Tucker, Carole, Ullom, Joel, Vale, Leila R., Van Engelen, Alexander, Van Lanen, Jeff, van Marrewijk, Joshiwa, Vargas, Cristian, Vavagiakis, Eve M., Wagoner, Kasey, Wang, Yuhan, Wenzl, Lukas, Wollack, Edward J., Xu, Zhilei, Zago, Fernando, and Zheng, Kaiwen

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

We present cosmological constraints from a gravitational lensing mass map covering 9400 sq. deg. reconstructed from CMB measurements made by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) from 2017 to 2021. In combination with BAO measurements (from SDSS and 6dF), we obtain the amplitude of matter fluctuations $\sigma_8 = 0.819 \pm 0.015$ at 1.8% precision, $S_8\equiv\sigma_8({\Omega_{\rm m}}/0.3)^{0.5}=0.840\pm0.028$ and the Hubble constant $H_0= (68.3 \pm 1.1)\, \text{km}\,\text{s}^{-1}\,\text{Mpc}^{-1}$ at 1.6% precision. A joint constraint with CMB lensing measured by the Planck satellite yields even more precise values: $\sigma_8 = 0.812 \pm 0.013$, $S_8\equiv\sigma_8({\Omega_{\rm m}}/0.3)^{0.5}=0.831\pm0.023$ and $H_0= (68.1 \pm 1.0)\, \text{km}\,\text{s}^{-1}\,\text{Mpc}^{-1}$. These measurements agree well with $\Lambda$CDM-model extrapolations from the CMB anisotropies measured by Planck. To compare these constraints to those from the KiDS, DES, and HSC galaxy surveys, we revisit those data sets with a uniform set of assumptions, and find $S_8$ from all three surveys are lower than that from ACT+Planck lensing by varying levels ranging from 1.7-2.1$\sigma$. These results motivate further measurements and comparison, not just between the CMB anisotropies and galaxy lensing, but also between CMB lensing probing $z\sim 0.5-5$ on mostly-linear scales and galaxy lensing at $z\sim 0.5$ on smaller scales. We combine our CMB lensing measurements with CMB anisotropies to constrain extensions of $\Lambda$CDM, limiting the sum of the neutrino masses to $\sum m_{\nu} < 0.13$ eV (95% c.l.), for example. Our results provide independent confirmation that the universe is spatially flat, conforms with general relativity, and is described remarkably well by the $\Lambda$CDM model, while paving a promising path for neutrino physics with gravitational lensing from upcoming ground-based CMB surveys., Comment: 32 pages, 17 figures, replaced with version accepted in ApJ (Feb 2024). Cosmological likelihood data and mass maps are public here: https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/act/actadv_prod_table.html ; likelihood software is here: https://github.com/ACTCollaboration/act_dr6_lenslike . Also see companion papers Qu et al and MacCrann et al

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2023
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6. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Measurement of the DR6 CMB Lensing Power Spectrum and its Implications for Structure Growth

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Qu, Frank J., Sherwin, Blake D., Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Han, Dongwon, Crowley, Kevin T., Abril-Cabezas, Irene, Ade, Peter A. R., Aiola, Simone, Alford, Tommy, Amiri, Mandana, Amodeo, Stefania, An, Rui, Atkins, Zachary, Austermann, Jason E., Battaglia, Nicholas, Battistelli, Elia Stefano, Beall, James A., Bean, Rachel, Beringue, Benjamin, Bhandarkar, Tanay, Biermann, Emily, Bolliet, Boris, Bond, J Richard, Cai, Hongbo, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Capalbo, Valentina, Carrero, Felipe, Carron, Julien, Challinor, Anthony, Chesmore, Grace E., Cho, Hsiao-mei, Choi, Steve K., Clark, Susan E., Rosado, Rodrigo Córdova, Cothard, Nicholas F., Coughlin, Kevin, Coulton, William, Dalal, Roohi, Darwish, Omar, Devlin, Mark J., Dicker, Simon, Doze, Peter, Duell, Cody J., Duff, Shannon M., Duivenvoorden, Adriaan J., Dunkley, Jo, Dünner, Rolando, Fanfani, Valentina, Fankhanel, Max, Farren, Gerrit, Ferraro, Simone, Freundt, Rodrigo, Fuzia, Brittany, Gallardo, Patricio A., Garrido, Xavier, Gluscevic, Vera, Golec, Joseph E., Guan, Yilun, Halpern, Mark, Harrison, Ian, Hasselfield, Matthew, Healy, Erin, Henderson, Shawn, Hensley, Brandon, Hervías-Caimapo, Carlos, Hill, J. Colin, Hilton, Gene C., Hilton, Matt, Hincks, Adam D., Hložek, Renée, Ho, Shuay-Pwu Patty, Huber, Zachary B., Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Hughes, John P., Irwin, Kent, Isopi, Giovanni, Jense, Hidde T., Keller, Ben, Kim, Joshua, Knowles, Kenda, Koopman, Brian J., Kosowsky, Arthur, Kramer, Darby, Kusiak, Aleksandra, La Posta, Adrien, Lague, Alex, Lakey, Victoria, Lee, Eunseong, Li, Zack, Li, Yaqiong, Limon, Michele, Lokken, Martine, Louis, Thibaut, Lungu, Marius, MacCrann, Niall, MacInnis, Amanda, Maldonado, Diego, Maldonado, Felipe, Mallaby-Kay, Maya, Marques, Gabriela A., McMahon, Jeff, Mehta, Yogesh, Menanteau, Felipe, Moodley, Kavilan, Morris, Thomas W., Mroczkowski, Tony, Naess, Sigurd, Namikawa, Toshiya, Nati, Federico, Newburgh, Laura, Nicola, Andrina, Niemack, Michael D., Nolta, Michael R., Orlowski-Scherer, John, Page, Lyman A., Pandey, Shivam, Partridge, Bruce, Prince, Heather, Puddu, Roberto, Radiconi, Federico, Robertson, Naomi, Rojas, Felipe, Sakuma, Tai, Salatino, Maria, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schmitt, Benjamin L., Sehgal, Neelima, Shaikh, Shabbir, Sierra, Carlos, Sievers, Jon, Sifón, Cristóbal, Simon, Sara, Sonka, Rita, Spergel, David N., Staggs, Suzanne T., Storer, Emilie, Switzer, Eric R., Tampier, Niklas, Thornton, Robert, Trac, Hy, Treu, Jesse, Tucker, Carole, Ulluom, Joel, Vale, Leila R., Van Engelen, Alexander, Van Lanen, Jeff, van Marrewijk, Joshiwa, Vargas, Cristian, Vavagiakis, Eve M., Wagoner, Kasey, Wang, Yuhan, Wenzl, Lukas, Wollack, Edward J., Xu, Zhilei, Zago, Fernando, and Zhang, Kaiwen

