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  • Study of the Effects of Chain Whip Length and Bar Length on the Characteristics of Chain Shot

    Creator:
    Shannon, Eric R.
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    Timber harvesters are high powered industrial grade rigs used to fell, delimb, and cut to size large trees. Hydraulic motors power sprockets that drive chains around a guide bar that get extended through logs during cuts. As technological advances allow for higher speeds a phenomenon called “chain shot” has...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ John Parmigiani Abstract

  • A microscopic study of the interaction between aliovalent dopants and native defects in group IV oxides : indium and cadmium in ceria and zirconia

    Creator:
    Zacate, Matthew O.
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    In order to understand better the defect structure and dynamics associated with lower valent dopants complexed with native defects in group IV oxides, In/Cd perturbed angular correlation spectroscopy was performed in ceria and zirconia. Examining the orientation symmetry axis of defects in ceria single crystals at low temperature has allowed...
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    Dissertation
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    Defects in Group IV Oxides: Indium and Cadmium in Ceria and Zirconia Abstract approved. John A

  • Level structure of ¹⁵²Gd populated in ¹⁵²Tb β decay

    Creator:
    Stapels, Christopher John
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    As part of a research program to study the transitional region of N=88 isotones, ¹⁵²Tb was produced by the reaction ¹⁵¹Eu(α,3n)¹⁵²Tb in the 88" cyclotron located at LBNL. Gamma-ray spectroscopy of the radiation emitted from excited ¹⁵²Gd following the β⁺ decay of ¹⁵²Tb has been performed using an array of...
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    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Christopher John Stapels for

  • High-temperature, high-pressure NMR probe for superconducting magnets

    Creator:
    Mullen, Corina P.
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    A high-temperature, high-pressure autoclave has been adapted for use with a high-field nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. The autoclave has an internal pressure range of atmospheric pressure to 1.5 kbar and a temperature range of 273 K to 1900 K. The autoclave is usable in a high field (8 T) magnet...
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    Masters Thesis
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    his patience and for acting as my thesis advisor. I would like to thank Dr. John Gardner and Dr

  • Amorphous TiO₂ : A Thin Film Synthesis Route to Stabilization of Metastable TiO₂ Brookite

    Creator:
    Haggerty, James E. S.
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    Structure-specific synthesis processes are of key importance to the growth of polymorphic functional compounds such as TiO₂, where material properties strongly depend on structure as well as chemistry. The robust growth of the brookite polymorph of TiO₂, a promising photocatalyst, has been difficult in both powder and thin-film forms due...
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    Dissertation and Video
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    temperatures (up to 700°C) show little transformation of brookite regions and no large scale polymorphic

  • Radiative Acceleration and Emission from Relativistic Outflows

    Creator:
    Chhotray, Atul
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    Outflowing streams of matter or jets are a common phenomenon in the observeduniverse. The most extreme and powerful jets are relativistic, i.e., they travel at speedscomparable to the of speed light. Gamma Ray-Bursts (GRBs) and Active Galactic Nuclei(AGNs) are two sources of these relativistic jets. In this work I will...
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    Dissertation
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    from misaligned AGN jets. c©Copyright by Atul Chhotray July 11, 2017 All Rights Reserved

  • Nonlinear terahertz spectroscopy of carbon nanomaterials and semiconductor nanostructures

    Creator:
    Paul, Michael Jason
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    This thesis will cover my work relating to the developing field of terahertz (THz) science and technology. It will present experimental and theoretical studies investigating the optical and electrical properties of various material systems using novel THz imaging and spectroscopy techniques. Due to its low photon energy, THz imaging and...
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    absorption of THz radiation (> 35%). c©Copyright by Michael Jason Paul September 25, 2014 All Rights

  • Model of student understanding of probability in modern physics

    Creator:
    Wattanakasiwich, Pornrat
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    This study aimed to investigate students' models of probability in a modern physics context. The study was divided into three phases. The first phase explored student pre-knowledge about probability before modem physics instruction. The second phase investigated student understanding of concepts related to probability such as wave-particle behavior, the uncertainty...
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    . Larry Flick, and Dr. John Lee. The questions and comments that you gave me helped me improve the

  • Terahertz Induced Non-linear Electron Dynamics in Nanoantenna Coated Semiconductors at the Sub-picosecond Timescale

    Creator:
    Stickel, Andrew
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    This dissertation is an exploration of the material response to Terahertz (THz) radiation. Specifically we will explore the ultrafast electron dynamics in the nonperturbative regime in semiconductors that have been patterned with nanoantenna arrays using broadband, high intensity, THz radiation. Three main semiconductor materials will be studied in this work....
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    which undergoes a phase transition from an insulator, when it is below 67◦ C, to a metal, when it is

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

    Creator:
    Vielma, Jason Michael
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    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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    calculated using the Bethe-Salpeter equation in the GW approxi- mation. c©Copyright by Jason Michael