INDEX
Every paper Pith has read and judged, in one searchable index.
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gr-qc arXiv submitted 2026-08-13Minimal matter leaves massive-gravity vector modes broken
Ekapob Kulchoakrungsun +1 · “Vector Perturbations in Ghost-Free Quasidilaton Massive Gravity”
2608.13529 -
astro-ph.EP arXiv submitted 2026-08-13TESS blind to most small planets in faint-star binaries
Colin Littlefield +3 · “The sensitivity of TESS to transiting planets in TOIs with close-in stellar companions”
2608.13527 -
astro-ph.IM arXiv submitted 2026-08-13Simulator builds realistic test images for NASA's L1 geocorona imager
Heather Filippini +9 · “Numerical Model Simulation of the Carruthers GCI Images”
2608.13516 -
astro-ph.CO arXiv submitted 2026-08-13Thawing dark energy's equation of state now predicted to 1.6 percent
Naoto Maki +1 · “Higher-Order Analytical Expansion of Thawing Dark Energy with an Exponential Potential”
2608.13488 -
astro-ph.EP arXiv submitted 2026-08-13JWST finds no helium on LHS 1140 b in four transits
Katherine A. Bennett +15 · “No Helium Detected in LHS 1140 b from Four JWST NIRISS/SOSS Transits”
2608.13473 -
astro-ph.EP arXiv submitted 2026-08-13Four JWST transits of LHS 1140 b show no helium absorption
Michael Radica · “Strict Limits on Helium Absorption from LHS 1140 b from Four JWST NIRISS Transits”
2608.13470 -
astro-ph.IM arXiv submitted 2026-08-13New corrections push JWST spectra past S/N 1000
Karl D. Gordon +1 · “JWST MIRI Medium Resolution Spectrometer Point Fixed Pattern Corrections: Cleaner and Higher Signal-to-Noise Spectra of Point Sources”
2608.13464 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-08-13Turbulence halves electron-capture yields in Type Ia supernovae
S. Shiber +11 · “The Production of Electron-Capture Elements in Thermonuclear Supernovae: Theory vs. Observations”
2608.13432 -
astro-ph.GA arXiv submitted 2026-08-13Virgo region has already lost most of its hydrogen gas
V. Part\'{i}k +2 · “Widefield Arecibo Virgo Extragalactic Survey: II. Characterizing the HI properties and environment of the WAVES South region”
2608.13411 -
astro-ph.CO arXiv submitted 2026-08-13A more faithful excursion-set profile fits simulations worse
Ericka Florio +1 · “The Most Probable Outer Density Profile from Excursion Set Theory”
2608.13347 -
astro-ph.CO arXiv submitted 2026-08-13No more hand-tuning: code detects onset of dark-matter oscillations
Amin Aboubrahim +1 · “Automatic detection of fast oscillations of dark matter scalar field and updated cosmological constraints on QCDM”
2608.13346 -
astro-ph.HE arXiv submitted 2026-08-13Three novae show synchrotron shocks at one radio frequency
Aishani Majumder +5 · “Radio Monitoring of Classical Novae using the ASKAP Variable and Slow Transients Survey”
2608.13330 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-08-13JWST catches a dusty star just before a thermonuclear blast
Tam\'as Szalai +24 · “JWST Detects a Dusty AGB-like Source Before the Type Ia-CSM Supernova 2026sqf”
2608.13321 -
astro-ph.GA arXiv submitted 2026-08-13Per-star dust corrections tighten 85% of cluster color diagrams
Xiaohan Chen +2 · “Differential Reddening and Extinction Law Analyses of Galactic Open Clusters”
2608.13313 -
astro-ph.GA arXiv submitted 2026-08-13Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies are fainter radio emitters
K. \'E. Gab\'anyi +4 · “Radio Properties of Narrow-Line and Broad-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies”
2608.13303 -
astro-ph.HE arXiv submitted 2026-08-13AGN in Perseus heart doubles in X-rays over days
Sarah Ketchum (1) +10 · “X-ray Flaring and Variability in NGC 1275, the Heart of the Perseus Cluster”
2608.13281 -
astro-ph.EP arXiv submitted 2026-08-13Planet candidates vanish under target-specific stellar tides
Qunfeng Jiang · “Stellar tidal systematics in apsidal-motion searches for circumbinary planets: CH Ind and SW CMa”
2608.13269 -
astro-ph.HE arXiv submitted 2026-08-13Most Be X-ray binaries are accreting even when not in outburst
