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Submissions from 2024

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Constraints on metastable superheavy dark matter coupled to sterile neutrinos with the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Testing hadronic-model predictions of depth of maximum of air-shower profiles and ground-particle signals using hybrid data of the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Search for photons above 1018 eV by simultaneously measuring the atmospheric depth and the muon content of air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Constraining models for the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with a novel combined analysis of arrival directions, spectrum, and composition data measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Demonstrating Agreement between Radio and Fluorescence Measurements of the Depth of Maximum of Extensive Air Showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Radio measurements of the depth of air-shower maximum at the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Multiwavelength Investigation of γ-Ray Source MGRO J1908+06 Emission Using Fermi-LAT, VERITAS and HAWC, A. Acharyya, C. B. Adams, P. Bangale, et al.

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Windows on the Universe: Establishing the Infrastructure for a Collaborative Multi-messenger Ecosystem, Tomas Ahumada, Jennifer E. Andrews, Sarah Antier, et al.

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Observation of the Galactic Center PeVatron beyond 100 TeV with HAWC, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, et al.

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Performance of the HAWC Observatory and TeV Gamma-Ray Measurements of the Crab Nebula with Improved Extensive Air Shower Reconstruction Algorithms, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, et al.

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Search for decaying dark matter in the Virgo cluster of galaxies with HAWC, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, et al.

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Evidence for rapid variability at high energies in GRBs, E. Casey Aldrich and Robert J. Nemiroff

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Exploring the Coronal Magnetic Field with Galactic Cosmic Rays: The Sun Shadow Observed by HAWC, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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Galactic Gamma-Ray Diffuse Emission at TeV Energies with HAWC Data, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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Ultra-high-energy gamma-ray bubble around microquasar V4641 Sgr, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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Search for Joint Multimessenger Signals from Potential Galactic Cosmic-Ray Accelerators with HAWC and IceCube, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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Characterization of water-soluble inorganic ions and carbonaceous aerosols in the urban atmosphere in Amman, Jordan, Afnan Al-Hunaiti, Zaid Bakri, Xinyang Li, et al.

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Locally narrow droplet size distributions are ubiquitous in stratocumulus clouds, Nithin Allwayin, Michael L. Larsen, Susanne Glienke, et al.

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Droplet Growth or Evaporation does not Buffer the Variability in Supersaturation in Clean Clouds, Jesse Anderson, Ian Helman, Raymond Shaw, et al.

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Spin dependent tunneling and strain sensitivity in a Co2MnSb/HfIrSb magnetic tunneling junction: a first-principles study, Joydipto Bhattacharya, Ashima Rawat, Ranjit Pati, et al.

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Low-Frequency Raman Study of Large-Area Twisted Bilayers of WS2 Stacked by an Etchant-Free Transfer Method, Manpreet Boora, Yu Chuan Lin, Chen Chen, et al.

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Ion-induced cloud modulation through new particle formation and runaway cloud condensation nuclei production, Kamal Kant Chandrakar, Will Cantrell, and Raymond Shaw

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First-principles study of MXene properties with varying hydrofluoric acid concentration, Yi Zhi Chu, Megan Hoover, Patrick Ward, et al.

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First-principles study of hydrogen storage application of Ti3C2Tx monolayer MXene, Yi Zhi Chu and Kah Chun Lau

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A first-principles study of multilayer TiCT MXene model, Yi Zhi Chu and Kah Chun Lau

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Band structure reconfiguration and surface Faraday rotation in Bi-substituted iron garnets, Sushree Dash, Gregory Odegard, and Miguel Levy

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Machine learning techniques for intermediate mass gap lepton partner searches at the large hadron collider, Bhaskar Dutta, Tathagata Ghosh, Alyssa Horne, et al.

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Physical science research needed to evaluate the viability and risks of marine cloud brightening, Graham Feingold, Virendra P. Ghate, Lynn M. Russell, et al.

