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Creator:: Trotter, Cade W.
Abstract:: Currently multi-canonical, and grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations exist, but do not always give all of the necessary information of the system. When using a 1-D (only changing in one variable) broad histogram Monte Carlo method a user would need to run a range of simulations in order to get...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: -D” broad histogram simulation. The M-G, M-C Monte Carlo allows for both a change in the energy and

Creator:: Ferron, Thomas J.
Abstract:: This investigation expands on earlier methods of using surface polarization reflection (SPR) to characterize the first few monolayers of a surface. Past research measured intensities of light reflecting off an SiO₂ optical flat inside a vacuum. Pressure of applied gas was changed to view a change in reflection. In an...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Edition). Addison Wesley, 3rd edition, 1 1999. [3] Eugene Hecht. Optics (4th Edition). Addison-Wesley, 4

Creator:: Wells, Blake
Abstract:: A method for determining bandgap energy using diffuse reflection is presented. The method uses bifurcated fiber optic cables to measure the diffuse reflection of diffusely reflective materials. The absorption spectrum is extrapolated from the diffuse reflection spectrum and used to determine the bandgap of powdered materials. The theory of nonspecular...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: of iron oxides. Encycl. Surf. Colloid Sci. 1438–1446 (2002). 4. Kortüm, G., Braun, W. & Herzog, G

Creator:: Kratzer, Aaron and Kratzer, Aaron C.
Abstract:: Zinc sulfide thin films on silicon wafers were analyzed for layer thickness, refractive index, and absorption using reflection spectroscopy (RS), spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE), and modeling programs. RS and refractive index values from literature were used to model film thickness based on reflection and the SCOUT modeling program was used to...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: . Optics. Addison Wesley, fourth edition, 2002. [4] K. Lazarova, M. Vasileva, G. Marinov, and T. Babeva

Creator:: Hanson, Ben R.
Abstract:: Solutions to Einstein's equations are usually found by considering ideal, simplified models. However, if the real world always matched ideal physics models, then farmers would milk black and white spheres. To combat this, Regge calculus was developed as a numerical approximation scheme for general relativity. In Regge calculus curved manifolds...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: be written as ds2 = gαβdx αdxβ, (13) where gαβ represents the matrix g =  −1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Creator:: Konyndyk, David M.
Abstract:: The scattering of optical rays by small spherical particles bears a strong resemblance to the diffusion of fission neutrons in solid materials. This work explores the feasibility of exploiting similarities between these two systems for the purposes of reactor component analysis, education, and outreach. After a brief overview of reactor-environment...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: with an absorptive layer. G. Diffraction within the medium should be accounted for, and care should

Creator:: Nelson, Hunter
Abstract:: Different models show the effects of environmental decoherence on a quantum system due to various environments of interest. One important quantity within these models is the decoherence time, which tells us how quickly environments wash away the coherence of local measurements. We can describe this effect as the quantum system...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: , integrating the two functions f(x, y) = x2 + y2 and g(x, y) = x3 + y3 over a symmetric interval will yield

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