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Gold Thin-Film Based Narrow-Band Perfect Absorbers For Near-Ir Frequencies, Serap Aksu

Turkish Journal of Physics

Perfect absorbers have received significant attention due to their tunable and extraordinary absorptive behaviour of light at selected wavelenghts. Such absorption can be achieved by the means of nanostructured materials with various types of flexibility. Despite these advantages nanofabrication is a challenging process. In this study, we manufacture and characterize a gold thin-film based ultra narrow-band perfects absorber that does not require nanostructures for full absorption of the incident light. Perfect absorption is based on Fabry-Perot interference created using a metal-insulator-metal triple layer. The fabrication involves precise deposition of a gold film (35 nm) and silicon nitride dielectric film (110-170 …

The Future Between Quantum Computing And Cybersecurity, Daniel Dorazio

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Quantum computing, a novel branch of technology based on quantum theory, processes information in ways beyond the capabilities of classical computers. Traditional computers use binary digits [bits], but quantum computers use quantum binary digits [qubits] that can exist in multiple states simultaneously. Since developing the first two-qubit quantum computer in 1998, the quantum computing field has experienced rapid growth.

Cryptographic algorithms such as RSA and ECC, essential for internet security, rely on the difficulty of complex math problems that classical computers can’t solve. However, the advancement of quantum technology threatens these encryption systems. Algorithms, such as Shor’s, leverage the power …

Detailed Analysis Of The Tev Γ-Ray Sources 3hwc J1928+178, 3hwc J1930+188, And The New Source Hawc J1932+192, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, D. Avila Rojas, H. A.Ayala Solares, R. Babu, E. Belmont-Moreno, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistrán, A. Carramiñana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutiño De León, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. A. Duvernois, M. Durocher, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, M. Fernandez Alonso, N. Fraija, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, F. Garfias, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, V. Joshi, S. Kaufmann, D. Kieda, W. H. Lee, H. Leon Vargas, J. T. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, G. Luis-Raya, R. Lopez-Coto, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. Matthews, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Moralez-Soto, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. Newbold, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, H. Salazar, D. Salazar-Gallegos, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, J. Serna-Franco, A. J. Smith, Y. Son, R. W. Springer, O. Tibolla, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, F. Werner, E. Willox, H. Zhou

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The latest High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) point-like source catalog up to 56 TeV reported the detection of two sources in the region of the Galactic plane at galactic longitude 52° < ℓ < 55°, 3HWC J1930+188 and 3HWC J1928+178. The first one is associated with a known TeV source, the supernova remnant SNR G054.1+00.3. It was discovered by one of the currently operating Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT), the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS), detected by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S), and identified as a composite SNR. However, the source 3HWC J1928+178, discovered by HAWC and coincident with the pulsar PSR J1928+1746, was not detected by any IACT despite their long exposure on the region, until a recent new analysis of H.E.S.S. data was able to confirm it. Moreover, no X-ray counterpart has been detected from this pulsar. We present a multicomponent fit of this region using the latest HAWC data. This reveals an additional new source, HAWC J1932+192, which is potentially associated with the pulsar PSR J1932+1916, whose γ-ray emission could come from the acceleration of particles in its pulsar wind nebula. In the case of 3HWC J1928+178, several possible explanations are explored, in an attempt to unveil the origins of the very-high-energy γ-ray emission.

Speeding The Generation Of Giant Entangled States Using Low-Frequency Modulations, Abdelaziz Benseghir, Azeddine Messikh, Ahmed Bouketir

Turkish Journal of Physics

In this paper, we generalize the shortcuts to adiabacity for the quantum Rabi model by simultaneously modulating its two components, namely, the two-level system and the cavity mode. This will eliminate the counterrotating terms which in turn helps to simulate the Rabi model by the Jaynes-Cummings model without requiring a largely detuned light-matter coupling. We focus on the low-frequency modulations since it is easy to realize them experimentally. The results show that these modulations can significantly shorten the evaluation time, generate much larger entanglement cat states, and robust against imperfection of time evaluation and dissipation.

