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Observations Of Particle Loss Due To Injection-Associated Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves, Hyomin Kim, Quintin Schiller, Mark J. Engebretson, Sungjun Noh, Ilya Kuzichev, Louis J. Lanzerotti, Andrew J. Gerrard, Khan Hyuk Kim, Marc R. Lessard, Harlan E. Spence, Dae Young Lee, Jürgen Matzka, Tanja Fromm

Faculty Authored Articles

We report on observations of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves and their interactions with injected ring current particles and high energy radiation belt electrons. The magnetic field experiment aboard the twin Van Allen Probes spacecraft measured EMIC waves near L = 5.5–6. Particle data from the spacecraft show that the waves were associated with particle injections. The wave activity was also observed by a ground-based magnetometer near the spacecraft geomagnetic footprint over a more extensive temporal range. Phase space density profiles, calculated from directional differential electron flux data from Van Allen Probes, show that there was a significant energy-dependent relativistic …

Identification Of A Local Sample Of Gamma-Ray Bursts Consistent With A Magnetar Giant Flare Origin, E. Burns, D. Svinkin, K Hurley, Z. Wadiasingh, M. Negro, G. Younes, R. Hamburg, A. Ridnaia, D. Cook, S. B. Cenko, R. Aloisi, G. Ashton, M. Baring, M. S. Briggs, N. Christensen, D. Frederiks, A. Goldstein, C. M. Hui, D. L. Kaplan, M. M. Kasliwal, D. Kocevski, O. J. Roberts, V. Savchenko, A. Tohuvavohu, P. Veres, C. A. Wilson-Hodge

Faculty Publications

Cosmological gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are known to arise from distinct progenitor channels: short GRBs mostly from neutron star mergers and long GRBs from a rare type of core-collapse supernova (CCSN) called collapsars. Highly magnetized neutron stars called magnetars also generate energetic, short-duration gamma-ray transients called magnetar giant flares (MGFs). Three have been observed from the Milky Way and its satellite galaxies, and they have long been suspected to constitute a third class of extragalactic GRBs. We report the unambiguous identification of a distinct population of four local (<5 Mpc) short GRBs, adding GRB 070222 to previously discussed events. While identified solely based on alignment with nearby star-forming galaxies, their rise time and isotropic energy release are independently inconsistent with the larger short GRB population at >99.9% confidence. These properties, the host galaxies, and nondetection in gravitational waves …

Anomalous Dimensions From Gauge Couplings In Smeft With Right-Handed Neutrinos, Alakabha Datta, Jacky Kumar, Hongkai Liu, Danny Marfatia

Faculty and Student Publications

Standard Model Neutrino Effective Field Theory (SMNEFT) is an effective theory with Standard Model (SM) gauge-invariant operators constructed only from SM and right-handed neutrino fields. For the full set of dimension-six SMNEFT operators, we present the gauge coupling terms of the one-loop anomalous dimension matrix for renormalization group evolution (RGE) of the Wilson coefficients between a new physics scale and the electroweak scale. We find that the SMNEFT operators can be divided into five subsets which are closed under RGE. Our results apply for both Dirac and Majorana neutrinos. We also discuss the operator mixing pattern numerically and comment on …

Observing The Changing Surface Structures Of The Active K Giant Σ Geminorum With Song★, Heidi Korhonen, Rachael M. Roettenbacher, Shenghong Gu, Frank Grundahl, Mads Fredslund Andersen, Gregory W. Henry, Jens Jessen-Hansen, Victoria L. Antoci, P. L. Pallé

Information Systems and Engineering Management Research Publications

Aims. We aim to study the spot evolution and differential rotation in the magnetically active cool K-type giant star σ Gem from broadband photometry and continuous spectroscopic observations that span 150 nights.

