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Studies of strong-field gravity : testing the black hole hypothesis and investigating spin-curvature coupling
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Observations of gravitational systems agree well with the predictions of general relativity (GR); however, to date we have only tested gravity in the weak-field limit. In the next few years, observational advances may make ...
Ultracold Fermi gas with repulsive interactions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
This thesis presents results from experiments of ultracold atomic Fermi gases with repulsive interaction. Itinerant ferromagnetism was studied by simulating the Stoner model with a strongly interacting Fermi gas of ultracold ...
Introducing spin-orbit interaction in graphene
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
The excellent electron properties of graphene, an atomically-thin material with record-high carrier mobility and gate tunability, make it central to modern nanoscience. However, the spin-orbit interaction (SOI) naturally ...
Electroweak symmetry breaking in the era of the Higgs boson discovery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
In this thesis we study possible deviations from the electroweak symmetry breaking mechanism as predicted by the Standard Model (SM), and we introduce a new framework to analyze hadronic final states at colliders. In the ...
Supersymmetry at the dawn of the LHC era
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
In this thesis, I explore various experimental, theoretical, and observational consequences of supersymmetry (SUSY). I show how copious production of Higgs bosons in SUSY events at the LHC can be a striking signal of ...
Jet quenching in heavy-ion collisions at LHC with CMS detector
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
The collision of highly relativistic nuclei can produce a volume of high energy density which can be used to learn about the behavior of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) at extreme conditions, such as those of the universe at ...
Strongly interacting quantum mixtures of ultracold atoms
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This thesis describes the construction of a new apparatus for ultracold quantum gases as well as the scientific results this machine has produced so far. This new apparatus is capable of simultaneously cooling and trapping ...
Fluctuation-induced phenomena in non-equilibrium systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
In this thesis, we investigate the implications of fluctuations in systems away, possibly even far, from equilibrium due to their motion either in or out of thermal equilibrium. This subject encompasses several topics in ...
Measurement of sin² 2[theta]₁₃ using delayed neutron capture on hydrogen in Double CHOOZ
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Double CHOOZ is a reactor antineutrino experiment built to measure [theta]13. The experiment is designed to use two detectors at different baselines (400 m and 1 km) to precisely measure the disappearance of ve from the ...
Nucleon structure and Its modification in nuclei
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Inclusive electron scattering experiments using fixed targets are an important tool for studying the structure of the nucleons. The electromagnetic structure of the proton, as encapsulated by its elastic form factors, can ...