A 50~MHz E-region coherent backscatter radar was designed based on frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar techniques. This thesis presents the theory behind the FMCW technique and its implementation in a practical ...

Diagnostic monitors are required to perform electron beam diagnostic tests at select points along the beam line of the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron. The decision has been made to equip the specified facility ...

Intervals of Steady Magnetospheric Convection (SMC) are loosely defined as times when convection in the magnetosphere as a whole is enhanced and there are no substorm signatures. A lack of substorm signatures implies that ...

The Higgs boson has an important role in the theoretical formulation of the standard model of fundamental interactions. Symmetry breaking of the vacuum via the Higgs field allows the gauge bosons of the weak interaction ...

The electronic structures of the nucleobases, 5-fluorouracil compounds, DNA, metallic DNA, and samples of boron nitride are investigated. Soft X-ray absorption (XAS) and emission (XES) spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation ...

Magnetotelluric (MT) measurements in the Extremely-Low-Frequency (ELF) and Very-Low-Frequency (VLF) bandwidth have been largely regarded as impractical during the winter months, even at relatively low latitude. The economic ...

The SuperDARN HF radars in Saskatoon, Sask. and Kapuskasing, Ont. have been used to measure Doppler velocity spectra of backscatter from the F-layer. A special multi pulse sequence was developed to increase the number of ...

Silicon ceramics are popular in both commercial applications and material research. The purpose of this thesis is to present measurements and analysis of four different silicon ceramics: á, â and ã phases of silicon nitride ...

The Saskatchewan Accelerator Laboratory is a 300 MeV electron accelerator (Linac) and storage ring. Electrons are injected into the Linac in packets called bunches for acceleration by an electromagnetic field. The length ...

The subject of this thesis is the calibration, energy resolution and efficiency of a magnetic gamma ray pair spectrometer (PS), investigated using the photon tagger at the Saskatchewan Accelerator Laboratory (SAL). This ...