Poster Session I: Astrophysics (2:00PM-5:00PM MT)

Presentations

• Probing the Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae through Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: A Case Study of SN 2018aoz

  POSTER

  Publication: 1. Companion Interaction Signatures Search in Near-Infrared Spectra of a Type Ia Supernova: SN 2018aoz (Status: The analysis has been completed. Writing is currently in progress, with submission planned by the end of November 2025.)
  
  2. Statistical Search for Hydrogen Signatures in Post-Maximum Near-Infrared Spectra of Type Ia Supernovae (Planned paper.)

  Presenters

  • Huangfei Xiao

    • Florida State University

  Authors

  • Huangfei Xiao

    • Florida State University

  • Eric Hsiao

    • Florida State University

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• A Geometric Alternative for Dark Energy

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  Presenters

  • Frank S Hafner

    • Naval Ocean Systems Center

  Authors

  • Frank S Hafner

    • Naval Ocean Systems Center

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• Planetary Geology and the NASA MIRAGE Rover

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  Presenters

  • Treyana P Holiday

    • Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

  Authors

  • Treyana P Holiday

    • Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

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• Laser Ablation for Efficient Space Debris Removal

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Jaden Dougal

    • South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

  Authors

  • Jaden Dougal

    • South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

  • Prasoon Diwakar

    • South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
    • South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

  • Surahbi Bhadauria

    • Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

  • S.S. Harilal

    • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  • Matthew Polek

    • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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• Modeling TESS Objects of Interest to Characterize and Vet Planet Candidates

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  Presenters

  • Misbahou A Jalloh

    • North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University

  Authors

  • Misbahou A Jalloh

    • North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University

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• Determining Stellar Ages with a Daisy Chain Algorithm

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Aldir Moreira

    • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  Authors

  • Aldir Moreira

    • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  • Terry Oswalt

    • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  • Mariel Lares

    • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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• Crisis in cosmology? Or wrong solutions to governing equations?

  POSTER

  Publication: [1] George, W.K. and T.G. Johansson (2025) "An alternative cosmological model for an expanding universe", Physics of Fluids 37, 037137 (2025) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0254954

  Presenters

  • William Kenneth George

    • Chalmers Technical University, Gothenburg, Sweden (Emeritus)

  Authors

  • William Kenneth George

    • Chalmers Technical University, Gothenburg, Sweden (Emeritus)

  • Thomas G Johansson

    • Chalmers Technical University, Gothenburg, Sweden (retired)

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• Newtonian Fractional-Dimension Gravity and the Mass-Dimension Field Equation

  POSTER

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20012

  Presenters

  • Gabriele Umberto Varieschi

    • Loyola Marymount University

  Authors

  • Gabriele Umberto Varieschi

    • Loyola Marymount University

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• New SubmissionCesium Electric Dipole Moment Experiment as a Test of Models of Dark Matter

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Harvey A Gould

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Harvey A Gould

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Benedict Feinberg

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Joseph M Levine

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  • Charles T Munger, Jr.

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Hiroshi Nishimura

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Christopher A Timossi

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Yan Yau

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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• Machine Learning Analysis for Neutrino Event Reconstruction

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Zoe Riesen

    • Ohio State University

  Authors

  • Zoe Riesen

    • Ohio State University

  • Jack Stethem

    • The University of Chicago

  • Rachel White

    • The Ohio State University

  • Michael Yoder

    • The Ohio State University

  • Kaeli Hughes

    • The Ohio State University

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• Flexure Mechanical Testing for PBR

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Claire R Delavan

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • Claire R Delavan

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Brian Glockel

    • Colorado School of Mines

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• Azimuthal Rotator/Slew Drive Control System and Characterization for Precision Pointing in Field Testing the POEMMA Balloon with Radio Project

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Dylan Jones

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • Dylan Jones

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Conrad Shay

    • Colorado School of Mines

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• Radio Follow-up of a Low-threshold γ-Ray Transient in the Gravitational-wave Localization area of S241125n

  POSTER

  Publication: Gottschlich et al. in preparation

  Presenters

  • Natalie Gottschlich

    • Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Natalie Gottschlich

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Alessandra Corsi

    • Texas Tech University

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• The Simons Observatory: Time Domain Pipeline and Transient Science

