Gravitational waves from warm inflation in the weak dissipative regime

This paper extends previous research on gravitational waves from a unified warm inflation and dark sector model to the weak dissipation regime, demonstrating through continuous Bogoliubov coefficient calculations that this scenario significantly enhances the prospects for detection by future gravitational-wave observatories compared to the strong dissipation regime.

Orlando Luongo, Tommaso Mengoni, Paulo M. Sá2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

WD 1054-226 revisited: a stable transiting debris system

This paper confirms the six-year persistence of highly coherent 25.01-hour and 23.1-minute periodic signals in the white dwarf WD 1054-226, revealing a stable, optically thick, edge-on debris ring that serves as a key laboratory for studying remnant planetary systems.

J. Korth, A. J. Mustill, H. Parviainen, E. Villaver, J. W. Kuehne, V. J. S. Béjar, Y. Hayashi, N. Abreu García, T. Kagetani, K. Kawauchi, L. Livingston, M. Mori, G. Morello, N. Watanabe, I. Fukuda, K. Ikuta, I. Bonilla-Mariana, E. Esparza-Borges, G. Fernández-Rodríguez, A. Fukui, S. Geraldía-González, J. González-Rodríguez, K. Isogai, N. Narita, E. Palle, A. Peláez-Torres, M. Sánchez-Benavente2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

Dust distribution in circumstellar disks harboring multi-planet systems. II. Super-thermal mass planets

This study uses hydrodynamical simulations and synthetic ALMA imaging to demonstrate that multiple super-thermal mass planets create complex, non-superimposable dust structures and eccentric orbits that obscure gaps and suppress grain growth, thereby complicating the interpretation of disk substructures and the inference of planetary properties.

V. Roatti, G. Picogna, F. Marzari2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

Post-perihelion Coma Composition of the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS from Optical Spectroscopy

This paper presents multi-epoch optical spectroscopy of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from late 2025 to early 2026, revealing post-perihelion compositional shifts—including enhanced metal and CO production and a gradual volatile decline—that suggest the activation of subsurface material, seasonal heterogeneity, and potential metal carbonyl chemistry.

Ruining Zhao, Xiliang Zhang, Bin Yang, Xiangyu Fan, Shu Wang, Yang Huang, Jifeng Liu2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

BlackGEM observations of compact pulsating stars: Mode identification for the DOV PG 1159--035 using multi-colour photometr

This study demonstrates the feasibility of using BlackGEM's ground-based multi-colour photometry to identify pulsation modes in the hot pre-white dwarf PG 1159-035 through amplitude-ratio analysis, paving the way for large-scale asteroseismic characterization of faint compact pulsating stars.

P. Ranaivomanana, C. Johnston, M. Uzundag, P. J. Groot, T. Kupfer, S. Bloemen, P. M. Vreeswijk, J. C. J. van Roestel, D. L. A. Pieterse, J. Paice, A. Kosakowski, G. Ramsay, C. Aerts2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

Here Be SDRAGNs - Spiral Galaxies Hosting Large Double Radio Sources

This paper presents a refined sample of 15 new high-probability Spiral Double Radio Active Galactic Nuclei (SDRAGNs) identified through Radio Galaxy Zoo and Hubble Space Telescope observations, revealing that these rare hosts of large FR II radio sources are preferentially edge-on, harbor pseudobulges, exhibit diverse nuclear activity including star formation, and reside in significant galaxy overdensities.

Jean Tate, William C. Keel, Michael O'Keeffe, O. Ivy Wong, Heinz Andernach, Julie K. Banfield, Alexei Moiseev, Aleksandrina Smirnova, Arina Arshinova, Eugene Malygin, Elena Shablovinskaya, Roman Uklein, Stanislav Shabala, Ray Norris, Brooke D. Simmons, Rebecca Smethurst, Ivan Terentev, Chris Molloy, Victor Linares2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

Discovery of a 36-minute long-period transient ASKAP J142431.2-612611

This paper reports the discovery of ASKAP J142431.2-612611, a new 36-minute period radio transient observed for eight days with 100% polarized emission that subsequently switched off, offering new insights into the intermittent nature and polarization mechanisms of long-period transients.

Joshua Pritchard, Tara Murphy, Dougal Dobie, Emil Lenc, Akash Anumarlapudi, Manisha Caleb, Sophia Grainger, Natasha Hurley-Walker, David L. Kaplan, Samuel J. McSweeney, Jackson Mitchell-Bolton, Kovi Rose, Rahul Sengar, Ziteng Wang, Jayde Willingham, Andrew Zic2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

Symmetry-Protected Momentum Exchange between Dark Matter and Dark Energy

This paper proposes a symmetry-protected interacting dark energy model where a pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone Boson couples to inert scalar dark matter solely through momentum exchange, demonstrating that while this mechanism modifies cosmological perturbations, it has an intrinsic limit on suppressing structure growth (σ8\sigma_8) that prevents it from fully resolving current low-redshift tensions.

Mohid Farhan2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

The Average Age Map of the Galactic Bulge

Using VISTA near-infrared photometry of red giant stars, this study reveals a systematic age gradient in the Galactic Bulge where stellar populations become significantly older with increasing galactic latitude, suggesting a dual origin involving a younger pseudo-bulge formed by disk/bar processes near the plane and an older spheroidal component from early collapse or mergers at higher latitudes.