Polycomb Deficiency Drives A Foxp2-High Aggressive State Targetable By Epigenetic Inhibitors, Fan Chen, Aria Byrd, Jinpeng Liu, Robert M. Flight, Tanner Ducote, Kassandra J. Naughton, Xiulong Song, Abigail R Edgin, Alexsandr Lukyanchuk, Danielle T. Dixon, Christian M. Gosser, Dave-Preston Esoe, Rani Jayswal, Stuart H. Orkin, Hunter N. B. Moseley, Chi Wang, Christine Fillmore Brainson

Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications

Inhibitors of the Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) histone methyltransferase EZH2 are approved for certain cancers, but realizing their wider utility relies upon understanding PRC2 biology in each cancer system. Using a genetic model to delete Ezh2 in KRAS-driven lung adenocarcinomas, we observed that Ezh2 haplo-insufficient tumors were less lethal and lower grade than Ezh2 fully-insufficient tumors, which were poorly differentiated and metastatic. Using three-dimensional cultures and in vivo experiments, we determined that EZH2-deficient tumors were vulnerable to H3K27 demethylase or BET inhibitors. PRC2 loss/inhibition led to de-repression of FOXP2, a transcription factor that promotes migration and stemness, and FOXP2 …

Phys 275: Intro To Scientific Computing, David Goldberg

Open Educational Resources

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Anisotropic Optical And Magnetic Response In Self-Assembled Tin-Cofe2 Nanocomposites, Jiawei Song, Di Zhang, Ping Lu, Haohan Wang, X. S. Xu, Melissa L. Meyerson, Samantha G. Rosenberg, Julia Deitz, Juncheng Liu, Xuejing Wang, Xinghang Zhang

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

Transition metal nitrides (e.g., TiN) have shown tremendous promise in optical metamaterials for nanophotonic devices due to their plasmonic properties comparable to noble metals and superior high temperature stability. Vertically aligned nanocomposites (VANs) offer a great platform for combining two dissimilar functional materials with a one-step deposition technique toward multifunctionality integration and strong structural/property anisotropy. Here we report a two-phase nanocomposite design combining ferromagnetic CoFe₂ nanosheets in the plasmonic TiN matrix as a new hybrid plasmonic metamaterial. The hybrid metamaterials exhibit obvious anisotropic optical and magnetic responses, as well as a pronounced magneto-optical coupling response evidenced by MOKE measurement, …

Switchable Anomalous Hall Effects In Polar-Stacked 2d Antiferromagnet Mnbi2Te4, Tengfei Cao, Ding-Fu Shao, Kai Huang, Gautam Gurung, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

Van der Waals (vdW) assembly allows controlling symmetry of two-dimensional (2D) materials that determines their physical properties. Especially interesting is the recently demonstrated breaking inversion symmetry by polar layer stacking to realize novel electronic, magnetic, and transport properties of 2D vdW materials switchable by induced electric polarization. Here, based on symmetry analyses and density-functional calculations, we explore the emergence of the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in antiferromagnetic MnBi2Te4 films assembled by polar layer stacking. We demonstrate that breaking 𝑃̂ 𝑇̂ symmetry in an MnBi₂Te₄ bilayer makes this 2D material magnetoelectric and produces a spontaneous AHE switchable by …

Nitrogen-Vacancy Magnetometry Of Individual Fe-Triazole Spin Crossover Nanorods, Suvechhya Lamichhane, Kayleigh A. Mcelveen, Adam Erickson, Ilja Fescenko, Shuo Sun, Rupak Timalsina, Yinsheng Guo, Sy_Hwang Liou, Rebecca Lai, Abdelghani Laraoui

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

[Fe(Htrz)₂(trz)](BF₄) (Fe-triazole) spin crossover molecules show thermal, electrical, and optical switching between high spin (HS) and low spin (LS) states, making them promising candidates for molecular spintronics. The LS and HS transitions originate from the electronic configurations of Fe(II) and are considered to be diamagnetic and paramagnetic respectively. The Fe(II) LS state has six paired electrons in the ground states with no interaction with the magnetic field and a diamagnetic behavior is usually observed. While the bulk magnetic properties of Fe-triazole compounds are widely studied by standard magnetometry techniques their magnetic properties at the individual level …

