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From Vibration To Visualization: Building An Real-Time Audio Visualization System For Learning And Exploration Using Pyqt5, Aidan Roach Apr 2026

From Vibration To Visualization: Building An Real-Time Audio Visualization System For Learning And Exploration Using Pyqt5, Aidan Roach

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

This paper presents the design, development, and analysis of my real-time audio visualization system created entirely in Python using PyQt5, called WaveCatcher. The system captures live audio input from a microphone and provides simultaneous visual feedback through multiple signal representations: including a time-domain waveform, a frequency-domain FFT spectrum, a scrolling spectrogram, harmonic peak visualization, dynamic range, amplitude envelope, spectral centroid, and spectral bandwidth. These features offer insight not just into the raw structure of sound, but into how humans perceive its qualities–like timbre! This terminology may seem intimidating—it certainly was when I first began learning it—but I’ll explain all of …

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Form And Fusion: The Art And Science Of Ceramics And Glass, Juniper J. Bauroth-Sherman, Kaleigh Evans Apr 2026

Form And Fusion: The Art And Science Of Ceramics And Glass, Juniper J. Bauroth-Sherman, Kaleigh Evans

Interdivisional Studies Presentations

The first Ceramics & Art class (IDS-110-F: ST: Ceramics) has completed an immersive, interdisciplinary exploration of stained glass and we’re excited to showcase it now. Through hands-on studio work, experiments, and design projects, we combined artistic expression with the science of glass—learning how physics and chemistry shape everything from color to strength and light interaction. The students have developed practical skills in cutting, grinding, foiling, soldering, and assembling stained-glass pieces, while also experimenting with thermal stress, light transmission, and color chemistry. Glass is now understood as not just as an art form, but as a dynamic material grounded in scientific …

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What Do Black Holes Teach Us About Wigner’S Friend?, Emily Adlam Apr 2026

What Do Black Holes Teach Us About Wigner’S Friend?, Emily Adlam

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research

Recently, Hausmann and Renner have pointed out that several famous paradoxes relating to black holes have a similar character to various Extended Wigner’s Friend paradoxes. In this paper I consider what the connection between these things could teach us about the Wigner’s Friend scenarios. I argue that if we take the analogy between these cases seriously, the black hole paradoxes appear to favour a certain class of response to the Wigner’s Friend scenario - specifically, those which posit intrinsic relationality, rather than effective and emergent relationality, and also those which posit some kind of retrocausality.

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Reproducibility Of Carbon Quantum Dots, Liliana De Salas, Kyah Smalley, Nicholas Whiting Apr 2026

Reproducibility Of Carbon Quantum Dots, Liliana De Salas, Kyah Smalley, Nicholas Whiting

STEM Student Research Symposium Posters

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are semi-conducting, carbon- based, spherical nano-crystals known for their photo-luminescent properties and biocompatibility, making them intriguing candidates for nano fertilization of crop plants. Green synthesis of CQDs utilizes hydrothermal solvation. Synthesis of CQDs from agricultural wastes is a sustainable, low-cost alternative to other synthesis pathways

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Intermediate-Scale Outflow Dynamics Of Eta Carinae, Edmund J. Garcia, Matthew C. Fleenor Apr 2026

Intermediate-Scale Outflow Dynamics Of Eta Carinae, Edmund J. Garcia, Matthew C. Fleenor

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

η Carinae (η Car) is a binary system, with the larger star being an extremely massive, luminous blue variable (LBV) beyond the Eddington Limit. Surrounding the η Car system, numerous multi-wavelength imaging campaigns reveal axisymmetric structures with the expanding bipolar Homunculus Nebula (¡1 pc). In combination with the episodic eruptive history of the η Car system, our initial intermediate-scale imaging revealed further axisym- metric structures (1-5 pc). To gain a more expansive view of how the small scale structure connects to panoramic imaging of the η Car region, we constructed a deep, optical, narrowband mosaic of 189 images utilizing the …

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Exactly Solving One-Dimensional Models For The Fractional Quantum Hall Effect, Joseph R. Cruise Apr 2026

Exactly Solving One-Dimensional Models For The Fractional Quantum Hall Effect, Joseph R. Cruise

