Recent high-precision atmospheric observations with JWST is enabling detailed characterization of sub-Neptune atmospheres and motivating efforts to understand and constrain their interiors. Theoretical studies suggest that sub-Neptunes possibly host hydrogen-dominated atmospheres that are chemically coupled with an underlying magma ocean. However, a quantitative retrieval framework directly linking atmospheric spectra to magma ocean properties has yet to be established. Here we introduce MELTYQ, a coupled magma-atmosphere retrieval framework that links transmission spectra to the oxidation state and volatile inventory of underlying magma oceans. MELTYQ combines a magma-atmosphere equilibrium model, which includes the solubility of H-/O-/C-/N-bearing species in the melt and redox reactions, with a Bayesian spectral retrieval scheme. Using simulated retrieval tests, we validate the approach and show that magma redox state and volatile content can be constrained under favorable observational conditions. As a proof of concept, we apply MELTYQ to JWST transmission spectra of the benchmark sub-Neptunes K2-18 b and TOI-270 d. We find that coupled magma-atmosphere retrievals are generally
Lava worlds are a potential emerging population of Super-Earths that are on close-in orbits around their host stars with likely partially molten mantles. To date, few studies address the impact of magma on the observed properties of a planet. At ambient conditions magma is less dense than solid rock; however, it is also more compressible with increasing pressure. Therefore, it is unclear how large-scale magma oceans affect planet observables, such as bulk density. We update ExoPlex, a thermodynamically self-consistent planet interior software, to include anhydrous, hydrous (2.2 wt \% H_2O), and carbonated magmas (5.2 wt\% CO_2). We find that Earth-like planets with magma oceans larger than \sim 1.5 R_{\oplus} and \sim 3.2 M_{\oplus} are modestly denser than an equivalent mass solid planet. From our model, three classes of mantle structures emerge for magma ocean planets: (1) mantle magma ocean, (2) surface magma ocean, and (3) one consisting of a surface magma ocean, solid rock layer, and a basal magma ocean. The class of planets in which a basal magma ocean is present may sequester dissolved volatiles on billion-year timescales, in which a 4 M_{\oplus} mass planet can trap more th
The Earth's earliest magnetic field may have originated in a basal magma ocean, a layer of silicate melt surround the core that could have persisted for billions of years. Recent studies show that the electrical conductivity of liquid with a bulk silicate Earth composition exceeds 10000 S/m at basal magma ocean conditions, potentially surprising the threshold for dynamo activity. Over most of its history however, the basal magma ocean is more enriched in iron than the bulk silicate Earth, due to iron's incompatibility in the mineral assemblages of the lower mantle. Using ab-initio molecular dynamics calculations, we examine how iron content affects the silicate dynamo hypothesis. We investigate how the electrical conductivity of silicate liquid changes with iron enrichment, at pressures and temperatures relevant for Earth's basal magma ocean. We also compute the electronic contribution to the thermal conductivity , to evaluate convective instability of basal magma oceans. Finally, we apply our results to model the thermal and magnetic evolution of Earth's basal magma ocean over time.
We present Magma, a foundation model that serves multimodal AI agentic tasks in both the digital and physical worlds. Magma is a significant extension of vision-language (VL) models in that it not only retains the VL understanding ability (verbal intelligence) of the latter, but is also equipped with the ability to plan and act in the visual-spatial world (spatial-temporal intelligence) and complete agentic tasks ranging from UI navigation to robot manipulation. To endow the agentic capabilities, Magma is pretrained on large amounts of heterogeneous datasets spanning from images, videos to robotics data, where the actionable visual objects (e.g., clickable buttons in GUI) in images are labeled by Set-of-Mark (SoM) for action grounding, and the object movements (e.g., the trace of human hands or robotic arms) in videos are labeled by Trace-of-Mark (ToM) for action planning. Extensive experiments show that SoM and ToM reach great synergy and facilitate the acquisition of spatial-temporal intelligence for our Magma model, which is fundamental to a wide range of tasks as shown in Fig.1. In particular, Magma creates new state-of-the-art results on UI navigation and robotic manipulation
We survey free magmas and we explore the structure of their submagmas. By equipping the cyclic free magma with a second distributive operation we obtain a ringoid-like structure with some primitive arithmetical properties. A submagma is $k$-maximal when there are only $k-1$ submagmas between it and the free magma itself. These two tools, arithmetic and maximality, allow us to study the lattice of the submagmas of a free magma.
