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Cholinergic Modulation of Network Activity and Applications in Sleep, Memory and Anesthesia
(2023)
In the nervous system, neurons work in tandem with a full range of complex signaling chemicals known as neuromodulators which tune neuron function to fit different behavioral tasks by varying temporal firing of the neurons. ...
The Veto System of the LZ Dark Matter Experiment
(2023)
A large body of astrophysical and cosmological evidence suggests the majority of the mass density of the universe is composed of non-luminous, weakly/non interacting kind of matter, dubbed dark matter.
Weakly Interacting ...
Discovery and Simulation of Solar System Bodies in the Age of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
(2023)
As science enters an era defined by big data, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence (AI), we have an opportunity to fundamentally change the way we study our solar system. In this thesis I leverage ...
Testing Models of Sheaths and Instabilities with Particle-in-cell Simulations
(2023)
Sheaths and presheaths represent the response of a plasma to boundaries and are an instance of plasma self-organization. They are commonly utilized in plasma technologies and reduced models of plasmas across a range of gas ...
Direct Identification and Counting of MicroRNAs in Single Cells by Transient Binding and Kinetic Fingerprinting
(2023)
Cancer is the second leading cause of mortality worldwide. Within the U.S. alone, it is estimated that 1.9 million people will be diagnosed this year and over 610,000 people are expected to perish. Despite advances in ...
A Search for Decays of the 125 GeV Higgs Boson in the bb Final State with the ATLAS Detector using p-p Collisions at s=13 TeV
(2023)
This thesis presents a search for decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson (h) to a pair of new (pseudo)scalar particles (a), h → aa, where the a-bosons decay to a b-quark pair and tau lepton (τ) pair. Adding a new (pseudo)scalar ...
From Atoms to Devices: Performance Bottlenecks of Nitride Semiconductors Using Multi-Scale Quantum Methods
(2023)
III-nitride semiconductors have revolutionized modern electronics by enabling high-power radio-frequency and lighting technologies. These materials hold immense potential for new technologies such as miniaturized displays, ...
Quantum Two Dimensional Materials Explored via Advanced Electron Microscopy
(2023)
Two dimensional (2D) materials often exhibit unexpected, emergent physical properties—often due to their confined dimensionalities and unique symmetry breaking. However, 2D materials still exist in the 3D world. They often ...
Searches for the Electromagnetic Signatures of Merging Binary Neutron Stars and Black Holes in the Third Observing Campaign of the Dark Energy Survey Gravitational Wave Search and Discovery Program
(2023)
Observations of gravitational waves have inaugurated the field of multi-messenger
astrophysics that promises to have a significant impact in cosmology. Identifying the electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave ...
Advancing Chiral Plasmonics Using Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy
(2023)
Fluorescence microscopy is an important tool for studying structures in living cells, but its use is limited to sizes greater than 300 nm due to the diffraction limit of visible light. Single-molecule localization microscopy ...