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Flux Variability In Gamma-Ray Blazars, Benjamin Groebe
Flux Variability In Gamma-Ray Blazars, Benjamin Groebe
Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Blazars, among the most luminous objects in the sky, are extreme members of the class of active galactic nuclei featuring powerful outflows of relativistic particles in the form of jets pointed towards the observer. They display strong flux variability in all observed wavebands and on all observed timescales, with significant changes in flux observed in some sources over periods of as short as minutes. These remarkable observations have led to open questions regarding the nature of particle acceleration in the jets, location of the radiating particles along the jet, and the connection between jet emission and rate of accretion onto …
X-Rays From Warped Black Hole Accretion Disks, Quincy Abarr
X-Rays From Warped Black Hole Accretion Disks, Quincy Abarr
Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations
In this thesis, I present the results from my research to better understand accretion onto black holes and neutron stars based on spectropolarimetric X-ray observations.
I have developed a general relativistic ray-tracing code which simulates X-rays from warped accretion disks around black holes.
I used this to predict the polarization of the thermal X-ray emission and the energy spectrum the reflected power law emission.
Both of these can be used to measure properties of black hole systems, such as the spin parameter and the inclination of the observer to its spin axis.
My results enable the measurement of these parameters …
New Physics With Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos, Yicong Sui
New Physics With Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos, Yicong Sui
Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Ultra-high energy (UHE) astrophysical neutrinos are unique in the sense that they are the
only known particles that could travel through incredibly long distance unattenuated, with
TeV to EeV energy, much higher than the most powerful man-made collider could provide.
The detection of these UHE neutrinos has ushered a new era in neutrino astrophysics, as they
carry important information directly from the inside of energetic astrophysical objects. On the
other hand, from the particle physics point of view, the UHE neutrinos also offer a new window
of opportunity for studying beyond the Standard Model (BSM) phenomena. This is the main …
Transport In Neutron Star Mergers, Steven Patrick Harris
Transport In Neutron Star Mergers, Steven Patrick Harris
Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Neutron star mergers are the only situation in nature in which we find matter compressed to several times nuclear saturation density and temperatures of several tens of MeV. By observing and numerically simulating neutron star mergers, we can learn about the nature of matter at high temperatures and densities. Neutron star merger simulations evolve Einstein's equations of general relativity coupled to the equations of relativistic hydrodynamics along with a nuclear equation of state, which describes the neutron star matter. Many simulations also take into account neutrino transport and electrodynamics. The purpose of this thesis is to see whether other physical …
Supertiger Elemental Abundances For The Charge Range $41 \Leq Z \Leq 56$, Nathan Elliot Walsh
Supertiger Elemental Abundances For The Charge Range $41 \Leq Z \Leq 56$, Nathan Elliot Walsh
Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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