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Structural and optoelectronic properties of Zn1-x-yBexMgyTe/InP quaternary alloys: A theoretical study, Debankita Ghosh, Manish Debbarma, Ravindra Pandey, et al.

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Resolving the topology of encircling multiple exceptional points, Chitres Guria, Qi Zhong, Sahin Kaya Ozdemir, et al.

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Probing non-Hermitian zero modes in a nanophotonic trimer: From nonuniform to twisted coupling, Melissa Hedir, Kaiwen Ji, Juan Ariel Levenson, et al.

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Are adverse events during surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia device related? A review of the MAUDE database, Daniel J. Heidenberg, Ethan Nethery, Kevin M. Wymer, et al.

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Near-collapse of the geomagnetic field may have contributed to atmospheric oxygenation and animal radiation in the Ediacaran Period, Wentao Huang, John A. Tarduno, Tinghong Zhou, et al.

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Optical excitation of multiple standing spin modes in three-dimensional optomagnonic nanocavities, Daria O. Ignatyeva, Denis M. Krichevsky, Dolendra Karki, et al.

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Density functional theory study of the structure, stability, magnetic properties, and (hyper)polarizability of (sub-nm) rare-earth (RE) doped gold clusters: Au5RE with RE = Sc, Y, La-Lu, Mukesh Jakhar, Anil K. Kandalam, Ravindra Pandey, et al.

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Janus PtSSe-based van der Waals heterostructures for direct Z-scheme photocatalytic water splitting, Pooja Jamdagni, Ashok Kumar, Sunita Srivastava, et al.

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Sustainable solutions for clean water: Green synthesized Cu-Ag-Bimetallic nanoparticles based nano catalyst, Parvathalu Kalakonda, Anusha Bashitangu, Pritam Mandal, et al.

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Argyreia nervosa-driven biosynthesis of Cu-Ag bimetallic nanoparticles from plant leaves extract unveils enhanced antibacterial properties, Parvathalu Kalakonda, Rajitha Kathi, Merlinsheeba Gali Ligory, et al.

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Comparison of Multi-metallic Nanoparticles-Alternative Antibacterial Agent: Understanding the Role of Their Antibacterial Properties, Parvathalu Kalakonda, Pritam Mandal, Soujanya Laxmi Mynepally, et al.

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Eco-Friendly Fabrication of Silver Nanoparticles for Sustainable Water Purification and Antibacterial Synergy, Parvathalu Kalakonda, Mahesh Thodeti, Cheguveera Ganneboina, et al.

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Photoinduced Charge Transport Dynamics under the Influence of an Electric Field on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with a D−π-A Structure, Hemjot Kaur and Neetu Goel

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LUNAR: Automated Input Generation and Analysis for Reactive LAMMPS Simulations, Josh Kemppainen, Jacob R. Gissinger, S. Gowtham, et al.

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Simple formula for the Jones product and the Pancharatnam connection in optics, Dan Kestner and Alex Kostinski

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Experiment of Sea Breeze Convection, Aerosols, Precipitation and Environment (ESCAPE), Pavlos Kollias, Greg M. McFarquhar, Eric Bruning, et al.

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Deep space observations of conditionally averaged global reflectance patterns, Alexander Kostinski, Alexander Marshak, and Tamás Várnai

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Estimating Polarization Purity With Noise, Alex Kostinski, Dan Kestner, and Jothiram Vivekanandan

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First-principles study of gallenene-based nanogap architecture for DNA nucleobase identification, Kuldeep Kumar, Munish Sharma, and Ravindra Pandey

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Borophene/graphene heterostructure for effective hydrogen storage with facile dehydrogenation, Narender Kumar, Munish Sharma, Ravindra Pandey, et al.

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A JWST Survey of the Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A, Dan Milisavljevic, Tea Temim, Ilse De Looze, et al.

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In Situ Growth of CuBi2O4/Bi2O3 Z-Scheme Heterostructures for Bifunctional Photocatalytic Applications, Sneha Mondal, Lokanath Patra, Pugazhendi Ilanchezhiyan, et al.

