KICP/A&A astro-ph listing

Latest Astro-ph Papers (Generated on Thu Jan 8 21:07:43 CST 2026)

• Spectator Composes a Gravitational Canon: Spectator-field-triggered Phase Transition During Inflation and its Anisotropic Gravitational Wave Signals [https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04307]

  • Keisuke Harigaya (2th author, Senior Member)

• A census of star-formation and gas mass tracers in two lensed $z \sim 4$ dusty star-forming galaxies [https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04133]

  • Melanie Archipley (7th author, Associate Fellow)

• The maximum mass ratio of hierarchical mergers may cause the $q$-$χ_{\rm eff}$ correlation [https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03457]

  • Amanda Farah (2th author, Graduate Student)

• The steep redshift evolution of the hierarchical merger rate may cause the $z$-$χ_{\rm eff}$ correlation [https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03456]

  • Amanda Farah (1th author, Graduate Student)

• E-XQR-30: Evidence for an Increase in the Ionization State of Metal Absorbers from z6 to z2 [https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02634]

  • Hsiao-Wen Chen? (9th author, Senior Member)

• A possible challenge for Cold and Warm Dark Matter [https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02466]

  • Diana Powell? (4th author, Assistant Professor)

• Exposure-averaged Gaussian Processes for Combining Overlapping Datasets [https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02462]

  • Lily Zhao (4th author, Sagan Fellow)

• Uncovering Hidden Systematics in Extreme-Precision Radial Velocity Measurements [https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02296]

  • Lily Zhao (1th author, Sagan Fellow)

• The MUSCLES Extension for Atmospheric Transmission Spectroscopy: Spectral energy distributions for 20 exoplanet host stars that JWST observed in Cycle 1 [https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.01628]

  • Jacob L. Bean (9th author, Professor)

• Analysis of 14 Years of X-Ray Emission From SN 2011DH [https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.01365]

  • Vikram Dwarkadas (2th author, Research Professor)

• XRISM finds the Changing-Look AGN NGC 1365 in an extended low state: A dense, highly ionized outflow obscures the central source [https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00795]

  • Daniele Rogantini (21th author, Margaret Burbidge Prize Postdoctoral Fellow)

• Ring Asymmetry and Spin in M87* [https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00394]

  • Bradford A. Benson (21th author, Associate Professor)
  • John Carlstrom (35th author, Senior Member)
  • Paul Chichura (43th author, Graduate Student)
  • Thomas Crawford (46th author, Senior Researcher)

• Light-tight skipper-CCDs for X-ray detection in space [https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00127]

  • Ana Martina Botti (1th author, Associate Fellow)
  • Juan Estrada (5th author, Senior Associate)
  • Nathan Saffold (7th author, Associate Fellow)