Direct Observation Of The Magnetic Anisotropy Of An Fe (Ii) Spin Crossover Molecular Thin Film, Ashley S. Dale, Saeed Yazdani, Thilini K. Ekanayaka, Esha Mishra, Yuchen Hu, Peter A. Dowben, John W. Freeland, Jian Zhang, Ruihua Cheng

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

Spin crossover molecules are a promising candidate for molecular spintronics that aim for ultrafast and low-power devices for data storage and magnetic and information sensing. The rapid spin state transition is best controlled by non-thermal methods including magnetic field. Unfortunately, the magnetic field normally required to switch the spin state is normally high (~30 T), which calls for better understanding of the fundamental mechanism. In this work, we provide clear evidence of magnetic anisotropy in the local orbital moment of a molecular thin film based on spin crossover complex [Fe(H₂B(pz)₂)₂(bipy)] (pz = pyrazol−1−yl, bipy …

Interface-Tuning Of Ferroelectricity And Quadruple-Well State In Cuinp2S6 Via Ferroelectric Oxide, Kun Wang, Du Li, Jia Wang, Yifei Hao, Hailey Anderson, Li Yang, Xia Hong

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

Ferroelectric van der Waals CuInP₂S₆ possesses intriguing quadruple-well states and negative piezoelectricity. Its technological implementation has been impeded by the relatively low Curie temperature (bulk T_C ~42 °C) and the lack of precise domain control. Here we show that CuInP₂S₆ can be immune to the finite size effect and exhibits enhanced ferroelectricity, piezoelectricity, and polar alignment in the ultrathin limit when interfaced with ferroelectric oxide PbZr_0.2Ti_0.8O₃ films. Piezoresponse force microscopy studies reveal that the polar domains in thin CuInP₂S₆ fully conform to those of underlying …

Femtosecond Electronic And Hydrogen Structural Dynamics In Ammonia Imaged With Ultrafast Electron Diffraction, Elio G. Champenois, Nanna H. List, Matthew Ware, Mathew Britton, Philip H. Bucksbaum, Xinxin Cheng, Martin Centurion, James P. Cryan, Ruaridh Forbes, Ian Gabalski, Kareem Hegazy, Matthias C. Hoffmann, Andrew J. Howard, Fuhao Ji, Ming-Fu Lin, J. Pedro F. Nunes, Xiaozhe Shen, Jie Yang, Xijie Wang, Todd J. Martinez, Thomas J. A. Wolf

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

Directly imaging structural dynamics involving hydrogen atoms by ultrafast diffraction methods is complicated by their low scattering cross sections. Here we demonstrate that megaelectronvolt ultrafast electron diffraction is sufficiently sensitive to follow hydrogen dynamics in isolated molecules. In a study of the photodissociation of gas phase ammonia, we simultaneously observe signatures of the nuclear and corresponding electronic structure changes resulting from the dissociation dynamics in the time-dependent diffraction. Both assignments are confirmed by ab initio simulations of the photochemical dynamics and the resulting diffraction observable. While the temporal resolution of the experiment is insufficient to resolve the dissociation in time, …

โปรตีนเข้มข้นจากโครงไก่: การเตรียมและการใช้ในผลิตภัณฑ์นักเก็ต, ชนากานต์ มณฑาทิพย์กุล