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

We present new measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing over $9400$ sq. deg. of the sky. These lensing measurements are derived from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) Data Release 6 (DR6) CMB dataset, which consists of five seasons of ACT CMB temperature and polarization observations. We determine the amplitude of the CMB lensing power spectrum at $2.3\%$ precision ($43\sigma$ significance) using a novel pipeline that minimizes sensitivity to foregrounds and to noise properties. To ensure our results are robust, we analyze an extensive set of null tests, consistency tests, and systematic error estimates and employ a blinded analysis framework. The baseline spectrum is well fit by a lensing amplitude of $A_{\mathrm{lens}}=1.013\pm0.023$ relative to the Planck 2018 CMB power spectra best-fit $\Lambda$CDM model and $A_{\mathrm{lens}}=1.005\pm0.023$ relative to the $\text{ACT DR4} + \text{WMAP}$ best-fit model. From our lensing power spectrum measurement, we derive constraints on the parameter combination $S^{\mathrm{CMBL}}_8 \equiv \sigma_8 \left({\Omega_m}/{0.3}\right)^{0.25}$ of $S^{\mathrm{CMBL}}_8= 0.818\pm0.022$ from ACT DR6 CMB lensing alone and $S^{\mathrm{CMBL}}_8= 0.813\pm0.018$ when combining ACT DR6 and Planck NPIPE CMB lensing power spectra. These results are in excellent agreement with $\Lambda$CDM model constraints from Planck or $\text{ACT DR4} + \text{WMAP}$ CMB power spectrum measurements. Our lensing measurements from redshifts $z\sim0.5$--$5$ are thus fully consistent with $\Lambda$CDM structure growth predictions based on CMB anisotropies probing primarily $z\sim1100$. We find no evidence for a suppression of the amplitude of cosmic structure at low redshifts, Comment: 45+22 pages, 50 figures. v2 matches with published version in ApJ. Cosmological likelihood data and lensing maps are here: https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/act/actadv_prod_table.html ; likelihood software is here: https://github.com/ACTCollaboration/act_dr6_lenslike . Also see companion papers Madhavacheril et al and MacCrann et al

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2023
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7. Extreme Value Statistics of the Halo and Stellar Mass Distributions at High Redshift: are JWST Results in Tension with {\Lambda}CDM?

Author

Lovell, Christopher C., Harrison, Ian, Harikane, Yuichi, Tacchella, Sandro, and Wilkins, Stephen M.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

The distribution of dark matter halo masses can be accurately predicted in the $\Lambda$CDM cosmology. The presence of a single massive halo or galaxy at a particular redshift, assuming some baryon and stellar fraction for the latter, can therefore be used to test the underlying cosmological model. A number of recent measurements of very large galaxy stellar masses at high redshift ($z > 8$) motivate an investigation into whether any of these objects are in tension with $\Lambda$CDM. We use extreme value statistics to generate confidence regions in the mass-redshift plane for the most extreme mass haloes and galaxies. Tests against numerical models show no tension, neither in their dark matter halo masses nor their galaxy stellar masses. However, we find tentative $> 3\sigma$ tension with recent observational determinations of galaxy masses at high redshift from both HST & JWST, despite using conservative estimates for the stellar fraction ($f_{\star} \sim 1$). Either these galaxies are in tension with $\Lambda$CDM, or there are unaccounted for uncertainties in their stellar mass or redshift estimates., Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures, Accepted to MNRAS

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2022
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9. Cosmology Intertwined: A Review of the Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology Associated with the Cosmological Tensions and Anomalies

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Abdalla, Elcio, Abellán, Guillermo Franco, Aboubrahim, Amin, Agnello, Adriano, Akarsu, Ozgur, Akrami, Yashar, Alestas, George, Aloni, Daniel, Amendola, Luca, Anchordoqui, Luis A., Anderson, Richard I., Arendse, Nikki, Asgari, Marika, Ballardini, Mario, Barger, Vernon, Basilakos, Spyros, Batista, Ronaldo C., Battistelli, Elia S., Battye, Richard, Benetti, Micol, Benisty, David, Berlin, Asher, de Bernardis, Paolo, Berti, Emanuele, Bidenko, Bohdan, Birrer, Simon, Blakeslee, John P., Boddy, Kimberly K., Bom, Clecio R., Bonilla, Alexander, Borghi, Nicola, Bouchet, François R., Braglia, Matteo, Buchert, Thomas, Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth, Calabrese, Erminia, Caldwell, Robert R., Camarena, David, Capozziello, Salvatore, Casertano, Stefano, Chen, Angela, Chen, Geoff C. F., Chen, Hsin-Yu, Chluba, Jens, Chudaykin, Anton, Cicoli, Michele, Copi, Craig J., Courbin, Fred, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, Czerny, Bozena, Dainotti, Maria, D'Amico, Guido, Davis, Anne-Christine, Pérez, Javier de Cruz, de Haro, Jaume, Delabrouille, Jacques, Denton, Peter B., Dhawan, Suhail, Dienes, Keith R., Di Valentino, Eleonora, Du, Pu, Eckert, Dominique, Escamilla-Rivera, Celia, Ferté, Agnès, Finelli, Fabio, Fosalba, Pablo, Freedman, Wendy L., Frusciante, Noemi, Gaztañaga, Enrique, Giarè, William, Giusarma, Elena, Gómez-Valent, Adrià, Handley, Will, Harrison, Ian, Hart, Luke, Hazra, Dhiraj Kumar, Heavens, Alan, Heinesen, Asta, Hildebrandt, Hendrik, Hill, J. Colin, Hogg, Natalie B., Holz, Daniel E., Hooper, Deanna C., Hosseininejad, Nikoo, Huterer, Dragan, Ishak, Mustapha, Ivanov, Mikhail M., Jaffe, Andrew H., Jang, In Sung, Jedamzik, Karsten, Jimenez, Raul, Joseph, Melissa, Joudaki, Shahab, Kamionkowski, Mark, Karwal, Tanvi, Kazantzidis, Lavrentios, Keeley, Ryan E., Klasen, Michael, Komatsu, Eiichiro, Koopmans, Léon V. E., Kumar, Suresh, Lamagna, Luca, Lazkoz, Ruth, Lee, Chung-Chi, Lesgourgues, Julien, Said, Jackson Levi, Lewis, Tiffany R., L'Huillier, Benjamin, Lucca, Matteo, Maartens, Roy, Macri, Lucas M., Marfatia, Danny, Marra, Valerio, Martins, Carlos J. A. P., Masi, Silvia, Matarrese, Sabino, Mazumdar, Arindam, Melchiorri, Alessandro, Mena, Olga, Mersini-Houghton, Laura, Mertens, James, Milakovic, Dinko, Minami, Yuto, Miranda, Vivian, Moreno-Pulido, Cristian, Moresco, Michele, Mota, David F., Mottola, Emil, Mozzon, Simone, Muir, Jessica, Mukherjee, Ankan, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Naselsky, Pavel, Nath, Pran, Nesseris, Savvas, Niedermann, Florian, Notari, Alessio, Nunes, Rafael C., Colgáin, Eoin Ó, Owens, Kayla A., Ozulker, Emre, Pace, Francesco, Paliathanasis, Andronikos, Palmese, Antonella, Pan, Supriya, Paoletti, Daniela, Bergliaffa, Santiago E. Perez, Perivolaropoulos, Leadros, Pesce, Dominic W., Pettorino, Valeria, Philcox, Oliver H. E., Pogosian, Levon, Poulin, Vivian, Poulot, Gaspard, Raveri, Marco, Reid, Mark J., Renzi, Fabrizio, Riess, Adam G., Sabla, Vivian I., Salucci, Paolo, Salzano, Vincenzo, Saridakis, Emmanuel N., Sathyaprakash, Bangalore S., Schmaltz, Martin, Schöneberg, Nils, Scolnic, Dan, Sen, Anjan A., Sehgal, Neelima, Shafieloo, Arman, Sheikh-Jabbari, M. M., Silk, Joseph, Silvestri, Alessandra, Skara, Foteini, Sloth, Martin S., Soares-Santos, Marcelle, Peracaula, Joan Solà, Songsheng, Yu-Yang, Soriano, Jorge F., Staicova, Denitsa, Starkman, Glenn D., Szapudi, István, Teixeira, Elsa M., Thomas, Brooks, Treu, Tommaso, Trott, Emery, van de Bruck, Carsten, Vazquez, J. Alberto, Verde, Licia, Visinelli, Luca, Wang, Deng, Wang, Jian-Min, Wang, Shao-Jiang, Watkins, Richard, Watson, Scott, Webb, John K., Weiner, Neal, Weltman, Amanda, Witte, Samuel J., Wojtak, Radosław, Yadav, Anil Kumar, Yang, Weiqiang, Zhao, Gong-Bo, and Zumalacárregui, Miguel

