Tootfinder

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Muse:
🎵 Supermassive Black Hole
#Muse
https://mikhu.bandcamp.com/track/muse-supermassive-black-hole-mikhus-vocal-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/3lPr8ghNDBLc2uZovNyLs9

Morning Darkness – an #improv #poem
https://

Morning Darkness - an #improv #poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Hex And Muse
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods

Jet-mode Feedback in NGC 5972 - Insights from Resolved MUSE, GMRT, and VLA Observations: #Voorwerp Galaxy: https://aasnova.org/2025/07/18/written-in-the-gas-jet-feedback-in-a-voorwerp-galaxy/

Answer (Jaydn, opus 26) #PianoImprov #NowPlaying

Answer (Jaydn, opus 26) #PianoImprov #NowPlaying
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Muse:
🎵 Starlight
#NowPlaying #Muse
https://pulsormusic.bandcamp.com/track/muse-starlight-pulsor-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/3skn2lauGk7Dx6bVIt5DVj

Thinking out loud v.03 – fredsnotes #AI,

Sonnet 103 - CIII
Alack! what poverty my Muse brings forth,
That having such a scope to show her pride,
The argument all bare is of more worth
Than when it hath my added praise beside!
O! blame me not, if I no more can write!
Look in your glass, and there appears a face
That over-goes my blunt invention quite,
Dulling my lines, and doing me disgrace.
Were it not sinful then, striving to mend,
To mar the subject that before was well?…

Is it too “early” to tell? Another album preview.
#ReleasePreview #FolkSong

Is it too "early" to tell? Another album preview.
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Happy #TuneTuesday. This week's theme is #ClipClopMusic .. 🐎
So pleased to have an excuse to share Knights of Cydonia from #muse. The most epic sci-fi Western video in the entire history of sc…

EP250207b is not a collapsar fast X-ray transient. Is it due to a compact object merger?
P. G. Jonker, A. J. Levan, Xing Liu, Dong Xu, Yuan Liu, Xinpeng Xu, An Li, N. Sarin, N. R. Tanvir, G. P. Lamb, M. E. Ravasio, J. S\'anchez-Sierras, J. A. Quirola-V\'asquez, B. C. Rayson, J. N. D. van Dalen, D. B. Malesani, A. P. C. van Hoof, F. E. Bauer, J. Chac\'on, S. J. Smartt, A. Martin-Carrillo, G. Corcoran, L. Cotter, A. Rossi, F. Onori, M. Fraser, P. T. O'Brien, R. A. J. Eyle…

EP250207b is not a collapsar fast X-ray transient. Is it due to a compact object merger?
Fast X-ray Transients (FXTs) are short-lived extra-galactic X-ray sources. Recent progress through multi-wavelength follow-up of Einstein Probe discovered FXTs has shown that several are related to collapsars, which can also produce gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). In this paper we investigate the nature of the FXT EP250207b. The VLT/MUSE spectra of a nearby (15.9 kpc in projection) lenticular galaxy reveal no signs of recent star formation. If this galaxy is indeed the host, EP250207b lies at a redshi…

Sonnet 082 - LXXXII
I grant thou wert not married to my Muse,
And therefore mayst without attaint o'erlook
The dedicated words which writers use
Of their fair subject, blessing every book.
Thou art as fair in knowledge as in hue,
Finding thy worth a limit past my praise;
And therefore art enforced to seek anew
Some fresher stamp of the time-bettering days.
And do so, love; yet when they have devis'd,
What strained touches rh…

HeII emitters in the cosmic noon and beyond. Characterising the HeII {\lambda}1640 emission with MUSE and JWST/NIRSpec
R. Gonz'alez-D'iaz, J. M. V\'ilchez, C. Kehrig, I. del Moral-Castro, J. Iglesias-P\'aramo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11685

HeII emitters in the cosmic noon and beyond. Characterising the HeII λ1640 emission with MUSE and JWST/NIRSpec
The study of high-redshift galaxies provides critical insights into the early stages of cosmic evolution, particularly during the so-called 'cosmic noon', when star formation activity reached its peak. Within this context, the origin of the nebular emission remains an open question. In this work, we conduct a systematic, multi-wavelength investigation of a sample of z ~ 2-4 emitters from the MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field surveys, utilising both MUSE and JWST/NIRSpec data and extending the sample…

heise | Mit Muse durch die eigenen Fotos: Musebox für den Mac im Test
Die Musebox verwaltet und verschlagwortet Medien auf dem Mac. Wir haben sie getestet.
https://www.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Muse:
🎵 Revolt
#NowPlaying #Muse
https://revoltmotionrecords.bandcamp.com/track/take-me-by-may-the-muse
https://open.spotify.com/track/7BGg9wSF98j6FzvHGkq3f0

