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Aspects of Radiative Symmetry Breaking in the Standard Model and Beyond
(2016-08-25)
In this thesis, I discuss the conformally symmetric (CS) Standard Model (SM) and the hidden sector extensions to address the hierarchy/ naturalness problem, the origin of electroweak (EW) symmetry breaking (SB), dark matter ...
All Dressed Up And Ready To Go: A Tale Of Two Quarks.
(2016-09-02)
The existence of unexpected states (states not predicted by the conventional quark model) in heavy Quarkonia, specifically Charmonium and Bottomonium like states, is of great interest to modern particle physics. States ...
Characterization of epitaxial silicene on the Ag(111) surface with synchrotron-based soft X-ray spectroscopy
(2016-05-13)
The eventual incorporation of two-dimensional materials into electronic devices will require an intimate understanding of their electronic properties, as well as how these properties are affected by the material's local ...
Vector Charmonium Meson-Hybrid Mixing: a Field Theoretical Analysis
(2016-07-18)
Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the quantum field theory describing strong interactions.
Hybrids in QCD, which are bound states consisting of a charm and an anticharm quark
with a constituent gluon, have been theorized for ...
Determining cosmological parameters from the brightest SDSS quasars
(2008)
According to current cosmological theory, the rate of expansion of the universe depends on the average energy densities of matter, radiation, and a possible vacuum energy described by a cosmological constant, Λ, in the ...
Toroidal Flow Velocity Measurement in the STOR-M Tokamak by Ion Doppler Spectroscopy
(2012-08-29)
An Ion Doppler Spectrometer (IDS) was built for the purpose of toroidal ion flow velocity measurement in the STOR-M tokamak. Emission lines from carbon and oxygen ions C_III, O_V and C_VI were used for spectral profiles ...
Equilibrium and stability of magnetohydrodynamic flows in annular channels
(2007)
Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flows in annular channels are of great current interest due to experimental search for the so-called magnetorotational instability (MRI) which is important for astrophysical applications (accretion ...
Designing and optimizing gratings for soft X-ray diffraction efficiency
(2012-10-02)
The diffraction efficiency is critical to the speed and sensitivity of grating-based spectroscopy instruments. This becomes particularly important for soft x-ray instruments, used on material science beamlines at synchrotrons ...
Understanding the electronic structure of LiFePO4 and FePO4
(2007-01-01)
This thesis has detailed the extensive analysis of the XAS and RIXS spectra of LiFePO4 and FePO4, with the primary focus on LiFePO4. One of the primary motivations for this study was to understand the electronic structure ...
Modelling of transionospheric HF radio wave propagation for the ISIS II and ePOP satellites
(2006-01-24)
The enhanced Polar Outflow Probe (ePOP) satellite is to be launched in 2007. One of the 8 instruments it will carry is a Radio Receiver Instrument (RRI) which is a passive radio receiver. The RRI will detect HF (High ...