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Nearly fifty years after its experimental debut, the quantum hall effect has produced perhaps more unique descriptions than any other subject of condensed matter physics. From topological band theory to non-commutative geometry, topological and conformal field theories, random matrix models and more, each approach captures a subset of the essential features, and compliments the others to produce a beautiful mosaic description. In this thesis, we revisit the fractional quantum hall (FQH) effect from its oldest vantage point, that of the trial wavefunctions and the parent Hamiltonians which stabilize them. Laughlin's observation of the importance of the theory of holomorphic functions …

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Theoretical Study Of Electronic Properties Of Functionalized Monolayers: Cu, Ag, Au, And Pt Atomic Wires On Graphene, H-Bn Monolayer, Silicene, And Phosphorene, Mythreyee T. Aasuri, Mukesh K. Choudhary, Narender Kumar, Ravindra Pandey Apr 2026

Theoretical Study Of Electronic Properties Of Functionalized Monolayers: Cu, Ag, Au, And Pt Atomic Wires On Graphene, H-Bn Monolayer, Silicene, And Phosphorene, Mythreyee T. Aasuri, Mukesh K. Choudhary, Narender Kumar, Ravindra Pandey

Michigan Tech Publications

The structural and electronic properties of graphene, h-BN monolayer, silicene, and phosphorene monolayers functionalized with Cu, Ag, Au, and Pt atomic wires were investigated using van der Waals─corrected density functional theory. These atomic wires form stable, functionalized monolayers that exhibit physisorption on planar monolayers and chemisorption on nonplanar ones. This results in either linear or bent configurations of the atomic wires, depending on the interface strength, leading to distinct electronic states. A weaker interface induces metal-induced gap states near the Fermi level, whereas a stronger interface results in covalently hybridized states farther from the Fermi level. Analysis of the electron …

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Isolation, Identification And Antibiotic-Resistance Profiling Of Bacteria Isolated From Mobile Phone Surfaces In Karbala., Kawkab Abdullah Alsaadi, Zahraa Raheem Murshidy, Dhuha Ali Hussein, Sura Abd Ali Kadhim, Kawakib Aboudi Hanoon Apr 2026

Isolation, Identification And Antibiotic-Resistance Profiling Of Bacteria Isolated From Mobile Phone Surfaces In Karbala., Kawkab Abdullah Alsaadi, Zahraa Raheem Murshidy, Dhuha Ali Hussein, Sura Abd Ali Kadhim, Kawakib Aboudi Hanoon

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

Due to the diverse environments that mobile phones are exposed to via human handling they become reservoirs of microorganisms. The objective of the current study was to determine the level and character of bacterial contamination on mobile phones by identifying bacterial strains, and the degree of antimicrobial susceptibility. A cross-sectional study was conducted from April to July 2025 where phones belonging to 115 individuals were randomly chosen from various departments and units at Kerbala University and swabbed. The VITEK 2 automated system was used to identify bacterial taxa and test for antimicrobial susceptibility, and 50 of the swabs exhibited bacterial …

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An Infinite Set Of One-Range Addition Theorems Without An Infinite Second Series, For Slater Orbitals And Their Derivatives, Applicable To Multiple Coordinate Systems, Jack C. Straton Apr 2026

An Infinite Set Of One-Range Addition Theorems Without An Infinite Second Series, For Slater Orbitals And Their Derivatives, Applicable To Multiple Coordinate Systems, Jack C. Straton

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Addition theorems have been indispensable tools for the reduction of quantum transition amplitudes. They are normally utilized at the start of the process to move the angular dependence within plane waves, Coulomb potentials, and the like, into a sum over spherical harmonics that allows the angular integration to be carried out. These have historically been “two-range” addition theorems, characterized by the two-fold notation r>=Max[r1,r2] and r< =Min[r1,r2] and comprising a single infinite series. More recently, “one-range” addition theorems have been created that have no such piecewise notation, but at the cost of the introduction of another infinite series. We use a very different approach to derive an infinite set of addition theorems for Slater orbitals, hydrogenic and Hylleraas wave functions, and so on, that retain the one-range variable dependence but have, at worst, a finite second series rather than an infinite one. In addition, unlike previous addition theorems, they are applicable to more than one coordinate system. One of these addition theorems may also be used for Yukawa-like functions that may appear late in the reduction of amplitude integrals, and we show its utility for an integral that has stubbornly defied reduction to analytic form for nearly sixty years. Finally, we craft indefinite integrals of 15 half-integer Macdonald functions multiplied by (inverse) powers and negative exponentials containing squares of the integration variable.

