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2024.06.26
Revealing Dark Matter under the Lens
Unveiling the true nature of Dark Matter (DM), which manifests itself only through gravity, is one of the principal quests in physics. Leading candidates for DM are weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) or ultralight bosons (axions), at opposite extremes in mass scales, that have been postulated by competing theories to solve deficiencies in the Standard Model of particle physics. Wherea...
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2024.06.25
Probing Cosmic Reionization with JWST/NIRSpec Ly Observations
The JWST is ushering in a new era of observing galaxies in the reionization era, providing us new insights into this last major phase transition of the Universe. The Ly-alpha emission from young star forming galaxies, which is sensitive to the presence of neutral HI along the line of sight, has been used as an important probe of the reionization process. JWST/NIRSpec offers spectroscopic capabi...
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2024.06.24
Photoionization models with turbulent structures
Turbulence features ubiquitously in the interstellar medium, especially in the high-redshift Universe. Photoionization models with turbulent ISM density fields can predict nebular emission lines more realistically than the former uniform density/pressure photoionization models. In this talk, we will briefly introduce a turbulent photoionization model grid created by the cutting-edge 3D Monte Ca...
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2024.06.21
Granulation in Red Supergiants: The Scaling Relations
Granulations are structures characterized by convection cells reaching the stellar surface and are well-known through observations of the Sun. However, similar granulation structures may also be present on the surfaces of the largest and brightest cool stars in the Universe—the red supergiants (RSGs)—potentially serving as the primary mechanism of their irregular light variations. As predicte...
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2024.06.20
Towards a Unified Story for Planet Formation
While the exoplanetary field is replete with remarkable discoveries, perhaps the two most intriguing findings have been the detection of hot Jupiters – giant planets orbiting perilously close to their parent stars, and the startling abundance of super-Earths. The mere existence of these worlds was wholly unpredicted based on the expectations that were gleaned from centuries of observation of o...
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