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Local geometry of the rough-smooth interface in the two-periodic Aztec diamond (2021)
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Beffara, V., Chhita, S., & Johansson, K. (2022). Local geometry of the rough-smooth interface in the two-periodic Aztec diamond. Annals of Applied Probability, 32(2), 974-1017. https://doi.org/10.1214/21-aap1701

Random tilings of the two-periodic Aztec diamond contain three macroscopic regions: frozen, where the tilings are deterministic; rough, where the correlations between dominoes decay polynomially; smooth, where the correlations between dominoes decay... Read More about Local geometry of the rough-smooth interface in the two-periodic Aztec diamond.

Random Unitary Representations of Surface Groups I: Asymptotic expansions (2021)
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Magee, M. (2022). Random Unitary Representations of Surface Groups I: Asymptotic expansions. Communications in Mathematical Physics, 391(1), 119-171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-021-04295-5

In this paper, we study random representations of fundamental groups of surfaces into special unitary groups. The random model we use is based on a symplectic form on moduli space due to Atiyah, Bott and Goldman. Let Σg denote a topological surface o... Read More about Random Unitary Representations of Surface Groups I: Asymptotic expansions.

Critical Gaussian multiplicative chaos: a review (2021)
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Powell, E. (2021). Critical Gaussian multiplicative chaos: a review. Markov processes and related fields, 27(4), 557-606

This review-style article presents an overview of recent progress in constructing and studying critical Gaussian multiplicative chaos. A proof that the critical measure in any dimension can be obtained as a limit of subcritical measures is given.

Durham University students’ experiences of asymptomatic COVID-19 testing: a qualitative study (2021)
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Jones, L. F., Batteux, E., Bonfield, S., Bhogal, J. K., Taylor, J., Caiado, C., …Weston, D. (2021). Durham University students’ experiences of asymptomatic COVID-19 testing: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 11(12), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055644

Objectives To evaluate the asymptomatic coronavirus testing programme at Durham University by exploring students’ barriers and facilitators to taking part and provide recommendations to improve the programme. Design Qualitative interviews. Setting On... Read More about Durham University students’ experiences of asymptomatic COVID-19 testing: a qualitative study.

Calculating the Higgs mass in string theory (2021)
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Abel, S., & Dienes, K. R. (2021). Calculating the Higgs mass in string theory. Physical Review D, 104(12), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.104.126032

In this paper, we establish a fully string-theoretic framework for calculating one-loop Higgs masses directly from first principles in perturbative closed-string theories. Our framework makes no assumptions other than world sheet modular invariance a... Read More about Calculating the Higgs mass in string theory.

Spatially Separated Electron and Proton Beams in a Simulated Solar Coronal Jet (2021)
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Pallister, R., Wyper, P. F., Pontin, D. I., DeVore, C. R., & Chiti, F. (2021). Spatially Separated Electron and Proton Beams in a Simulated Solar Coronal Jet. Astrophysical Journal, 923(2), Article 163. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac2e6d

Magnetic reconnection is widely accepted to be a major contributor to nonthermal particle acceleration in the solar atmosphere. In this paper we investigate particle acceleration during the impulsive phase of a coronal jet, which involves bursty reco... Read More about Spatially Separated Electron and Proton Beams in a Simulated Solar Coronal Jet.

Gauged 2-form symmetries in 6D SCFTs coupled to gravity (2021)
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Braun, A. P., Larfors, M., & Oehlmann, P. (2021). Gauged 2-form symmetries in 6D SCFTs coupled to gravity. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021(12), Article 132. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep12%282021%29132

We study six dimensional supergravity theories with superconformal sectors (SCFTs). Instances of such theories can be engineered using type IIB strings, or more generally F-Theory, which translates field theoretic constraints to geometry. Specificall... Read More about Gauged 2-form symmetries in 6D SCFTs coupled to gravity.

Thermal convection with generalized friction (2021)
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Straughan, B. (2022). Thermal convection with generalized friction. Annali dell'Universita di Ferrara, 68(1), 63-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11565-021-00382-6

A model for thermal convection with generalized friction is investigated. It is shown that the linear instability threshold is the same as the global stability one. In addition, decay of the energy in the L2 norm is shown for the perturbation velocit... Read More about Thermal convection with generalized friction.

Cosmological Scattering Equations (2021)
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Gomez, H., Lipinski Jusinskas, R., & Lipstein, A. (2021). Cosmological Scattering Equations. Physical Review Letters, 127(25), Article 251604. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.127.251604

We propose a worldsheet formula for tree-level correlation functions describing a scalar field with arbitrary mass and quartic self-interaction in de Sitter space, which is a simple model for inflationary cosmology. The correlation functions are loca... Read More about Cosmological Scattering Equations.

From dS to AdS and back (2021)
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Sleight, C., & Taronna, M. (2021). From dS to AdS and back. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021(12), Article 74. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep12%282021%29074

We describe in more detail the general relation uncovered in our previous work between boundary correlators in de Sitter (dS) and in Euclidean anti-de Sitter (EAdS) space, at any order in perturbation theory. Assuming the Bunch-Davies vacuum at early... Read More about From dS to AdS and back.

Global Coronal Equilibria with Solar Wind Outflow (2021)
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Rice, O. E., & Yeates, A. R. (2021). Global Coronal Equilibria with Solar Wind Outflow. Astrophysical Journal, 923(1), Article 57. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac2c71

Given a known radial magnetic field distribution on the Sun’s photospheric surface, there exist wellestablished methods for computing a potential magnetic field in the corona above. Such potential fields are routinely used as input to solar wind mode... Read More about Global Coronal Equilibria with Solar Wind Outflow.

Counterfactual explanation of machine learning survival models (2021)
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Kovalev, M., Utkin, L., Coolen, F., & Konstantinov, A. (2022). Counterfactual explanation of machine learning survival models. Informatica: An International Journal, 32(4), 817-847. https://doi.org/10.15388/21-infor468

A method for counterfactual explanation of machine learning survival models is proposed. One of the difficulties of solving the counterfactual explanation problem is that the classes of examples are implicitly defined through outcomes of a machine le... Read More about Counterfactual explanation of machine learning survival models.