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Initiatives To Grow New Innovative Talent To Enable Fusion Energy, Peng Zhang, Ranganathan Parthasarathy, Yuqiao Fan, Arnold Lumsdaine, Rinkle Juneja, Yuchen Jiang, Monica Gehrig, Louise Ferris, David Donovan, Firas Akasheh, Olakunle Harrison, Joshua Schlegel, Manish Sharma, Mohammad Habibi, Mohan Rao, Rajni Chahal, Sean Walters, Vola Andrianarijaona Apr 2026

Initiatives To Grow New Innovative Talent To Enable Fusion Energy, Peng Zhang, Ranganathan Parthasarathy, Yuqiao Fan, Arnold Lumsdaine, Rinkle Juneja, Yuchen Jiang, Monica Gehrig, Louise Ferris, David Donovan, Firas Akasheh, Olakunle Harrison, Joshua Schlegel, Manish Sharma, Mohammad Habibi, Mohan Rao, Rajni Chahal, Sean Walters, Vola Andrianarijaona

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The Initiatives to Grow New Innovate Talent to Enable Fusion Energy (IGNITE Fusion Energy) project was launched under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) program. This DOE RENEW-funded project is a multi‑institutional program that aims to build the future fusion workforce through mentoring, curriculum development, and innovation bootcamps. IGNITE brings together six academic institutions (Tennessee Tech University, Tennessee State University, Tuskegee University, Southern Adventist University, Missouri University of Science Technology, and University of Tennessee–Knoxville), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as a research and partnership hub, and 11+ private fusion companies for industry input and …

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Static And Dynamic Properties Of Dense Matter, Liam Brodie Apr 2026

Static And Dynamic Properties Of Dense Matter, Liam Brodie

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Neutron stars and their mergers create environments of ultra-dense matter where the strong interaction governs the behavior, but where quantum chromodynamics, the theory of the strong interaction, cannot be solved exactly or perturbatively using current methods. Neutron stars are objects with more mass than our Sun, but with a diameter of about 25 km. Observations of neutron star macroscopic properties like their masses and radii, their surface temperatures, and the gravitational-wave and electromagnetic signals from their mergers allow us to use theoretical tools to infer the behavior of matter at a microscopic scale. In this thesis, we explore the static …

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Development Of New Technical Approaches To Speed The Search For Axion Dark Matter With Haloscopes, Jonah Harper Hoffman Apr 2026

Development Of New Technical Approaches To Speed The Search For Axion Dark Matter With Haloscopes, Jonah Harper Hoffman

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

The axion is a hypothetical particle that may solve two major problems in physics: the strong CP problem in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and the unknown particle nature of the dark matter. Axion haloscopes like the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment (ADMX) are capable of probing the region of parameter space where axions could constitute the dark matter. These experiments use a microwave resonant cavity in a strong magnetic field to convert axions into detectable photons when their Compton wavelength matches the resonant mode of the cavity. By moving a metal rod within the cavity volume, the resonant frequency can be tuned, …

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The Role Of Interactions In Moiré Quantum Materials, Liangtao Peng Apr 2026

The Role Of Interactions In Moiré Quantum Materials, Liangtao Peng

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Moiré quantum materials have emerged as a highly tunable platform for studying strongly interacting electrons in low dimensions. By twisting or lattice-mismatching atomically thin crystals, one can generate long-wavelength moiré superlattices that reconstruct the electronic bands, produce narrow bandwidths, and greatly enhance the importance of Coulomb interactions. As a result, these systems host a wide range of correlated phenomena, including symmetry breaking, magnetism, and superconductivity. This dissertation develops and applies Green's-function-based many-body methods to understand the role of interactions in moiré quantum materials. This dissertation consists of four chapters. The first chapter introduces moiré quantum materials and reviews the basic …

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Advancing High-Energy Astrophysics Through X-Ray Spectropolarimetry And Balloon-Borne Instrumentation, Sohee Chun Apr 2026

Advancing High-Energy Astrophysics Through X-Ray Spectropolarimetry And Balloon-Borne Instrumentation, Sohee Chun