Black Museum in Washington has 120 days to align with Trump’s values
https://chicagocrusader.com/black-museum-washington-national-museum-of-african-american-history/

"Thoughts on Synthesizing Information: A Research Skill for Our Time?" https://muse.jhu.edu/article/964599
"Synthesizing information from multiple sources is a crucial skill for information literacy, and it is exceedingly important for learning in the 21st century information landscape.…

Timely new article on #Tanzania #president before the elections in October:

"Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing"
by Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu
"Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan has been celebrated as a democratic reformer, but her goal increasing…

Project MUSE - Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing

«Unraivelling» de Muse. Una canción de rock con harto sintetizador que me recordó a la época ochentera de Rush. Es adelanto de un nuevo disco que serš lanzado el 2026. Me gustó harto👌🏻
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Df0RNShcnfIJmrRoJ6Gc9

Effects of music perception on language development in children with cochlear implants: a systematic review https://muse.jhu.edu/article/966640 "music perception" "to strengthen their neuroplasticity through visual-motor connectivity"; what could visual-to-auditory sensory substitution …

Project MUSE - Effects of Music Perception on Language Development in Children With Cochlear Implants: A Systematic Review

The z=1.03 Merging Cluster SPT-CL J0356-5337: New Strong Lensing Analysis with HST and MUSE
Grace Smith, Guillaume Mahler, Kate Napier, Keren Sharon, Matthew Bayliss, Bradford Benson, Lindsey Bleem, Benjamin Floyd, Vittorio Ghirardini, Michael D. Gladders, Gourav Khullar, Tim Schrabback
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07404

The z=1.03 Merging Cluster SPT-CL J0356-5337: New Strong Lensing Analysis with HST and MUSE
We present a strong lensing analysis and reconstruct the mass distribution of SPT-CL J0356-5337, a galaxy cluster at redshift z = 1.034. Our model supersedes previous models by making use of new multi-band HST data and MUSE spectroscopy. We identify two additional lensed galaxies to inform a more well-constrained model using 12 sets of multiple images in 5 separate lensed sources. The three previously-known sources were spectroscopically confirmed by Mahler et al. (2020) at redshifts of z = 2.3…

MUSE: Model-Agnostic Tabular Watermarking via Multi-Sample Selection
Liancheng Fang, Aiwei Liu, Henry Peng Zou, Yankai Chen, Hengrui Zhang, Zhongfen Deng, Philip S. Yu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.24267

MUSE: Model-Agnostic Tabular Watermarking via Multi-Sample Selection
We introduce MUSE, a watermarking algorithm for tabular generative models. Previous approaches typically leverage DDIM invertibility to watermark tabular diffusion models, but tabular diffusion models exhibit significantly poorer invertibility compared to other modalities, compromising performance. Simultaneously, tabular diffusion models require substantially less computation than other modalities, enabling a multi-sample selection approach to tabular generative model watermarking. MUSE embeds…

MUSEing on the host galaxies of Tidal Disruption Events
M. Pursiainen, G. Leloudas, J. Lyman, C. M. Byrne, P. Charalampopoulos, S. Kim, S. Schulze, J. P. Anderson, F. E. Bauer, L. Dai, L. Galbany, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Nicholl, T. Pessi, J. L. Prieto, S. F. Sanchez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12520

MUSEing on the host galaxies of Tidal Disruption Events
We present an analysis of twenty tidal disruption event (TDE) host galaxies observed with the MUSE integral-field spectrograph on ESO VLT. We investigate the presence of extended emission line regions (EELRs) and study stellar populations mostly at sub-kpc scale around the host nuclei. EELRs are detected in 5/20 hosts, including two unreported systems. All EELRs are found at z<0.045, suggesting a distance bias and faint EELRs may be missed at higher redshift. EELRs only appear in post-merger sy…

Initial VLT/MUSE spectroscopy of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS
Cyrielle Opitom, Colin Snodgrass, Emmanuel Jehin, Michele T. Bannister, Erica Bufanda, Sophie E. Deam, Rosemary Dorsey, Marin Ferrais, Said Hmiddouch, Matthew M. Knight, Rosita Kokotanekova, Brayden Leicester, Micha\"el Marsset, Brian Murphy, Vincent Okoth, Ryan Ridden-Harper, Mathieu Vander Donckt, L\'ea Ferellec, Damien Hutsemekers, Manuela Lippi, Jean Manfroid, Zouhair Benkhaldoun

