Theses/Dissertations from 2024
An Analysis of The Propagation of Gravitational Radiation Under a Graviton of Nonzero Mass and its Implications for Cosmological Measurements, Margaret Johnston
Photoelectic Driven Decomposition of Uracil via Hard X-Ray Irradiation, Trimaan Malik
Tilt Instability of Retrograde Disk Around One Component of a Binary, Madeline Overton
Dynamical Studies of Misaligned Circumbinary Disks, Ian C. Rabago
Simulation and Design of Ion Traps using the Method of Fundamental Solutions, Trevor Taylor
Understanding Disk Substructures with 3D Self-Consistent Thermodynamics, Shangjia Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
The Response of Atomic-to-Molecular Hydrogen Transition Points in Photodissociation Regions Due to a Hard X-Ray Spectrum, Gregory Joseph Colarch
On Outflows Due to Radiation, Randall Cody Dannen
Exploration of H2O Ice at Extreme Conditions, Zachary M. Grande
Investigating van der Waals Josephson Junctions with 2H-NbSe2 and 1T’-Wte2, Kristine Lorraine Haley
Response of the Isothermal Mode Grüneisen Tensor Across Phase Boundaries, Jasmine K. Hinton
Joint Constraints on Kepler-36 from Kepler and New KECK-HIRES Data, Nicholas Juliano
Simulating Radial Ring Structure with an Ambipolar Elsasser (Am) Bump in Non-Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics of Protoplanetary Disks, Aleksey S. Mohov
Inferring the Compositions and Interior Structures of Small Planets, David R. Rice
On the Synthesis of Heavy Rare Earth Solid Solutions and Their Hydrides, Joshua R. Van Cleave
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Polar Alignment of Massive Retrograde Circumbinary Discs, Charles Abod
Physics of Electromagnetic Counterparts of Binary-Neutron-Star Mergers, Shunke Ai
Dust-Gas Dynamics Driven By the Streaming Instability with Various Pressure Gradients, Stanley Antedio Baronett
Towards Highly Sensitive Capacitance Measurements of a Quantum Anomalous Hall Phase in Van Der Waal Heterostructures, Kayla Cerminara
Terrestrial Planet Formation in M-dwarf and Binary Star Systems, Anna C. Childs
Design and Fabrication of an Apparatus for Tao High-Resolution Laser Spectroscopy, Timothy Chung
Towards the Electronic Response of Carbon-Based Van Der Waals Heterostructures in a Diamond Anvil Cell, George Thomas Foskaris
The Effects of Winds on Accretion Disks and Spectra Of X-Ray Binaries and Active Galactic Nuclei, Shalini Ganguly
Transient Sources and How to Study Them: Selected Topics in Multi-Messenger Astronomy, Jiawei Luo
Day ‘N’ Nite: Habitability of Tidally Locked Planets with Sporadic Rotation, Cody James Shakespeare
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Orbital Dynamics and Stability of Circumbinary Planetary Systems and Small Bodies in The Solar System, Cheng Chen
Hyperpolarizability Dispersion Measured for Carbon Disulfide Vapor, Rodrigo N. Fernandez
Accretion and Debris Disc Dynamics Around Single and Higher-Order Star Systems, Jeremy L. Smallwood
On-Chip Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy, Randy Sterbentz
Ab-Initio and Empirical Simulations of Aluminum and Copper Metal, William Wolfs
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Development of CO2 Laser-Heating for the Study of Wide Band Gap Oxide Materials, Christian Matthew Childs
Vibration Overtone Hyperpolarizability Measured for H2 Using Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic Generation, Rachel Ellis
Synthesis, X-Ray Absorption, and X-Ray Diffraction Spectroscopy Studies of Uranium Based Heavy Fermion Systems, Vahe Mkrtchyan
Constraining Viscous Protoplanetary Disk Models Using ALMA Kinematic Observations, Ian Rabago
High Pressure Synchrotron XRD, NFS, and NRIXS studies of FeSb2, Melanie Alden White
Developments of Machine Learning Potentials for Atomistic Simulations, Howard Yanxon
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Applied Symmetry for Crystal Structure Prediction, Scott William Fredericks
Super Rapid Crystal Growth and Quench of Monoclinic Bi-II* During Dynamic Compression, Zachary Allen Fussell
Equation of State of H2O Ice Using Melt-Recrystallization, Zachary Michael Grande
High-Pressure High-Temperature Exploration of Phase Boundaries Using Raman Spectroscopy, Jasmine Kashmir Hinton
An Introduction to the Exposition on Soundness, Completeness, and Decidability in Quantum Logic and Quantum Computation, Pushkin Kachroo
Specific Heat, Magnetic Susceptibility, and the Effect of Pressure on Structural Properties and Valence Of EuMn2Si2, EuCo2Si2, and Eu5In2Sb6, Brian Edward Light
The Timing of Dynamical Interactions between Planets in Exoplanetary Systems, David Robert Rice
Pressure Driven Electronic Band Gap Engineering in Tin(IV)-O,N Compounds, Daniel Thomas Sneed
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Bayesian Model Comparisons in Planetary Science, John Henry Boisvert
Force Multiplier Calculations for X-ray Binaries and Active Galactic Nuclei, Randall Cody Dannen
Optimization of Useful Hard X-ray Photochemistry, David Lewis Goldberger
Primordial Black Holes in the Cosmological Context and Transient Electromagnetic Signatures from Merging Black Hole Binaries, Jared Robert Rice
Studies of Inner-Shell Chemistry of Mercury Based Compounds at Extreme Conditions, Sarah Schyck
