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Evidence for higher black hole spin in radio-loud quasars (2017)
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Schulze, A., Done, C., Lu, Y., Zhang, F., & Inoue, Y. (2017). Evidence for higher black hole spin in radio-loud quasars. Astrophysical Journal, 849(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa9181

One of the major unsolved questions concerning the understanding of the active galactic nucleus population is the origin of the dichotomy between radio-quiet and radio-loud quasars. The most promising explanation is provided by the spin paradigm, whi... Read More about Evidence for higher black hole spin in radio-loud quasars.

Phase transitions and baryogenesis from decays (2017)
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Shuve, B., & Tamarit, C. (2017). Phase transitions and baryogenesis from decays. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(10), Article 122. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282017%29122

We study scenarios in which the baryon asymmetry is generated from the decay of a particle whose mass originates from the spontaneous breakdown of a symmetry. This is realized in many models, including low-scale leptogenesis and theories with classic... Read More about Phase transitions and baryogenesis from decays.

Black hole thermodynamics with dynamical lambda (2017)
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Gregory, R., Kastor, D., & Traschen, J. (2017). Black hole thermodynamics with dynamical lambda. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(10), Article 118. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282017%29118

We study evolution and thermodynamics of a slow-roll transition between early and late time de Sitter phases, both in the homogeneous case and in the presence of a black hole, in a scalar field model with a generic potential having both a maximum and... Read More about Black hole thermodynamics with dynamical lambda.

MUSE sneaks a peek at extreme ram-pressure events - III. Tomography of UGC 6697, a massive galaxy falling into Abell 1367 (2017)
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Consolandi, G., Gavazzi, G., Fossati, M., Fumagalli, M., Boselli, A., Yagi, M., & Yoshida, M. (2017). MUSE sneaks a peek at extreme ram-pressure events - III. Tomography of UGC 6697, a massive galaxy falling into Abell 1367. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 606, Article A83. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731218

We present the MUSE observations of UGC 6697, a giant (M∗ ≈ 1010M⊙) spiral galaxy infalling in the nearby cluster Abell 1367. During its high-velocity transit through the intracluster medium (ICM), the hydrodynamical interactions with the ICM produce... Read More about MUSE sneaks a peek at extreme ram-pressure events - III. Tomography of UGC 6697, a massive galaxy falling into Abell 1367.

Quantifying the impact of mergers on the angular momentum of simulated galaxies (2017)
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Lagos, C. D. P., Stevens, A., Bower, R., Davis, T., Contreras, S., Padilla, N., …Theuns, T. (2018). Quantifying the impact of mergers on the angular momentum of simulated galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473(4), 4956-4974. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2667

We use EAGLE to quantify the effect galaxy mergers have on the stellar specific angular momentum of galaxies, jstars. We split mergers into dry (gas-poor)/wet (gas-rich), major/minor and different spin alignments and orbital parameters. Wet (dry) mer... Read More about Quantifying the impact of mergers on the angular momentum of simulated galaxies.

Cluster mass calibration at high redshift: HST weak lensing analysis of 13 distant galaxy clusters from the South Pole Telescope Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Survey (2017)
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Schrabback, T., Applegate, D., Dietrich, J., Hoekstra, H., Bocquet, S., Gonzalez, A., …Zenteno, A. (2018). Cluster mass calibration at high redshift: HST weak lensing analysis of 13 distant galaxy clusters from the South Pole Telescope Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474(2), 2635-2678. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2666

We present an HST/Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) weak gravitational lensing analysis of 13 massive high-redshift (zmedian = 0.88) galaxy clusters discovered in the South Pole Telescope (SPT) Sunyaev–Zel'dovich Survey. This study is part of a large... Read More about Cluster mass calibration at high redshift: HST weak lensing analysis of 13 distant galaxy clusters from the South Pole Telescope Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Survey.