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

The strong gravitational field around black holes provides a unique laboratory for investigating the behavior of matter and radiation under extreme conditions. As matter accretes, the interplay between the accretion disk, hot corona, and surrounding stellar environment produces complex spectral and polarimetric X-ray signatures. Thus, X-ray spectropolarimetry has become a powerful tool for constraining the accretion geometry. Building on these advances, this dissertation integrates theoretical modeling, observational data analysis, and instrumentation development to address open questions in high-energy astrophysics. On the theoretical side, relativistic ray-tracing simulations test the truncated disk-hot inner flow accretion geometry against observations of Cygnus X-1, identifying …

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3Ω Thermal Transport In Atomically Thin Materials, Yiwei Le Apr 2026

3Ω Thermal Transport In Atomically Thin Materials, Yiwei Le

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Since the discovery of graphene, research on two-dimensional (2D) materials has become a central focus of condensed matter physics. While an enormous number and variety of investigations of their electrical, optical, and mechanical properties have been undertaken, their thermal properties remain comparatively underexplored, despite the importance for understanding low-energy excitations and phase transitions. Here, we introduce an extension of the 3ω method thermal measurement technique to the 2D limit of materials. We develop analytical models of thermal transport in the 3ω geometry with boundary conditions tailored for suspended 2D flakes. We then experimentally confirm the feasibility of this approach in …

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All-Sky Search For Long-Duration Gravitational-Wave Transients In The First Part Of The Fourth Ligo-Virgo-Kagra Observing Run, A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese, Teviet Creighton, Mario C. Diaz, Raul A. Espinosa, J. Lawrence, Francisco Llamas Villarreal, Soma Mukherjee, Volker Quetschke, Miriam Ramos Arevalo, Wenhui Wang Apr 2026

All-Sky Search For Long-Duration Gravitational-Wave Transients In The First Part Of The Fourth Ligo-Virgo-Kagra Observing Run, A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese, Teviet Creighton, Mario C. Diaz, Raul A. Espinosa, J. Lawrence, Francisco Llamas Villarreal, Soma Mukherjee, Volker Quetschke, Miriam Ramos Arevalo, Wenhui Wang

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications

We present an all-sky search for long-duration gravitational waves (GWs) from the first part of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA fourth observing run (O4), called O4a and comprising data taken between May 24, 2023, and January 16, 2024. The GW signals targeted by this search are the so-called “long-duration” ( ≳1  s) transients expected from a variety of astrophysical processes, including nonaxisymmetric deformations in magnetars or eccentric binary coalescences. We make minimal assumptions on the emitted GW waveforms in terms of morphologies and durations. Overall, our search targets signals with durations of ∼1–1000  s and frequency content in the range 16–2048 Hz. In …

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Observing Jovian Atmospheric Features Using Junocam Projections, Persea Halloran, Athena Klos Apr 2026

Observing Jovian Atmospheric Features Using Junocam Projections, Persea Halloran, Athena Klos

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Student Publications

JunoCam is a non-scientific camera attached to the Juno Probe, and takes images approximately every 30 days, at each perijove (PJ). These images can be projected into a 3D array in Python. Sankar’s Citizen Scientist project aimed to make this process accessible to amateur scientists. Using parts of the method Sankar’s team developed, our aim was to investigate the circumpolar regions of Jupiter’s atmosphere. Around five notable features during PJ 53 and 54 were identified. The primary feature noted was looked at using an open-source particle image velocimetry (PIV) software, OpenPIV, during PJ52 - PJ54. It was found that this …

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The Sky Is Not The Limit: Characterizing The Limiting Magnitudes Of The Ortega Observatory Telescopes, Joshua Benveniste Apr 2026

The Sky Is Not The Limit: Characterizing The Limiting Magnitudes Of The Ortega Observatory Telescopes, Joshua Benveniste

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Student Publications

Florida Tech’s Ortega Observatory has many high quality telescopes whose limits require empirical characterization. This project aims to do exactly that by calculating the point-source limiting magnitudes for three telescopes, including the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Telescope

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Gamma Ray Burst Afterglow Slopes, Brian Robbins Apr 2026