Aafia Zainab +20 · “The low luminosity end of Galactic HMXBs with eROSITA: Establishing a luminosity floor for accreting BeXRBs”
2608.13259 -
astro-ph.IM arXiv submitted 2026-08-13Balloon FTS optical model keeps losses under 7.5%
Morgane Loquet Le Gall +4 · “Optical concept model of the future cosmology project BISOU”
2608.13257 -
astro-ph.EP arXiv submitted 2026-08-13Two nearby binaries can host habitable planets
Alyssa R. Jankowski +10 · “Assessing Planetary Stability and Long-Term Habitability in Nearby Stellar Binaries: 70 Oph, 36 Oph, $\gamma$ Leo”
2608.13243 -
astro-ph.IM arXiv submitted 2026-08-13Warm breadboard design set to test CMB spectral-distortion optics
Morgane Loquet Le Gall +6 · “Optical development of the BISOU breadboard”
2608.13225 -
astro-ph.IM arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Satellite eclipses can measure star sizes below the diffraction limit
Leo W.H. Fung +3 · “Eclipses by Artificial Satellites to Measure the Angular Sizes of Stars”
2608.11161 -
gr-qc arXiv submitted 2026-08-11At Cosmic Explorer, black-hole background breaks Gaussian assumption
Haowen Zhong +3 · “All You Need is not $\Omega_\mathrm{gw}$: Beyond the Mean of the Cross-Correlation Estimator when Searching for an Astrophysical Gravitational-Wave Background”
2608.11119 -
astro-ph.IM arXiv submitted 2026-08-11One near-Sun slingshot could send 3 tons to 200 AU
Nadim Maraqten +3 · “High-temperature photovoltaics for solar-electric Oberth maneuvers: ton-class payload feasibility for interstellar-precursor missions”
2608.11113 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Lopsided star magnetism could shield exoplanets from CMEs
Zheng Sun +6 · “Intense but Harmless: Exo-Space Weather Around an M Dwarf with a Single-Hemisphere Dynamo”
2608.11087 -
astro-ph.EP arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Comet 28P's narrow flash favors coherent backscattering
Takafumi Ootsubo +10 · “Opposition effect of comet 28P/Neujmin observed with Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam”
2608.11082 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Rossby waves may explain low-frequency flicker in O-type supergiants
Lydia S. Cidale +8 · “Gravity modes and potential evidence for Rossby Waves in late O-type supergiants”
2608.11010 -
astro-ph.CO arXiv submitted 2026-08-11PBH relic dark matter faces exponential fine-tuning at formation
Amirah Aljazaeri +1 · “Fine-tuning in mixed Dark Matter models with Primordial Black Hole relics”
2608.10977 -
astro-ph.CO arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Lowest quasar absorption redshift tracks emission redshift
Netra K Subramanian +2 · “Fitting trends in quasar emission and absorption line redshifts”
2608.10945 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Cepheid radii and periods point to different stars
O. Zi\'o{\l}kowska +3 · “Pulsation periods reveal tension between theoretical and empirical radii for classical Cepheids in eclipsing binary systems”
2608.10909 -
astro-ph.GA arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Vela Ridge joins Radcliffe Wave as second wavy cluster chain
V. V. Bobylev +1 · “The Radcliffe Wave is not alone in the Local System”
2608.10884 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-08-11After the main sequence, stars defy rotation and magnetism models
Emily Hatt · “Observational Insights into Post-Main-Sequence Rotation and Magnetism: 20 Years of Science, from the Subgiant to the White Dwarf Phase”
2608.10879 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-08-1141,466 binary candidates found in APOGEE DR19 dwarfs
Serat M. Saad +1 · “Spectroscopic Binary Detection as Agent-Callable Tools: Detecting 40,000+ Main-Sequence Binary Candidates from SDSS DR19 APOGEE Spectra”
2608.10866 -
astro-ph.HE arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Recollimation shock seen for the first time in a GRB jet
Felix Ryde +1 · “Wind-confined jet collimation revealed by the acceleration-phase photosphere of GRB 220426A”
2608.10841 -