Implementing NLO DGLAP evolution in parton showers (2017)
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Höche, S., Krauss, F., & Prestel, S. (2017). Implementing NLO DGLAP evolution in parton showers. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(10), Article 93. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282017%29093

We present a parton shower which implements the DGLAP evolution of parton densities and fragmentation functions at next-to-leading order precision up to effects stemming from local four-momentum conservation. The Monte-Carlo simulation is based on in... Read More about Implementing NLO DGLAP evolution in parton showers.

LLAMA: normal star formation efficiencies of molecular gas in the centres of luminous Seyfert galaxies (2017)
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Rosario, D., Burtscher, L., Davies, R., Koss, M., Ricci, C., Lutz, D., …Veilleux, S. (2018). LLAMA: normal star formation efficiencies of molecular gas in the centres of luminous Seyfert galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473(4), 5658-5679. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2670

Using new Atacama Pathfinder Experiment and James Clerk Maxwell Telescope spectroscopy of the CO 2→1 line, we undertake a controlled study of cold molecular gas in moderately luminous (Lbol = 1043–44.5 erg s−1) active galactic nuclei (AGN) and inacti... Read More about LLAMA: normal star formation efficiencies of molecular gas in the centres of luminous Seyfert galaxies.

Precise predictions for dijet production at the LHC (2017)
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Currie, J., Gehrmann-DeRidder, A., Gehrmann, T., Glover, E., Huss, A., & Pires, J. (2017). Precise predictions for dijet production at the LHC. Physical Review Letters, 119(15), Article 152001. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.119.152001

We present the calculation of dijet production, doubly differential in dijet mass m j j and rapidity difference | y ∗ | , at leading color in all partonic channels at next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in perturbative QCD. We consider the long-stan... Read More about Precise predictions for dijet production at the LHC.

Topological properties of a dense atomic lattice gas (2017)
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Bettles, R. J., Minář, J., Adams, C. S., Lesanovsky, I., & Olmos, B. (2017). Topological properties of a dense atomic lattice gas. Physical Review A, 96(4), Article 041603(R). https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.96.041603

We investigate the existence of topological phases in a dense two-dimensional atomic lattice gas. The coupling of the atoms to the radiation field gives rise to dissipation and a nontrivial coherent long-range exchange interaction whose form goes bey... Read More about Topological properties of a dense atomic lattice gas.

LLAMA: nuclear stellar properties of Swift-BAT AGN and matched inactive galaxies (2017)
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Lin, M., Davies, R., Hicks, E., Burtscher, L., Contursi, A., Genzel, R., …Veilleux, S. (2018). LLAMA: nuclear stellar properties of Swift-BAT AGN and matched inactive galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473(4), 4582-4611. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2618

In a complete sample of local 14–195 keV selected active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and inactive galaxies, matched by their host galaxy properties, we study the spatially resolved stellar kinematics and luminosity distributions at near-infrared wavelengt... Read More about LLAMA: nuclear stellar properties of Swift-BAT AGN and matched inactive galaxies.

Stacked average far-infrared spectrum of dusty dtar-forming galaxies from the Herschel/SPIRE Fourier Transform Spectrometer (2017)
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Wilson, D., Cooray, A., Nayyeri, H., Bonato, M., Bradford, C. M., Clements, D. L., …Wardlow, J. (2017). Stacked average far-infrared spectrum of dusty dtar-forming galaxies from the Herschel/SPIRE Fourier Transform Spectrometer. Astrophysical Journal, 848(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa8cc7

We present stacked average far-infrared spectra of a sample of 197 dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) at $0.005\lt z\lt 4$ using about 90% of the Herschel Space Observatory SPIRE Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) extragalactic data archive based... Read More about Stacked average far-infrared spectrum of dusty dtar-forming galaxies from the Herschel/SPIRE Fourier Transform Spectrometer.