Initial VLT/MUSE spectroscopy of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to be discovered. Pre-perihelion measurements provide a unique opportunity to study its activity and composition, which may alter as it is heated in the coming months. We provide an initial baseline from optical spectroscopic observations obtained only two days after discovery, using the MUSE instrument on the VLT on 2025 July 3, while 3I was at 4.47 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from the Earth. These observations confirm the c…

New VLT image shows supernova remnant 0509-67.5, the expanding remains of a star that exploded hundreds of years ago in a double detonation-- the first photographic evidence that stars can die with two blasts https://phys.org/news/2025-07-detonation-image-star-de…

Double detonation: New image shows remains of star destroyed by pair of explosions
For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the centuries-old remains of supernova SNR 0509-67.5 with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), they have found patterns that confirm its star suffered a pair of explosive blasts.

Project MUSE - CrossCurrents: Volume 74, Number 4, December 2024 https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/55074

Project MUSE - CrossCurrents-Volume 74, Number 4, December 2024

Coming tomorrow: a new song (preview from my upcoming folksong album) and song video
#MusicVideo
Watch for it on https://muz4now.com/?utm_source=dl…

Stan Stewart - aka @muz4now - the muse is present
Stan Stewart is a poet, musician, and human being who enjoys connecting with people and nature. Since his focus is on improvisational music, the inspiration he gets from these connections is often the source of his music.

Neuro-Informed Joint Learning Enhances Cognitive Workload Decoding in Portable BCIs
Xiaoxiao Yang, Chan Feng, Jiancheng Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23458

Neuro-Informed Joint Learning Enhances Cognitive Workload Decoding in Portable BCIs
Portable and wearable consumer-grade electroencephalography (EEG) devices, like Muse headbands, offer unprecedented mobility for daily brain-computer interface (BCI) applications, including cognitive load detection. However, the exacerbated non-stationarity in portable EEG signals constrains data fidelity and decoding accuracy, creating a fundamental trade-off between portability and performance. To mitigate such limitation, we propose MuseCogNet (Muse-based Cognitive Network), a unified joint …

Answer (Jaydn, opus 26)
Inspired by my spouse
#PianoImprov #NowPlaying

Answer (Jaydn, opus 26) #PianoImprov #NowPlaying
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Ly$\alpha$ radiative transfer modeling for 163 MUSE Ly$\alpha$-emitting galaxies at $z=$3--6
Sangeun Yu, Hyunmi Song, Kwang-il Seon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08290

Ly$α$ radiative transfer modeling for 163 MUSE Ly$α$-emitting galaxies at $z=$3--6
We utilized Ly$α$ radiative transfer calculations from \citet{Song2020} to investigate the properties of extended Ly$α$ halos around star-forming galaxies in the \textit{Hubble} Ultra Deep Field, observed by the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer. Expanding on the work of \citet{Song2020}, which was limited to eight galaxies, we derived best-fit models for a significantly larger sample of 163 galaxies, which successfully reproduced both their Ly$α$ spectra and surface brightness profiles (SBP…

Nickel- and iron-rich clumps in planetary nebulae: New discoveries and emission-line diagnostics
K. Bouvis, S. Akras, H. Monteiro, L. Konstantinou, P. Boumis, J. Garc\'ia-Rojas, D. R. Gon\c{c}alves, I. Aleman, A. Monreal-Ibero, J. Cami
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05357

Nickel- and iron-rich clumps in planetary nebulae: New discoveries and emission-line diagnostics
Integral field spectroscopy (IFS) offers a distinct advantage for studying extended sources by enabling spatially resolved emission maps for several emission lines without the need for specific filters. This study conducts a detailed analysis of iron and nickel emission lines in 12 planetary nebulae (PNe) using integral field unit (IFU) data from MUSE to provide insights into their formation and evolution mechanisms. New diagnostic line ratios, combined with machine-learning algorithms, were us…

A timelapse of #interstellar comet ATLAS in the sky from the VLT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXJ221XXPvM. And there are already three papers: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02757 (Discovery and Preliminary Characterization of a Third Interstellar Object: 3I/ATLAS), https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05252 (Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: discovery and physical description) and https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05226 (Initial VLT/MUSE spectroscopy of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS).

