56 papers
Astro-Ph explores the fundamental nature of our universe, from the birth of stars and the behavior of black holes to the vast structures of galaxies and the invisible forces shaping cosmic evolution. This dynamic field seeks to answer profound questions about how the cosmos works, blending theoretical models with observations from powerful telescopes that peer back to the dawn of time.
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This paper develops an adjoint response theory for surface flux transport that decouples cycle amplitude from flux-to-dipole conversion efficiency, providing a highly accurate, memory-corrected framework for predicting how nonlinear modulation, source geometry, and magnetic decay influence solar cycle behavior and intercycle memory.
By integrating 13 global lunar datasets to analyze over 83,000 craters, this study identifies a multisource geophysical transition at approximately 195 km diameter that reveals how large impacts sampled and modified pre-existing hemispheric differences in the Moon's thermal structure and composition, rather than simply redefining morphological classifications.
This paper presents an interpretable AutoML framework that utilizes PyCaret for automated model selection, temporal validation for robustness, and SHAP analysis for explainability to achieve high-accuracy classification of potentially hazardous asteroids using NASA's Near-Earth Object data.
This study demonstrates through experiments and modeling that rapid boiling under Martian-like low-pressure conditions actively sustains sedimentary volcanism by driving coupled ballistic-effusive mud eruptions, rather than suppressing them as previously assumed.
This study analyzes 36 moving radio bursts (Type II and Type IVm) detected by the Chandrayaan-2 XSM between 2019 and 2022, revealing strong temporal correlations with solar flare onsets and suggesting that a +20 minute window can effectively predict eruptive events, while highlighting that burst delays vary with flare energy and are influenced by complex magnetic and plasma conditions.
This paper proposes a hydrogen-equivalent accessibility hierarchy framework that organizes 71 SPARC galaxy rotation curves into four distinct dynamical regimes, demonstrating that a single global accessibility field with a unified coefficient significantly outperforms standard dark matter and modified gravity models in fitting the data without galaxy-specific parameter tuning.
This study demonstrates that geomagnetic pulsations organize chorus-driven electron precipitation and diffuse aurora in both time and space by synchronizing wave–particle interactions and modulating chorus wave propagation, thereby revealing a multiscale magnetosphere–ionosphere coupling mechanism.
This paper presents the e-Callisto Catalog of Solar Radio Bursts for Solar Cycle 24, a comprehensive dataset containing 5,380 classified events with extensive contextual, morphological, and physical information, enhanced by cross-referenced data from NOAA-RSTN, NOAA-SWPC, and the CDAW SOHO-LASCO catalog.
By applying a multivariate Lomb-Scargle analysis to sunspot data from 1825 to 2025, this study demonstrates that the solar butterfly diagram and its associated periodicities (including the Hale, Gleissberg, and Eddy cycles) are spectral signatures of a single, coherent, equatorward-traveling dynamo wave, supporting mean-field theory predictions of the solar magnetic cycle.
This paper reports the first statistical detection () of galaxies' transverse motion at cosmological distances by observing the "moving-lens effect"—a specific temperature shift in the cosmic microwave background caused by moving massive objects—thereby enabling the future mapping of the Universe's full three-dimensional velocity field.