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Enhanced Quantum Control of Individual Ultracold Molecules Using Optical Tweezer Arrays (2024)
Journal Article
Ruttley, D. K., Guttridge, A., Hepworth, T. R., & Cornish, S. L. (2024). Enhanced Quantum Control of Individual Ultracold Molecules Using Optical Tweezer Arrays. PRX Quantum, 5(2), Article 020333. https://doi.org/10.1103/prxquantum.5.020333

Control over the quantum states of individual molecules is crucial in the quest to harness their rich internal structure and dipolar interactions for applications in quantum science. In this paper, we develop a toolbox of techniques for the control a... Read More about Enhanced Quantum Control of Individual Ultracold Molecules Using Optical Tweezer Arrays.

An atlas of spider development at single-cell resolution provides new insights into arthropod embryogenesis (2024)
Journal Article
Leite, D. J., Schönauer, A., Blakeley, G., Harper, A., Garcia-Castro, H., Baudouin-Gonzalez, L., Wang, R., Sarkis, N., Nikola, A. G., Koka, V. S. P., Kenny, N. J., Turetzek, N., Pechmann, M., Solana, J., & McGregor, A. P. (in press). An atlas of spider development at single-cell resolution provides new insights into arthropod embryogenesis. EvoDevo, 15(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13227-024-00224-4

Spiders are a diverse order of chelicerates that diverged from other arthropods over 500 million years ago. Research on spider embryogenesis, particularly studies using the common house spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum, has made important contributio... Read More about An atlas of spider development at single-cell resolution provides new insights into arthropod embryogenesis.

Evolution of the Spider Homeobox Gene Repertoire by Tandem and Whole Genome Duplication (2023)
Journal Article
Aase-Remedios, M. E., Janssen, R., Leite, D. J., Sumner-Rooney, L., & McGregor, A. P. (2023). Evolution of the Spider Homeobox Gene Repertoire by Tandem and Whole Genome Duplication. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 40(12), Article msad239. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad239

Gene duplication generates new genetic material that can contribute to the evolution of gene regulatory networks and phenotypes. Duplicated genes can undergo subfunctionalization to partition ancestral functions and/or neofunctionalization to assume... Read More about Evolution of the Spider Homeobox Gene Repertoire by Tandem and Whole Genome Duplication.

Observation of Rydberg blockade due to the charge-dipole interaction between an atom and a polar molecule (2023)
Journal Article
Guttridge, A., Ruttley, D., Baldock, A., González-Férez, R., Sadeghpour, H., Adams, C., & Cornish, S. (2023). Observation of Rydberg blockade due to the charge-dipole interaction between an atom and a polar molecule. Physical Review Letters, 131(1), Article 013401. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.013401

We demonstrate Rydberg blockade due to the charge-dipole interaction between a single Rb atom and a single RbCs molecule confined in optical tweezers. The molecule is formed by magnetoassociation of a Rb+Cs atom pair and subsequently transferred to t... Read More about Observation of Rydberg blockade due to the charge-dipole interaction between an atom and a polar molecule.

Formation of Ultracold Molecules by Merging Optical Tweezers (2023)
Journal Article
Ruttley, D. K., Guttridge, A., Spence, S., Bird, R. C., Le Sueur, C. R., Hutson, J. M., & Cornish, S. L. (2023). Formation of Ultracold Molecules by Merging Optical Tweezers. Physical Review Letters, 130(22), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.130.223401

We demonstrate the formation of a single RbCs molecule during the merging of two optical tweezers, one containing a single Rb atom and the other a single Cs atom. Both atoms are initially predominantly in the motional ground states of their respectiv... Read More about Formation of Ultracold Molecules by Merging Optical Tweezers.

Gravitational waves and dark matter from classical scale invariance (2023)
Journal Article
Khoze, V. V., & Milne, D. L. (2023). Gravitational waves and dark matter from classical scale invariance. Physical Review D, 107(9), Article 095012. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.107.095012

In this paper we consider a minimal classically conformal U(1) model of fermionic dark matter. We calculate the one loop effective potential which generates the mass scale quantum mechanically via dimensional transmutation in the spirit of Gildener a... Read More about Gravitational waves and dark matter from classical scale invariance.

“No fences make bad neighbors” but markets make better ones: cap-and-trade reduces cross-border SO2 in a natural experiment (2023)
Journal Article
Leppert, D. (2023). “No fences make bad neighbors” but markets make better ones: cap-and-trade reduces cross-border SO2 in a natural experiment. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-023-00367-z

The clean air interstate rule (CAIR) was a regional cap-and-trade program announced in 2005 which covered 27 eastern US states and sought to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. The rule was later vacated after a court found... Read More about “No fences make bad neighbors” but markets make better ones: cap-and-trade reduces cross-border SO2 in a natural experiment.

