…more accurate galaxy properties and 2) problems with model simplicity or inflexibility can be mitigated by considering more complex models alongside thoughtful priors to avoid degeneracies between model parameters. Bio:…

…Cripe, and Thomas Corbitt of Louisiana State University; and Garrett Cole, David Follman, and Paula Heu of Crystalline Mirror Solutions in Santa Barbara, California. A cold “showstopper” A laser contains…

…Lanza and Adam Libson at MIT; Torrey Cullen, Jonathan Cripe, and Thomas Corbitt of Louisiana State University; and Garrett Cole, David Follman, and Paula Heu of Crystalline Mirror Solutions in…

…theory hints at the existence of a smallest possible length, the Planck length. Number theory provides an alternative to the real numbers known as the p-adic numbers. Recent work has…

At the end of June, after more than 6+ months of testing at NE83, the TESS flight delivery cameras were delivered to Lincoln Lab, who then sent them to Orbital/ATK…

…an infinite number of geometrical measures termed fractals (Mandelbrot, 1977). For example, the fluctuating behavior of the interacting current filaments depicting the solar wind turbulence as shown in the accompanying…

Heavier than the Sun, Smaller than a City: The Neutron Star Dr. Paul Hemphill, 1:30-2:00pm Abstract: Neutron stars are some of the most extreme objects in the known Universe….

…“Democratizing quantum mechanics” Phonons, the individual particles of vibration described by quantum mechanics, are also associated with heat. For instance, when a crystal, made from orderly lattices of interconnected atoms,…

…“Democratizing quantum mechanics” Phonons, the individual particles of vibration described by quantum mechanics, are also associated with heat. For instance, when a crystal, made from orderly lattices of interconnected atoms,…

…of FRBs. Their recent open-access publication in The Astrophysical Journal reports the discovery of 25 new repeating FRB sources, doubling the known number of these phenomena known to scientists to…