Gamma Ray Burst Afterglow Slopes, Brian Robbins

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Student Publications

The standard models for gamma ray bursts (GRBs) typically assume that shockaccelerated electrons follow a power law distribution of energies. However, this behavior is not what some gamma ray bursts show. In this project, it is suggested that the presence of thermal electrons causes temporal and spectral structure across the afterglow, which is significantly different from models assuming a pure power-law distribution of electrons. To model the afterglows, we decide on a large number of samples of GRBs from the Swift database and obtain the temporal and spectral indices at arbitrary times. By finding the temporal and spectral indices at …

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Dual-Lev: A Dual-Axis Ultrasonic Acoustic Levitator, Trevor Hennington, Alyx Mason Apr 2026

Dual-Lev: A Dual-Axis Ultrasonic Acoustic Levitator, Trevor Hennington, Alyx Mason

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Student Publications

sound waves to create a standing wave, where regions of high and low pressure form stable nodes that can trap small objects. The upward acoustic radiation force at these nodes balances gravity, allowing the object to float in midair. This technology is applicable in various fields such as chemistry, biological engineering, and sub-gravity simulation. It can also be used for drop dynamics studies, crystallization, and

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Electron Emission From Unactivated Gaas: Towards The Development Of Novel Sources Of Spin-Polarized Electrons, William Truslow Newman Apr 2026

Electron Emission From Unactivated Gaas: Towards The Development Of Novel Sources Of Spin-Polarized Electrons, William Truslow Newman

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

Spin-polarized electrons are commonly emitted from GaAs photocathodes with treated surfaces in a process called negative electron affinity activation. These sources require stringent vacuum conditions that are often hard to achieve and lead to significant downtimes in experiments. In this dissertation, I present new investigations of electron emission from unactivated GaAs towards the development of novel sources of spin-polarized electrons. The work entails two primary directions. The first is the investigation of electron emission using multiphoton ionization processes enhanced by nanoscale surface structures. We explore GaAs electron sources including, shards, nanotip arrays of pyramid structures, wedges, and ion-milled tips. The …

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Negative Superfluid Density And Spatial Instabilities In Driven Superconductors, Andrey Grankin, Victor Galitski, Vadim Oganesyan Apr 2026

Negative Superfluid Density And Spatial Instabilities In Driven Superconductors, Andrey Grankin, Victor Galitski, Vadim Oganesyan

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications

We consider the excitation of Higgs modes via the modulation of the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer coupling within the Migdal-Eliashberg-Keldysh theory of time-dependent superconductivity. Despite the presence of phonons, which break integrability, we observe Higgs amplitude oscillations reminiscent of the integrable case. The dynamics of quasiparticles follows from the effective Bogolyubov–de Gennes (BdG) equations, which represent a Floquet problem for the Bogolyubov quasiparticles. We find that when the Floquet-Bogolyubov bands overlap, the homogeneous solution formally leads to a negative superfluid density, which is no longer proportional to the amplitude of the order parameter. This result indicates an instability, which we explore using spatially …

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Exploration Of Thermal Management Using The Random Close Packing Of Binary Hard Spheres, Niru Shakya Apr 2026

Exploration Of Thermal Management Using The Random Close Packing Of Binary Hard Spheres, Niru Shakya

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Student Publications

Thermal Interface Materials (TIMs), such as pastes, resins, and glues, are designed to transfer heat away from sensitive electronic components. Current TIMs in the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) at the LHC use radiation-hard resins doped with single-diameter (20um) diamond spheres. These spheres act as thermal fillers and conduct heat away through contact. In order to maximize probability of this contact, the occupied volume fraction of these spheres must be maximized. It is theoretically accepted that mixing sphere sizes can increase the volume fraction.

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The Three-Dimensional Spherical Quantum Harmonic Oscillator: A Theoretical Exploration, Aurora M. Bowman Apr 2026

The Three-Dimensional Spherical Quantum Harmonic Oscillator: A Theoretical Exploration, Aurora M. Bowman

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Student Publications

The three-dimensional quantum harmonic oscillator is analyzed in spherical coordinates. The Schrödinger equation is solved using separation of variables. The system exhibits a quantized energy spectrum determined by quantum numbers.  Results describe the structure of radial and angular wavefunctions.

