18:04 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.08850

18:04 <galois> [arXiv] “The CONDOR Observatory: A Gamma-Ray Observatory with a 100 GeV Threshold at 5300 Meters Above Sea Level” Miguel Arratia, Will Brooks, Jiajun Huang et al. — «We present the design of the Compact Network of Detectors with Orbital Range (CONDOR), a proposed high-altitude gamma-ray and cosmic-ray (CR) observatory set to become the highest of its kind. Planned for installation at Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert, Chile, at…»

18:25 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.08875

18:25 <galois> [arXiv] “Taylor-Couette flow with split endcaps: preparatory hydrodynamic study for upcoming DRESDYN-MRI experiment” A. Mishra, P. Personnettaz, G. Mamatsashvili et al. — «Magnetorotational instability (MRI) is of great importance in astrophysical disks, driving angular momentum transport and accretion of matter onto a central object. A Taylor-Couette (TC) flow between two coaxial cylinders subject to an axial magnetic field is…»

18:28 <raptop> turning optics into dark magic? https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.09300

18:28 <galois> [arXiv] “Experimental study of the first telescope with a toroidal curved detector” Eduard Muslimov, Simona Lombardo, Thibault Behaghel et al. — «We describe a practical implementation of the anamorphically curved detector concept. In order to demonstrate its advantages, a telescope lab prototype was developed, built, and tested. It is based on a 4-mirror all-spherical unobscured design, similar to that proposed by D. Shafer.…»