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Topics on Hadron Collider Physics
(2013-10-08)
In this dissertation we present four techniques that could be used at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to improve the efficiency with which collected data is utilized, and to help detect signals of physics beyond the Standard ...
From Hopping to Ballistic Transport in Graphene-Based Electronic Devices
(2013-10-08)
This thesis describes electronic transport experiments in graphene from the hopping to the ballistic regime. The first experiment studies dual-gated bilayer graphene devices. By applying an electric field with these dual ...
Jet Physics at High Energy Colliders
(2013-10-17)
The future of new physics searches at the LHC will be to look for hadronic signals with jets. In order to distinguish a hadronic signal from its background, it is important to develop advanced collider physics techniques ...
Measuring the 3D Dynamics of Multiple Colloidal Particles with Digital Holographic Microscopy
(2013-10-18)
We discuss digital holographic microscopy (DHM), a 3D imaging technique capable of measuring the positions of micron-sized colloidal particles with nanometer precision and sub-millisecond temporal resolution. We use exact ...
Brane Constructions and BPS Spectra
(2013-10-07)
The object of this work is to exploit various constructions of string theory and M-theory to yield new insights into supersymmetric theories in both four and three dimensions. In 4d, we extend work on Seiberg-Witten theory ...
Controlling Atomic, Solid-State and Hybrid Systems for Quantum Information Processing
(2013-10-18)
Quantum information science involves the use of precise control over quantum systems to explore new technologies. However, as quantum systems are scaled up they require an ever deeper understanding of many-body physics ...
Dynamics in Biological Soft Materials
(2014-02-25)
I present applications of imaging and spectroscopy to understand mechanical, chemical, and electrical dynamics in biological materials. The first part describes the development and characterization of a protein-based ...
Structure and Properties of Charged Colloidal Systems
(2014-06-06)
This dissertation explores the changes in structure of colloidal systems on the introduction of repulsive interactions. Colloidal gels are well understood when all particle interactions are attractive, but their structure ...
Quantum optics with atom-like systems in diamond
(2014-06-06)
The nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond is a unique quantum system that combines solid state spin qubits with coherent optical transitions. The spin states of the NV center can be initialized, read out, and controlled ...
A Study of the Radial and Azimuthal Gas Distribution in Massive Galaxy Clusters
(2014-06-06)
Clusters of galaxies are particularly interesting astrophysical systems, are the largest bound structures in the Universe, and contain fair sample of cosmic ingredients. Studies of cluster abundance as a function of mass ...