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาภาวะที่เหมาะสมสำหรับการสกัดโปรตีนจากโครงไก่ เพื่อเตรียมโปรตีนเข้มข้นและนำมาศึกษาสมบัติทางเคมีกายภาพและสมบัติเชิงหน้าที่ของโปรตีนเข้มข้นจากโครงไก่และศึกษาผลของการเติมโปรตีนเข้มข้นต่อคุณภาพและเนื้อสัมผัสของผลิตภัณฑ์นักเก็ตไก่ ผลการศึกษาการสกัดโปรตีนด้วยสารละลายด่างที่ค่าความเป็นกรด-ด่าง 8.5 - 11.5 และระยะเวลาในการสกัด 30 - 300 นาที ด้วยวิธีพื้นผิวตอบสนองและการออกแบบการทดลองแบบส่วนผสมกลางพบว่าสมการการทำนายผลตอบสนองประสิทธิภาพในการผลิตโปรตีนเข้มข้นมีความเหมาะสมในการอธิบายความสัมพันธ์และทำนายค่าของตัวแปรอิสระให้มีความสัมพันธ์กับผลตอบสนองที่ต้องการ โดยค่าสัมประสิทธิ์การถดถอย (Regression coefficient) ของตัวแปรอิสระมีความสัมพันธ์กับประสิทธิภาพในการผลิตโปรตีนเข้มข้นในระบบฐานแห้ง (Dry basis) รวมถึงค่าสัมประสิทธิ์การตัดสินใจมีค่ามากกว่า 0.80 และมีค่า Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) ต่ำหมายความว่าค่าความแตกต่างเฉลี่ยกำลังสองระหว่างค่าที่ได้จากการทำนายกับค่าที่ได้จากการทดลองมีค่าต่ำ เมื่อพิจารณาค่า Adjusted r–Squared พบว่ามีค่าใกล้เคียงกับค่าสัมประสิทธิ์การตัดสินใจ การทำนายภาวะการสกัดโปรตีนจากโครงไก่จากการกำหนดเกณฑ์ของค่าประสิทธิภาพในการผลิตโปรตีนเข้มข้นสูงที่สุดพบว่าภาวะค่าความเป็นกรด-ด่างเท่ากับ 10.15 และระยะเวลาในการสกัดเท่ากับ 185 นาที เป็นภาวะที่เหมาะสมที่สุดสำหรับการสกัดโปรตีนจากโครงไก่ โดยค่าผลตอบสนองที่ได้จากการทำนายจากสมการมีความแตกต่างจากค่าที่ได้จากการทดลองเท่ากับ 12.67% เมื่อนำโปรตีนเข้มข้นที่ผลิตในภาวะที่เหมาะสมที่สุดมาทดสอบความสามารถในการอุ้มน้ำและค่าความสามารถในการเกิดอิมัลชันพบว่ายังมีความสามารถในการอุ้มน้ำต่ำกว่าเนื้อไก่ส่วนขาและส่วนอก (p < 0.05) จึงนำโปรตีนเข้มข้นมาพัฒนาสมบัติเชิงหน้าที่พบว่าการพัฒนาโปรตีนเข้มข้นด้วยกระบวนการปรับปรุงด้วยเกลือ ฟอสเฟตและความดันและการปรับปรุงด้วยเกลือ ฟอสเฟตและส่วนผสม (โปรตีนถั่วเหลืองไอโซเลท แป้งข้าวสาลี แป้งมันสำปะหลัง) และความดันส่งผลให้โปรตีนเข้มข้นมีความสามารถในการเกิดอิมัลชันและความสามารถในการคงตัวของอิมัลชันสูงกว่าโปรตีนเข้มข้นจากโครงไก่ที่ไม่ผ่านการปรับปรุงอยู่ในช่วงระหว่าง 6.03 - 12.27% และ 4.93 - 6.83% ตามลำดับ รวมถึงมีความสามารถในการละลายที่ดีกว่าเนื้อไก่ในช่วง pH เท่ากับ 6 - 7 เมื่อนำโปรตีนเข้มข้นเติมลงในผลิตภัณฑ์นักเก็ตไก่จะเห็นได้ว่าการเติมโปรตีนเข้มข้นที่สัดส่วนเท่ากับ 12.50% ส่งผลทำให้นักเก็ตไก่มีค่า Hardness, Gumminess และ Chewiness สูงกว่าสูตรปกติระหว่าง 3899.44 - 4324.59, 2676.22 - 3243.04 และ 2363.65 - 3011.87 g-force ในขณะที่ปริมาณโปรตีนและค่าสีของตัวอย่างนักเก็ตไม่มีความแตกต่างอย่างมีนัยสำคัญ (p ≥ 0.05) เมื่อเทียบกับสูตรควบคุม นอกจากนี้การใช้โปรตีนเข้มข้นมีส่งผลให้ประสิทธิภาพในการผลิตสูงกว่าสูตรปกติ โดยประสิทธิภาพในการผลิตของสูตรเติมโปรตีนเข้มข้นปรับปรุงด้วยเกลือ ฟอสเฟตและส่วนผสม (โปรตีนถั่วเหลืองไอโซเลท แป้งข้าวสาลี แป้งมันสำปะหลัง) และความดันมีค่าสูงที่สุดเท่ากับ 136.43% แต่อย่างไรก็ตามเมื่อพิจารณาจากต้นทุนในระดับ Commercial production scale พบว่าการเติมโปรตีนเข้มข้นด้วยกระบวนการปรับปรุงด้วยเกลือ ฟอสเฟตและความดันมีต้นทุนการผลิตต่ำที่สุด รวมถึงมีปริมาณโปรตีนและคุณภาพด้านสีไม่แตกต่างจากสูตรปกติ จึงเลือกโปรตีนเข้มข้นด้วยกระบวนการปรับปรุงด้วยเกลือ ฟอสเฟตและความดันเป็นกระบวนการปรับปรุงที่ดีที่สุด โดยในระยะเวลา 1 เดือนจะสามารถผลิตนักเก็ตไก่จากโปรตีนเข้มข้นได้ทั้งหมด 1250 กิโลกรัมและสามารถลดต้นทุนการผลิตได้ที่ 175 บาทต่อเดือน