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Color-Magnitude Diagrams As A Diagnostic Tool Of Nebular Gas Structure, Cameron Hasara, Koen Schenck Apr 2026

Color-Magnitude Diagrams As A Diagnostic Tool Of Nebular Gas Structure, Cameron Hasara, Koen Schenck

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Student Publications

The interaction between young stellar populations and surrounding molecular gas governs the morphology and evolution of star-forming regions. In planetary nebulae, strong radiative feedback, stellar winds, and dynamical motions yield complex structures in nebular gas that are often sought and identified through traditional narrowband imaging and spectroscopy. Here, we repurpose Color–Magnitude Diagrams (CMD’s) as diagnostic tools for nebular structure rather than stellar classification.

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The True Interstellar Anisotropy Of 13 Tev Cosmic Rays, Matthew Conde Apr 2026

The True Interstellar Anisotropy Of 13 Tev Cosmic Rays, Matthew Conde

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Student Publications

Cosmic rays (CRs) are high-energy particles; bare atomic nuclei, with varying origins and energy levels. Research in this field is focused on identifying potential origins, understanding transport mechanisms faced on their journey to Earth, and interpreting the angular structure of incident CRs. One obstacle of this research is the trajectory modulation induced by the heliosphere during the CRs’ journey. In this work we employ a method to reconstruct the properties of CRs as they were at the local interstellar medium (LISM) by means of a nonlinear model fit to the map at Earth. Another obstacle is the time-averaging used to …

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Maximum Likelihood Light Curve Prediction Of Qpo In Mrk-421, Vanessa Cusumano Apr 2026

Maximum Likelihood Light Curve Prediction Of Qpo In Mrk-421, Vanessa Cusumano

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Student Publications

Using RXTE (Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer) and SwiftBAT (Swift Burst Alert Telescope), I modeled the X-Ray light curve of MRK-421 to investigate the quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs). A maximum likelihood approach with a damped harmonic oscillator (DHO) model was applied to CARMAprocessed light curves. Both datasets reveal periodic behavior, with SwiftBBAT showing a smooth ~400-day signal, and RXTE producing a staggered ~700-800 day variation. Results support the presence of QPOs while highlighting instrument-dependent variability consistent with differences in sensitivity and energy range.

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Porkchops And Lemmon-Ade: Trajectory And Δv Determination For Small Solar System Bodies, Michael Ferrigno, Elizabeth Hayes, Dominic Heffron Apr 2026

Porkchops And Lemmon-Ade: Trajectory And Δv Determination For Small Solar System Bodies, Michael Ferrigno, Elizabeth Hayes, Dominic Heffron

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Student Publications

Comets and asteroids have complex trajectories and are important for planetary defense and potential resources. Our team observed asteroid 6 Hebe (Hebe) with the Skynet Robotic Telescope Network and comets C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and 3I/ATLAS (ATLAS) with the Ortega Observatory’s telescopes. We used a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation to determine their orbital elements, recreated their trajectories with our Orbit Visualizer, and generated porkchop plots to identify energy-efficient transfer windows. Our methods also produced simple, reusable tools that can help study small-body motion.

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That’S No Moon: Understanding Technosignatures Via Simulating The Lightcurves Of Transiting Extraterrestrial Kilostructures, Emilio Lugo, Bridget Mcdermott Apr 2026

That’S No Moon: Understanding Technosignatures Via Simulating The Lightcurves Of Transiting Extraterrestrial Kilostructures, Emilio Lugo, Bridget Mcdermott

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Student Publications

Hypothesized extraterrestrial technological intelligences have been theorized to construct large structures orbiting their host star. They can be detected using their transit light curves. We trained a deep neural network on epoch photometries queried from GAIA DR3 and synthetic light curves simulated for these various theorized transiting geometries.

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Modeling Of A Mitigation Strategy For Carrington Class Cmes, Jose Fuentes, Camilla Wright Apr 2026

Modeling Of A Mitigation Strategy For Carrington Class Cmes, Jose Fuentes, Camilla Wright

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Student Publications

On September 1, 1859, a powerful solar flare was observed by Richard Carrington [1]. This flare ejected highly energetic plasma, called a coronal mass ejection (CME), towards Earth. This CME impacted Earth, causing magnetic induction which seriously impacted technology. Lingam and Loeb (2017) [2] predicted that if the Carrington CME were to occur today, the economic damages to the US would be on the order of $2 trillion USD. In this work, we present an impact mitigation strategy as a sufficiently strong magnetic dipole field placed at a gravitational equilibrium point (L1) located at 1.5 Gm from Earth in the …

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