Release, release, release
https://muz4now.com/2025/release-release-release/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=muz4now/magazine/The muse is present

Release, release, release
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

#NowPlaying

Digging My Way Out
#BeBetter #NowPlaying
https://

Digging My Way Out #NowPlaying
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Muse:
🎵 The Globalist
#NowPlaying #Muse
https://open.spotify.com/track/6BGxbBw5J314z6BDxbEanm

MUSE observations that affirm the path to detonation of a Type Ia #supernova in a supernova remnant: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso2511/eso2511a.pdf -> Double detonation - new image shows remains of star destroyed by pair of explosions: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2511/

The luminosity history of fading local quasars over 10$^{4-5}$ years as observed by VLT/MUSE
C. Finlez, E. Treister, F. Bauer, M. Koss, W. Keel, W. Maksym, L. Sartori, G. Venturi, C. Ricci, N. Nagar, C. Riesco, Y. D\'iaz, M. Parra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01115

The luminosity history of fading local quasars over 10$^{4-5}$ years as observed by VLT/MUSE
We present a comprehensive study of five nearby active galaxies featuring large (tens of kpc) extended emission-line regions (EELRs). The study is based on large-format integral field spectroscopic observations conducted with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) at the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The spatially resolved kinematics of the ionized gas and stellar components show signs of rotation, bi-conical outflows, and complex behavior likely associated with past interactions. Analysis …

Ten-dimensional neural network emulator for the nonlinear matter power spectrum
Yanhui Yang, Simeon Bird, Ming-Feng Ho, Mahdi Qezlou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07177

Ten-dimensional neural network emulator for the nonlinear matter power spectrum
We present GokuNEmu, a ten-dimensional neural network emulator for the nonlinear matter power spectrum, designed to support next-generation cosmological analyses. Built on the Goku $N$-body simulation suite and the T2N-MusE emulation framework, GokuNEmu predicts the matter power spectrum with $\sim 0.5 \%$ average accuracy for redshifts $0 \leq z \leq 3$ and scales $0.006 \leq k/(h\,\mathrm{Mpc}^{-1}) \leq 10$. The emulator models a 10D parameter space that extends beyond $Λ$CDM to include dyn…

To The Edge – piano and poetry improvisations that prompted and inspired each other
#PianoImprov #ImprovisedPoetry

To The Edge - piano and poetry improvisations
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Sonnet 038 - XXXVIII
How can my muse want subject to invent,
While thou dost breathe, that pour'st into my verse
Thine own sweet argument, too excellent
For every vulgar paper to rehearse?
O! give thy self the thanks, if aught in me
Worthy perusal stand against thy sight;
For who's so dumb that cannot write to thee,
When thou thy self dost give invention light?
Be thou the tenth Muse, ten times more in worth
Than those old n…

Higher order electroweak radiative corrections in lepton-proton scattering using covariant approach
Mahumm Ghaffar, Aleksandrs Aleksejevs, Svetlana Barkanova
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22097

Higher order electroweak radiative corrections in lepton-proton scattering using covariant approach
We perform detailed calculations of electroweak radiative corrections to parity violating lepton scattering with a proton target up to quadratic and reducible two-loop level using a covariant approach. Our numerical results are presented at energies relevant for a variety of existing and proposed experimental programs such as Qweak, P2, MOLLER, MUSE, and experiments at the EIC. Analysis shows that such corrections at the Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order (NNLO) are quite significant and have to be …

👨‍💻 Project MUSE - CrossCurrents-Volume 74, Number 4, December 2024 (https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/55074).

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PacificNotions
Elli:
🎵 New Muse
#Elli
#newRelease 🆕 album
https://horisontalmambo.bandcamp.com/track/new-muse
https://open.spotify.com/track/4YSabbYhAHGvrLl5r4MywW

"Ritual & Mayhem" by the numbers
#CreativeProcess
https://muz4now.com/2025/ritual-mayhem

"Ritual & Mayhem" by the numbers
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

A portrait throughout perihelion of the NH$_2$-rich interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
Sophie E. Deam, Michele T. Bannister, Cyrielle Opitom, Matthew M. Knight, Ryan Ridden-Harper, Darryl Z. Seligman, Alan Fitzsimmons, Aur\'elie Guilbert-Lepoutre, Emmanuel Jehin, Laurent Jorda, Michael Marsset, Youssef Moulane, Philippe Rousselot, Pierre Vernazza, Bin Yang

A portrait throughout perihelion of the NH$_2$-rich interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
The interstellar comet 2I/Borisov is the first interstellar object where compositional characterisation was possible throughout its entire perihelion passage. We report all 16 epochs of a comprehensive optical observation campaign with ESO VLT's integral field spectrograph MUSE, spanning 126 days from 2019 November 14 to 2020 March 19. The spatial dust emission of 2I/Borisov was predominantly smooth, with no seasonal effect. A jet-like feature was consistently visible. The gas production morpho…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.07592 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csHC_…