Methods. We use high-resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio spectra obtained with the Hertzsprung SONG telescope to reconstruct surface (photospheric) temperature maps with Doppler imaging techniques. The 303 observations span 150 nights and allow for a detailed analysis of the spot evolution and surface differential rotation. The Doppler imaging results are compared to simultaneous broadband photometry from the Tennessee State University T3 0.4 m Automated Photometric Telescope. The activity from …

Tess Discovery Of A Super-Earth And Three Sub-Neptunes Hosted By The Bright, Sun-Like Star Hd 108236, T. Daylan, K. Pinglé, J. Wright, M. N. Günther, K. G. Stassun, S. R. Kane, A. Vanderburg, D. Jontof-Hutter, J. E. Rodriguez, A. Shporer, C. X. Huang, T. Mikal-Evans, M. Badenas-Agusti, K. A. Collins, B. V. Rackham, S. N. Quinn, R. Cloutier, K. I. Collins, P. Guerra, Eric L.N. Jensen, J. F. Kielkopf, B. Massey, R. P. Schwarz, D. Charbonneau, J. J. Lissauer, J. M. Irwin, Ö Baştürk, B. Fulton, A. Soubkiou, B. Zouhair, S. B. Howell, C. Ziegler, C. Briceño, N. Law, A. W. Mann, N. Scott, E. Furlan, D. R. Ciardi, R. Matson, C. Hellier, D. R. Anderson, R. P. Butler, J. D. Crane, J. K. Teske, S. A. Shectman, M. H. Kristiansen, I. A. Terentev, H. M. Schwengeler, G. R. Ricker, R. Vanderspek, S. Seager, J. N. Winn, J. M. Jenkins, Z. K. Berta-Thompson, L. G. Bouma, W. Fong, G. Furesz, C. E. Henze, E. H. Morgan, E. Quintana, E. B. Ting, J. D. Twicken

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Works

We report the discovery and validation of four extrasolar planets hosted by the nearby, bright, Sun-like (G3V) star HD 108236 using data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). We present transit photometry, reconnaissance, and precise Doppler spectroscopy, as well as high-resolution imaging, to validate the planetary nature of the objects transiting HD 108236, also known as the TESS Object of Interest (TOI) 1233. The innermost planet is a possibly rocky super-Earth with a period of ${3.79523}_{-0.00044}^{+0.00047}$days and has a radius of 1.586 ± 0.098 R⊕. The outer planets are sub-Neptunes, with potential gaseous envelopes, having radii of ${2.068}_{-0.091}^{+0.10}$R⊕, 2.72 …

Tess Hunt For Young And Maturing Exoplanets (Thyme). Iv. Three Small Planets Orbiting A 120 Myr Old Star In The Pisces–Eridanus Stream, E. R. Newton, A. W. Mann, A. L. Kraus, J. H. Livingston, A. Vanderburg, J. L. Curtis, P. C. Thao, K. Hawkins, M. L. Wood, A. C. Rizzuto, A. Soubkiou, B. M. Tofflemire, G. Zhou, I. J. M. Crossfield, L. A. Pearce, K. A. Collins, D. M. Conti, T.-G. Tan, S. Villanueva, A. Spencer, D. Dragomir, S. M. Quinn, Eric L.N. Jensen, K. I. Collins, C. Stockdale, R. Cloutier, C. Hellier, Z. Benkhaldoun, C. Ziegler, C. Briceño, N. Law, B. Benneke, J. L. Christiansen, V. Gorjian, S. R. Kane, L. Kreidberg, F. Y. Morales, M. W. Werner, J. D. Twicken, A. M. Levine, D. R. Ciardi, N. M. Guerrero, K. Hesse, E. V. Quintana, B. Shiao, J. C. Smith, G. Torres, G. R. Ricker, R. Vanderspek, S. Seager, J. N. Winn, J. M. Jenkins, D. W. Latham