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

In this paper we will list a few important goals that need to be addressed in the next decade, also taking into account the current discordances between the different cosmological probes, such as the disagreement in the value of the Hubble constant $H_0$, the $\sigma_8$--$S_8$ tension, and other less statistically significant anomalies. While these discordances can still be in part the result of systematic errors, their persistence after several years of accurate analysis strongly hints at cracks in the standard cosmological scenario and the necessity for new physics or generalisations beyond the standard model. In this paper, we focus on the $5.0\,\sigma$ tension between the {\it Planck} CMB estimate of the Hubble constant $H_0$ and the SH0ES collaboration measurements. After showing the $H_0$ evaluations made from different teams using different methods and geometric calibrations, we list a few interesting new physics models that could alleviate this tension and discuss how the next decade's experiments will be crucial. Moreover, we focus on the tension of the {\it Planck} CMB data with weak lensing measurements and redshift surveys, about the value of the matter energy density $\Omega_m$, and the amplitude or rate of the growth of structure ($\sigma_8,f\sigma_8$). We list a few interesting models proposed for alleviating this tension, and we discuss the importance of trying to fit a full array of data with a single model and not just one parameter at a time. Additionally, we present a wide range of other less discussed anomalies at a statistical significance level lower than the $H_0$--$S_8$ tensions which may also constitute hints towards new physics, and we discuss possible generic theoretical approaches that can collectively explain the non-standard nature of these signals.[Abridged], Comment: Contribution to Snowmass 2021. 224 pages, 27 figures. Accepted for publication in JHEAp

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2022
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10. Dwarf AGNs from Optical Variability for the Origins of Seeds (DAVOS): Insights from the Dark Energy Survey Deep Fields

Author

Burke, Colin J., Liu, Xin, Shen, Yue, Phadke, Kedar A., Yang, Qian, Hartley, Will G., Harrison, Ian, Palmese, Antonella, Guo, Hengxiao, Zhang, Kaiwen, Kron, Richard, Turner, David J., Giles, Paul A., Lidman, Christopher, Chen, Yu-Ching, Gruendl, Robert A., Choi, Ami, Amon, Alexandra, Sheldon, Erin, Aguena, M., Allam, S., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Bacon, D., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Conselice, C., Costanzi, M., da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. E. S., Davis, T. M., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Everett, S., Ferrero, I., Flaugher, B., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gruen, D., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D. L., Honscheid, K., Hoyle, B., James, D. J., Kuehn, K., Maia, M. A. G., Marshall, J. L., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Morgan, R., Paz-Chinchón, F., Pieres, A., Malagón, A. A. Plazas, Reil, K., Romer, A. K., Sanchez, E., Schubnell, M., Serrano, S., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Suchyta, E., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., To, C., Varga, T. N., Wilkinson, R. D., and Collaboration, DES

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

We present a sample of 706, $z < 1.5$ active galactic nuclei (AGNs) selected from optical photometric variability in three of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) deep fields (E2, C3, and X3) over an area of 4.64 deg$^2$. We construct light curves using difference imaging aperture photometry for resolved sources and non-difference imaging PSF photometry for unresolved sources, respectively, and characterize the variability significance. Our DES light curves have a mean cadence of 7 days, a 6 year baseline, and a single-epoch imaging depth of up to $g \sim 24.5$. Using spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting, we find 26 out of total 706 variable galaxies are consistent with dwarf galaxies with a reliable stellar mass estimate ($M_{\ast}<10^{9.5}\ M_\odot$; median photometric redshift of 0.9). We were able to constrain rapid characteristic variability timescales ($\sim$ weeks) using the DES light curves in 15 dwarf AGN candidates (a subset of our variable AGN candidates) at a median photometric redshift of 0.4. This rapid variability is consistent with their low black hole masses. We confirm the low-mass AGN nature of one source with a high S/N optical spectrum. We publish our catalog, optical light curves, and supplementary data, such as X-ray properties and optical spectra, when available. We measure a variable AGN fraction versus stellar mass and compare to results from a forward model. This work demonstrates the feasibility of optical variability to identify AGNs with lower black hole masses in deep fields, which may be more "pristine" analogs of supermassive black hole seeds., Comment: 21 pages, 22 figures incl. 3 appendices; accepted for publication in MNRAS

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2021
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11. Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: Marginalisation over redshift distribution uncertainties using ranking of discrete realisations