Neural Signatures Within and Between Chess Puzzle Solving and Standard Cognitive Tasks for Brain-Computer Interfaces: A Low-Cost Electroencephalography Study
Consumer-grade electroencephalography (EEG) devices show promise for Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) applications, but their efficacy in detecting subtle cognitive states remains understudied. We developed a comprehensive study paradigm which incorporates a combination of established cognitive tasks (N-Back, Stroop, and Mental Rotation) and adds a novel ecological Chess puzzles task. We tested our paradigm with the MUSE 2, a low-cost consumer-grade EEG device. Using linear mixed-effects modeling…

Hear what the muse has to say: The muse is present. Stan Stewart is a pianist, composer, and songwriter. https://muz4now.com

Stan Stewart - aka @muz4now - the muse is present
Stan Stewart is a poet, musician, and human being who enjoys connecting with people and nature. Since his focus is on improvisational music, the inspiration he gets from these connections is often the source of his music.

MIRACLE II: Unveiling the multi-phase gas interplay in the circumnuclear region of NGC 1365 via multi-cloud modeling
M. Ceci, C. Marconcini, A. Marconi, A. Feltre, I. Lamperti, F. Belfiore, E. Bertola, C. Bracci, S. Carniani, E. Cataldi, G. Cresci, J. Fritz, M. Ginolfi, E. Hatziminaoglou, M. Hirschmann, M. Mingozzi, B. Moreschini, F. Mannucci, G. Sabatini, F. Salvestrini, M. Scialpi, G. Tozzi, L. Ulivi, G. Venturi, A. Vidal-Garc\'ia, C. Vignali, M. V. Zanchettin

MIRACLE II: Unveiling the multi-phase gas interplay in the circumnuclear region of NGC 1365 via multi-cloud modeling
We present a multi-phase study of the gas in the circumnuclear region (~1.1x1.0 kpc^2) of the nearby Seyfert 1.8 galaxy NGC 1365, observed in the context of the Mid-IR Activity of Circumnuclear Line Emission (MIRACLE) program. We combined spatially resolved spectroscopic observations from JWST/MIRI, VLT/MUSE, and ALMA to investigate the ionized atomic gas and the warm and cold molecular phases. MIRI data revealed over 40 mid-IR emission lines from ionized and warm molecular gas. Moment maps s…

Sonnet 078 - LXXVIII
So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse,
And found such fair assistance in my verse
As every alien pen hath got my use
And under thee their poesy disperse.
Thine eyes, that taught the dumb on high to sing
And heavy ignorance aloft to fly,
Have added feathers to the learned's wing
And given grace a double majesty.
Yet be most proud of that which I compile,
Whose influence is thine, and born of thee:
In o…

Design and optimization of neural networks for multifidelity cosmological emulation
Yanhui Yang, Simeon Bird, Ming-Feng Ho, Mahdi Qezlou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07184

Design and optimization of neural networks for multifidelity cosmological emulation
Accurate and efficient simulation-based emulators are essential for interpreting cosmological survey data down to nonlinear scales. Multifidelity emulation techniques reduce simulation costs by combining high- and low-fidelity data, but traditional regression methods such as Gaussian processes struggle with scalability in sample size and dimensionality. In this work, we present T2N-MusE, a neural network framework characterized by (i) a novel 2-step multifidelity architecture, (ii) a 2-stage Ba…

How to keep moving even when it hurts #webstories https://muz4now.com/web-stories/whats-in-the-works-the-muse-never-rests

How to keep moving even when it hurts
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

The stranger in “Wayfaring” unmasked
#BeBetter
https://muz4now.com/2025/the-stranger-in…

The stranger in "Wayfaring" unmasked
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

The “other” day job – what matters
#DayJob #BeBetter
htt…

The "other" day job - what matters
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Time-scales of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and dust continuum emission from gas clouds compared to molecular gas cloud lifetimes in PHANGS-JWST galaxies
Jaeyeon Kim, M\'elanie Chevance, Lise Ramambason, Kathryn Kreckel, Ralf S. Klessen, Daniel A. Dale, Adam K. Leroy, Karin Sandstrom, Ryan Chown, Thomas G. Williams, Sumit K. Sarbadhicary, Francesco Belfiore, Frank Bigiel, Enrico Congiu, Oleg V. Egorov, Eric Emsellem, Simon C. O. Glover, Kathryn Grasha, Annie Hughes, J. M. Dieder…

Time-scales of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and dust continuum emission from gas clouds compared to molecular gas cloud lifetimes in PHANGS-JWST galaxies
Recent JWST mid-infrared (mid-IR) images, tracing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and dust continuum emission, provide detailed views of the interstellar medium (ISM) in nearby galaxies. Leveraging PHANGS-JWST Cycle 1 and PHANGS-MUSE data, we measure the PAH and dust continuum emission lifetimes of gas clouds across 17 nearby star-forming galaxies by analyzing the relative spatial distributions of mid-IR (7.7-11.3$μ$m) and H$α$ emission at various scales. We find that the mid-IR emitt…