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Works

Young exoplanets can offer insight into the evolution of planetary atmospheres, compositions, and architectures. We present the discovery of the young planetary system TOI 451 (TIC 257605131, Gaia DR2 4844691297067063424). TOI 451 is a member of the 120 Myr old Pisces–Eridanus stream (Psc–Eri). We confirm membership in the stream with its kinematics, its lithium abundance, and the rotation and UV excesses of both TOI 451 and its wide-binary companion, TOI 451 B (itself likely an M-dwarf binary). We identified three candidate planets transiting in the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite data and followed up the signals with photometry from Spitzer and …

The Tess-Keck Survey. Ii. An Ultra-Short-Period Rocky Planet And Its Siblings Transiting The Galactic Thick-Disk Star Toi-561, L. M. Weiss, F. Dai, D. Huber, J. M. Brewer, K. A. Collins, D. R. Ciardi, E. C. Matthews, C. Ziegler, S. B. Howell, N. M. Batalha, I. J. M. Crossfield, C. Dressing, B. Fulton, A. W. Howard, H. Isaacson, S. R. Kane, E. A. Petigura, P. Robertson, A. Roy, R. A. Rubenzahl, J. D. Twicken, Z. R. Claytor, K. G. Stassun, M. G. Macdougall, A. Chontos, S. Giacalone, P. A. Dalba, T. Mocnik, M. L. Hill, C. Beard, J. M. Akana Murphy, L. J. Rosenthal, A. Behmard, J. Van Zandt, J. Lubin, M. R. Kosiarek, M. B. Lund, J. L. Christiansen, R. A. Matson, C. A. Beichman, J. E. Schlieder, E. J. Gonzales, C. Briceño, N. Law, A. W. Mann, K. I. Collins, P. Evans, A. Fukui, Eric L.N. Jensen, F. Murgas, N. Narita, E. Palle, H. Parviainen, R. P. Schwarz, T.-G. Tan, J. S. Acton, P. Eigmüller, J. Jenkins, G. Ricker, S. Seager, J. N. Winn

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Works

We report the discovery of TOI-561, a multiplanet system in the galactic thick disk that contains a rocky, ultra-short-period planet. This bright (V = 10.2) star hosts three small transiting planets identified in photometry from the NASA TESS mission: TOI-561 b (TOI-561.02, P = 0.44 days, Rp = 1.45 ± 0.11 R⊕), c (TOI-561.01, P = 10.8 days, Rp = 2.90 ± 0.13 R⊕), and d (TOI-561.03, P = 16.3 days, Rp = 2.32 ± 0.16 R⊕). The star is chemically ([Fe/H] = −0.41 ± 0.05, [α/Fe] = +0.23 ± 0.05) and kinematically consistent with the galactic thick-disk population, making …

Toi-954 B And K2-329 B: Short-Period Saturn-Mass Planets That Test Whether Irradiation Leads To Inflation, L. Sha, C. X. Huang, A. Shporer, J. E. Rodriguez, A. Vanderburg, R. Brahm, J. Hagelberg, E. C. Matthews, C. Ziegler, J. H. Livingston, K. G. Stassun, D. J. Wright, J. D. Crane, N. Espinoza, F. Bouchy, G. Á. Bakos, K. A. Collins, G. Zhou, A. Bieryla, J. D. Hartman, R. A. Wittenmyer, L. D. Nielsen, P. Plavchan, D. Bayliss, P. Sarkis, T.-G. Tan, R. Cloutier, L. Mancini, A. Jordán, S. Wang, T. Henning, N. Narita, K. Penev, J. K. Teske, S. R. Kane, A. W. Mann, B. C. Addison, M. Tamura, J. Horner, M. Barbieri, J. A. Burt, M. R. Díaz, I. J. M. Crossfield, D. Dragomir, H. Drass, A. D. Feinstein, H. Zhang, R. Hart, J. F. Kielkopf, Eric L.N. Jensen, B. T. Montet, G. Ottoni, R. P. Schwarz, F. Rojas, D. Nespral, P. Torres, M. W. Mengel, S. Udry, A. Zapata, E. Snoddy, J. Okumura, G. R. Ricker, R. K. Vanderspek, D. W. Latham, J. N. Winn, S. Seager, J. M. Jenkins, K. D. Colón, C. E. Henze, A. Krishnamurthy, E. B. Ting, M. Vezie, S. Villanueva