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Cordero, Juan P., Harrison, Ian, Rollins, Richard P., Bernstein, G. M., Bridle, S. L., Alarcon, A., Alves, O., Amon, A., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Camacho, H., Campos, A., Choi, A., DeRose, J., Dodelson, S., Eckert, K., Eifler, T. F., Everett, S., Fang, X., Friedrich, O., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Hartley, W. G., Huff, E. M., Krause, E., Kuropatkin, N., MacCrann, N., McCullough, J., Myles, J., Pandey, S., Raveri, M., Rosenfeld, R., Rykoff, E. S., Sánchez, C., Sánchez, J., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Sheldon, E., Troxel, M., Wechsler, R., Yanny, B., Yin, B., Zhang, Y., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Cawthon, R., Costanzi, M., da Costa, L., Pereira, M. E. da Silva, De Vicente, J., Diehl, H. T., Dietrich, J., Doel, P., Elvin-Poole, J., Ferrero, I., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Garcia-Bellido, J., Gerdes, D., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hinton, S., Hollowood, D. L., Honscheid, K., Hoyle, B., James, D., Kuehn, K., Lahav, O., Maia, M. A. G., March, M., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Morgan, R., Muir, J., Palmese, A., Paz-Chinchon, F., Pieres, A., Malagón, A. Plazas, Sánchez, E., Scarpine, V., Serrano, S., Smith, M., Soares-Santos, M., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., To, C., and Varga, T. N.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

Cosmological information from weak lensing surveys is maximised by dividing source galaxies into tomographic sub-samples for which the redshift distributions are estimated. Uncertainties on these redshift distributions must be correctly propagated into the cosmological results. We present hyperrank, a new method for marginalising over redshift distribution uncertainties in cosmological analyses, using discrete samples from the space of all possible redshift distributions. This is demonstrated in contrast to previous highly simplified parametric models of the redshift distribution uncertainty. In hyperrank the set of proposed redshift distributions is ranked according to a small (in this work between one and four) number of summary values, which are then sampled along with other nuisance parameters and cosmological parameters in the Monte Carlo chain used for inference. This can be regarded as a general method for marginalising over discrete realisations of data vector variation with nuisance parameters, which can consequently be sampled separately to the main parameters of interest, allowing for increased computational efficiency. We focus on the case of weak lensing cosmic shear analyses and demonstrate our method using simulations made for the Dark Energy Survey (DES). We show the method can correctly and efficiently marginalise over a range of models for the redshift distribution uncertainty. Finally, we compare hyperrank to the common mean-shifting method of marginalising over redshift uncertainty, validating that this simpler model is sufficient for use in the DES Year 3 cosmology results presented in companion papers., Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 17 pages, 12 figures, comments welcome Replacement: Added small comments suggested by referee

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2021
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12. SkyPy: A package for modelling the Universe

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Amara, Adam, de la Bella, Lucia F., Birrer, Simon, Bridle, Sarah, Cordero, Juan Pablo, Favole, Ginevra, Harrison, Ian, Harry, Ian W., Hartley, William G., Krawczyk, Coleman, Lundgren, Andrew, Nord, Brian, Nuttall, Laura K., Rollins, Richard P., Sudek, Philipp, Tam, Sut-Ieng, Tessore, Nicolas, Tolley, Arthur E., Umetsu, Keiichi, Williamson, Andrew R., and Wolz, Laura

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

SkyPy is an open-source Python package for simulating the astrophysical sky. It comprises a library of physical and empirical models across a range of observables and a command-line script to run end-to-end simulations. The library provides functions that sample realisations of sources and their associated properties from probability distributions. Simulation pipelines are constructed from these models using a YAML-based configuration syntax, while task scheduling and data dependencies are handled internally and the modular design allows users to interface with external software. SkyPy is developed and maintained by a diverse community of domain experts with a focus on software sustainability and interoperability. By fostering development, it provides a framework for correlated simulations of a range of cosmological probes including galaxy populations, large scale structure, the cosmic microwave background, supernovae and gravitational waves. Version 0.4 implements functions that model various properties of galaxies including luminosity functions, redshift distributions and optical photometry from spectral energy distribution templates. Future releases will provide additional modules, for example, to simulate populations of dark matter halos and model the galaxy-halo connection, making use of existing software packages from the astrophysics community where appropriate., Comment: Published by JOSS. The package is available at https://github.com/skypyproject/skypy. Comments, issues and pull requests are welcome

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2021

13. SARS-CoV-2 Testing in the Community: Testing Positive Samples with the TaqMan SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Panel To Find Variants in Real Time

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Ashford, Fiona, Best, Angus, Dunn, Steven J, Ahmed, Zahra, Siddiqui, Henna, Melville, Jordan, Wilkinson, Samuel, Mirza, Jeremy, Cumley, Nicola, Stockton, Joanne, Ferguson, Jack, Wheatley, Lucy, Ratcliffe, Elizabeth, Casey, Anna, Plant, Tim, Aggarwal, Dinesh, Blane, Beth, Brooks, Ellena, Carabelli, Alessandro M, Churcher, Carol M, Galai, Katerina, Girgis, Sophia T, Gupta, Ravi K, Hadjirin, Nazreen F, Leek, Danielle, Ludden, Catherine, McManus, Georgina M, Palmer, Sophie, Peacock, Sharon J, Smith, Kim S, Allara, Elias, Bibby, David, Bishop, Chloe, Bosworth, Andrew, Bradshaw, Daniel, Chalker, Vicki, Chand, Meera, Dabrera, Gavin, Ellaby, Nicholas, Gallagher, Eileen, Groves, Natalie, Harrison, Ian, Hartman, Hassan, Hopes, Richard, Hubb, Jonathan, Hutchings, Stephanie, Lackenby, Angie, Ledesma, Juan, Lee, David, Manesis, Nikos, Manso, Carmen, Mbisa, Tamyo, Miah, Shahjahan, Muir, Peter, Myers, Richard, Osman, Husam, Patel, Vineet, Pearson, Clare, Platt, Steven, Pymont, Hannah M, Ramsay, Mary, Robinson, Esther, Schaefer, Ulf, Thornton, Alicia, Twohig, Katherine A, Vipond, Ian B, Williams, David, Hamilton, William L, Warne, Ben, Aigrain, Louise, Alderton, Alex, Amato, Roberto, Ariani, Cristina V, Barrett, Jeff, Bassett, Andrew R, Beale, Mathew A, Beaver, Charlotte, Bellis, Katherine L, Betteridge, Emma, Bonfield, James, Bronner, Iraad F, Chapman, Michael HS, Danesh, John, Davies, Robert, Dorman, Matthew J, Drury, Eleanor, Durham, Jillian, Farr, Ben W, Foulser, Luke, Goncalves, Sonia, Goodwin, Scott, Gourtovaia, Marina, Harrison, Ewan M, Jackson, David K, James, Keith, Jamrozy, Dorota, Johnston, Ian, Kane, Leanne, Kay, Sally, and Keatley, Jon-Paul

Subjects
Human Genome, Prevention, Biodefense, Genetics, Lung, Vaccine Related, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Good Health and Well Being, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Humans, Mutation, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium, PCR, SNPs, genome sequencing, genotyping, real time, variants of concern, Biological Sciences, Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Microbiology
Abstract

Genome sequencing is a powerful tool for identifying SARS-CoV-2 variant lineages; however, there can be limitations due to sequence dropout when used to identify specific key mutations. Recently, ThermoFisher Scientific has developed genotyping assays to help bridge the gap between testing capacity and sequencing capability to generate real-time genotyping results based on specific variants. Over a 6-week period during the months of April and May 2021, we set out to assess the ThermoFisher TaqMan mutation panel genotyping assay, initially for three mutations of concern and then for an additional two mutations of concern, against SARS-CoV-2-positive clinical samples and the corresponding COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK) sequencing data. We demonstrate that genotyping is a powerful in-depth technique for identifying specific mutations, is an excellent complement to genome sequencing, and has real clinical health value potential, allowing laboratories to report and take action on variants of concern much more quickly.

