Axion Dark Matter Searches
Experiments that test whether extremely light, weakly interacting axions or axion-like particles constitute the unseen matter in galaxies.
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Planetary Habitability
The capacity of a planetary environment to sustain conditions compatible with life over relevant places and times.
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Stellar Nucleosynthesis
The production and transformation of atomic nuclei through fusion, capture and decay processes inside stars and stellar explosions.
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Dark Energy
The name given to the component or gravitational effect associated with the accelerating expansion of the universe.
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Gravitational Lensing
The deflection and magnification of light by curved spacetime around intervening mass distributions.
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Bayesian Inference
A framework for updating probability distributions over unknown quantities when new evidence is observed.
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Exoplanet Detection
Methods for identifying and characterising planets orbiting stars beyond the Solar System.
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Black Hole Accretion Disks
Rotating, heated flows of matter that release energy while spiralling toward a black hole.
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Gravitational Waves
Ripples in spacetime produced by accelerating mass distributions and detected through their effect on distance.
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