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Light curve and hardness tests for millilensing in GRB 081122A, GRB 081126A, GRB 110517B, and GRB 210812A, Oindabi Mukherjee and Robert J. Nemiroff

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Light curve and hardness tests for millilensing in GRB 950830, GRB 090717A, and GRB 200716C, Oindabi Mukherjee and Robert J. Nemiroff

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Boron-doped graphene topological defects: unveiling high sensitivity to NO molecule for gas sensing applications, B. Keshav Rao, Tadeu Luiz Gomes Cabral, Debora Carvalho de Melo Rodrigues, et al.

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Strain and Substrate-Induced Electronic Properties of Novel Mixed Anion-Based 2D ScHX2 (X = I/Br) Semiconductors, Ashima Rawat and Ravindra Pandey

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First-principles study of the oxidation susceptibility of WS, WSe, and WTe monolayers, Ashima Rawat, Lokanath Patra, Ravindra Pandey, et al.

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A Micromechanical Study of Interactions of Cyanate Ester Monomer with Graphene or Boron Nitride Monolayer, Geeta Sachdeva, Álvaro Lobato, Ravindra Pandey, et al.

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Impact of Surface Defects on the Binding Strength of Anticorrosion 2D Nanomaterial Surface Coatings for UO2, Geeta Sachdeva, Gaoxue Wang, Enrique R. Batista, et al.

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Modeling the Subgrid-Scale Scalar Variance: A Priori Tests and Application to Supersaturation in Cloud Turbulence, Scott T. Salesky, Kendra Gillis, Jesse C. Anderson, et al.

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Breakdown of temporal-coupled-mode theory under multiple excitations with destructive interference, L. Simonson, S. Ozdemir, K. Busch, et al.

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Simultaneous N2O Reduction and CO Oxidation over Pristine and Doped Molybdenum Phosphide (001) Surfaces: A Density Functional Theory Study, None Sonam and Neetu Goel

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Smart sensing property of Eu3+-induced polyelectrolyte nanoaggregates on nitrofuran antibiotics in aqueous environments, Shree Krishna Tamang, Govinda Gurung, Raj Kumar Parajuli, et al.

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Progress in Electronic, Energy, Biomedical and Environmental Applications of Boron Nitride and MoS2 Nanostructures, Join Uddin, Raksha Dubey, Vinaayak Sivam Balasubramaniam, et al.

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Magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of Tb1.4Dy0.6In compound, Remya U. D, Arun K, Swathi S, et al.

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Impacts of Sun Glint off Ice Clouds on DSCOVR EPIC Cloud Products, Tamas Varnai, Alexander Marshak, Alexander Kostinski, et al.

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Designing a Convection-Cloud Chamber for Collision-Coalescence Using Large-Eddy Simulation With Bin Microphysics, Aaron Wang, Mikhail Ovchinnikov, Fan Yang, et al.

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Construction of Topological Bound States in the Continuum Via Subsymmetry, Xiangdong Wang, Domenico Bongiovanni, Ziteng Wang, et al.

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Atomic-scale investigations of Ti3C2Tx MXene surfaces, Katherine E. White, Yi Zhi Chu, Gilad Gani, et al.

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Implementing reactivity in molecular dynamics simulations with harmonic force fields, Jordan J. Winetrout, Krishan Kanhaiya, Josh Kemppainen, et al.

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Experimental observation of coherent-perfect-absorber and laser points in anti-PT symmetry, Minye Yang, Qi Zhong, Zhilu Ye, et al.

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Exceptional points induced by unidirectional coupling in electronic circuits, Wenzheng Zhao, Yeang Zhang, Zixuan Gao, et al.

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Magnetization and age of ca. 544 Ma syenite, eastern Canada: Evidence for renewal of the geodynamo, Tinghong Zhou, Mauricio Ibañez-Mejia, Richard K. Bono, et al.

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Detection of small drizzle droplets in a large cloud chamber using ultrahigh-resolution radar, Zeen Zhu, Fan Yang, Pavlos Kollias, et al.