To The Edge – piano and poetry improvisations
#PianoImprov #ImprovPoetry

To The Edge - piano and poetry improvisations
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Sonnet 103 - CIII
Alack! what poverty my Muse brings forth,
That having such a scope to show her pride,
The argument all bare is of more worth
Than when it hath my added praise beside!
O! blame me not, if I no more can write!
Look in your glass, and there appears a face
That over-goes my blunt invention quite,
Dulling my lines, and doing me disgrace.
Were it not sinful then, striving to mend,
To mar the subject that before was well?…

MUSE-DARK-I: Dark matter halo properties of intermediate-z star-forming galaxies
B. I. Ciocan, N. F. Bouch\'e, J. Fensch, W. Mercier, D. Krajnovi\'c, J. Richard, T. Contini, A. Jeanneau
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19721

MUSE-DARK-I: Dark matter halo properties of intermediate-z star-forming galaxies
[Abridged] We analyse the dark matter (DM) halo properties of 127 0.3

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03023 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_…

TDCOSMO 2025: Cosmological constraints from strong lensing time delays
We present cosmological constraints from 8 strongly lensed quasars (hereafter, the TDCOSMO-2025 sample). Building on previous work, our analysis incorporated new deflector stellar velocity dispersions measured from spectra obtained with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Keck Telescopes, and the Very Large Telescope (VLT), utilizing improved methods. We used integrated JWST stellar kinematics for 5 lenses, VLT-MUSE for 2, and resolved kinematics from Keck and JWST for RX J1131-1231. We …

Sonnet 079 - LXXIX
Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid,
My verse alone had all thy gentle grace;
But now my gracious numbers are decay'd,
And my sick Muse doth give an other place.
I grant, sweet love, thy lovely argument
Deserves the travail of a worthier pen;
Yet what of thee thy poet doth invent
He robs thee of, and pays it thee again.
He lends thee virtue, and he stole that word
From thy behaviour; beauty doth he give,

Forms: Passacaglia and Fantasia or Fugue and Fantasy
#MusicTheory #NewMusic #PipeOrgan

Forms: Passacaglia and Fantasia or Fugue and Fantasy
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

High-Resolution Optical IFU Spectroscopy of the Complex Galaxy Merger II Zw 096
C. Riesco (PUC), E. Treister (UTA), G. Venturi (SNS), F. Bauer (UTA), G. Privon (NRAO), C. Finlez (PUC), S. Zamora (SNS), D. Tubin (AIP), Y. Song (ESO), I. del Moral-Castro (PUC), C. Ricci (UDP), C. Ramos (IAC), N. Levenson (STScl), V. U (UCI), A. Medling (UToledo), S. Aalto (SEE), G. D'Ago (IoA), V. Olivares (USACH), L. Barcos-Mu\~noz (NRAO), F. Ricci (UNIROMA3), G. Olander (SEE), F. Muller-Sanchez (Uo…

High-Resolution Optical IFU Spectroscopy of the Complex Galaxy Merger II Zw 096
Luminous and Ultra-luminous IR galaxies ((U)LIRGs) are critical for investigating feedback mechanisms due to a combination of intense star formation (SF) episodes and active galactic nuclei (AGN), particularly in the context of complex galaxy interactions. We conduct a detailed analysis of the II ZW 096 merging system using the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on the Very Large Telescope (VLT), combining high-resolution Narrow Field Mode (NFM) and large-area Wide Field Mode (WFM) observ…

TDCOSMO 2025: Cosmological constraints from strong lensing time delays
Simon Birrer, Elizabeth J. Buckley-Geer, Michele Cappellari, Frederic Courbin, Frederic Dux, Christopher D. Fassnacht, Joshua A. Frieman, Aymeric Galan, Daniel Gilman, Xiang-Yu Huang, Shawn Knabel, Danial Langeroodi, Huan Lin, Martin Millon, Takahiro Morishita, Veronica Motta, Pritom Mozumdar, Eric Paic, Anowar J. Shajib, William Sheu, Dominique Sluse, Alessandro Sonnenfeld, Chiara Spiniello, Massimo Stiavelli, Sher…

