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Condensed Matter From Gauge/Gravity Duality, Jason Edward Therrien
Condensed Matter From Gauge/Gravity Duality, Jason Edward Therrien
Doctoral Dissertations
Currently strongly coupled systems present the greatest challenge to theoretical physics. For years conventional methods of approach have failed to describe these systems analytically. In recent years it has been shown that there is a duality between weakly coupled and strongly coupled systems, the Gauge Theory/Gravity Duality. In this dissertation I will discuss how the AdS/CFT is used to describe strongly coupled condensed matter systems as well as present the work done by the author and collaborators.
Measurement Of Theta-13 Neutrino Mixing Angle From The Disappearance Of Electron Antineutrinos At The Double Chooz Experiment, Brandon Reed White
Measurement Of Theta-13 Neutrino Mixing Angle From The Disappearance Of Electron Antineutrinos At The Double Chooz Experiment, Brandon Reed White
Doctoral Dissertations
The measurement of the remaining neutrino-mixing angle, theta-130, is a critical step toward further understanding of neutrino properties and to guide future neutrino oscillation experiments. Double Chooz has a unique opportunity to perform this measurement building on the original CHOOZ reactor anti-neutrino experiment, the experience that set the previous limits on theta-13. In the first phase of Double Chooz, 101 days of data was analyzed with only the far detector operating of a two-detector plan. In this thesis I will describe the design of the low background neutrino detector and the oscillation analysis performed. From the deficiency between the expected …
Measurement Of Production And Decay Properties Of Bs Mesons Decaying Into J/Psi Phi With The Cms Detector At The Lhc, Giordano Cerizza
Measurement Of Production And Decay Properties Of Bs Mesons Decaying Into J/Psi Phi With The Cms Detector At The Lhc, Giordano Cerizza
Doctoral Dissertations
The production of hadrons containing b-quarks has been measured in proton anti-proton collisions up to center-of-massenergies of 1.96 TeV at the Tevatron. Information at lower energy is provided by electron-positron collision experiments.The underlying theory of hadronic interactions is tuned to those data but cannot reliably predict reaction rates from first principlesfor higher energies. Therefore, it is important to test the extrapolations and optimize model parameters for the new energy regime at the LHC. The b-hadrons from proton-proton collisions are a major source of background in searches for the Higgs boson andother heavy not-yet-discovered particles. Hence, it is important to quantify …