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Exterior Giant Planet Effects on Terrestrial Architecture, Anna Corinne Childs
Understanding Progenitors of Gamma Ray Bursts with Multi-Wavelength Properties, Ye Li
Secular Resonances during Main-Sequence and Post-Main-Sequence Planetary System Dynamics, Jeremy L. Smallwood
The Formation and Dynamics of Clouds in the Environment of Active Galactic Nuclei, Timothy Waters
Probing Broad Line Regions of Active Galactic Nuclei, Champika Sandamali Weerasooriya
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
High-Pressure Properties of Several Narrow Bandgap Semiconductors from First-Principles Calculations, Andrew Michael Alvarado
Ab Initio Structure Determination and Property Characterization of High-Pressure Ca-O Compounds and Li2(OH)Br Crystals, Christopher Higgins
Structural Behavior of NbSexTe2-x Superconductors Under High Pressure, Vahe Mkrtchyan
Impedance Spectroscopy Studies of Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Under Extreme Conditions, Quinlan Blaine Smith
Forcing Cesium into Higher Oxidation States via Useful Hard X-ray Induced Chemistry at Extreme Conditions, Daniel Thomas Sneed
The Hopf Fibration and Encoding Torus Knots in Light Fields, John Vincent Waite
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
High Pressure X-~Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Studies of Heavy-~Fermion Cerium and Uranium Compounds, Daniel Antonio
Study the Mechanism of the Prompt Emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts, Wei Deng
Constraining the Progenitor and Central Engine of Gamma-ray Bursts with Observational Data, Lu Houjun
High Pressure Behavior of Mullite-Type Oxides: Phase Transitions, Amorphization, Negative Linear Compressibility and Microstructural Implications, Patricia Kalita
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Physics of Gamma-ray Bursts and Multi-messenger Signals from Double Neutron Star Mergers, He Gao
Li+ Ion Transport in Select Lithium-Rich Antiperovskites, John William Howard
A Physically-Based Type II Supernova Feedback Model in SPH Simulations, Keita Todoroki
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
How Accurately Can the Inclination Angle, Position Angle, and Location of the Dynamic Center be Measured from the Neutral Hydrogen Disk in the Central Regions of Dwarf Galaxies?, John Henry Boisvert
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Synthesis and High-Pressure Structural Studies of AuX2 (X= Al, Ga, In) Compounds, Jason Lee Baker
Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Stability Region for a Cylindrical Ion Trap, Bradley Steven Clarke
A Gauge Theoretic Treatment of Rovibrational Motion in Diatoms, Gregory Colarch
Molecular Processes in Astrophysics: Calculations of H + H2 Excitation, De-Excitation, and Cooling, Matthew Kelley
Measured Rates of D2 Abstraction in H2O+ , D2 Substitution in H2DO+ and Charge Transfer of He2+ with Noble and Other Gases at <1eV, Chrysanthos Kyriakides
Topics in Galaxy Formation: Pairwise Velocities of Dark Matter Halos and Molecular Hydrogen Regulated Star Formation in Cosmological Simulations, Robert Jo Thompson
Parker Winds Revisited: An Extension to Disk Winds, Timothy Waters
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Spectroscopic studies of melamine at high pressure, Martin Donald Galley
Raman Spectroscopic Study of Solid Solution Spinel Oxides, Brian D. Hosterman
Numerical Simulations of Accretion Disks and Extrasolar Planets, Stefan Luketic
Modeling gamma-ray bursts, Amanda Maxham
Gamma-ray burst populations, Francisco J. Virgili
Dispersion of the hyperpolarizability of the carbon tetrachloride molecule, Scott Wilde
A Multi-wavelength study on gamma-ray bursts and their afterglows, Binbin Zhang
New cross sections for H on H2 collisional transitions, Qianxia Zou
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Finite strain studies of single crystal Fe3P under high pressures, John William Howard
Measurement system for high pressure characterizations of materials, Matthew K. Jacobsen
DLA-LBG cross-correlation and basic properties of infrared galaxies in cosmological simulations, Tae Song Lee
Vibrational spectroscopic study of the 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene at high static pressures, Edward Romano
Theoretical and computational study of time dependent scattering on a 2D surface, Michael Sohn
Partial phonon density of states of 57-iron and 161-dysprosium in DyFe3 by nuclear resonant inelastic X-ray scattering under high pressure, Elizabeth Anne Tanis
Photon density of states of 47-iron and 161-dysprosium in DyFe3 by nuclear resonant inelastic x-ray scattering under high pressure, Elizabeth Anne Tanis
Velocity distribution of dark Matter halos: A critical test for the Λ cold dark matter model, Robert Jo Thompson
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
AC susceptibility and heat capacity studies of the geometrically frustrated pyrochlores terbium titanium tin oxides and holmium titanates, Daniel Antonio
X-ray diffraction study of dysprosium single crystal samples in a Diamond Anvil Cell (DAC), Ognjen Grubor-Urosevic
High pressure phase transistions in the lanthanide sesquioxides, Jason Patrick McClure
Static high pressure FT-IR spectroscopic studies of TATB, Brian F. Yulga