The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey: definition and J-band data release (2017)
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Dye, S., Lawrence, A., Read, M., Fan, X., Kerr, T., Varricatt, W., …Tedds, J. (2018). The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey: definition and J-band data release. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473(4), 5113-5125. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2622

This paper defines the UK Infra-Red Telescope (UKIRT) Hemisphere Survey (UHS) and release of the remaining ∼12 700 deg2 of J-band survey data products. The UHS will provide continuous J- and K-band coverage in the Northern hemisphere from a declinati... Read More about The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey: definition and J-band data release.

Electrochemistry and spectroelectrochemistry of polymers based on D-A-D and D-D-D bis( N -carbazolyl) monomers, effect of the donor/acceptor core on their properties (2017)
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Pander, P., Swist, A., Zassowski, P., Soloducho, J., Lapkowski, M., & Data, P. (2017). Electrochemistry and spectroelectrochemistry of polymers based on D-A-D and D-D-D bis( N -carbazolyl) monomers, effect of the donor/acceptor core on their properties. Electrochimica Acta, 257, 192-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.10.023

In this work we present electropolymerization of monomers of an unusual type using N-linked carbazole units to limit their conjugation. The polymers thus obtained have limited conjugation through the backbone. Using donor-acceptor-donor (D-A-D) and d... Read More about Electrochemistry and spectroelectrochemistry of polymers based on D-A-D and D-D-D bis( N -carbazolyl) monomers, effect of the donor/acceptor core on their properties.

Higgs pair production at NLO QCD for CP-violating Higgs sectors (2017)
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Gröber, R., Mühlleitner, M., & Spira, M. (2017). Higgs pair production at NLO QCD for CP-violating Higgs sectors. Nuclear Physics B, 925, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2017.10.002

Higgs pair production through gluon fusion is an important process at the LHC to test the dynamics underlying electroweak symmetry breaking. Higgs sectors beyond the Standard Model (SM) can substantially modify this cross section through novel coupli... Read More about Higgs pair production at NLO QCD for CP-violating Higgs sectors.

Window for preferred axion models (2017)
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Di Luzio, L., Mescia, F., & Nardi, E. (2017). Window for preferred axion models. Physical Review D, 96(7), Article 075003. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.96.075003

We discuss phenomenological criteria for defining “axion windows,” namely regions in the parameter space of the axion-photon coupling where realistic models live. Currently, the boundaries of this region depend on somewhat arbitrary criteria, and it... Read More about Window for preferred axion models.

Strong Coupling of Microwave Photons to Antiferromagnetic Fluctuations in an Organic Magnet (2017)
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Mergenthaler, M., Liu, J., Le Roy, J. J., Ares, N., Thompson, A. L., Bogani, L., …Laird, E. A. (2017). Strong Coupling of Microwave Photons to Antiferromagnetic Fluctuations in an Organic Magnet. Physical Review Letters, 119(14), Article 147701. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.119.147701

Coupling between a crystal of di(phenyl)-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)iminoazanium radicals and a superconducting microwave resonator is investigated in a circuit quantum electrodynamics (circuit QED) architecture. The crystal exhibits paramagnetic behavior... Read More about Strong Coupling of Microwave Photons to Antiferromagnetic Fluctuations in an Organic Magnet.

Field-Induced Instability of a Gapless Spin Liquid with a Spinon Fermi Surface (2017)
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Gomilšek, M., Klanjšek, M., Žitko, R., Pregelj, M., Bert, F., Mendels, P., …Zorko, A. (2017). Field-Induced Instability of a Gapless Spin Liquid with a Spinon Fermi Surface. Physical Review Letters, 119(13), Article 137205. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.119.137205

The ground state of the quantum kagome antiferromagnet Zn-brochantite, ZnCu3ðOHÞ6SO4, which is one of only a few known spin-liquid (SL) realizations in two or three dimensions, has been described as a gapless SL with a spinon Fermi surface. Employing... Read More about Field-Induced Instability of a Gapless Spin Liquid with a Spinon Fermi Surface.