A magma is called equidecomposable when the operation is injective, or, in other words, if $x+y=x'+y'$ implies that $x=x'$ and $y=y'$. A magma is free iff it is equidecomposable and graded, hence the notion of equidecomposability is very related to the notion of freeness although it is not sufficient. We study main properties of such magmas. In particular, an alternative characterization of freeness, which uses a weaker condition, is proved. We show how equidecomposable magmas can be split into two disjoint submagmas, one of which is free. Certain tranformations on finite presentations permit to obtain a reduced form which allows us identify all the finite presented equidecomposable magmas up to isomorphisms.
Magma oceans are episodes of large-scale melting of the mantle of terrestrial planets. The energy delivered by the Moon-forming impact induced a deep magma ocean on the young Earth, corresponding to the last episode of core-mantle equilibration. The crystallization of this magma ocean led to the outgassing of volatiles initially present in the Earth's mantle, resulting in the formation of a secondary atmosphere. During outgassing, the magma ocean acts as a chemical buffer for the atmosphere via the oxygen fugacity, set by the equilibrium between ferrous- and ferric-iron oxides in the silicate melts. By tracking the evolution of the oxygen fugacity during magma ocean solidification, we model the evolving composition of a C-O-H atmosphere. We use the atmosphere composition to calculate its thermal structure and radiative flux. This allows us to calculate the lifetime of the terrestrial magma ocean. We find that, upon crystallizing, the magma ocean evolves from a mildly reducing to a highly oxidized redox state, thereby transiting from a CO- and H2-dominated atmosphere to a CO2- and H2O-dominated one. We find the overall duration of the magma ocean crystallization to depend mostly on
Crystallization of the lunar magma ocean yielded a chemically unique liquid residuum named KREEP. This component is expressed as a large patch on the near side of the Moon, and a possible smaller patch in the northwest portion of the Moon's South Pole-Aitken basin on the far side. Thermal models estimate that the crystallization of the lunar magma ocean (LMO) could have spanned from 10 and 200 Myr, while studies of radioactive decay systems have yielded inconsistent ages for the completion of LMO crystallization covering over 160 Myr. Here, we show that the Moon achieved over 99 percent crystallization at 4429+/-76 Myr, indicating a lunar formation age of 4450 Myr or possibly older. Using the 176Lu-176Hf decay system (t1/2=37 Gyr), we found that the initial 176Hf/177Hf ratios of lunar zircons with varied U-Pb ages are consistent with their crystallization from a KREEP-rich reservoir with a consistently low 176Lu/177Hf ratio of 0.0167 that emerged ~140 Myr after solar system formation. The previously proposed younger model age of 4.33 Ga for the source of mare basalts (240 Myr after solar system formation) might reflect the timing of a large impact. Our results demonstrate that luna
Earth's geodynamo has operated for over 3.5 billion years. The magnetic field is currently powered by thermocompositional convection in the outer core, which involves the release of light elements and latent heat as the inner core solidifies. However, since the inner core nucleated no more than 1.5 billion years ago, the early dynamo could not rely on these buoyancy sources. Given recent estimates of the thermal conductivity of the outer core, an alternative mechanism may be required to sustain the geodynamo prior to nucleation of the inner core. One possibility is a silicate dynamo operating in a long-lived basal magma ocean. Here, we investigate the structural, thermal, buoyancy, and magnetic evolution of an Earth-like terrestrial planet. Using modern equations of state and melting curves, we include a time-dependent parameterization of the compositional evolution of an iron-rich basal magma ocean. We combine an internal structure integration of the planet with energy budgets in a coupled core, basal magma ocean, and mantle system. We determine the thermocompositional convective stability of the core and the basal magma ocean, and assess their respective dynamo activity using ent
We introduce a novel concept of action for unitary magmas, facilitating the classification of various split extensions within this algebraic structure. Our method expands upon the recent study of split extensions and semidirect products of unitary magmas conducted by Gran, Janelidze, and Sobral. Building on their research, we explore split extensions in which the middle object does not necessarily maintain a bijective correspondence with the Cartesian product of its end objects. Although this phenomenon is not observed in groups or any associative semiabelian variety of universal algebra, it shares similarities with instances found in monoids through weakly Schreier extensions and certain exotic non-associative algebras, such as semi-left-loops. Our work seeks to contribute to the comprehension of split extensions in unitary magmas and may offer valuable insights for potential abstractions of categorical properties in more general contexts.
