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  • Second order critical point in QCD phase diagram 
    Assawasunthonnet, Wathid (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
    In this thesis I explore the theoretical model based on Asakawa and Nonaka's idea[l]. I start by arguing that the critical point of the QCD phase diagram is second order and belongs to the three dimensional Ising model ...
  • Self-adjoint extensions to the Dirac Coulomb Hamiltonian 
    Brainerd, Andrew Eric (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
    The Dirac equation is the relativistic generalization of the Schrödinger equation for spin 1/2 particles. It is written in the form -ihc -ihac OXIa+t' Omc 29 = ih-o (1.1) where V) is a four component Dirac spinor and the ...
  • Self-assembly of conformal polymer electrolyte film for lithium ion microbatteries 
    Bieber, Christalee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
    I apply the theory of polar and apolar intermolecular interactions to predict the behavior of combinations of common battery materials, specifically the cathode substrate lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) and the polymer separator ...
  • A self-triggered readout for a time projection chamber 
    Werner, Andrew Thompson, 1981- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
    A self-triggering readout for a time projection chamber (TPC) is presented, with applications to novel forms of data acquisition for high energy physics application. The construction and initial testing of the readout ...
  • Shuttling of ions for characterization of a microfabricated ion trap 
    Fisher, Zachary (Zachary Kenneth) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
    In this thesis, I present experimental results demonstrating the characterization of a planar Paul trap. I discuss the theory of ion trapping and analyze the voltages required for shuttling. Next, the characteristics of a ...
  • Signal variation in single particle aerosol mass spectrometry 
    Wissner-Gross, Zachary Daniel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
    Rapid and accurate detection of airborne micro-particles is currently an important problem in national security. One approach to such detection, bioaerosol mass spectrometry (BAMS), is currently under development at Lawrence ...
  • Simulated liquid argon interactions with neutrons 
    Harrington, Kathleen M (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
    The GEANT4 physics simulation program is known to have errors in how hadronic interactions are implemented. This has the potential to cause errors in the Monte Carlos used to determine the expected neutron backgrounds in ...
  • Simulated pion photoproduction experiments 
    Howe, Ethan (Ethan Gabriel Grief) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
    Introduction: In this paper, I will be assessing the capabilities of the Neutral Meson Spectrometer (NMS) detector in a planned experiment at the High Intensity Gamma Source at Duke University. I will review the relevant ...
  • Simulating scanning tunneling microscope measurements 
    Venkatachalam, Vivek (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
    One of the largest problems in scanning tunneling microscopy design is noise control. It is the burden of the designer to determine if money should be used to build a floating room for vibration isolation or for top-of-the-line ...
  • Simulation of a pion photodetection experiment 
    Solis Ortíz, Angel Roberto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
    In this thesis we asses the capabilities of the Crystal Box detector and evaluate its advantages over the Neutral Meson Spectrometer (NMS) detector in a planned experiment at the High Intensity Gamma Source (HI[gamma]S) ...
  • Simulation of measuring bottom quark flow in heavy ion collisions using the CMS detector 
    Franke, Arthur James (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
    In this thesis, I carried out a simulation study to characterize the measurement of bottom quark flow in relativistic Pb+Pb collisions using the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment. The Hydjet event generator is used to produce ...
  • Simulations of error in quantum adiabatic computations of random 2-SAT instances 
    Gill, Jay S. (Jay Singh) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
    This thesis presents a series of simulations of quantum computations using the adiabatic algorithm. The goal is to explore the effect of error, using a perturbative approach that models 1-local errors to the Hamiltonian ...
  • Size is everything : universal features of quasar microlensing with extended sources 
    Mortonson, Michael J. (Michael John), 1983- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
    We examine the effect that the shape of the source brightness profile has on the magnitude fluctuations of images in lens systems due to microlensing. We do this by convolving a variety of accretion disk models (including ...
  • The slowing down and diffusion of initially monoenergetic neutrons in hydrogenous media 
    Marks, Lawrence James (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950)
  • Solving the Dirac equation in a two-dimensional spacetime background with a kink 
    Falkenbach, Jeffrey (Jeffrey C.) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
    In the following paper, I study the Dirac equation in curved spacetime and solve this equation in two-dimensional spacetime backgrounds discovered by Jackiw et al[4], [5]. I will first discuss flat spacetime and introduce ...
  • Solving the system of atomic rate equations during recombination 
    Scolnic, Daniel (Daniel M.) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
    The recombination of hydrogen at z ~ 800 - 1800 induces distortions to the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) spectrum. We present a careful calculation and analysis of all of the main transitions occurring during this ...
  • Some calculations on the range and straggling of protons 
    Rado, George T. (George Tibor), 1917- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1939)
  • Something to do with Schrödinger spacetimes 
    McEntee, Connor W (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
    We present a brief review of the AdS/CFT correspondence and the progress made toward building a realistic gravity/gauge theory duality for a non-relativistic conformal field theory. In particular, we highlight many of the ...
  • Spatial search by quantum walk with a randomized local start state 
    Zhao, Fen, 1982- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
    In this thesis, we present a quantum walk algorithm for spatial search of a periodic lattice. Our algorithm is a variation of the Childs and Goldstone algorithm for spatial search, but begins in a randomly selected local ...
  • Spectrophotometric and photometric study of the Magda c2 [daylight] Lamp 
    Browne, Donald (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1918)
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