TDCOSMO 2025: Cosmological constraints from strong lensing time delays
We present cosmological constraints from 8 strongly lensed quasars (hereafter, the TDCOSMO-2025 sample). Building on previous work, our analysis incorporated new deflector stellar velocity dispersions measured from spectra obtained with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Keck Telescopes, and the Very Large Telescope (VLT), utilizing improved methods. We used integrated JWST stellar kinematics for 5 lenses, VLT-MUSE for 2, and resolved kinematics from Keck and JWST for RX J1131-1231. We …

Recent Chemo-morphological Coma Evolution of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Brian P. Murphy, Cyrielle Opitom, Colin Snodgrass, Sophie E. Deam, L\'ea Ferellec, Matthew Knight, Bin Yang, Vincent Okoth
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13979

Recent Chemo-morphological Coma Evolution of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
We present VLT/MUSE observations of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko during its 2021 perihelion passage, from which we generated simultaneous maps of dust, [OI], C$_2$, NH$_2$, and CN comae across 12 pre- and post-perihelion epochs. These maps reveal the evolutionary and compositional trends of 67P's coma and further enrich the context and findings of ESA's Rosetta mission. Dust and gas species displayed distinct structures, where NH$_2$ and CN signals were uniquely associated with known dust fa…

Cold Vocal Comping – Scratchy, Shaky Good Sounds
#CreativeProcess #recording #vocals

Cold Vocal Comping - Scratchy, Shaky Good Sounds
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

The Size Evolution and the Size-Mass Relation of Lyman-Alpha Emitters across $3 \lesssim z < 7$ as Observed by JWST
Qi Song, F. S. Liu, Jian Ren, Pinsong Zhao, Qifan Cui, Yubin Li, Hao Mo, Yuchong Luo, Guanghuan Wang, Nan Li, Hassen M. Yesuf, Weichen Wang, Xin Zhang, Xianmin Meng, Mingxiang Fu, Bingqing Zhang, Chenxiaoji Ling
https://ar…

The Size Evolution and the Size-Mass Relation of Lyman-Alpha Emitters across $3 \lesssim z < 7$ as Observed by JWST
Understanding the morphological structures of Lyman-alpha emitters (LAEs) is crucial for unveiling their formation pathways and the physical origins of Ly$α$ emission. However, the evolution of their sizes and structural scaling relations remains debated. In this study, we analyze a large sample of 876 spectroscopically confirmed LAEs at $3 \lesssim z < 7$, selected from the MUSE, VANDELS, and CANDELSz7 surveys in the GOODS-S, UDS, and COSMOS fields. Utilizing deep, high-resolution near-infrar…

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What's up now? - Stan Stewart
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

The Kaleidoscope Survey: Strong Gravitational Lensing in Galaxy Clusters with Radial Arcs
Catherine Cerny, Mathilde Jauzac, David Lagattuta, Anna Niemiec, Guillaume Mahler, Alastair Edge, Richard Massey
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21531

The Kaleidoscope Survey: Strong Gravitational Lensing in Galaxy Clusters with Radial Arcs
We measure the dark matter density profiles of six galaxy clusters: A383, MS 2137-23, MACS J0326.8-0043, MACS J1427.6-2521, MACS J0417.5-1154, and MACS J0949.8+1708. Each cluster contains at least one radial arc, a unique physical feature that allows for more precise measurements of the inner mass profile (R < 50 kpc) from strong lensing. We present the first strong lensing analysis for MACS J0326 and MACS J1427. We use a combination of HST imaging and VLT/MUSE observations from the ESO Kaleido…

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Musician Friends' Tracks
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MUSEQuBES: The Column Density, Covering Fraction, Mass, and Environmental Dependence of Cool HI Gas Around Low-Redshift Galaxies
Sayak Dutta, Sowgat Muzahid, Joop Schaye, Sean Johnson, Nicolas F. Bouche, Ramona Augustin, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Hsiao-Wen Chen, Martin Wendt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22283

MUSEQuBES: The Column Density, Covering Fraction, Mass, and Environmental Dependence of Cool HI Gas Around Low-Redshift Galaxies
We investigate cool HI gas traced by Lyman series absorption in the vicinity of 256 galaxies (median stellar mass, log10(M*/Msun) = 8.7 and median redshift, z = 0.48) using 15 background quasars (median impact parameter, D ~ 140 physical kpc (pkpc)), as part of the MUSE Quasar-fields Blind Emitters Survey (MUSEQuBES). We find that the HI column density (N(HI)) profile around isolated, star-forming galaxies, which span ~ 3 dex in stellar mass, is well described by a power law with a slope of ~ -…

