# Browse Dissertations and Theses - Physics by Title

• (1999)
In this thesis we describe the Euclidean path integral approach and instanton methods for investigating a SU(2) Yang-Mills theory at finite temperature. We first begin with a review of tunneling in a one-dimensional ...

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• (1978)
Several crucial properties of suprathermal (>500 keV) fusion-products are explored, both in their initial phase and during their slowingdown period. A guiding center drift theory, which predicts the effect of energy loss ...

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• (2012-05-22)
Over a century after the modern prediction of the existence of individual particles of light by Albert Einstein, a reliable source of this simple quantum state of one photon does not exist. While common light sources such ...

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• (1982)
The Schaefer-Bergmann technique for sound velocity measurement has been adapted for use with solidified liquids and gases. The advantages of this method for measuring elastic constants of plastic crystals are discussed. A ...

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• (1982)

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• (1975)
Average elastic photon scattering cross sections were measured for Bi 208Pb 207Pb, 206Pb, Tl, Hg, Ce, and Ba at excitations between 4.5 MeV and the respective neutron emission thresholds. The incident photon energy ...

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• (1975)

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• (1990)
Elastic photon scattering cross sections were measured for 4He at 45 and 135 degrees. These measurements were performed at energies between 23 and 73 MeV using the University of Illinois tagged photon facility. The ...

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• (1990)
Elastic photon scattering cross sections were measured for $\sp4$He at 45 and 135 degrees. These measurements were performed at energies between 23 and 73 MeV using the University of Illinois tagged photon facility. The ...

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• (1979)
Average elastic photon scattering cross sections were measured for 208Pb and 206Pb between 9.5 MeV and 12.0 MeV. The results indicate that there is a significant amount of fine structure in the photoabsorption cross section ...

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• (1983)

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• (1967)
Fredholm in 1900 gave a solution in principle for the dis-placements generated by a point force at the origin in an infinite elastic solid. Eshe1by in 1955 gave an approximate solution of the dilatation for the triple ...

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• (1969)
The effect of an electric field on exciton oscillator strengths is calculated for both bound and continuum states. The calculation is performed for Wannier excitons using the effective~mass approximation at both the Mo ...

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• (1974)

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• (1973)

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• (1973)

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• (1996-05)
We have grown high quality single crystals of Y1-xPrxBaiCu30 7_8 (Pr-doped YBCO), and have succeeded in detwinning them by applying uniaxial stress. The quality of these samples was shown by both magnetic and electrical ...

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• (1996)
We have grown high quality single crystals of $\rm Y\sb{1-x}Pr\sb{x}Ba\sb2Cu\sb3O\sb{7-\delta}$ (Pr-doped YBCO), and have succeeded in detwinning them by applying uniaxial stress. The quality of these samples was shown by ...

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