Computational Modeling, Simulation, And Potential Applications Of Optical Stochastic Cooling, Austin J. Dick

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

With the rising demand for intense particles beams, much research is being conducted in the area of particle beam cooling. One of these methods, called Stochastic Cooling (SC) (developed at CERN in the 1970's), delivered a feedback method to improve the quality and lifetime of circulating proton beams by reducing their 6D phase-space and has been widely implemented in a number of hadron machines. However, traditional stochastic cooling schemes are limited by the bandwidth of microwave frequency systems. Optical Stochastic Cooling (OSC) is a promising extension of the stochastic cooling beam cooling technique. OSC instead uses optical wavelengths which allows …

The Mceliece Cryptosystem As A Solution To The Post-Quantum Cryptographic Problem, Isaac Hanna

Senior Honors Theses

The ability to communicate securely across the internet is owing to the security of the RSA cryptosystem, among others. This cryptosystem relies on the difficulty of integer factorization to provide secure communication. Peter Shor’s quantum integer factorization algorithm threatens to upend this. A special case of the hidden subgroup problem, the algorithm provides an exponential speedup in the integer factorization problem, destroying RSA’s security. Robert McEliece’s cryptosystem has been proposed as an alternative. Based upon binary Goppa codes instead of integer factorization, his cryptosystem uses code scrambling and error introduction to hinder decrypting a message without the private key. This …

Study Of The Dynamics Of Glasses Using Nuclear Resonance Time Domain Interferometry, Marc Pavlik

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Nuclear resonance time domain interferometry (NR-TDI) is used to study the slow dy- namics of liquids (that do not require M ̈ossbauer isotopes) at atomic and molecular length scales between 1 A to 10 nm and at time scales between 1 ns to 10 μs. This new spectroscopy technique covers a new range of previously unexplored momentum transfers between 1 to 100 nm−1 and energies between 10 peV to 100 neV allowing an investigation into the dynami- cal motion of molecules, liquids, and glasses. The notoriously low count rate from quasielastic scattering experiments makes measurements difficult when using synchrotron x-rays …

Innovations In Drop Shape Analysis Using Deep Learning And Solving The Young-Laplace Equation For An Axisymmetric Pendant Drop, Andres P. Hyer

Theses and Dissertations

Axisymmetric Drop Shape Analysis (ADSA) is a technique commonly used to determine surface or interfacial tension. Applications of traditional ASDA methods to process analytical technologies are limited by computational speed and image quality. Here, we address these limitations using a novel machine learning approach to analysis. With a convolutional neural network (CNN), we were able to achieve an experimental fit precision of (+/-) 0.122 mN/m in predicting the surface tension of drop images at a rate of 1.5 ms^-1 versus 7.7 s^-1, which is more than 5,000 times faster than the traditional method. The results are validated on real images …

Mechanisms Of Emulsion Destabilization: An Investigation Of Surfactant, Stabilizer, And Detergent Based Formulations Using Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy, Jordan N. Nowaczyk