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Works

We report the discovery of two short-period Saturn-mass planets, one transiting the G subgiant TOI-954 (TIC 44792534, V = 10.343, T = 9.78) observed in TESS sectors 4 and 5 and one transiting the G dwarf K2-329 (EPIC 246193072, V = 12.70, K = 10.67) observed in K2 campaigns 12 and 19. We confirm and characterize these two planets with a variety of ground-based archival and follow-up observations, including photometry, reconnaissance spectroscopy, precise radial velocity, and high-resolution imaging. Combining all available data, we find that TOI-954 b has a radius of ${0.852}_{-0.062}^{+0.053}\,{R}_{{\rm{J}}}$and a mass of ${0.174}_{-0.017}^{+0.018}$MJ and is in a …

Carbon Combustion Synthesis Of Janus-Like Particles Of Magnetoelectric Cobalt Ferrite And Barium Titanate, Carlos Trevino De Leo, Gamage Chamath Dannangoda, Mkhitar A. Hobosyan, J. T. Held, F. Safi Samghabadi, Mohammad Khodadadi, Dmitri Litvinov, K. A. Mkhoyan, Karen S. Martirosyan

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications and Presentations

Carbon combustion synthesis of oxides was applied for quick and energy efficient production of multiferroic composite of cobalt ferrite and barium titanate to form Janus-like particles matrix structure. The exothermic oxidation of carbon nanoparticles with an average size of 5 nm and a specific surface area of 110 m2/g generates a self-propagating thermal wave with peak temperature of up to 1000 °C. The thermal front rapidly propagates through the mixture of solid reactants (magnetic- CoFe2O4 and ferroelectric-BaTiO3) and results in localized hot-spot sintering of magneto-electric phases to form a nanocomposite structure. Carbon is not incorporated in the product and is …

Kozai–Lidov Oscillations Triggered By A Tilt Instability Of Detached Circumplanetary Discs, Rebecca G. Martin, Zhaohuan Zhu, Philip J. Armitage, Chao-Chin Yang, Hans Baehr

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research

Circumplanetary discs can be linearly unstable to the growth of disc tilt in the tidal potential of the star–planet system. We use 3D hydrodynamical simulations to characterize the disc conditions needed for instability, together with its long-term evolution. Tilt growth occurs for disc aspect ratios, evaluated near the disc outer edge, of H/r ≳ 0.05, with a weak dependence on viscosity in the wave-like regime of warp propagation. Lower mass giant planets are more likely to have circumplanetary discs that satisfy the conditions for instability. We show that the tilt instability can excite the inclination to above the threshold where …

Toward An Understanding Of High-Mass Gamma-Ray Binaries: An Investigation Using Current Observatories And The Development Of A Future Gev Instrument, Zachary Daniel Hughes

Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The current generation of gamma-ray instruments have produced a treasure trove of astrophysical discoveries. Among them are a new class of objects tentatively designated high-mass gamma-ray binaries (HMGBs). Thought to be systems containing the colliding wind of a massive star and a young pulsar, these objects are distinguished by emission >1 MeV dominating their spectral energy distributions. We present a multiwavelength study of a newly detected gamma-ray source, HESS J1844-030, utilizing Chandra, Fermi, and VERITAS to show that its spatial, spectral, and flux variability properties are compatible with a classification as a HMGB. The current generation of instruments have identified …

Galaxy And Mass Assembly: Group And Field Galaxy Morphologies In The Star-Formation Rate - Stellar Mass Plane, W. J. Pearson, L. Wang, S. Brough, Benne Holwerda, A. M. Hopkins, J. Loveday

