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Building a Basic Computational Model of Surface and Impurity States in a One-dimensional Solid

Creator:

Matthews, Bethany E.

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Learning about periodic and oscillatory systems is a huge step in an undergraduate's comprehensive understanding of physics and complex systems such as solids. However, understanding how specific changes to such a system affect aspects of the entire system can be difficult. The goal of this study is to create a...

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Honors College Thesis
Seasonal and Solar Cycle Variations in High-Probability Reconnection Regions on the Dayside Magnetopause

Creator:

Griffiths, Scott T.

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Future satellite missions like NASA’s upcoming Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission are targeting reconnection diffusion regions at the Earth’s magnetopause. These diffusion regions are small compared to the total surface area of the magnetopause. Furthermore, the location of the diffusion region depends on external parameters such as the current state of...

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Experiments into plasma physics

Creator:

Smith, Christopher S.

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Our research was focused mainly on the field of plasma physics and the creation of plasmas in a laboratory environment. We first began our project with the goal to develop a tabletop Tokamak, a doughnut shaped device that magnetically confines plasmas at pressures greater than one atmosphere. After researching this...

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Near earth object collisional mitigation via intense neutron and photon sources : a study in asteroid interdiction and energy coupling

Creator:

Sanders, JC

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The large population of 2r>100m near earth objects (NEOs) presents a certain hazard to life on earth. It has been proposed that a nuclear device may be used to alter the course of such objects, thereby averting a catastrophic collision with the earth. The asteroid interdiction problem includes a number...

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Honors College Thesis