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An All-Sky Search for Continuous Gravitational Waves.
(2009)
Gravitational radiation is a direct consequence of general relativity, yet to this day only indirect
confirmation of its existence has been obtained.
LIGO is an experiment that aims to detect gravitational waves by comparing ...
Search for W' --> tb in pp Collisions at
(2009)
We present a search for a narrow resonance in the tbbar mass spectrum using 1.9 fb−1 of ppbar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV recorded with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. We select events with a lepton, ...
The Full Two-Body-Problem: Simulation, Analysis, And Application To The Dynamics, Characteristics, And Evolution Of Binary Asteroid Systems.
(2009)
The Full Two-Body-Problem (F2BP) describes the dynamics of two unconstrained rigid bodies in close proximity, having arbitrary spatial distribution of mass, charge, or similar field quantity, and interacting through a ...
Cold Rydberg-Atom Interactions
(2008)
Systems of cold, interacting Rydberg atoms are of interest because they exhibit a wide range of collective quantum phenomena. This thesis describes experimental and theoretical work related to these systems with an emphasis ...
Understanding the Importance of an Energy Crisis.
(2009)
Human development and energy, in general, and electrical energy, specifically, co-exist seamlessly in high HDI countries where reliability and availability is greater than 99%. In numerous low HDI countries, there is 2-50% ...
Theory and Modeling of Particles with DNA-Mediated Interactions.
(2008)
In recent years significant attention has been attracted to proposals which utilize DNA for nanotechnological applications. Potential applications of these
ideas range from the programmable self-assembly of colloidal ...
Towards an Atom Laser: Cold Atoms in a Long High-gradient Magnetic Guide.
(2008)
The propagation of an atomic beam through a 1.7 m long magnetic guide with magnetic field gradient of up to 2.7 kGauss/cm has been demonstrated. The guide is side-loaded with an atomic beam from a Pyramidal MOT Low-velocity ...
Dendrimer-Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticlees as Targeted MRI Contrast Agents.
(2008)
Targeted MRI contrast agents are anticipated to be critical tools in realizing the dream of predictive and preventative medicine. Many approaches have been documented regarding superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles ...
Effective Single-Band Hamiltonians for Strongly Interacting Ultracold Fermions in an Optical Lattice.
(2009)
In this dissertation, we develop simple single-band effective Hamiltonians for a fermionic gas across a Feshbach resonance in both a quasi-low-dimensional optical trap and a three-dimensional optical lattice. The proper ...
Resonant Electron Dynamics in Open Nano Scale Systems: A Time-Dependent Non- Equilibrium Green Function Approach.
(2009)
Research in nanometer length scale electronics is motivated by both a desire to understand the physics of such small systems and the technological advantages of implementing ever smaller more efficient devices. Ongoing ...