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Shock Driven Discrete Vortex Growth on Oblique Interfaces
(2019)
A shock incident on a contact surface between two materials will deposit vorticity baroclinically given mis-alignments between pressure and density gradients. This vorticity will typically cause any perturbations on the ...
Studies of the Outer Solar System Using the Dark Energy Survey
(2019)
The minor bodies of the Solar System encode information about the formation and dynamical evolution of the Solar System. The bodies beyond Neptune, trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), serve as dynamical tracers of gravitational ...
Size Regulation and Nonequilibrium Growth of Biological Tissues
(2019)
Growth is one of the most profound concepts in biology, shared among all living organisms from bacteria to human beings, and has had a long history in physics as well. One of the major open questions in biology regarding ...
Evolution of Flux Transfer Events at the Magnetopause: MMS Observations and Global Hybrid-Vlasov Simulations
(2019)
Magnetic reconnection is the underlying physical process responsible for the release of energy stored in magnetic fields that powers plasma heating and acceleration. Flux transfer events (FTEs) are transient signatures of ...
Investigation of the Coupled Electron-Nuclear Spin System in GaAs Under Periodic Optical Electron Spin Pumping
(2019)
The nuclear spin system of semiconductor crystals displays a remarkable degree of environmental isolation, and in many cases a nuclear spin polarization may persist for human-perceptible durations at high temperatures. ...
Ground-state Overlaps and Topological Phase Transitions
(2019)
For decades, Landau’s theory of phase transition has provided a successful classification for quantum and classical states of matter based on their symmetry broken patterns, except for certain exotic quantum states such ...
Modern Techniques in Quantum Field Theory
(2019)
In this thesis, I discuss three projects on modern approaches to quantum field theory. Firstly, I present a novel approach to holographic renormalization, using an algorithmic method that utilizes the Hamilton-Jacobi ...
Electronic and Vibrational Properties of Colloidal Nanocrystals
(2019)
Semiconductors of reduced dimensionality have continued to attract intense interest for both fundamental research and practical applications. Semiconducting colloidal nanocrystals (CNCs) are prime examples of such ...
Laboratory Investigations of Magnetic Field Generation and Interactions Driven by High Power Lasers
(2019)
This thesis describes experimental and computational efforts to develop diagnostic tools, investigate magnetic field generation, and probe the dynamics of magnetic fields driven by high power lasers.
Proton beams accelerated ...
In Quest of Devising Tools of Probing Cosmology and Gravity using Galaxy Clusters
(2019)
Galaxy clusters are the biggest gravitationally bound objects in the Universe with various properties which allow us to test gravitational and cosmological models. One such way of testing theoretical models is by directly ...