Theses and Dissertations

Conventional approaches for studying emulsions, such as microscopy and macroscopic phase tracking, present challenges when it comes to establishing detailed mechanistic descriptions of the impact of emulsifier and stabilizer additives. Additionally, while a combination of sizing methods and macroscopic phase tracking can provide insights into droplet size changes and concentration, the use of multiple measurements can be cumbersome and error-prone. It is the focus of this work, to present a new method for studying water in oil (W/O) emulsions that involves using diffusing wave spectroscopy (DWS) to examine the impact of three different surface stabilizing additives at varying concentrations. By …

Using Machine Learning To Predict Student Outcomes, Saba Fatima

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Predicting students’ performance to identify which students are at risk of receiving aD/Fail/Withdraw (DFW) grade and ensuring their timely graduation is not just desirable but also necessary in most educational entities. In the US, not only is the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) major becoming less popular among students, the graduation rate of STEM students is steadily declining. The lack of STEM graduates in the US is a serious problem that will place this country at a disadvantage as a competitor in international technological advancement. In order to secure its status as a technological leader internationally, the US institutions …

Coulomb Blockade-Mediated Field Emission Sources Using Ultra-Nanocrystalline Diamond, Jevin Jensen

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Coulomb Blockade effects in field emission provide interesting means of achieving brighter electron sources for numerous applications, ranging from vacuum electronics to the next generation of electron beam technology. Microelectronics cleanroom methods are presented in this thesis for production of field emission sources moderated by the Coulomb Blockade. The use of common processes is an essential step toward widespread experimentation with Coulomb Blockade-mediated field emission apparatuses. The main feature to be explored is the use of nano-diamond films for their potential applicability for this desired outcome. Ultra-Nanocrystalline Diamond is used in two different ways to achieve this, both as a …

Design And Cold Test Of A Metamaterial Accelerating Structure For Two-Beam Acceleration, Dillon Christopher Merenich

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Structure-based wakefield acceleration (SWFA) is an advanced accelerator concept that can achieve higher accelerating gradients than conventional accelerators. Advanced structures are required for SWFA, with metamaterial (MTM) structures as a promising candidate. MTMs are periodic sub-wavelength structures engineered to exhibit exotic electromagnetic properties, such as simultaneously negative permittivity and permeability. Because of their unique electromagnetic properties, MTMs are particularly interesting to SWFA. Previous studies at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator have demonstrated efficient wakefield power extraction using MTM structures. This thesis presents the design, fabrication, and cold test of an X-band MTM accelerating structure for two-beam acceleration. An MTM structure was …

Examining The Feasibility Of Identifying Tau Neutrino Charged Current Events In The Dune Far Detector, Sarah Choate

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Neutrinos began as theoretical, massless particles, and since their first detection they have continued to be the subject of various experiments. One such experiment is DUNE, which is a long baseline neutrino experiment with the goal of studying neutrino properties, such as neutrino oscillation parameters. In this work, two projects were completed, one dealing with the hardware of DUNE and the other dealing with neutrino simulations. For the hardware project, we designed a quality control method for testing adaptor boards which make up part of the Far Detector circuit boards. This method was completed and prototyped, however was not implemented …

Using Machine Learning To Search For Vector Boson Scattering At The Cms Detector During Run 2, Mark Mekosh

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This work reports on the use of different machine learning (ML) techniques in the search for vector boson scattering (VBS) events in the semileptonic $WV$ channel. VBS is an important process for studying electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB), the Higgs mechanism, as well as for probing beyond the standard model physics. Boosted decision trees as well as deep neural networks were trained on Monte Carlo simulation samples and applied to 137 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collision data taken from 2016 to 2018 by the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) with a center of mass energy $\sqrt{s} …

Diffuse Scattering And 3d-∆Pdf Analyses: Order-Disorder Phase Transitions In (Sr1−Xcax)3rh4sn13 And Nano2, Puspa Upreti

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Classification of structural phase transitions as being of the displacive or order-disorder types is usually done based on spectroscopic measurements performed above the transition. Transitions of the displacive type typically occur when soft phonon modes condense upon approaching the phase transition, whereas those of the order-disorder type are characterized by structures in which the atoms are located randomly above the phase transition at T* at the minima of a multiwell potential. In the ordered state, i.e., when T