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  Presenters

  • John Orlowski-Scherer

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • John Orlowski-Scherer

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Phase-Transition-Induced Collapse of Neutron Stars

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Bri Aleman

    • California State University, Northridge

  Authors

  • Bri Aleman

    • California State University, Northridge

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• Far From Home: Offsets of Short GRBs from Isolated Double Neutron Star Populations

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Ish Mohan Gupta

    • University of California, Berkeley
    • Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Ish Mohan Gupta

    • University of California, Berkeley
    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Debatri Chattopadhyay

    • Northwestern University

  • Abhishek Chattaraj

    • University of Florida

  • Vicky Kalogera

    • Northwestern University

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• Testing how pQCD constrains the neutron star equation of state using a semi-parametric equation of state model

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Ryan Krismer

    • California State University, Fullerton

  Authors

  • Ryan Krismer

    • California State University, Fullerton

  • Sunny Ng

    • California State University, Fullerton

  • Jocelyn S Read

    • California State University, Fullerton

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• Probing the Dense Matter Equation of State through Neutron Star Oscillations and Gravitational Waves

  POSTER

  Publication: Phys. Rev. D.105,103025
  Phys. Rev. D.106, 063005
  Phys. Rev. D.106,123002
  Phys. Rev. D.107, 074013
  Phys. Rev. D 107, 103039
  Galaxies 2023, 11(2), 60
  JCAP09(2025)025
  2025 ApJ 993 161

  Presenters

  • Tianqi Zhao

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Tianqi Zhao

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• MSPAC (Machine Sequenced PulsAr Candidates)  

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Ethan Blake

    • Kenyon Coll

  Authors

  • Ethan Blake

    • Kenyon Coll

  • Madeline Wade

    • Kenyon Coll

  • Leslie E Wade

    • Kenyon Coll

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• A Machine Learning Approach toward Identifying UHECR Galactic Sources between the Second Knee and the Ankle

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Nicolas San Martin

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • Nicolas San Martin

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Eric W Mayotte

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Baiza Mand

    • Colorado School of Mines

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• Searching for Exotic Event Sequences From the Pierre-Auger Observatory

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Amelia J Uebel

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • Amelia J Uebel

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Eric W Mayotte

    • Colorado School of Mines

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• Comparing Calculations of Seasonal Variations of Atmospheric Muons in Deep Underground Detectors

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Amanda Alves

    • University of Utah

  Authors

  • Amanda Alves

    • University of Utah

  • Dennis Soldin

    • University of Utah

  • Lilly Pyras

    • University of Utah

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• An Application of Machine Learning Techniques to Energy Reconstruction in IceTop Cosmic Ray Events

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Arianna J Duven

    • University of Utah

  Authors

  • Arianna J Duven

    • University of Utah

  • Dennis Soldin

    • University of Utah

  • Antonin Kravka

    • University of Utah

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• Design for a PLC based Shutter and Tilt control system with POEMMA Balloon with Radio

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Asher Fox-Smith

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • Asher Fox-Smith

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Lawrence Wiencke

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • James Brague

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Auston Froid

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Levi Bar-On

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Benjamin Stillwell

    • University of Chicago

  • Stephan S Meyer

    • University of Chicago

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• Reconstructing UHECR Primaries from EAS Characteristics using an ML Model

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Andreas O'Malley

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • Andreas O'Malley

    • Colorado School of Mines

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• Mirror Assembly Bonded Joints for the POEMMA Balloon with Radio (PBR) NASA Mission

  POSTER

  Publication: [1] C.C. Chamis and P.L.N. Murthy. Simplified procedures for designing adhesively bonded composite
  joints. Technical Report NASA-TM-102120, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio,
  February 1989. Prepared for the 44th Annual Conference of SPI Composites Institute, Dallas,
  Texas, February 6-10, 1989.
  [2] Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility. Structural Requirements and Recommendations for Bal-
  loon Gondola Design (820-PG-8700.0.1A). CSBF Directives Technical Report 820-PG-8700.0.1A,
  NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, TX, November 2024. Effective date: Novem-
  ber 5, 2024. Expires November 5, 2029.
  [3] Viktoria Kungel. Optics and pre-flight testing of the telescopes of the Extreme Universe Space
  Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon II (EUSO-SPB2) payload, 2023.

