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String Theory Bounds on the Cosmological Constant, the Higgs Mass, and the Quark and Lepton Masses
(MDPI, 2023-08-28)In this paper, we elaborate on the new understanding of the cosmological constant and the gauge hierarchy problems in the context of string theory in its metastring formulation, based on the concepts of modular spacetime ... -
Probing new physics at DUNE operating in a beam-dump mode
(American Physical Society, 2023-03)In this work we demonstrate that a future accelerator-based neutrino experiment such as DUNE can greatly increase its sensitivity to a variety of new physics scenarios by operating in a mode where the proton beam impinges ... -
Gravity-improved metastability bounds for the Type-I seesaw mechanism
(2023-09-22)Right-handed neutrinos (RHN) destabilize the electroweak vacuum by increasing its decay rate. In the SM, the latter is dominated by physics at the RG scale at which λ reaches its minimum, 𝜇SM∗ ∼ 1017 GeV. For large neutrino ... -
Region-specified inverse design of absorption and scattering in nanoparticles by using machine learning
(IOP Publishing, 2023-04)Machine learning provides a promising platform for both forward modeling and the inverse design of photonic structures. Relying on a data-driven approach, machine learning is especially appealing for situations when it is ... -
Error statistics and scalability of quantum error mitigation formulas
(Nature Portfolio, 2023-04)Quantum computing promises advantages over classical computing in many problems. Nevertheless, noise in quantum devices prevents most quantum algorithms from achieving the quantum advantage. Quantum error mitigation provides ... -
Three-dimensional orbifolds by 2-groups
(2023-08-21)In this paper we generalize previous work on decomposition in three-dimensional orbifolds by 2-groups realized as analogues of central extensions, to orbifolds by more general 2-groups. We describe the computation of such ... -
Biologically relevant small variations of intra-cellular pH can have significant effect on stability of protein-DNA complexes, including the nucleosome
(Frontiers, 2023-04)Stability of a protein-ligand complex may be sensitive to pH of its environment. Here we explore, computationally, stability of a set of protein-nucleic acid complexes using fundamental thermodynamic linkage relationship. ... -
Decomposition, trivially-acting symmetries, and topological operators
(American Physical Society, 2023-04)Trivially-acting symmetries in two-dimensional conformal field theory include twist fields of dimension zero which are local topological operators. We investigate the consequences of regarding these operators as part of ... -
Reconstruction of interactions in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector with Pandora
(2023-07-14)The Pandora Software Development Kit and algorithm libraries provide pattern-recognition logic essential to the reconstruction of particle interactions in liquid argon time projection chamber detectors. Pandora is the ... -
Borexino’s search for low-energy neutrinos associated with gravitational wave events from GWTC-3 database
(2023-06-26)The search for neutrino events in correlation with gravitational wave (GW) events for three observing runs (O1, O2 and O3) from 09/2015 to 03/2020 has been performed using the Borexino data-set of the same period. We have ... -
Naturalistic Hyperscanning with Wearable Magnetoencephalography
(MDPI, 2023-06-09)The evolution of human cognitive function is reliant on complex social interactions which form the behavioural foundation of who we are. These social capacities are subject to dramatic change in disease and injury; yet ... -
Perturbative field-theoretical analysis of three-species cyclic predator-prey models
(IOP Publishing, 2023-06)We apply a perturbative Doi-Peliti field-theoretical analysis to the stochastic spatially extended symmetric Rock-paper-Scissors (RPS) and May-Leonard (ML) models, in which three species compete cyclically. Compared to the ... -
Strong interactions between highly dynamic lamina-associated domains and the nuclear envelope stabilize the 3D architecture of Drosophila interphase chromatin
(2023-05-30)Background Interactions among topologically associating domains (TADs), and between the nuclear envelope (NE) and lamina-associated domains (LADs) are expected to shape various aspects of three-dimensional ... -
Measurement of isotopic separation of argon with the prototype of the cryogenic distillation plant Aria for dark matter searches
(2023-05-31)The Aria cryogenic distillation plant, located in Sardinia, Italy, is a key component of the DarkSide-20k experimental program for WIMP dark matter searches at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. Aria is ... -
Facile Implementation of Antimicrobial Coatings through Adhesive Films (Wraps) Demonstrated with Cuprous Oxide Coatings
(MDPI, 2023-05-17)Antimicrobial coatings have a finite lifetime because of wear, depletion of the active ingredient, or surface contamination that produces a barrier between the pathogen and the active ingredient. The limited lifetime means ... -
Multilayer Graphene as an Endoreversible Otto Engine
(MDPI, 2023-05-05)We examine the performance of a finite-time, endoreversible Otto heat engine with a working medium of monolayer or multilayered graphene subjected to an external magnetic field. As the energy spectrum of multilayer graphene ... -
Phafins Are More Than Phosphoinositide-Binding Proteins
(MDPI, 2023-04-30)Phafins are PH (Pleckstrin Homology) and FYVE (Fab1, YOTB, Vac1, and EEA1) domain-containing proteins. The Phafin protein family is classified into two groups based on their sequence homology and functional similarity: ... -
The Andromeda gamma-ray excess: background systematics of the millisecond pulsars and dark matter interpretations
(Oxford University Press, 2022-09)Since the discovery of an excess in gamma rays in the direction of M31, its cause has been unclear. Published interpretations focus on dark matter or stellar related origins. Studies of a similar excess in the Milky Way ... -
Search for low mass dark matter in DarkSide-50: the bayesian network approach
(2023-04-24)We present a novel approach for the search of dark matter in the DarkSide-50 experiment, relying on Bayesian Networks. This method incorporates the detector response model into the likelihood function, explicitly maintaining ... -
Neutrino portals, terrestrial upscattering, and atmospheric neutrinos
(American Physical Society, 2022-11)We consider the upscattering of atmospheric neutrinos in the interior of Earth producing heavy neutral leptons (HNLs) which subsequently decay inside large volume detectors (e.g., Super-Kamiokande or DUNE). We compute the ...