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Moving magnetoencephalography towards real-world applications with a wearable system (2018)
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Boto, E., Holmes, N., Leggett, J., Roberts, G., Shah, V., Meyer, S. S., …Brookes, M. J. (2018). Moving magnetoencephalography towards real-world applications with a wearable system. Nature, 555, 657-661. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature26147

Imaging human brain function with techniques such as magnetoencephalography1 (MEG) typically requires a subject to perform tasks whilst their head remains still within a restrictive scanner. This artificial environment makes the technique inaccessibl... Read More about Moving magnetoencephalography towards real-world applications with a wearable system.

Revisiting the cuscuton as a Lorentz-violating gravity theory (2018)
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Bhattacharyya, J., Coates, A., Colombo, M., Gümrükçüoğlu, A. E., & Sotiriou, T. P. (2018). Revisiting the cuscuton as a Lorentz-violating gravity theory. Physical Review D, 97(6), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.064020

The cuscuton is a scalar field with infinite speed of propagation. It was introduced in the context of cosmology but it has also been claimed to resemble Horava gravity in a certain limit. Here we revisit the cuscuton theory as a Lorentz-violating gr... Read More about Revisiting the cuscuton as a Lorentz-violating gravity theory.

Rare behavior of growth processes via umbrella sampling of trajectories (2018)
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Klymko, K., Geissler, P. L., Garrahan, J. P., & Whitelam, S. (2018). Rare behavior of growth processes via umbrella sampling of trajectories. Physical Review E, 97(3), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.97.032123

We compute probability distributions of trajectory observables for reversible and irreversible growth processes. These results reveal a correspondence between reversible and irreversible processes, at particular points in parameter space, in terms of... Read More about Rare behavior of growth processes via umbrella sampling of trajectories.

Constructing neutron stars with a gravitational Higgs mechanism (2018)
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Franchini, N., Coates, A., & Sotiriou, T. P. (2018). Constructing neutron stars with a gravitational Higgs mechanism. Physical Review D, 97(6), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.064013

In scalar-tensor theories, spontaneous scalarization is a phase transition that can occur in ultradense environments such as neutron stars. The scalar field develops a non-trivial configuration once the stars exceeds a compactness threshold. We recen... Read More about Constructing neutron stars with a gravitational Higgs mechanism.

Formation routes and structural details of the CaF1 layer on Si(111) from high-resolution noncontact atomic force microscopy data (2018)
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Rahe, P., Smith, E. F., Wollschläger, J., & Moriarty, P. J. (2018). Formation routes and structural details of the CaF1 layer on Si(111) from high-resolution noncontact atomic force microscopy data. Physical Review B, 97(12), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.125418

We investigate the CaF1/Si(111) interface using a combination of high-resolution scanning tunnelling and noncontact atomic force microscopy operated at cryogenic temperature as well as x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Submonolayer CaF1 films grown a... Read More about Formation routes and structural details of the CaF1 layer on Si(111) from high-resolution noncontact atomic force microscopy data.

Current polarity-dependent manipulation of antiferromagnetic domains (2018)
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Wadley, P., Reimers, S., Grzybowski, M. J., Andrews, C., Wang, M., Chauhan, J., …Jungwirth, T. (2018). Current polarity-dependent manipulation of antiferromagnetic domains. Nature Nanotechnology, 13(5), 362-365. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-018-0079-1

Antiferromagnets have several favourable properties as active elements in spintronic devices, including ultra-fast dynamics, zero stray fields and insensitivity to external magnetic fields. Tetragonal CuMnAs is a testbed system in which the antiferro... Read More about Current polarity-dependent manipulation of antiferromagnetic domains.

The Physiological Bases of Hidden Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Protocol for a Functional Neuroimaging Study (Preprint) (2018)
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Dewey, R. S., Hall, D. A., Guest, H., Prendergast, G., Plack, C. J., & Francis, S. T. (2018). The Physiological Bases of Hidden Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Protocol for a Functional Neuroimaging Study (Preprint)

Background: Rodent studies indicate that noise exposure can cause permanent damage to synapses between inner hair cells and high-threshold auditory nerve fibers, without permanently altering threshold sensitivity. These demonstrations of what is c... Read More about The Physiological Bases of Hidden Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Protocol for a Functional Neuroimaging Study (Preprint).

The Physiological Bases of Hidden Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Protocol for a Functional Neuroimaging Study (2018)
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Dewey, R. S., Hall, D. A., Guest, H., Prendergast, G., Plack, C. J., & Francis, S. T. (2018). The Physiological Bases of Hidden Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Protocol for a Functional Neuroimaging Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 7(3), Article e79. https://doi.org/10.2196/resprot.9095

Background: Rodent studies indicate that noise exposure can cause permanent damage to synapses between inner hair cells and high-threshold auditory nerve fibers, without permanently altering threshold sensitivity. These demonstrations of what is comm... Read More about The Physiological Bases of Hidden Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Protocol for a Functional Neuroimaging Study.

Altered temporal stability in dynamic neural networks underlies connectivity changes in neurodevelopment (2018)
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Brookes, M. J., Groom, M. J., Liuzzi, L., Hill, R. M., Smith, H. J., Briley, P. M., …Liddle, E. B. (2018). Altered temporal stability in dynamic neural networks underlies connectivity changes in neurodevelopment. NeuroImage, 174, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.03.008

Network connectivity is an integral feature of human brain function, and characterising its maturational trajectory is a critical step towards understanding healthy and atypical neurodevelopment. Here, we used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to investig... Read More about Altered temporal stability in dynamic neural networks underlies connectivity changes in neurodevelopment.