astro-ph.GA arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Dust around most little red dots veils the broad-line region
Tomokazu Kiyota +9 · “ATLAS. III. Dust Around Little Red Dots: Hydrogen Line Ratios beyond Dust-free Non-Case B Models”
2608.10832 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Slow and fast solar wind heat alphas oppositely across the solar cycle
Aakash Gupta +4 · “Evidence for Solar-Cycle Modulation of the Alpha-to-Proton Temperature Ratio in Solar Wind”
2608.10819 -
gr-qc arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Warp drive in Earth's air would glow at terawatt scale
Shaun David Brocus Fell +1 · “Radiative Signatures from Warp Drives Traveling Through the Earth's Atmosphere”
2608.10800 -
astro-ph.IM arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Telemetry wind layers match Maunakea weather data in 80% of files
Eden A. McEwen +5 · “Wavefront Profiling via correlation of GLAO open loop telemetry”
2608.10786 -
astro-ph.CO arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Dark matter substructure can't close the neutron star gap
Payaswinee Arvikar +2 · “Evolution of Neutron Star Environment in the Galactic Halo : Implications for Dark Matter Accretion”
2608.10781 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Spectra confirm a tilted disk eclipses eccentric binary Bernhard-1
Zhecheng Hu +4 · “Bernhard-1: An Eccentric Binary Periodically Obscured by its Misaligned Circumbinary Disk”
2608.10779 -
astro-ph.IM arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Two fixes make IDG-CAL scale to deeper wide-field images
Sebastiaan van der Tol · “Application of continuous corrections in widefield imaging obtained with the IDGCAL calibration method”
2608.10762 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-08-1124 evolved stars show shifting polarization over 26 months
Arijit Maiti. Ruchi Pandey +2 · “Exploring the long-term temporal variability in polarization through multi-epoch optical spectro-polarimetry - Part II: A sample of symbiotic and red-giant stars”
2608.10751 -
astro-ph.GA arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Close binaries must be born, not made, simulations show
Naoto Harada +3 · “SIRIUS Project: Dynamical Evolution of Primordial Binaries during Star Cluster Formation”
2608.10750 -
astro-ph.HE arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Synchrotron cooling splits turbulent plasma into hot and cold phases
Xiaochen Sun +3 · “Synchrotron-Regulated Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence: Emission, Polarization, and Faraday Rotation”
2608.10748 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Herbig stars' Hα polarization varies by year
Arijit Maiti +1 · “Exploring the long-term temporal variability in polarization through multi-epoch optical spectro-polarimetry - Part I: A sample of Herbig Ae/Be and classical Be stars”
2608.10737 -
astro-ph.HE arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Pulsar's fade to quiescence needs no propeller effect
Sergey S. Tsygankov +8 · “Real-time observations of the transition to the quiescent state in an accreting magnetised neutron star: No propeller required?”
2608.10733 -
astro-ph.GA arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Wandering black hole feeds from its own gravitational wake
Xin Li +10 · “A Wandering 35,000-Solar-Mass Black Hole Fed by a Gravitational Wake”
2608.10719 -
astro-ph.EP arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Direct convolution biases low-resolution helium signals by 16 percent
Carteret Yann +1 · “Toward a unified framework for helium observations and interpretation of atmospheric escape”
2608.10707 -
hep-ph arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Axion mechanism yields the observed baryon asymmetry
Zhenhao Zhang +2 · “Baryogenesis and CMB spectral distortion from Axions”
2608.10633 -
astro-ph.GA arXiv submitted 2026-08-11Maps 36,000 obscured stars and finds the Milky Way's bar
Rajorshi Bhattacharya +3 · “Mapping the Inner Milky Way with Infrared-Derived Distances to AGB Stars”
2608.10577