# Browse Dissertations and Theses - Physics by Title

• (1972)
The time dependence of the decay rates K0 -+- TI and -K0 - +- ~ TI was measured in order to test the validity of current formulations of OP violations. An enriched kaon beam at Argonne National Laboratory was used to produce ...

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• (1984)
Charmonium X states produced in pi--beryllium interactions at 190 Gev/c and in proton-beryllium interactions at 200 Gev/c and 250 Gev/c have been observed via their decay into J/'+y. This experiment was carried out with ...

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• (1984)
Charmonium (chi) states produced in (pi)-beryllium interactions at 190 Gev/c and in proton-beryllium interactions at 200 Gev/c and 250 Gev/c have been observed via their decay into J/(PSI)+(gamma). This experiment was ...

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• (1969)
A scintillation counter-optical spark chamber arrangement has been used with incident positive and negative 3.5 BeV/c beams at the Argonne National Laboratory Zero Gradient Synchrotron to study T' (K+/- -> pi+ pio ...

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• (1984)
Energy exchange mechanisms of electron and hole recombination at deep level traps in semiconductors are studied. New variations of the capacitance and current transient techniques are developed which overcome two major ...

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• (2003)
I report ab initio simulations of nitrogen as a function of temperature and pressure that reveal new structures and basic features of the phase diagram. In particular, the simulations show there are many structures with ...

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• (2006)
In this dissertation, we present analytical, experimental, and numerical work relating to two problems in fluid flow. We first treat the oldest, hardest, and arguably one of the most important problems in boundary layer ...

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• (2014-05-30)
We study the optical properties of luminescent silicon nanoparticles in the presence of magnetic ions of iron or erbium in solution and electric biasing. Upon the introduction of the ions under zero biasing, the ...

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• (2001)
We have used two optical spectroscopy techniques, Raman scattering spectroscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry, to study complex phase transition behavior exhibited by the doped rare-earth manganese oxides, R1_xDxMn03 ...

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• (2001)
We observed that the metal-insulator transition in Ca3Ru 2O7 is characterized by the opening of correlation charge gap. The out-of-phase c-axis oxygen vibration phonon mode is seen to be closely associated with the ...

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• (1994)
Elastic and quasi-elastic photon scattering from the deuteron were studied in the context of the polarizability of the neutron. We have measured the elastic and quasi-elastic cross sections for the scattering of tagged ...

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• (1995)
The Compton scattering cross section on the proton was measured at laboratory angles of 90$\sp\circ$ and 135$\sp\circ$, using 70-100 MeV tagged photons, and simultaneously using 100-150 MeV untagged photons, in order to ...

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• (2005-05)
The folding of small globular proteins is studied using a combination of experimental and computational techniques. The use of several experimental probes to study the formation of secondary and tertiary structure of ...

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• (2000)
This study has three goals. First, we would like to develop computational tools that are suitable for the analysis and optimization of semiconductor device structures where quantum effects are important, as for example ...

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• (2000)
Finally, a full-band approach for the solution of Schrodinger's equation based on Fast Fourier Transforms is described. Using this simulation method, it becomes possible to solve Schrodinger's equation in the one band ...

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• (2012-05-22)
In this dissertation, I devise computational approaches to model and understand two very different systems which exhibit stochastic behavior: quantum fluids with topological defects arising during quenches and forcing, and ...

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