We have performed single crystal x-ray scattering experiments and three-dimensional pair distribution functions (3D-∆PDF) analyses to understand the nature of phase transitions …

Mechanical Behavior Of Metallic Core-Shell Nanoparticles Under Compressive Loading, Phillip Tomich

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Core/shell metallic nanoparticles have been shown to be a promising material type for additive manufacturing in the aerospace and automotive fields. Within additive manufacturing they will be used to accurately make an array of nanoparticles within the grains of metal matrix composites. This in turn will help to strengthen the material while remaining ductility and light weight. In this study, copper/aluminum core/shell nanoparticles are compressed under [100], [110], [111], and [112] directions to showcase their anisotropic material properties. Models of their individual counterparts were also investigated. There are no previous works showing the deformation mechanisms of copper/aluminum core/shell nanoparticles. Molecular …

Thermal Analysis Of Thermal Shield For Pip-Ii Ssr1 Cryomodule, Victor Aguado Rodriguez

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Fermilab's PIP-II project plans to enhance the onsite accelerator into the world's most intense neutrino beam, bringing Fermilab into the next generation of particle accelerators. The five different types of cryomodules are vital parts of the PIP-II project and each requires numerous engineering analyses to prove operation. For example, the thermal shield of the Single Spoke Resonator-1 (SSR1) cryomodule required a thermal analysis to ensure the design was operating as intended before fabrication commenced. The thermal shield is cooled by the supercritical helium inside of the extrusion and must remain between 45 and 80 Kelvin. The main purpose of the …

A High-Precision Electron Emission Model: Computational Methods For Nanoscale Structures, Alister J. Tencate

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The high-intensity, high-brightness and precision frontiers for charged particle beams are an increasingly important focus for study. Electron microscopy has demonstrated high quality beams from a single nanotip emitter, and cathodes of structured nanoscale arrays show promise as ultracold electron sources. Optimization of the cathode design for precision applications necessitates a detailed treatment of the interplay between the structure geometry, quantum mechanical emission mechanism, and electromagnetic interactions between the emitted electrons and the boundary interface. This dissertation details the numerical tools developed to simulate these processes efficiently with enough fidelity to be accurate even in the ultracold regime.

Conventional simulation …

The Standard Model Precision Parameters At 200 Gev, Zamiul Alam

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The Standard Model can be defined quantitatively by running parameters in a mass-independent renormalization scheme at a fixed reference scale. We provide a set of simple interpolation formulas that give the fundamental Lagrangian parameters in the MS-bar scheme at a renormalization scale of 200 GeV, safely above the top-quark mass and suitable for matching to candidate new physics models at very high mass scales using renormalization group equations. These interpolation formulas take as inputs the on-shell experimental quantities and use the best available calculations in the pure MS-bar scheme. They also serve as an accounting of the parametric uncertainties for …

Systematic Study Of Projection Biases In Weak Lensing Analysis, Prudhvi Raj Varma Chintalapati

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The nature of Dark Energy is possibly one of the most fundamental questions in Physicstoday. Comprising 70% of the energy density of the Universe, and being responsible for the accelerated expansion of the Universe, this mysterious form of energy with negative pressure is challenging our current understanding of the fundamental laws of nature. Cosmological parameters like total relative matter Density Ωm, the normalization of power spectrum σ8 and their combination S8 = σ8 (Ωm/0.3)**0.5 are used to quantify our understanding of the evolution of the large-scale structure in the Universe and shed light on the accelerated expansion, caused by the …

Alignment And Range Verification In Proton Therapy Using Proton Radiography And Proton Ct, Joseph Piet

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Protons are used in radiation therapy to lower doses to healthy tissues by utilizing their Bragg peak. Protons can be used both in imaging and treatment. One of the uses of protons in imaging we tested is its use to align patients using a single beam's eye proton radiograph (pRad). By using a beam's eye pRad, and comparing the water equivalent thickness (WET) to proton digitally reconstructed radiographs (pDRRs), we show that we can measure the best alignment on six axes, three translational and three rotational. This is done by defining a cost function, chi squared, which quantifies the misalignment …