Laser drilling of microholes in single crystal silicon using continuous wave (CW) 1070 nm fiber lasers with millisecond pulse widths (2018)
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Maclean, J. O., Hodson, J., Tangkijcharoenchai, C., Al-Ojaili, S., Rodsavas, S., Coomber, S., & Voisey, K. (2018). Laser drilling of microholes in single crystal silicon using continuous wave (CW) 1070 nm fiber lasers with millisecond pulse widths. Lasers in Engineering, 39(1-2),

The laser microdrilling of via holes in Si semiconductor wafers was studied using 1 ms pulses from an Yb fibre laser with 1070 nm wavelength. Optical microscopy and cross‑sectional analysis were used to quantify hole dimensions, the distribution of r... Read More about Laser drilling of microholes in single crystal silicon using continuous wave (CW) 1070 nm fiber lasers with millisecond pulse widths.

Thermodynamic Bounds on Precision in Ballistic Multiterminal Transport (2018)
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Saito, K., Brandner, K., & Hanazato, T. (2018). Thermodynamic Bounds on Precision in Ballistic Multiterminal Transport. Physical Review Letters, 120(9), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.090601

© 2018 American Physical Society. For classical ballistic transport in a multiterminal geometry, we derive a universal trade-off relation between total dissipation and the precision, at which particles are extracted from individual reservoirs. Remark... Read More about Thermodynamic Bounds on Precision in Ballistic Multiterminal Transport.

Spin transport and spin torque in antiferromagnetic devices (2018)
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Železný, J., Wadley, P., Olejnik, K., Hoffmann, A., & Ohno, H. (2018). Spin transport and spin torque in antiferromagnetic devices. Nature Physics, 14(3), 220-228. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0062-7

© 2018 The Publisher. Ferromagnets are key materials for sensing and memory applications. In contrast, antiferromagnets, which represent the more common form of magnetically ordered materials, have found less practical application beyond their use fo... Read More about Spin transport and spin torque in antiferromagnetic devices.

Resonant enhancement in leptogenesis (2018)
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Dev, P., Garny, M., Klaric, J., Millington, P., & Teresi, D. (2018). Resonant enhancement in leptogenesis. International Journal of Modern Physics A, 33(05n06), https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X18420034

Vanilla leptogenesis within the type I seesaw framework requires the mass scale of the right-handed neutrinos to be above 109 GeV. This lower bound can be avoided if at least two of the sterile states are almost mass degenerate, which leads to an enh... Read More about Resonant enhancement in leptogenesis.

Status of rates and rate equations for thermal leptogenesis (2018)
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Biondini, S., Bödeker, D., Brambilla, N., Garny, M., Ghiglieri, J., Hohenegger, A., …Vairo, A. (2018). Status of rates and rate equations for thermal leptogenesis. International Journal of Modern Physics A, 33(05n06), https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X18420046

In many realizations of leptogenesis, heavy right-handed neutrinos play the main role in the generation of an imbalance between matter and antimatter in the early Universe. Hence, it is relevant to address quantitatively their dynamics in a hot and d... Read More about Status of rates and rate equations for thermal leptogenesis.

High-temperature molecular beam epitaxy of hexagonal boron nitride layers (2018)
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Cheng, T. S., Summerfield, A., Mellor, C. J., Davies, A., Khlobystov, A. N., Eaves, L., …Novikov, S. V. (in press). High-temperature molecular beam epitaxy of hexagonal boron nitride layers. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 36(2), Article 02D103-1. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5011280

The growth and properties of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have recently attracted much attention due to applications in graphene-based monolayer thick 2D-structures and at the same time as a wide band gap material for deep-ultraviolet device (DUV) a... Read More about High-temperature molecular beam epitaxy of hexagonal boron nitride layers.

Flavor effects in leptogenesis (2018)
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Dev, P., Di Bari, P., Garbrecht, B., Lavignac, S., Millington, P., & Teresi, D. (2018). Flavor effects in leptogenesis. International Journal of Modern Physics A, 33(05n06), https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X18420010

Flavor effects can have a significant impact on the final estimate of the lepton (and therefore baryon) asymmetry in scenarios of leptogenesis. It is therefore necessary to account fully for this flavor dynamics in the relevant transport equations th... Read More about Flavor effects in leptogenesis.

Exploring the origins of EEG motion artefacts during simultaneous fMRI acquisition: implications for motion artefact correction (2018)
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Spencer, G. S., Smith, J. A., Chowdhury, M. E., Bowtell, R. W., & Mullinger, K. J. (in press). Exploring the origins of EEG motion artefacts during simultaneous fMRI acquisition: implications for motion artefact correction. NeuroImage, 173, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.02.034

Motion artefacts (MAs) are induced within EEG data collected simultaneously with fMRI when the subject’s head rotates relative to the magnetic field. The effects of these artefacts have generally been ameliorated by removing periods of data during wh... Read More about Exploring the origins of EEG motion artefacts during simultaneous fMRI acquisition: implications for motion artefact correction.

Modelling high resolution ALMA observations of strongly lensed highly star forming galaxies detected by Herschel (2018)
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Dye, S., Furlanetto, C., Dunne, L., Eales, S., Negrello, M., Nayyeri, H., …Amvrosiadis, A. (2018). Modelling high resolution ALMA observations of strongly lensed highly star forming galaxies detected by Herschel. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 476(4), 4383-4394. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty513

We have modelled ∼0.1 arcsec resolution ALMA imaging of six strong gravitationally lensed galaxies detected by the Herschel Space Observatory. Our modelling recovers mass properties of the lensing galaxies and, by determining magnification factors, i... Read More about Modelling high resolution ALMA observations of strongly lensed highly star forming galaxies detected by Herschel.