  Presenters

  • Luke Wanner

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • Luke Wanner

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Conrad Shay

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Eric Mayotte

    • Colorado School of Mines

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• Modeling Nuclear Isomers as Sources of Gamma Rays in Binary Neutron Star Mergers

  POSTER

  Publication: "Including nuclear isomers in r-process nucleosynthesis models" (planned paper)

  Presenters

  • Owen Odney

    • Purdue University

  Authors

  • Owen Odney

    • Purdue University

  • Maria C Hamilton

    • Marshall University

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• From Flare to Tornado: Tracing Energy Propagation in the Solar Atmosphere 

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Eduardo Sanchez

    • New Mexico State University

  Authors

  • Eduardo Sanchez

    • New Mexico State University

  • Juie Shetye

    • New Mexico State University

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• Predicting the Atmospheric Composition of Exoplanets with Neural Networks

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Trey Pepper

    • Nebraska Wesleyan University

  Authors

  • Trey Pepper

    • Nebraska Wesleyan University

  • Ian Crossfield

    • Kansas University

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• Searching for GEMS: TOI-5916 b & TOI-6158 b are two Saturn-density planets orbiting M2 dwarfs

  POSTER

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11798
  
  Submitted to AAS Journals (AJ), awaiting review.

  Presenters

  • Shane O'Brien

    • University of California, Irvine

  Authors

  • Shane O'Brien

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Amber Wong

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Te Han

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Paul Robertson

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Shubham Kanodia

    • Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science

  • Caleb I Cañas

    • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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• Accounting for Blue Straggler Stars in Galaxy Age Calculations

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  Presenters

  • Zoe Messenger

    • Harvey Mudd College

  Authors

  • Zoe Messenger

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Guy Worthey

    • Washington State University

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• Tiny Tweaks, Different Fates: Exploring Supermassive Stellar Evolution with MESA

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Marina Loizou

    • Hofstra University

  Authors

  • Marina Loizou

    • Hofstra University

  • Sarah E Gossan

    • Hofstra University

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• thornado-GRMHD: Module Development, Testing, and Application to General Relativistic Models of the Magneto-Rotational Instability in Core-Collapse Supernovae

  POSTER

  Publication: We plan to publish one or more papers related to the module development and scientific application discussed herein.

  Presenters

  • Jesse L Buffaloe

    • The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Authors

  • Jesse L Buffaloe

    • The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Eirik Endeve

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Anthony Mezzacappa

    • The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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• Statistical convergence in strong lens modeling on multiple GPU nodes

  POSTER

  Publication: We are planning to submit DESI Strong Lens Foundry VI: A Sample of Strong Lenses with HST Modeled with GIGA-Lens to a journal soon.

  Presenters

  • Sean Xu

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Sean Xu

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • David Álvarez García

    • Complutense University of Madrid

  • Mónica Úbeda Rodríguez de Temb

    • Complutense University of Madrid

  • Vikram Bhamre

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Xiaosheng Huang

    • University of San Fracisco

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• Updates to Geant4 Simulations for TIGERISS

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • William A Labrador

    • Washington University in St. Louis

  Authors

  • William A Labrador

    • Washington University in St. Louis

  • Wolfgang V Zober

    • Washington University, St. Louis

  • Brian Flint Rauch

    • Washington University, St. Louis

  • Scott Nutter

    • Northern Kentucky University

  • Nicholas W Cannady

    • NASA GSFC

  • Madan Pant

    • Northern Kentucky University

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• Tilt Sensor Temperature Control System for the POEMMA Balloon with Radio Mission

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Robin L Webb

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • Robin L Webb

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Stephan S Meyer

    • University of Chicago

  • Benjamin Stillwell

    • University of Chicago

  • James Brague

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Asher Fox-Smith

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Auston Froid

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Levi Bar-On

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Josh Moses

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Lawrence Wiencke

    • Colorado School of Mines

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• Science Explorer: Next Generation Access to ADS and All NASA Science

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Jennifer Lynn L Bartlett

    • Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

  Authors

  • Jennifer Lynn L Bartlett

    • Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

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• Test Assembly for Thermal Vacuum Test of the POEMMA-Balloon with Radio Telescope Tilt System