Faculty Scholarship

Aims. We study the environment in which a galaxy lies (i.e. field or group) and its connection with the morphology of the galaxy. This is done by examining the distribution of parametric and non-parametric statistics across the star-formation rate (SFR) - stellar mass (M?) plane and studying how these distributions change with the environment in the local universe (z < 0.15). Methods. We determine the concentration (C), Gini, M20, asymmetry, Gini-M20 bulge statistic (GMB), 50% light radius (r50), total Sérsic index, and bulge Sérsic index (nBulge) for galaxies from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey using optical images from the Kilo Degree Survey. We determine the galaxy environment using the GAMA group catalogue and split the galaxies into field or group galaxies. The group galaxies are further divided by the group halo mass (Mh) - 11 ≤ log(Mh /M*) < 12, 12 ≤ log(Mh /M*) < 13, and 13 ≤ log(Mh /M*) < 14 - and into central and satellite galaxies. The galaxies in each of these samples are then placed onto the SFR-M? plane, and each parameter is used as a third dimension. We fit the resulting distributions for each parameter in each sample using two two-dimensional Gaussian distributions: one for star-forming galaxies and one for quiescent galaxies. The coefficients of these Gaussian fits are then compared between environments. Results. Using C and r50, we find that galaxies typically become larger as the group mass increases. This change is greater for larger galaxies. There is no indication that galaxies are typically more or less clumpy as the environment changes. Using GMB and nBulge , we see that the star-forming galaxies do not become more bulge or disk dominated as the group mass changes. Asymmetry does not appear to be greatly influenced by environment.

Evidence Of The Four-Quark Nature Of F0 (980) And F0 (500), N. N. Achasov, J. V. Bennett, A. V. Kiselev, E. A. Kozyrev, G. N. Shestakov

Faculty and Student Publications

There exists a great deal of concrete evidence in favor of the exotic four-quark nature of light scalars. At the same time, the further expansion of the area of the q2q¯2 model validity for light scalars on ever new processes seems extremely interesting and important. We analyze the BESIII data on the decay J/ψ→γπ0π0 and show that the results of this high-statistics experiment can be interpreted in favor of the four-quark nature of light scalar mesons f0(980) and f0(500).

Concentrated Lunar Resources: Imminent Implications For Governance And Justice, Martin Elvis, Alanna Krolikowski, Tony Milligan

History and Political Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Numerous missions planned for the next decade are likely to target a handful of small sites of interest on the Moon's surface, creating risks of crowding and interference at these locations. The Moon presents finite and scarce areas with rare topography or concentrations of resources of special value. Locations of interest to science, notably for astronomy, include the Peaks of Eternal Light, the coldest of the cold traps and smooth areas on the far side. Regions richest in physical resources could also be uniquely suited to settlement and commerce. Such sites of interest are both few and small. Typically, there …

Search For Slow Magnetic Monopoles With The Nova Detector On The Surface, M. A. Acero, P. Adamson, L. Aliaga, T. Alion, V. Allakhverdian, N. Anfimov, A. Antoshkin, E. Arrieta-Diaz, L. Asquith, A. Aurisano, A. Back, C. Backhouse, M. Biard, N. Balashov, P. Baldi, B. A. Bambah, S. Bashar, K. Bays, S. Bending, R. Bernstein, Roberto Petti, Et. Al.

Faculty Publications

We report a search for a magnetic monopole component of the cosmic-ray flux in a 95-day exposure of the NOvA experiment’s Far Detector, a 14 kt segmented liquid scintillator detector designed primarily to observe GeV-scale electron neutrinos. No events consistent with monopoles were observed, setting an upper limit on the flux of 2 × 10⁻¹⁴ cm⁻² s⁻¹ sr⁻¹ at 90% C.L. for monopole speed 6 × 10⁻⁴ < β < 5 × 10⁻³ and mass greater than 5 × 10⁸ GeV. Because of NOvA’s small overburden of 3 meters-water equivalent, this constraint covers a previously unexplored low-mass region.