Jialu Nie, Martín López-Corredoira, Chao Liu, Hai-feng Wang, Iulia Simion2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

Exploring the spin dependence on mass inclination and distance for the newly discovered black hole X-ray binary Swift J151857.0-572147

This paper analyzes NICER observations of the newly discovered black hole X-ray binary Swift J151857.0-572147 to demonstrate how its spin parameter depends on mass, inclination, and distance, yielding a moderate spin of approximately 0.7 for fiducial values while establishing a framework for more precise future determinations.

Yujia Song, James F. Steiner, Tong Zhao, Yuexin Zhang, Ningyue Fan, Ole König, Santiago Ubach, Josephine Wong, Lijun Gou, Javier A. Garcia2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

Fine Structure and Formation Mechanism of a Sunspot Bipolar Light Bridge in NOAA AR 13663

This study utilizes high-resolution observations from the Goode Solar Telescope and SDO/HMI to reveal that the fine structure of a bipolar light bridge in NOAA AR 13663 consists of 100–150 km penumbral-like filaments with stable red- and blueshifted patterns, forming through the converging and shearing interaction of oppositely polarized sunspots.

Fangfang Qiao, Hao Li, Jiasheng Wang, Yadan Duan, Zheng Sun, Leping Li2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

Structural Design and Performance Analysis of Laser Transmitting Telescope for Space Gravitational Wave Detection

This paper presents the design and multi-dimensional performance analysis of a lightweight, off-axis four-mirror laser transmitting telescope for space gravitational wave detection, demonstrating that the optimized structure achieves high optical efficiency, nanometer-level surface stability, and robust thermal and dynamic performance under harsh space conditions.

Long Yongtao, Mo Yan, Cao Shengyi, Cao Jiamin, Zhao Lujia, Wang Haibo, Wang Shuangbao, Tan Hao, Liu Xiaohong, Wang Dawei, Ma Donglin2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

K-DRIFT Science Theme: New Theoretical Framework Using the Galaxy Replacement Technique for LSB studies

This paper introduces the Galaxy Replacement Technique (GRT), a high-resolution NN-body simulation framework designed to efficiently model the gravitational evolution of stellar components and Low-Surface-Brightness (LSB) structures, thereby providing a theoretical foundation for interpreting upcoming deep imaging data from the K-DRIFT telescope.

Kyungwon Chun, Jihye Shin, Rory Smith, Jongwan Ko, jaewon Yoo, So-Myoung Park, Woowon Byun, Sang-Hyun Chun, Sungryong Hong, Hyowon Kim, Jae-Woo Kim, Jaehyun Lee, Hong Soo Park, Jinsu Rhee, Kwang-Il Seon, Yongmin Yoon2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

MMS Observations of Kinetic Alfvén Wave Turbulence and Steep Kinetic-Range Spectra in the Outer Plasma Sheet Boundary Layer

Using high-resolution MMS data from the outer Plasma Sheet Boundary Layer, this study characterizes Kinetic Alfvén Wave turbulence through a steep kinetic-range spectral slope and impulsive parallel electric fields, providing observational evidence for collisionless energy dissipation via direct wave-particle interactions in the magnetotail.

Mani K Chettri, Hemam D. Singh, Rupak Mukherjee2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

Measuring the evolution of stellar bars with the host galaxy's spin

This study combines simulated mock observations and SAMI survey data to demonstrate that stellar bar formation reduces galaxy spin proxies and that weakly barred galaxies exhibit younger stellar populations and higher spin values, suggesting they are in a rapid formation phase compared to the slower secular evolution of strongly barred galaxies.

Robin Joshi, Scott M. Croom, Stefania Barsanti, Elizabeth J. Iles, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Jesse van de Sande2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

Identifying Red Supergiants in the Local Group Using JWST Photometry. I. NGC 6822, Sextans A, NGC 300, WLM, and IC 1613

This paper utilizes JWST/NIRCam photometry to identify a large sample of contamination-free Red Supergiant candidates across five metal-poor Local Group galaxies by establishing an optimal color-color diagram, thereby demonstrating JWST's superior capability to construct more complete stellar censuses than previous studies.

Zhiwen Li, Ming Yang, Biwei Jiang, Yi Ren2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

Pre-Virialized Assembly at Cosmic Dawn: The Dynamics and Extreme Ionization of Compact Group CGG-z7 at z7.04z\sim7.04

The JWST POPPIES program has identified CGG-z7, a unique pre-virialized galaxy group at z7.04z\sim7.04 consisting of six compact members undergoing a major merger, which exhibits extreme ionization and a high stellar-to-dynamical mass ratio indicative of rapid, chaotic assembly toward forming a massive "Red Nugget."

Xiaoyang Wei, Zheng Cai, Fujiang Yu, Mingyu Li, Yunjing Wu2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph

Impact of Resonant Compton Scattering on Magnetar X-Ray Polarization with QED Vacuum Resonance

This paper presents a semi-analytical framework demonstrating that resonant Compton scattering in magnetar magnetospheres, driven by magnetic twist and plasma drift velocity, can significantly alter soft X-ray polarization signatures by either suppressing vacuum resonance-induced polarization angle swings or introducing new relativistic $90^\circ$ swings, thereby offering an efficient alternative to complex Monte Carlo simulations for interpreting data from X-ray polarization missions.

Tu Guo, Dong Lai2026-03-10🔭 astro-ph