Published
2022

18. Microcanonical treatment of HCl dissociative chemisorption on Au(111): Reactive dampening through inefficient translational energy coupling and an active surface.

Author

Bernard, Mark E. and Harrison, Ian

Subjects
*MOLECULAR dynamics, *THRESHOLD energy, *CHEMISORPTION, *QUANTUM theory, *MOLECULAR beams
Abstract

Microcanonical unimolecular rate theory is applied to Shirhatti and Wodtke's recent supersonic molecular beam experiments examining the activated dissociative chemisorption of HCl on Au(111). A precursor mediated microcanonical trapping (PMMT) model (where the surface vibrates and HCl rotations, vibration, and translation directed along the surface normal are treated as active degrees of freedom) gave dissociative sticking coefficient predictions that are several orders of magnitude higher than experimental values but in good accord with prior quantum and molecular dynamics simulations. Density functional theory (DFT) electronic structure calculations using the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE) functional served to fix the vibrational frequencies of the reactive transition state and the threshold energy for dissociation, E0 = 72.9 kJ/mol. To explore the possibilities of varying threshold energy, coupling to phonons, and dynamics, a three-parameter [E0, s, ɛn] dynamically biased (d-) PMMT model was fit to the experiments. A dynamical bias was introduced using an efficiency, ɛn, of normal translational energy to contribute to the active exchangeable energy capable of promoting reactivity. To achieve the low sticking probabilities observed in experiment, severe normal translational energy dampening (ɛn → 0.26) was imposed, leading to a large vibrational efficacy of ηv = εv/εn = 3.85. The optimal threshold energy for dissociation was E0 = 30.88 kJ/mol, some 40 kJ/mol below the PBE-DFT prediction, and the optimal number of Au surface oscillators was s = 1. The d-PMMT modeling indicates that HCl/Au(111) reactivity can be consistent with electronically adiabatic passage across a relatively low and late transition state that dynamically disfavors normal translational energy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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19. Cosmology Intertwined II: The Hubble Constant Tension

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Di Valentino, Eleonora, Anchordoqui, Luis A., Akarsu, Ozgur, Ali-Haimoud, Yacine, Amendola, Luca, Arendse, Nikki, Asgari, Marika, Ballardini, Mario, Basilakos, Spyros, Battistelli, Elia, Benetti, Micol, Birrer, Simon, Bouchet, François R., Bruni, Marco, Calabrese, Erminia, Camarena, David, Capozziello, Salvatore, Chen, Angela, Chluba, Jens, Chudaykin, Anton, Colgáin, Eoin Ó, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, de Bernardis, Paolo, Pérez, Javier de Cruz, Delabrouille, Jacques, Dunkley, Jo, Escamilla-Rivera, Celia, Ferté, Agnès, Finelli, Fabio, Freedman, Wendy, Frusciante, Noemi, Giusarma, Elena, Gómez-Valent, Adrià, Guy, Julien, Handley, Will, Harrison, Ian, Hart, Luke, Heavens, Alan, Hildebrandt, Hendrik, Holz, Daniel, Huterer, Dragan, Ivanov, Mikhail M., Joudaki, Shahab, Kamionkowski, Marc, Karwal, Tanvi, Knox, Lloyd, Kumar, Suresh, Lamagna, Luca, Lesgourgues, Julien, Lucca, Matteo, Marra, Valerio, Masi, Silvia, Matarrese, Sabino, Mazumdar, Arindam, Melchiorri, Alessandro, Mena, Olga, Mersini-Houghton, Laura, Miranda, Vivian, Moreno-Pulido, Cristian, Mota, David F., Muir, Jessica, Mukherjee, Ankan, Niedermann, Florian, Notari, Alessio, Nunes, Rafael C., Pace, Francesco, Paliathanasis, Andronikos, Palmese, Antonella, Pan, Supriya, Paoletti, Daniela, Pettorino, Valeria, Piacentini, Francesco, Poulin, Vivian, Raveri, Marco, Riess, Adam G., Salzano, Vincenzo, Saridakis, Emmanuel N., Sen, Anjan A., Shafieloo, Arman, Shajib, Anowar J., Silk, Joseph, Silvestri, Alessandra, Sloth, Martin S., Smith, Tristan L., Solà, Joan, van de Bruck, Carsten, Verde, Licia, Visinelli, Luca, Wandelt, Benjamin D., Wang, Deng, Wang, Jian-Min, Yadav, Anil K., and Yang, Weiqiang

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

The current cosmological probes have provided a fantastic confirmation of the standard $\Lambda$ Cold Dark Matter cosmological model, that has been constrained with unprecedented accuracy. However, with the increase of the experimental sensitivity a few statistically significant tensions between different independent cosmological datasets emerged. While these tensions can be in portion the result of systematic errors, the persistence after several years of accurate analysis strongly hints at cracks in the standard cosmological scenario and the need for new physics. In this Letter of Interest we will focus on the $4.4\sigma$ tension between the Planck estimate of the Hubble constant $H_0$ and the SH0ES collaboration measurements. After showing the $H_0$ evaluations made from different teams using different methods and geometric calibrations, we will list a few interesting new physics models that could solve this tension and discuss how the next decade experiments will be crucial., Comment: Snowmass2021 - Letter of Interest

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2020
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20. Cosmology Intertwined IV: The Age of the Universe and its Curvature

