Below are theses and dissertations completed by graduates of the UNLV Department of Physics and Astronomy. While our physics graduate program is well established, our astronomy program is relatively new and its reputation continues to grow as our first generation of graduates depart UNLV to contribute to astrophysics in different parts of the world.
For the entire collection of UNLV theses and dissertations, visit UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
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