Hiding behind a curtain of dust: Gas and dust properties of an ultra-luminous strongly-lensed z = 3.75 galaxy behind the Milky Way disk
Bel\'en Alcalde Pampliega, Kevin C. Harrington, Aristeidis Amvrosiadis, Manuel Aravena, Min S. Yun, Hugo Messias, Antonio Hern\'an-Caballero, Leindert Boogaard, Axel Wei{\ss}, Benjamin Beauchesne, Alejandro Santamar\'ia-Miranda, Monica Ivette Rodriguez, Eric Jim\'enez-Andrade, Manuel Solimano, James Lowenthal, Pascale Hibon, Patrick Kam…

Hiding behind a curtain of dust: Gas and dust properties of an ultra-luminous strongly-lensed z = 3.75 galaxy behind the Milky Way disk
We present a detailed analysis of J154506, a strongly lensed submillimeter galaxy (SMG) behind the Lupus-I molecular cloud, and characterization of its physical properties. Using a combination of archival and new data (including sub-arcsecond resolution ($\sim0.75$) ALMA observations, VLT/MUSE and FORS2 optical data, as well as spectral scans from the ACA and the LMT) we identify two high-significance (SNR>5) emission lines at 97.0 and 145.5 GHz, corresponding to CO(4-3) and CO(6-5), respective…

Balmer Decrement and IRX Break in Tracing Dust Attenuation at Scales of Individual Star-forming Regions in NGC 628
Man Qiao, Mingfeng Liu, Zongfei Lyu, Shuang Liu, Chao Yang, Dong Dong Shi, Fangxia An, Zhizheng Pan, Wenhao Liu, Binyang Liu, Run Wen, Yu Heng Zhang, Xian Zhong Zheng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21026

Balmer Decrement and IRX Break in Tracing Dust Attenuation at Scales of Individual Star-forming Regions in NGC 628
We investigate the relationships between infrared excess (IRX=$L_{\rm IR}/L_{\rm UV}$) and Balmer decrement (${\rm H}α/{\rm H}β$) as indicators of dust attenuation for 609 ${\rm {H\,{\small II}}}$ regions at scales of $\sim 50-200$ pc in NGC 628, utilizing data from AstroSat, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE). Our findings indicate that about three fifths of the sample ${\rm {H\,{\small II}}}$ regions reside within the regime occupied by local star…

Shockingly Effective: Cluster Winds as Engines of Feedback in Starburst Galaxy VV 114
Justin A. Kader, Vivian U, Jeffrey A. Rich, Marina Bianchin, Sean T. Linden, Anne M. Medling, Tanio Diaz-Santos, George C. Privon, Rosalie McGurk, Lee Armus, Loreto Barcos-Munoz, Gabriela Canalizo, Vassilis Charmandaris, Aaron S. Evans, Tianmu Gao, Justin Howell, Hanae Inami, Thomas Lai, Kirsten L. Larson, Matthew A. Malkan, Maria Sanchez-Garcia, Christopher D. Martin, Mateusz Matuszewski, Claire E. M…

Shockingly Effective: Cluster Winds as Engines of Feedback in Starburst Galaxy VV 114
We present high-resolution Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) and MUSE IFU spectroscopy of VV 114, a local infrared-luminous merger undergoing a vigorous starburst and showing evidence of galactic-scale feedback. The high-resolution data allow for spectral deblending of the optical emission lines and reveal a broad emission line component ($σ_{\rm{broad}} \sim$~100--300 km s$^{-1}$) with line ratios and kinematics consistent with a mixture of ionization by stars and radiative shocks. The shock frac…

QSO MUSEUM III: the circumgalactic medium in Ly$\alpha$ emission around 120 $z\sim3$ quasars covering the SDSS parameter space. Witnessing the instantaneous AGN feedback on halo scales
Jay Gonz\'alez Lobos, Fabrizio Arrigoni Battaia, Aura Obreja, Guinevere Kauffmann, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Tiago Costa
https://arxiv.org/abs/2…

QSO MUSEUM III: the circumgalactic medium in Ly$α$ emission around 120 $z\sim3$ quasars covering the SDSS parameter space. Witnessing the instantaneous AGN feedback on halo scales
Recent surveys show that $z>2$ quasars are surrounded by Hydrogen Lyman-$α$ (Ly$α$) glows with diverse emission levels and extents. These seem to depend on the activity of embedded quasars, the number of active galactic nucleus (AGN) photons able to reach the halo gas or circumgalactic medium (CGM) and the physical properties of the CGM. In this framework, we present VLT/MUSE snapshot observations (45 min/source) of 59 $z\sim3$ quasars extending the long-term QSO MUSEUM campaign to fainter SD…

What’s in the works? How to keep moving even when it hurts #brokenankle #creativeprocess #inspiration #muse

What's in the works? How to keep moving even when it hurts
Stan Stewart - @muz4now