Interactions between magma oceans and overlying atmospheres on young rocky planets leads to an evolving feedback of outgassing, greenhouse forcing, and mantle melt fraction. Previous studies have predominantly focused on the solidification of oxidized Earth-similar planets, but the diversity in mean density and irradiation observed in the low-mass exoplanet census motivate exploration of strongly varying geochemical scenarios. We aim to explore how variable redox properties alter the duration of magma ocean solidification, the equilibrium thermodynamic state, melt fraction of the mantle, and atmospheric composition. We develop a 1D coupled interior-atmosphere model that can simulate the time-evolution of lava planets. This is applied across a grid of fixed redox states, orbital separations, hydrogen endowments, and C/H ratios around a Sun-like star. The composition of these atmospheres is highly variable before and during solidification. The evolutionary path of an Earth-like planet at 1 AU ranges between permanent magma ocean states and solidification within 1 Myr. Recently solidified planets typically host H2O- or H2-dominated atmospheres in the absence of escape. Orbital separat
We consider the notions of sum graph and of relaxed sum graph over a magma, give several examples and results of these families of graphs over some natural magmas. We classify the cycles that are sum graphs for the magma of the subsets of a set with the operation of union, determine the abelian groups that provide a sum labelling of $C_4$, and show that $C_{4\ell}$ is a sum graph over the abelian group $\mathbb{Z}_f\times\mathbb{Z}_f$, where $f=f_{2\ell}$ is the corresponding Fibonacci number. For integral sum graphs, we give a linear upper bound for the radius of matchings, improving Harary's labelling for this family of graphs, and give the exact radius for the family of totally disconnected graphs. We found integer labellings for the 4D-cube, giving a negative answer to a question of Melnikov and Pyatikin, actually showing that the 4D-cube has infinitely many primitive labellings. We have also obtained some new results on mod sum graphs and relaxed sum graphs. Finally, we show that the direct product operation is closed for strong integral sum graphs.
Billions of people remain without Internet access due to availability or affordability of service. In this paper, we present Magma, an open and flexible system for building low-cost wireless access networks. Magma aims to connect users where operator economics are difficult due to issues such as low population density or income levels, while preserving features expected in cellular networks such as authentication and billing policies. To achieve this, and in contrast to traditional cellular networks, Magma adopts an approach that extensively leverages Internet design patterns, terminating access network-specific protocols at the edge and abstracting the access network from the core architecture. This decision allows Magma to refactor the wireless core using SDN (software-defined networking) principles and leverage other techniques from modern distributed systems. In doing so, Magma lowers cost and operational complexity for network operators while achieving resilience, scalability, and rich policy support.
M. Niebrzydowski and J. H. Przytycki defined a Kauffman bracket magma and constructed the invariant P of framed links in 3-space. The invariant is closely related to the Kauffman bracket polynomial. The normalized bracket polynomial is obtained from the Kauffman bracket polynomial by the multiplication of indeterminate and it is an ambient isotopy invariant for links. In this paper, we reformulate the multiplication by using a map from the set of framed links to a Kauffman bracket magma in order that $P$ is invariant for links in 3-space. We define a generalization of a Kauffman bracket magma, which is called a marked Kauffman bracket magma. We find the conditions to be invariant under Yoshikawa moves except the first one and use a map from the set of admissible marked graph diagrams to a marked Kauffman bracket magma to obtain the invariant for surface-links in 4-space.
