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Exploring the Standard and Extended Cosmological Models Using High-Precision Large Scale Observations
(2021)
Modern precision cosmology is undergoing rapid development thanks to the measurements obtained from large scale cosmological surveys. This information both elucidates our knowl- edge about the universe and brings in new ...
Europa's Plasma Interaction with Jupiter's Magnetosphere: Characterizing Variability of the Plasma Interaction with Multi-Fluid MHD Simulations
(2021)
Europa, one of Jupiter’s Galilean moons, is embedded in the region of space dominated by Jupiter’s magnetic field known as Jupiter’s magnetosphere. The interaction of Jupiter’s magnetospheric plasma and magnetic field with ...
Analysis of the Coupled Electron and Nuclear Spin Systems from Optically Induced Dynamic Nuclear Polarization in GaAs
(2022)
Gallium arsenide (GaAs) is a semiconductor that possesses a direct band gap whose optical transitions are spin selective. This property is ideal for investigation into optical generation and detection of electron spins, ...
Computational and Theoretical Advances in Accurately Modeling Molecular Wave Functions
(2023)
Throughout the past few decades, the use of theoretical methods has become standard practice in the chemical disciplines. This thesis addresses developments in quantum chemical methods for studying challenging electronic ...
A Search for Scalar Resonances in the Mass Range 66 - 110 GeV/c2 Produced in pp Collisions at s = 13 TeV and Observed in the Two Photon Final State
(2023)
We report on the search for new Higgs-like particles with SM-like scalar couplings produced in pp collisions with a mass in the range of 66 – 110 GeV/c2 and decay- ing to two photons. The search is conducted in the pp ...
Celestial Dragons and Brushing Teeth
(2023)
This dissertation delves into two domains. The first domain is cosmology and astrophysics, investigating galaxy occupation of dark matter halos as well as characterization of the star-forming and quiescent galaxy populations ...
Effects of Pre-Ionization on the Gas-Puff Z-Pinch
(2022)
This dissertation presents: (1) the development of a gas-puff z-pinch system for the MAIZE pulsed power facility; (2) experiments carried out to characterize the system’s performance on MAIZE; and (3) experiments to test ...
Emergence of Antibiotic Resistance in Microbial Populations with Spatial Heterogeneity
(2021)
The emergence of antibiotic resistance in microbial populations is a complex evolutionary process dependent on a large number of factors, both mechanistic and external. We have modeled spatial heterogeneity as one such ...
Exciton Transport and Strain Engineering in Atomically Thin Semiconductors
(2021)
The explosive energy demand by the communication and information technologies sector in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) calls for increasingly efficient electronics. One promising alternative to the inefficient ...
Firing-Rate Models in Computational Neuroscience: New Applications and Methodologies
(2023)
Neurons make the nervous system tick. By communicating via electrical impulses, neurons form concentrated networks in localized regions of the brain to carry out the complex tasks required of the nervous system, ranging ...