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Mapping the Relationship Between Interstellar Dust and Radiation in the Milky Way
(2018-05-15)
We present a simple but effective technique for measuring angular variation in R_V across the sky. We divide stars from the Pan-STARRS catalog into Healpix pixels and determine the posterior distribution of reddening and ...
On Soft Theorems and Asymptotic Symmetries in Four Dimensions
(2018-05-11)
It was recently discovered that soft theorems, Ward identities associated to asymptotic symmetries, and the memory effect in gravity and gauge theories are in fact mathematically equivalent. This is a rather remarkable ...
Opening the Black Box of Neural Nets: Case Studies in Stop/top Discrimination
(2018-05-13)
In this thesis we examine several different approaches for deducing observable signals of new physics. First, we outline a technique to extract useful information about the pattern a neural network has learned to recognize, ...
Generically Orthogonal Decompositions of Collision Events and Measurement Combinations in Standard Model $VH\left(b\bar{b}\right)$ Searches with the ATLAS Detector
(2018-05-09)
This thesis describes variations on the two lepton channel of the Run 2 search for the SM Higgs boson produced in association with a vector boson using different variable sets for multivariate analysis (MVA) training. The ...
Emergent Gapless Fermions in Strongly-Correlated Phases of Matter and Quantum Critical Points
(2018-08-17)
States with gapless degrees of freedom are typically more complicated and less well- understood than systems possessing a gap. In this thesis, we study strongly-correlated systems described by gapless fermions. In most of ...
Probing Nanopore - DNA Interactions With MspA
(2018-05-11)
Nanopores can be used as extremely sensitive instruments to directly measure properties of individual molecules. Progress in the nanopore field has been motivated largely by a desire to sequence DNA quickly and accurately. ...
Understanding Jet Physics at Modern Particle Colliders
(2018-05-01)
We explore the phenomenon of jets at particle colliders from several diverse vantage points, beginning with a non-technical introduction to the field in general. Jets are messy objects that are difficult to model precisely; ...
An Integrated Diamond Nanophotonics Platform for Quantum Optics
(2018-05-11)
Efficient interfaces between optical photons and quantum bits are fundamental building blocks for quantum networks and large-scale quantum computers. We demonstrate an integrated platform for scalable quantum optics based ...
Quantifying and Modeling Dynamics of Heat Shock Detection and Response in the Intestine of Caenorhabditis Elegans
(2018-04-26)
The heat shock response is the organized molecular response to stressors which disrupt proteostasis, potentially leading to protein misfolding and aggregation. While the regulation of the heat shock response is well-studied ...
Precision Tunneling Rate Calculations in Quantum Field Theory and the Ultimate Fate of Our Universe
(2018-05-09)
One of the most concrete implications of the discovery of the Higgs boson is that, in the absence of physics beyond the Standard Model, the long-term fate of our universe can now be established through precision calculations. ...