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Auston Froid

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • Auston Froid

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • James Brague

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Asher Fox-Smith

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Levi Bar-On

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Stephan S Meyer

    • University of Chicago

  • Benjamin Stillwell

    • University of Chicago

  • Josh Moses

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Robin L Webb

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Lawrence Wiencke

    • Colorado School of Mines

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• Gravitational lensing and energy emission of a black hole immersed in dark matter and plasma

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Zhichen Guan

    • Grinnell College

  Authors

  • Zhichen Guan

    • Grinnell College

  • Connor McMillin

    • Grinnell College

  • Shanshan Rodriguez

    • Grinnell College

  • Leo Rodriguez

    • Grinnell College

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• Structure and Evolution of Global Accretion Disk Simulations

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Albert V Ogrodski

    • University of San Diego
    • Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of San Diego

  Authors

  • Albert V Ogrodski

    • University of San Diego
    • Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of San Diego

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• Dissipation Physics and Absorption Features in Black Hole X-ray Binaries

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Benjamin Cavallari

    • University of San Diego

  Authors

  • Benjamin Cavallari

    • University of San Diego

  • Ted Dezen

    • University of San Diego

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• Exploring the Luminosity Correlation Between X-ray and Gamma-ray Emission in Blazars with Swift BAT and Fermi LAT

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Eva Li

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Eva Li

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Environmental Dependence of Ultralight Boson Constraints from Black Hole Superradiance

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Allanur Ansari

    • Wichita State University

  Authors

  • Allanur Ansari

    • Wichita State University

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• Explainability of Unsupervised Machine Learning Methods for High-Energy Astrophysics

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  Presenters

  • Skye A Strain

    • Louisiana State University

  Authors

  • Skye A Strain

    • Louisiana State University

  • Nicolò Cibrario

    • Università degli Studi di Torino

  • Eric Burns

    • Louisiana State University

  • Michela Negro

    • Louisiana State University

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• Design and Validation of a Generalized Cooldown Simulation Tool for Cryogenic Millimeter-Wave Telescopes

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  Presenters

  • Laney K Saye

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Laney K Saye

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • John Groh

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Tran Tsan

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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• The Simons Observatory: Large Aperature Telescope Beam Charecterization

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Saianeesh Haridas

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Saianeesh Haridas

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Laser ablated sub-wavelength structure anti-reflection coated alumina filter for Taurus high frequency telescope

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Scott Cray

    • University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • Scott Cray

    • University of Minnesota

  • Kosuke Aizawa

    • Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe

  • Samuel Dietterich

    • University of Minnesota

  • Calvin Firth

    • University of Minnesota

  • Shaul Hanany

    • University of Minnesota

  • Takumi Izawa

    • Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe

  • Jurgen Koch

    • Laser Zentrum Hannover

  • Rex Lam

    • University of Minnesota

  • Tomotake Matsumura

    • Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe

  • Ryota Takaku

    • Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe

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• Refining Methods for Placing Upper Limits on Glints in LIGO Data from the First Three Observing Runs

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Jakub Kopczuk

    • Kenyon Coll

  Authors

  • Jakub Kopczuk

    • Kenyon Coll

  • Madeline Wade

    • Kenyon Coll

  • Leslie E Wade

    • Kenyon Coll

  • Craig J Copi

    • Case Western Reserve University

  • Glenn david Starkman

    • Case Western Reserve University

  • Ethan Blake

    • Kenyon Coll

  • Matthew F Carney

    • Kenyon Coll

  • Jeremy G. Baier

    • Oregon State University

  • Michael Duncan Van Keuren

    • Kenyon Coll

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• Using Cosmic Explorer to measure merger contributions to heavy-element production

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  Presenters

  • Andres J Gutierrez

    • California State University, Fullerton

  Authors

  • Andres J Gutierrez

    • California State University, Fullerton

  • Sergio A Hidalgo

    • California State University, Fullerton

  • Jocelyn Read

    • California State University, Fullerton

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• Sampling in Pressure for Compatibility with Inferring Multi-Branch Neutron Star Equations of State from Gravitational Waves

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  Presenters

  • Noah S Hopkins

    • Kenyon College

  Authors

  • Noah S Hopkins

    • Kenyon College

  • Leslie E Wade

    • Kenyon Coll

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