A double magma is a nonempty set with two binary operations satisfying the interchange law. We call a double magma proper if the two operations are distinct and commutative if the operations are commutative. A double semigroup is a double magma for which both operations are associative. Given a group G we define a double magma (G,*,#) with the commutator operations x * y = [x,y] (= x^-1y^-1xy) and x # y = [y,x]. We show that (G,*,#) is a double magma if and only if G satisfies the commutator laws [x,y;x,z]=1 and [w,x;y,z]^2 = 1. Note that the first law defines the variety of 3-metabelian groups. If both these laws hold in G, (G,*,#) is proper if and only if G contains a commutator whose square is nontrivial. B.H. Neumann has given an example of such a group which is not metabelian; thus the associated double magma is proper and produces an example with some complexity. The double magma (G,*,#) is a double semigroup if and only if G is nilpotent of class 2. In this case, (G,*,#) is a proper double semigroup if and only if G contains a commutator whose square is nontrivial. We construct a specific example letting G be the dihedral group of order 16. In addition we comment on a simila
Let $X$ be a magma, that is a set equipped with a binary operation, and consider a function $α: X \to X$. We that $X$ is Hom-associative if for all $x,y,z \in X$, the equality $α(x)(yz) = (xy) α(z)$ holds. For every isomorphism class of magmas of order two, we determine all functions $α$ making $X$ Hom-associative. Furthermore, we find all such $α$ that are endomorphisms of $X$. We also consider versions of these results where the binary operation on $X$ as well as the function $α$ may be only partially defined. We use our findings to construct examples of Hom-associative and multiplicative magma algebras.
Explosive eruptions are the surface manifestation of dynamics that involve transfer of magma from the underground regions of magma accumulation. Evidence of the involvement of compositionally different magmas from different reservoirs is continuously increasing to countless cases. Yet, models of eruption dynamics consider only the uppermost portion of the plumbing system, neglecting connections to deeper regions of magma storage. Here we show that the extent and efficiency of the interconnections between different magma storage regions largely control the size of the eruptions, their evolution, the causes of their termination, and ultimately their impact on the surrounding environment. Our numerical simulations first reproduce the magnitude-intensity relationship observed for explosive eruptions on Earth and explain the observed variable evolutions of eruption mass flow rates. Because deep magmatic interconnections are largely inaccessible to present-day imaging capabilities, our results imply a limit to eruption size forecasts based on observations and measurements during volcanic unrest.
Astronomers have discovered a handful of exoplanets with rocky bulk compositions but orbiting so close to their host star that the surface of the planet must be at least partially molten. It is expected that the dayside of such "lava planets" harbors a rock vapor atmosphere that flows quickly towards the airless nightside -- this partial atmosphere is critical to the interpretation of lava planet observations, but transports negligible heat towards the nightside. As a result, the surface temperature of the magma ocean may range from 3000~K near the sub-stellar point down to 1500~K near the day-night terminator. We use simple models incorporating the thermodynamics and geochemistry of partial melt to predict the physical and chemical properties of the magma ocean as a function of the distance from the sub-stellar point. Our two principal findings are that 1) the dayside magma ocean is much deeper than previously thought, probably extending down to the core-mantle boundary in some locations, and 2) much of the dayside is only partially molten, leading to gradients in the surface chemistry of the magma ocean. These findings have important implications for the dynamics of the magma oce
The goal of vision-language modeling is to allow models to tie language understanding with visual inputs. The aim of this paper is to evaluate and align the Visual Language Model (VLM) called Multimodal Augmentation of Generative Models through Adapter-based finetuning (MAGMA) with human values. MAGMA is a VLM that is capable of image captioning and visual question-answering. We will evaluate its alignment in three different scenarios. To begin, we assess MAGMA's out-of-the-box alignment through the checkpoint provided by Hugging Face. Then, we measure if few-shot learning manages to improve the results. Finally, we finetune the model on aligned examples and evaluate its behavior.
Magma oceans are a common result of the high degree of heating that occurs during planet formation. It is thought that almost all of the large rocky bodies in the Solar System went through at least one magma ocean phase. In this paper, we review some of the ways in which magma ocean models for the Earth, Moon, and Mars match present day observations of mantle reservoirs, internal structure, and primordial crusts, and then we present new calculations for the oxidation state of the mantle produced during the magma ocean phase. The crystallization of magma oceans likely leads to a massive mantle overturn that may set up a stably stratified mantle. This may lead to significant delays or total prevention of plate tectonics on some planets. We review recent models that may help partly alleviate the mantle stability issue and lead to earlier onset of plate tectonics.