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Di Valentino, Eleonora, Anchordoqui, Luis A., Akarsu, Ozgur, Ali-Haimoud, Yacine, Amendola, Luca, Arendse, Nikki, Asgari, Marika, Ballardini, Mario, Basilakos, Spyros, Battistelli, Elia, Benetti, Micol, Birrer, Simon, Bouchet, François R., Bruni, Marco, Calabrese, Erminia, Camarena, David, Capozziello, Salvatore, Chen, Angela, Chluba, Jens, Chudaykin, Anton, Colgáin, Eoin Ó, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, de Bernardis, Paolo, Pérez, Javier de Cruz, Delabrouille, Jacques, Escamilla-Rivera, Celia, Ferté, Agnès, Finelli, Fabio, Freedman, Wendy, Frusciante, Noemi, Giusarma, Elena, Gómez-Valent, Adrià, Handley, Will, Harrison, Ian, Hart, Luke, Heavens, Alan, Hildebrandt, Hendrik, Holz, Daniel, Huterer, Dragan, Ivanov, Mikhail M., Joudaki, Shahab, Kamionkowski, Marc, Karwal, Tanvi, Knox, Lloyd, Kumar, Suresh, Lamagna, Luca, Lesgourgues, Julien, Lucca, Matteo, Marra, Valerio, Masi, Silvia, Matarrese, Sabino, Mazumdar, Arindam, Melchiorri, Alessandro, Mena, Olga, Mersini-Houghton, Laura, Miranda, Vivian, Moreno-Pulido, Cristian, Mota, David F., Muir, Jessica, Mukherjee, Ankan, Niedermann, Florian, Notari, Alessio, Nunes, Rafael C., Pace, Francesco, Paliathanasis, Andronikos, Palmese, Antonella, Pan, Supriya, Paoletti, Daniela, Pettorino, Valeria, Piacentini, Francesco, Poulin, Vivian, Raveri, Marco, Riess, Adam G., Salzano, Vincenzo, Saridakis, Emmanuel N., Sen, Anjan A., Shafieloo, Arman, Shajib, Anowar J., Silk, Joseph, Silvestri, Alessandra, Sloth, Martin S., Smith, Tristan L., Solà, Joan, van de Bruck, Carsten, Verde, Licia, Visinelli, Luca, Wandelt, Benjamin D., Wang, Deng, Wang, Jian-Min, Yadav, Anil K., and Yang, Weiqiang

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

A precise measurement of the curvature of the Universe is of primeval importance for cosmology since it could not only confirm the paradigm of primordial inflation but also help in discriminating between different early Universe scenarios. The recent observations, while broadly consistent with a spatially flat standard $\Lambda$ Cold Dark Matter ($\Lambda$CDM) model, are showing tensions that still allow (and, in some cases, even suggest) a few percent deviations from a flat universe. In particular, the Planck Cosmic Microwave Background power spectra, assuming the nominal likelihood, prefer a closed universe at more than 99\% confidence level. While new physics could be in action, this anomaly may be the result of an unresolved systematic error or just a statistical fluctuation. However, since a positive curvature allows a larger age of the Universe, an accurate determination of the age of the oldest objects provides a smoking gun in confirming or falsifying the current flat $\Lambda$CDM model., Comment: Snowmass2021 - Letter of Interest

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2020
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21. Cosmology Intertwined III: $f \sigma_8$ and $S_8$

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Di Valentino, Eleonora, Anchordoqui, Luis A., Akarsu, Ozgur, Ali-Haimoud, Yacine, Amendola, Luca, Arendse, Nikki, Asgari, Marika, Ballardini, Mario, Basilakos, Spyros, Battistelli, Elia, Benetti, Micol, Birrer, Simon, Bouchet, François R., Bruni, Marco, Calabrese, Erminia, Camarena, David, Capozziello, Salvatore, Chen, Angela, Chluba, Jens, Chudaykin, Anton, Colgáin, Eoin Ó, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, de Bernardis, Paolo, Pérez, Javier de Cruz, Delabrouille, Jacques, Dunkley, Jo, Escamilla-Rivera, Celia, Ferté, Agnès, Finelli, Fabio, Freedman, Wendy, Frusciante, Noemi, Giusarma, Elena, Gómez-Valent, Adrià, Handley, Will, Harrison, Ian, Hart, Luke, Heavens, Alan, Hildebrandt, Hendrik, Holz, Daniel, Huterer, Dragan, Ivanov, Mikhail M., Joudaki, Shahab, Kamionkowski, Marc, Karwal, Tanvi, Knox, Lloyd, Kumar, Suresh, Lamagna, Luca, Lesgourgues, Julien, Lucca, Matteo, Marra, Valerio, Masi, Silvia, Matarrese, Sabino, Mazumdar, Arindam, Melchiorri, Alessandro, Mena, Olga, Mersini-Houghton, Laura, Miranda, Vivian, Moreno-Pulido, Cristian, Mota, David F., Muir, Jessica, Mukherjee, Ankan, Niedermann, Florian, Notari, Alessio, Nunes, Rafael C., Pace, Francesco, Paliathanasis, Andronikos, Palmese, Antonella, Pan, Supriya, Paoletti, Daniela, Pettorino, Valeria, Piacentini, Francesco, Poulin, Vivian, Raveri, Marco, Riess, Adam G., Salzano, Vincenzo, Saridakis, Emmanuel N., Sen, Anjan A., Shafieloo, Arman, Shajib, Anowar J., Silk, Joseph, Silvestri, Alessandra, Sloth, Martin S., Smith, Tristan L., Solà, Joan, van de Bruck, Carsten, Verde, Licia, Visinelli, Luca, Wandelt, Benjamin D., Wang, Deng, Wang, Jian-Min, Yadav, Anil K., and Yang, Weiqiang

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

The standard $\Lambda$ Cold Dark Matter cosmological model provides a wonderful fit to current cosmological data, but a few tensions and anomalies became statistically significant with the latest data analyses. While these anomalies could be due to the presence of systematic errors in the experiments, they could also indicate the need for new physics beyond the standard model. In this Letter of Interest we focus on the tension of the Planck data with weak lensing measurements and redshift surveys, about the value of the matter energy density $\Omega_m$, and the amplitude or rate of the growth of structure ($\sigma_8,f\sigma_8$). We list a few interesting models for solving this tension, and we discuss the importance of trying to fit with a single model a full array of data and not just one parameter at a time., Comment: Snowmass2021 - Letter of Interest

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2020
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22. Cosmology Intertwined I: Perspectives for the Next Decade

