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Hui, M.

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G4CMP: Condensed matter physics simulation using the G$\scriptsize{\mathrm{EANT}}$4 toolkit

G4CMP simulates phonon and charge transport in cryogenic semiconductor crystals using the Geant4 toolkit. The transport code is capable of simulating the propagation of acoustic phonons as well as electron and hole charge carriers. Herein processes for anisotropic phonon propagation, oblique charge-carrier propagation, and phonon emission by accelerated charge carriers are included. The simulation reproduces theoretical predictions and experimental observations such as phonon caustics, heat-pulse propagation times, and mean charge-carrier drift velocities. In addition to presenting the physics and features supported by G4CMP, this report outlines example applications from the dark matter and quantum information science communities. These communities are applying G4CMP to model and design devices for which the energy transported by phonons and charge carriers is germane to the performance of superconducting instruments and circuits placed on silicon and germanium substrates. The G4CMP package is available to download from GitHub: github.com/kelseymh/G4CMP.

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The Multi-Mission Maximum Likelihood framework (3ML)

The age of multi-wavelength and multi-messenger astronomy has arrived and with it, new tools are needed to analyze data from multiple instruments properly and with ease. The Multi-Mission Maximum Likelihood framework (3ML) provides this functionality via the novel use of instrument plugins which allow for every instrument’s unique data to be treated independently with an appropriate likelihood. Under the 3ML framework, users can design plugins that handle instrument specific data routines transparently in the background. When multiple instruments are used together, their independent likelihoods are treated under a common minimization or Bayesian sampling framework. 3ML provides a multitude of minimization algorithm for maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) as well as several popular Bayesian posterior samplers. The entire framework is provided via a modern Python interface providing the user with a modern and easily transportable analysis framework well suited for modern astronomy. New models can be added easily. It is also possible to perform time-energy modeling. We present the framework and its main functionalities.

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FERMI GBM OBSERVATIONS OF V404 CYG DURING ITS 2015 OUTBURST

V404 Cygni was discovered in 1989 by the Ginga X-ray satellite during its only previously observed X-ray outburst and soon after confirmed as a black hole binary. On 2015 June 15, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered on a new outburst of V404 Cygni. We present 13 days of GBM observations of this outburst, including Earth occultation flux measurements and spectral and temporal analysis. The Earth occultation fluxes reached 30 Crab with detected emission to 100 keV and determined, via hardness ratios, that the source was in a hard state. At high luminosity, spectral analysis between 8 and 300 keV showed that the electron temperature decreased with increasing luminosity. This is expected if the protons and electrons are in thermal equilibrium during an outburst with the electrons cooled by the Compton scattering of softer seed photons from the disk. However, the implied seed photon temperatures are unusually high, suggesting a contribution from another source, such as the jet. No evidence of state transitions is seen during this time period. The temporal analysis reveals power spectra that can be modeled with two or three strong, broad Lorentzians, similar to the power spectra of black hole binaries in their hard state.

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