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Friction under microscope with trapped ions in optical lattices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
In recent years, cold-atom experiments have moved towards atomic systems with increasingly stronger interactions. One goal is to emulate condensed-matter phenomena in an ultimately controlled system by studying the motion ...
Measurement of the charged-hadron multiplicity in proton-proton collisions at LHC with the CMS detector
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Charged-hadron pseudorapidity densities and multiplicity distributions in protonproton collisions at [the square root of sigma] = 0.9, 2.36, 7.0 TeV were measured with the inner tracking system of the CMS detector at the ...
Observational and evolutionary studies of neutron star X-ray binaries
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
In this thesis, we present our observational and evolutionary studies of neutron stars in X-ray binary systems. A variety of topics are discussed, which are all related by a single scientific theme, namely, helping to set ...
Generation and Measurement of Entangled Atomic Ensembles with an Optical Cavity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Atomic interferometers have a resolution limit set by the projection noise in measurements on ensembles of uncorrelated atoms. To overcome this classical limit and extend precision measurements into the quantum regime, we ...
Probing and preparing novel states of quantum degenerate rubidium atoms in optical lattices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Ultracold atoms in optical lattices are promising systems to realize and study novel quantum mechanical phases of matter with the control and precision offered by atomic physics. Towards this goal, as important as engineering ...
Experimental studies of hybrid photonic band gap accelerator structures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
This thesis reports the first high power tests of a hybrid photonic band gap (PBG) accelerator structure. PBG structures can support a single electromagnetic mode, thus damping higher-order modes (HOMs) generated by ...
Imaging X-ray spectroscopy with micro-X and Chandra
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
High spectral resolution observations of X-ray phenomena have the potential to uncover new physics. Currently, only point sources can be probed with high resolution spectra, using gratings. Extended objects like supernova ...
Interaction of trapped ions with trapped atoms
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
In this thesis, I present results from two Paul-trap based ion traps carried out in the Vuletić laboratory: the Atom-Ion trap for collision studies between cold atoms and cold ions, and the Cavity-Array trap for studying ...
Toward quantum opto-mechanics in a gram-scale suspended mirror interferometer
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
A new generation of interferometric gravitational wave detectors, currently under construction, will closely approach the fundamental quantum limits of measurement, serving as a prominent example of quantum mechanics at ...
Double spin asymmetry AL̳T̳ in charged pion production from deep inelastic scattering on a transversely polarized ³He target
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
In this thesis I discuss the first measurement of the beam-target double-spin asymmetry ALT for charged pion electroproduction in deep inelastic electron scattering on a transversely polarized 3He target. These data were ...