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Di Valentino, Eleonora, Anchordoqui, Luis A., Akarsu, Ozgur, Ali-Haimoud, Yacine, Amendola, Luca, Arendse, Nikki, Asgari, Marika, Ballardini, Mario, Basilakos, Spyros, Battistelli, Elia, Benetti, Micol, Birrer, Simon, Bouchet, François R., Bruni, Marco, Calabrese, Erminia, Camarena, David, Capozziello, Salvatore, Chen, Angela, Chluba, Jens, Chudaykin, Anton, Colgáin, Eoin Ó, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, de Bernardis, Paolo, Pérez, Javier de Cruz, Delabrouille, Jacques, Dunkley, Jo, Escamilla-Rivera, Celia, Ferté, Agnès, Finelli, Fabio, Freedman, Wendy, Frusciante, Noemi, Giusarma, Elena, Gómez-Valent, Adrià, Handley, Will, Harrison, Ian, Hart, Luke, Heavens, Alan, Hildebrandt, Hendrik, Holz, Daniel, Huterer, Dragan, Ivanov, Mikhail M., Joudaki, Shahab, Kamionkowski, Marc, Karwal, Tanvi, Knox, Lloyd, Kumar, Suresh, Lamagna, Luca, Lesgourgues, Julien, Lucca, Matteo, Marra, Valerio, Masi, Silvia, Matarrese, Sabino, Mazumdar, Arindam, Melchiorri, Alessandro, Mena, Olga, Mersini-Houghton, Laura, Miranda, Vivian, Moreno-Pulido, Cristian, Mota, David F., Muir, Jessica, Mukherjee, Ankan, Niedermann, Florian, Notari, Alessio, Nunes, Rafael C., Pace, Francesco, Paliathanasis, Andronikos, Palmese, Antonella, Pan, Supriya, Paoletti, Daniela, Pettorino, Valeria, Piacentini, Francesco, Poulin, Vivian, Raveri, Marco, Riess, Adam G., Salzano, Vincenzo, Saridakis, Emmanuel N., Sen, Anjan A., Shafieloo, Arman, Shajib, Anowar J., Silk, Joseph, Silvestri, Alessandra, Sloth, Martin S., Smith, Tristan L., Solà, Joan, van de Bruck, Carsten, Verde, Licia, Visinelli, Luca, Wandelt, Benjamin D., Wang, Deng, Wang, Jian-Min, Yadav, Anil K., and Yang, Weiqiang

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

The standard $\Lambda$ Cold Dark Matter cosmological model provides an amazing description of a wide range of astrophysical and astronomical data. However, there are a few big open questions, that make the standard model look like a first-order approximation to a more realistic scenario that still needs to be fully understood. In this Letter of Interest we will list a few important goals that need to be addressed in the next decade, also taking into account the current discordances present between the different cosmological probes, as the Hubble constant $H_0$ value, the $\sigma_8 - S_8$ tension, and the anomalies present in the Planck results. Finally, we will give an overview of upgraded experiments and next-generation space-missions and facilities on Earth, that will be of crucial importance to address all these questions., Comment: Snowmass2021 - Letter of Interest

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2020
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23. Constraining Scalar-Tensor Modified Gravity with Gravitational Waves and Large Scale Structure Surveys

Author

Baker, Tessa and Harrison, Ian

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract

The first multi-messenger gravitational wave event has had a transformative effect on the space of modified gravity models. In this paper we study the enhanced tests of gravity that are possible with a future set of gravitational wave standard siren events. We perform MCMC constraint forecasts for parameters in Horndeski scalar-tensor theories. In particular, we focus on the complementarity of gravitational waves with electromagnetic large-scale structure data from galaxy surveys. We find that the addition of fifty low redshift ($z \lesssim 0.2$) standard sirens from the advanced LIGO network offers only a modest improvement (a factor 1.1 -- 1.3, where 1.0 is no improvement) over existing constraints from electromagnetic observations of large-scale structures. In contrast, high redshift (up to $z \sim 10$) standard sirens from the future LISA satellite will improve constraints on the time evolution of the Planck mass in Horndeski theories by a factor $\sim 5$. By simulating different scenarios, we find this improvement to be robust to marginalisation over unknown merger inclination angles and to variation between three plausible models for the merger source population., Comment: 29+10 pages, 14 figures, 3 tables. Comments welcome. Main concept in Figure 1, main result in Figure 9. Accepted for publication in JCAP

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2020
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24. Source Distributions of Cosmic Shear Surveys in Efficiency Space

Author

Tessore, Nicolas and Harrison, Ian

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

We show that the lensing efficiency of cosmic shear generically has a simple shape, even in the case of a tomographic survey with badly behaved photometric redshifts. We argue that source distributions for cosmic shear can therefore be more effectively parametrised in ``efficiency space''. Using realistic simulations, we find that the true lensing efficiency of a current cosmic shear survey without disconnected outliers in the redshift distributions can be described to per cent accuracy with only two parameters, and the approach straightforwardly generalises to other parametric forms and surveys. The cosmic shear signal is thus largely insensitive to the details of the source distributions, and the features that matter can be summarised by a small number of suitable efficiency parameters. For the simulated survey, we show that prior knowledge at the 10% level, which is attainable e.g. from photometric redshifts, is enough to marginalise over the efficiency parameters without severely affecting the constraints on the cosmology parameters $\Omega_m$ and $\sigma_8$., Comment: 7 pages, 9 figures; notebook available at https://github.com/cosmiclens/arxiv-efficiency-space; v2: accepted by OJA

Published
2020

25. SuperCLASS -- II: Photometric Redshifts and Characteristics of Spatially-Resolved $\mu$Jy Radio Sources

Author

Manning, Sinclaire M., Casey, Caitlin M., Hung, Chao-Ling, Battye, Richard, Brown, Michael L., Jackson, Neal, Abdalla, Filipe, Chapman, Scott, Demetroullas, Constantinos, Drew, Patrick, Hales, Christopher A., Harrison, Ian, Riseley, Christopher J., Sanders, David B., and Watson, Robert A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

We present optical and near-infrared imaging covering a $\sim$1.53 deg$^2$ region in the Super-Cluster Assisted Shear Survey (SuperCLASS) field, which aims to make the first robust weak lensing measurement at radio wavelengths. We derive photometric redshifts for $\approx$176,000 sources down to $i^\prime_{\rm AB}\sim24$ and present photometric redshifts for 1.4 GHz $e$-MERLIN and VLA detected radio sources found in the central 0.26 deg$^{2}$. We compile an initial catalog of 149 radio sources brighter than S$_{1.4}>75$ $\mu$Jy and find their photometric redshifts span $07 \sigma$ in the density map and we confirm the photometric redshifts are consistent with previously measured spectra from a few galaxies at the cluster centers., Comment: 14 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS on March 3 2020

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2020
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26. SuperCLASS -- I. The Super CLuster Assisted Shear Survey: Project overview and Data Release 1

Author

Battye, Richard A., Brown, Michael L., Casey, Caitlin M., Harrison, Ian, Jackson, Neal J., Smail, Ian, Watson, Robert A., Hales, Christopher A., Manning, Sinclaire M., Hung, Chao-Ling, Riseley, Christopher J., Abdalla, Filipe B., Birkinshaw, Mark, Demetroullas, Constantinos, Chapman, Scott, Beswick, Robert J., Muxlow, Tom W. B., Bonaldi, Anna, Camera, Stefano, Hillier, Tom, Kay, Scott T., Peters, Aaron, Sanders, David B., Thomas, Daniel B., Thomson, A. P., Tunbridge, Ben, and Whittaker, Lee