Searches for QCD instantons with forward proton tagging (2023)
Journal Article
Tasevsky, M., Khoze, V., Milne, D., & Ryskin, M. (2023). Searches for QCD instantons with forward proton tagging. The European Physical Journal C, 83, Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11178-7

We study the possibility to observe heavy (Minst>60 GeV) QCD instantons at the LHC in events with one or two tagged leading protons including fast simulation of detector and pile-up effects. We show that the expected instanton signal in a single-tagg... Read More about Searches for QCD instantons with forward proton tagging.

FGF signalling is involved in cumulus migration in the common house spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum (2022)
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Wang, R., Leite, D. J., Karadas, L., Schiffer, P. H., & Pechmann, M. (2023). FGF signalling is involved in cumulus migration in the common house spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. Developmental Biology, 494, 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2022.11.009

Cell migration is a fundamental component during the development of most multicellular organisms. In the early spider embryo, the collective migration of signalling cells, known as the cumulus, is required to set the dorsoventral body axis. Here,... Read More about FGF signalling is involved in cumulus migration in the common house spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum.

Precision of the GE Lunar total body-less head scan for the measurement of three-compartment body composition in athletes (2022)
Journal Article
Jones, W., Pearson, A., Glassbrook, D., Slater, G., Dodd-Reynolds, C., & Hind, K. (2022). Precision of the GE Lunar total body-less head scan for the measurement of three-compartment body composition in athletes. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 25, 692-698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocd.2022.08.008

Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is widely used for the assessment of lean mass (LM), fat mass (FM) and bone mineral content (BMC). When observing standardised protocols, DXA has a high level of precision for the assessment of total body compos... Read More about Precision of the GE Lunar total body-less head scan for the measurement of three-compartment body composition in athletes.

Preparation of 87Rb and 133Cs in the motional ground state of a single optical tweezer (2022)
Journal Article
Spence, S., Brooks, R., Ruttley, D., Guttridge, A., & Cornish, S. (2022). Preparation of 87Rb and 133Cs in the motional ground state of a single optical tweezer. New Journal of Physics, 24, https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac95b9

We report simultaneous Raman sideband cooling of a single 87Rb atom and a single 133Cs atom held in separate optical tweezers at 814 nm and 938 nm, respectively. Starting from outside the Lamb-Dicke regime, after 45 ms of cooling we measure probabili... Read More about Preparation of 87Rb and 133Cs in the motional ground state of a single optical tweezer.

Retuning Resistance: Pan Asianism and the Colonial Encounter in Japanese Imperial Ethnomusicology. (Roundtable: Rethinking the Colonial Encounter, organised by Kim Sauberlich and Parkorn Wangpaiboonkit) (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walden, D. K. (2022, August). Retuning Resistance: Pan Asianism and the Colonial Encounter in Japanese Imperial Ethnomusicology. (Roundtable: Rethinking the Colonial Encounter, organised by Kim Sauberlich and Parkorn Wangpaiboonkit). Paper presented at IMS2022: 21st Quinqennial International Musicological Society Congress, Athens, Greece

Remote sensing for monitoring tropical dryland forests: A review of current research, knowledge gaps and future directions for Southern Africa (2022)
Journal Article
David, R., Rosser, N. J., & Donoghue, D. N. (2022). Remote sensing for monitoring tropical dryland forests: A review of current research, knowledge gaps and future directions for Southern Africa. Environmental Research Communications, 4(4), https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ac5b84

Climate change, manifest via rising temperatures, extreme drought, and associated anthropogenic activities, has a negative impact on the health and development of tropical dryland forests. Southern Africa encompasses significant areas of dryland fore... Read More about Remote sensing for monitoring tropical dryland forests: A review of current research, knowledge gaps and future directions for Southern Africa.

Central instanton production (2022)
Journal Article
Khoze, V., Khoze, V., Milne, D., & Ryskin, M. (2022). Central instanton production. Physical Review D, 105(3), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.105.036008

We study the central production of QCD instantons at hadron colliders in events with two large rapidity gaps. These gaps in rapidity are formed by either Pomeron or photon exchanges or a combination of the two. The kT-factorization formalism is used... Read More about Central instanton production.

Satellite data track spatial and temporal declines in European beech forest canopy characteristics associated with intense drought events in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve, central Germany (2022)
Journal Article
West, E., Morley, P., Jump, A., & Donoghue, D. (2022). Satellite data track spatial and temporal declines in European beech forest canopy characteristics associated with intense drought events in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve, central Germany. Plant Biology, 24(7), 1120-1131. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13391

The increasing intensity and frequency of droughts under climate change demands effective ways to monitor drought impacts. We sought to determine how different satellite remote sensing sources influence our ability to identify temporal and spatial im... Read More about Satellite data track spatial and temporal declines in European beech forest canopy characteristics associated with intense drought events in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve, central Germany.