Cloud-scale gas properties, depletion times, and star formation efficiency per free-fall time in PHANGS--ALMA

This study analyzes 67 galaxies in the PHANGS-ALMA survey to reveal how cloud-scale gas properties, particularly gas surface density and virial parameter, influence molecular gas depletion times and star formation efficiency, while highlighting the sensitivity of these results to CO-to-H2 conversion factors and their potential for comparison with numerical simulations.

Adam K. Leroy, Jiayi Sun, Sharon Meidt + 31 more2026-03-03🔭 astro-ph

Probing Ultralight Axion-like Dark Matter: A Pulsar Timing Arrays-Pulsar Polarization Arrays Synergy

This paper establishes a foundational framework for synergistically detecting ultralight axion-like dark matter by combining Pulsar Timing Arrays and Pulsar Polarization Arrays, specifically deriving three-point correlation functions and Bayesian likelihoods that account for the non-Gaussian nature of timing signals to enhance detection capabilities.

Ximeng Li, Yonghao Liu, Zu-Cheng Chen + 9 more2026-03-03🔭 astro-ph

Ultraviolet photon production rates of the first stars: Impact on the He II λλ 1640 � emission line from primordial star clusters and the 21-cm signal from cosmic dawn

This paper models the spectral energy distributions of rotating Population III stars to demonstrate that they can produce strong He II λ\lambda1640 emission lines without requiring extremely high stellar masses, while also assessing their modest but potentially detectable impact on the global 21-cm signal and power spectrum during cosmic dawn.

Joel Wasserman, Erik Zackrisson, Jiten Dhandha + 3 more2026-03-03🔭 astro-ph

The Evolution and Internal Structure of Neptunes and Sub-Neptunes: The importance of thermal conductivity in non-convective regions

This study demonstrates that the thermal evolution and inferred radii of Neptune and sub-Neptune exoplanets are highly sensitive to thermal conductivity assumptions in non-convective, compositionally stratified layers, revealing that current theoretical uncertainties significantly exceed observational errors and necessitate improved data on material properties and primordial states.

Mark Eberlein, Ravit Helled2026-03-03🔭 astro-ph

Uncertainty-Aware Neural Networks for Fuzzy Dark Matter Model Selection from \texorpdfstring{xHIx_{\rm HI}}{x_HI} Measurements

This study employs an uncertainty-aware hybrid machine learning framework trained on Bayesian-inferred observational probability density functions to constrain fuzzy dark matter models using 21-cm neutral hydrogen fraction data, identifying a best-fit scenario with a particle mass of approximately $10^{-22}\,\mathrm{eV}$ and a fraction of 0.04 while ruling out lighter masses.

Bahareh Soleimanpour Salmasi, S. Mobina Hosseini2026-03-03🔭 astro-ph

Equilibrium Points and Surface Dynamics About Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

This study utilizes a 3-D polyhedral shape model to comprehensively analyze the surface dynamics, gravitational potential, and orbital stability of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, revealing that most surface slopes are low, escape speed peaks in the Hapi region, and specific equilibrium points and periodic orbits exist despite minimal perturbations from third-body gravity and solar radiation pressure on larger particles.

Leonardo Braga, Andre Amarante, Alessandra Ferreira + 2 more2026-03-03🔭 astro-ph

Cosmology with supernova Encore in the strong lensing cluster MACS J0138-2155: Lens model comparison and H0 measurement

This paper presents a blind analysis of seven independent mass models for the MACS J0138-2155 cluster, which uniquely strongly lenses two supernovae (Requiem and Encore), to predict future image appearances and derive a Hubble constant measurement of H0=66.98.1+11.2H_0 = 66.9^{+11.2}_{-8.1} km s1^{-1} Mpc1^{-1} based on the time delay of SN Encore.

S. H. Suyu, A. Acebron, C. Grillo + 28 more2026-03-03🔭 astro-ph

Evolution of the infrared luminosity function and its corresponding dust-obscured star formation rate density out to z~6

This paper presents a new determination of the evolving far-infrared galaxy luminosity function and dust-obscured star formation rate density out to redshift z~6 by combining ALMA follow-up data with stacked optical/near-infrared samples, revealing that the characteristic luminosity increases monotonically with redshift while dust-obscured activity contributes less than 25% to the total star formation rate density by z~6.

M. P. Koprowski, J. V. Wijesekera, J. S. Dunlop + 5 more2026-03-03🔭 astro-ph