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

The SuperCLuster Assisted Shear Survey (SuperCLASS) is a legacy programme using the e-MERLIN interferometric array. The aim is to observe the sky at L-band (1.4 GHz) to a r.m.s. of 7 uJy per beam over an area of ~1 square degree centred on the Abell 981 supercluster. The main scientific objectives of the project are: (i) to detect the effects of weak lensing in the radio in preparation for similar measurements with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA); (ii) an extinction free census of star formation and AGN activity out to z~1. In this paper we give an overview of the project including the science goals and multi-wavelength coverage before presenting the first data release. We have analysed around 400 hours of e-MERLIN data allowing us to create a Data Release 1 (DR1) mosaic of ~0.26 square degrees to the full depth. These observations have been supplemented with complementary radio observations from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and optical/near infra-red observations taken with the Subaru, Canada-France-Hawaii and Spitzer Telescopes. The main data product is a catalogue of 887 sources detected by the VLA, of which 395 are detected by e-MERLIN and 197 of these are resolved. We have investigated the size, flux and spectral index properties of these sources finding them compatible with previous studies. Preliminary photometric redshifts, and an assessment of galaxy shapes measured in the radio data, combined with a radio-optical cross-correlation technique probing cosmic shear in a supercluster environment, are presented in companion papers., Comment: 20 pages, 14 figures, 4 tables. Accepted in MNRAS. Links to Data Release catalogues will be updated when available upon publication. Before this, catalogues are available on request from the authors

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2020
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27. SuperCLASS -- III. Weak lensing from radio and optical observations in Data Release 1

Author

Harrison, Ian, Brown, Michael L., Tunbridge, Ben, Thomas, Daniel B., Hillier, Tom, Thomson, A. P., Whittaker, Lee, Abdalla, Filipe B., Battye, Richard A., Bonaldi, Anna, Camera, Stefano, Casey, Caitlin M., Demetroullas, Constantinos, Hales, Christopher A., Jackson, Neal J., Kay, Scott T., Manning, Sinclaire M., Peters, Aaron, Riseley, Christopher J., and Watson, Robert A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

We describe the first results on weak gravitational lensing from the SuperCLASS survey: the first survey specifically designed to measure the weak lensing effect in radio-wavelength data, both alone and in cross-correlation with optical data. We analyse 1.53 square degrees of optical data from the Subaru telescope and 0.26 square degrees of radio data from the e-MERLIN and VLA telescopes (the DR1 data set). Using standard methodologies on the optical data only we make a significant (10 sigma) detection of the weak lensing signal (a shear power spectrum) due to the massive supercluster of galaxies in the targeted region. For the radio data we develop a new method to measure the shapes of galaxies from the interferometric data, and we construct a simulation pipeline to validate this method. We then apply this analysis to our radio observations, treating the e-MERLIN and VLA data independently. We achieve source densities of 0.5 per square arcmin in the VLA data and 0.06 per square arcmin in the e-MERLIN data, numbers which prove too small to allow a detection of a weak lensing signal in either the radio data alone or in cross-correlation with the optical data. Finally, we show preliminary results from a visibility-plane combination of the data from e-MERLIN and VLA which will be used for the forthcoming full SuperCLASS data release. This approach to data combination is expected to enhance both the number density of weak lensing sources available and the fidelity with which their shapes can be measured., Comment: 25 pages, 18 figures, 3 tables. Accepted in MNRAS

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2020
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28. Nikola Jokic scores 40, Nuggets rally from 15 down to beat Raptors for first win of season

Author

HARRISON, IAN

Subjects
Basketball (Professional), News, opinion and commentary, Toronto Raptors -- Competitions, Denver Nuggets -- Competitions
Abstract

TORONTO (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored seven of his 40 points in overtime, and the Denver Nuggets overcame a 15-point deficit to beat the Toronto Raptors 127-125 on Monday night. [...]

Published
2024

29. Barnes scores 27 as Raptors win 115-107, hand 76ers second straight loss to open season

Author

HARRISON, IAN

Subjects
Basketball (Professional), News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

TORONTO (AP) — Scottie Barnes scored 27 points, Jakob Poeltl had 19, and the https://apnews.com/hub/toronto-raptors beat https://apnews.com/hub/philadelphia-76ers 115-107 on Friday night to snap a seven-game losing streak against the 76ers. [...]

Published
2024

30. Mobley scores 25, Mitchell adds 21 as Cavaliers rout Raptors 136-106 in season opener

Author

HARRISON, IAN

Subjects
Basketball (Professional), News, opinion and commentary, Toronto Raptors, Cleveland Cavaliers
Abstract

TORONTO (AP) — Evan Mobley scored 25 points, Donovan Mitchell had 21 and the Cleveland Cavaliers routed the Toronto Raptors 136-106 on Wednesday night. Caris LeVert shot 8 for 9 [...]

Published
2024

31. Jonah Bride has 2 RBIs, Marlins sweep Blue Jays with 3-1 win

Author

HARRISON, IAN

Subjects
Baseball (Professional), News, opinion and commentary, Toronto Blue Jays -- Competitions
Abstract

TORONTO (AP) — Jonah Bride reached base three times and drove in two runs, Otto Lopez had two hits and an RBI against his former team and the Miami Marlins [...]

Published
2024

35. Trevor Story hits tiebreaking double in 10th as Red Sox beat Blue Jays 6-5

Author

HARRISON, IAN

Subjects
Baseball (Professional), News, opinion and commentary, Toronto Blue Jays -- Competitions, Boston Red Sox -- Competitions
Abstract

TORONTO (AP) — Trevor Story hit a tiebreaking double in a three-run 10th inning, and the Boston Red Sox rallied past the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Tuesday night. Vaughn [...]

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2024

36. Houck works 5 shutout innings, Abreu reaches base 3 times as Red Sox beat Blue Jays 4-1

Author

HARRISON, IAN

Subjects
Baseball (Professional), News, opinion and commentary, Toronto Blue Jays -- Competitions, Boston Red Sox -- Competitions
Abstract

TORONTO (AP) — Tanner Houck pitched five shutout innings, Wilyer Abreu reached base three times and the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to three games with a 4-1 [...]

Published
2024

39. Alejandro Kirk's winning hit in 11th inning pushes Blue Jays past Cardinals 4-3

Author

HARRISON, IAN

Subjects
Baseball (Professional), News, opinion and commentary, Toronto Blue Jays -- Competitions
Abstract

TORONTO (AP) — Alejandro Kirk drove in the winning run with a bases-loaded single in the 11th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on [...]

Published
2024

42. Mets rally to beat Blue Jays 3-2 for 10th win in 11 games

Author

HARRISON, IAN

Subjects
News, opinion and commentary, Toronto Blue Jays -- Competitions, New York Mets -- Competitions
Abstract

TORONTO (AP) — Tyrone Taylor scored the tying run on a wild pitch in the eighth inning before fellow pinch-runner Eddy Alvarez dashed home on a passed ball as the [...]

Published
2024

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