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  • Investigation of the glare of automobile headlights

    Creator:
    Harris, Benjamin Elijah
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of WM VIPiCk. by Benjamin Blijah Harris May

  • Much Ado About Weak Measurement

    Creator:
    Bauml, Benjamin Noë
    Abstract:
    I had to write again. My research lay in science, and it was a science of three parts. The first part made a careful, introductory chapter, begged for by things that were lacking. It summarizes the von Neumann measurement model, derived from the Stern-Gerlach experiment, and it explains how weak...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    Much Ado About WeakMeasurement by Benjamin Noë

  • A theoretical description of anisotropic chemical association and its application to hydrogen-bonded fluids

    Creator:
    Peery, Travis B.
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    The thermodynamic and structural effects of highly anisotropic, short-ranged attraction are investigated for single- and four-site interaction models using Wertheim's multi-density graph theory of chemical association. Both models consist of associating hard spheres, where the saturable attraction sites are described by conical wells centered in the hard core and evaluated...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    approved: Glenn T. Evans The thermodynamic and structural effects of highly anisotropic, short- ranged

  • Sensemaking Throughout the Physics Curriculum: Understanding Expert and Student Ideas About Sensemaking in a Physics Context

    Creator:
    Lenz, MacKenzie
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    Physics sensemaking is a growing topic of study within the physics education community. Many lenses have been used to study sensemaking but few have considered how time and instruction can impact student sensemaking practices and ideas. In this dissertation, I present four studies that address four major questions: What sensemaking...
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    Dissertation
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    contri- butions, guidance, and tireless copy editing. Kelby T. Hahn for their countless coffee breaks

  • The Two Wells System: A Benchmark for Monte Carlo Methods in Statistical Mechanics

    Creator:
    Sprueill, Henry
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    Computational statistical mechanics leans heavily on the class of Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithms. Many such algorithms exist, and simulations can run for several weeks, making the selection of algorithms a difficult, but critical task. In this work, we introduce a benchmark system of two quadratic wells with an analytical...
    Resource Type:
    Undergraduate Thesis
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    Nichols and Benjamin Bauml for providing feedback on my writing. Of great help as well were the students

  • Optical, electronic, and thermodynamic properties of layered mixed anion compounds

    Creator:
    Vielma, Jason Michael
    Abstract:
    Mixed anion compounds that form ZrCuSiAs-type crystal structures exhibit remarkable properties such as superconductivity at low temperatures, hole conduction with optical transparency in the visible region, and exciton absorption at room temperature. In this thesis, properties of a selected group of materials out of the very large set of mixed...
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    Dissertation
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    minimizes E[n] is the exact ground state density. The total energy functional is defined as E[n] = T [n

  • Response of two-level atoms to intense amplitude modulated laser beams

    Creator:
    Blind, Barbara
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    The optical Bloch equations for a two-level atom in a laser beam with an amplitude of arbitrary time dependence are derived in the rotating wave approximation. The light scattered by the atom is investigated for the special case of an intense, resonant laser beam with a sinusoidally modulated amplitude. The...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    of the Rabi Frequency Si(t) . . 44 3.4 Solution of the Associated Homogeneous Equations 45 3.5 Long

  • Thermoelectric Properties of the HeterostructuralAlloy Sn_(1-x)Ca_(x)Se

    Creator:
    Forkner, MIchael
    Abstract:
    By alloying face centered cubic CaSe with orthorhombic SnSe, we created the heterostructural alloy Sn1-xCaxSe. The phase separated lms created with a high deposition temperature acted as highly crys- talline SnSe while the low deposition temperature lms acted as a mix of SnSe and CaSe. For the alloyed lms we...
    Resource Type:
    Undergraduate Thesis
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    the ratio of the voltage difference to the temperature difference. S = −∆V ∆T (2.3) The negative

  • Quadrupole moments and g-factors of low-lying bands in odd-A-nuclei (150<A<190)

    Creator:
    Rieckert, Volker
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    The static and dynamic electric quadrupole moments of even-even and odd-A nuclei with 150<A<190 have been compiled and analyzed in a systematic way, in order to extract the best set of intrinsic quadrupole moments Q₀. The intrinsic quadrupole moments of the odd-A nuclei have been used together with a compilation...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    rotor (e.g. centrifugal stretching). The Hamiltonian for the coupled system is H Ht + T + V , (2.6

  • De-Haas van-Alphen effect in the quantum limit

    Creator:
    Karniewicz, Joseph J.
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    In this work we apply the finite temperature formulation of quantum statistical mechanics to an analysis of the de Haas-van Alphen effect in the quantum limit. A new expression is derived for the differential magnetic susceptibility which clearly shows the individual contributions of zero-temperature and non-zero temperature terms. Interactions have...
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    Dissertation
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    ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Page 1 DHVA effect in the quantum limit for Bismuth 4 at T=.6 °K 2 DHVA effect in the LK