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THz Radar Observations of Hydrometeors in a Spray Chamber, Zeen Zhu, Fan Yang, Edward Luke, et al.

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In Vitro Profiling of the Antiviral Peptide TAT-I24, Theodhora Ziu, Ezgi Sambur, Zsolt Ruzsics, et al.

Works from 2023

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A Catalog of the Highest-energy Cosmic Rays Recorded during Phase I of Operation of the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Constraining the sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays across and above the ankle with the spectrum and composition data measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory in México: The primary detector, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, et al.

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Limits to Gauge Coupling in the Dark Sector Set by the Nonobservation of Instanton-Induced Decay of Super-Heavy Dark Matter in the Pierre Auger Observatory Data, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, J. M. Albury, et al.

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Cosmological implications of photon-flux upper limits at ultrahigh energies in scenarios of Planckian-interacting massive particles for dark matter, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, J. M. Albury, et al.

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Search for photons above 1019eV with the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, I. Allekotte, et al.

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Discovery of Gamma Rays from the Quiescent Sun with HAWC, A Albert, R Alfaro, C Alvarez, et al.

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Detailed Analysis of the TeV γ-Ray Sources 3HWC J1928+178, 3HWC J1930+188, and the New Source HAWC J1932+192, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, et al.

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HAWC Detection of a TeV Halo Candidate Surrounding a Radio-quiet Pulsar, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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HAWC Study of the Very-high-energy γ-Ray Spectrum of HAWC J1844−034, A. Albert, C. Alvarez, D. Avila Rojas, et al.

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Searching for TeV Dark Matter in Irregular Dwarf Galaxies with HAWC Observatory, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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High-altitude characterization of the Hunga pressure wave with cosmic rays by the HAWC observatory, Ruben Alfaro, César Alvarez, Juan Carlos Arteaga-Velázquez, et al.

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Magnetic characterization of the Daule chondrite (Ecuador's first meteorite fall): The case of elusive tetrataenite?, K. E. Bristol, A. V. Smirnov, E. J. Piispa, et al.

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Lagrangian and Eulerian Supersaturation Statistics in Turbulent Cloudy Rayleigh–Bénard Convection: Applications for LES Subgrid Modeling, Kamal Kant Chandrakar, Hugh Morrison, and Raymond A. Shaw

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Modulating the Combinatorial Target Power of MgSnN via RF Magnetron Sputtering for Enhanced Optoelectronic Performance: Mechanistic Insights from DFT Studies, Karthik Kumar Chinnakutti, A M. Kirubaharan, Lokanath Patra, et al.

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A Search for Relativistic Ejecta in a Sample of ZTF Broad-lined Type Ic Supernovae, Alessandra Corsi, Anna Y.Q. Ho, S. Bradley Cenko, et al.

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Surface magneto-optics in yttrium iron garnets, Sushree Dash and Miguel Levy

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Surface magneto-optics in yttrium iron garnets, Sushree Dash and Miguel Levy

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Low-Loss Plasmonics with Nanostructured Potassium and Sodium-Potassium Liquid Alloys, Zhi Gao, Aaron Wildenborg, Conrad A. Kocoj, et al.

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Learning Neutrino Effects in Cosmology with Convolutional Neural Network, Elena Giusarma, Mauricio Reyes, Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro, et al.

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Performance of optical sensors for cloud measurements deployed by the ARM Aerial Facility during ACE-ENA, Susanne Glienke, Nithin Allwayin, Fan Mei, et al.

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The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Detector Array – HAWC, Jordan Goodman and Petra Huentemeyer

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Limits on Leptonic TeV Emission from the Cygnus Cocoon with Swift-XRT, David Guevel, Andrew Beardmore, Kim L. Page, et al.

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Constraining the sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays across and above the ankle with the spectrum and composition data measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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AugerPrime surface detector electronics, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, et al.

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Dependence of the asymptotic energy dissipation on third-order velocity scaling, Kartik P. Iyer