The Hubble Pancet Program: A Metal-Rich Atmosphere For The Inflated Hot Jupiter Hat-P-41b, Kyle B. Sheppard, Luis Welbanks, Avi M. Mandell, Nikku Madhusudhan, Nikolay Nikolov, Drake Deming, Gregory W. Henry, Michael H. Williamson, David K. Sing, Mercedes López-Morales, Jegug Ih, Jorge Sanz-Forcada, Panayotis Lavvas, Gilda E. Ballester, Thomas M. Evans, Antonio García Muñoz, Leonardo A. Dos Santos

Information Systems and Engineering Management Research Publications

We present a comprehensive analysis of the 0.3–5 μm transit spectrum for the inflated hot Jupiter HAT-P-41b. The planet was observed in transit with Hubble STIS and WFC3 as part of the Hubble Panchromatic Comparative Exoplanet Treasury (PanCET) program, and we combine those data with warm Spitzer transit observations. We extract transit depths from each of the data sets, presenting the STIS transit spectrum (0.29–0.93 μm) for the first time. We retrieve the transit spectrum both with a free-chemistry retrieval suite (AURA) and a complementary chemical equilibrium retrieval suite (PLATON) to constrain the atmospheric properties at the day–night terminator. Both …

Performance Evaluation Of Uavsar And Simulated Nisar Data For Crop/Noncrop Classification Over Stoneville, Ms, Simon Kraatz, S. Rose, M. H. Cosh, N. Torbick, X. Huang, P. Siquiera

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publication Series

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data are well-suited for change detection over agricultural fields, owing to high spatiotemporal resolution and sensitivity to soil and vegetation. The goal of this work is to evaluate the science algorithm for the NASA ISRO SAR (NISAR) Cropland Area product using data collected by NASA's airborne Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle SAR (UAVSAR) platform and the simulated NISAR data derived from it. This study uses mode 129, which is to be used for global-scale mapping. The mode consists of an upper (129A) and lower band (129B), respectively having bandwidths of 20 and 5 MHz. This work uses 129A …

Hunting For Isolated Warm Gas Clouds In The Virgo Cluster Of Galaxies, Nichelle Grabowski

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

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New Precise Spectroscopy Of The Hyperfine Structure In Muonium With A High-Intensity Pulsed Muon Beam, S. Kanda, Y. Fukao, Y. Ikedo, K. Ishida, M. Iwasaki, D. Kawall, N. Kawamura, K. M. Kojima, N. Kurosawa, Y. Matsuda

Physics Department Faculty Publication Series

A hydrogen-like atom consisting of a positive muon and an electron is known as muonium. It is a near-ideal two-body system for a precision test of bound-state theory and fundamental symmetries. The MuSEUM collaboration performed a new precision measurement of the muonium ground-state hyperfine structure at J-PARC using a high-intensity pulsed muon beam and a high-rate capable positron counter. The resonance of hyperfine transition was successfully observed at a near-zero magnetic field, and the muonium hyperfine structure interval of nu(HFS) = 4.463302(4) GHz was obtained with a relative precision of 0.9 ppm. The result was consistent with the previous ones …

Spectral Properties Of Lunar Impact Melt Deposits From Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) Data, Catherine Neish, Kevin Cannon, Livio Tornabene, Roberta Flemming, Michael Zanetti, Eric Pilles

Earth Sciences Publications

Lunar impact melt deposits have unusual surface properties, unlike any measured terrestrial lava flow. Radar observations suggest that they are incredibly rough at decimeter scales, but they appear smooth in high-resolution, meter-scale optical images. The cause of their unusual surface roughness is unknown. In this work, we investigate the properties of impact melt deposits from seven lunar craters, ranging in size from 7.5 to 96 km in diameter, in an effort to understand the cause of their unique surface texture. We use data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s (LRO) Mini-RF instrument to characterize the small-scale roughness of the deposits, data …