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Author:: Panaitescu, Alin-Daniel
Title:: Gamma-Ray Bursts and Afterglows from Relativistic Fireballs
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Keywords:: relativistic hydrodynamics
non-thermal emission
synchrotron
inverse Compton
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member
Pablo Laguna, Committee Member
Peter Istvan Meszaros, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Pavlov, Committee Member
Samuel Finn, Committee Member

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Author:: Mandell, Avram M.
Title:: THE EFFECTS OF CIRCUMSTELLAR GAS ON TERRESTRIAL PLANET FORMATION: THEORY AND OBSERVATION
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Keywords:: planet formation
habitable planets
astrobiology
circumstellar disks
File:: Download Mandell_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael J Mumma, Committee Member
Eric D Feigelson, Committee Member
John Andrew Nousek, Committee Member
Richard Alan Wade, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

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Author:: Cucchiara, Antonino
Title:: Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows as probes of their host galaxies and the Cosmos
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Keywords:: Gamma-ray Bursts
Afterglow
MgII
GRB
absorbers
redshift
File:: Download Cucchiara_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Brindley Fox, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Eracleous, Committee Member
Jane Camilla Charlton, Committee Member
Peter Istvan Meszaros, Committee Member
Irina Mocioiu, Committee Member

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Author:: Narayanan, Anand
Title:: The Origins and Evolution of Weak Low Ionization Quasar Absorption Line Systems
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Keywords:: quasar absorption lines
galaxies
intergalactic medium
spectroscopy
absorption lines
circumgalactic gas
high velocity clouds
File:: Download Thesis_AN.pdf
Committee Members:: Jane Camilla Charlton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric D Feigelson, Committee Member
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Member
Gordon Paul Garmire, Committee Member
Milton Walter Cole, Committee Member

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Author:: Lehmer, Bret D
Title:: Characterizing the X-ray Properties and Evolution of Distant Galaxies Using Deep Extragalactic Surveys
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Keywords:: normal galaxies
astronomy
X-rays
Chandra
File:: Download blehmer-thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: W Nielsen Brandt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald P Schneider, Committee Member
Michael Eracleous, Committee Member
Caryl Ann Gronwall, Committee Member
Douglas Cowen, Committee Member

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Author:: Smith, Britton Devon
Title:: The Transition from Population III to Population II Star Formation in the Early Universe
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Keywords:: numerical simulation
cosmology
star formation
File:: Download Britton_Smith_PhD_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Niel Brandt, Committee Member
Jane Camilla Charlton, Committee Member
Deirdre Shoemaker, Committee Member
Richard Alan Wade, Committee Member

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Author:: Miller, Brendan Peter
Title:: X-ray insights into jets and outflows in radio-loud quasars
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Keywords:: broad absorption line
quasar jets
quasars
x-ray astronomy
File:: Download bpm168.pdf
Committee Members:: Niel Brandt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William N Brandt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Eracleous, Committee Member
Donald P Schneider, Committee Member
Richard Wallace Robinett, Committee Member
Gordon Paul Garmire, Committee Member

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Author:: Luo, Bin
Title:: X-ray and Multiwavelength Studies of Active Galactic Nuclei in the Chandra Deep Fields
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Keywords:: galaxies: photometry
galaxies: distances
galaxies: active
cosmology: observations
surveys
X-rays: galaxies
File:: Download thesis_BinLuo.pdf
Committee Members:: Niel Brandt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
W Nielsen Brandt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jane Camilla Charlton, Committee Member
George Pavlov, Committee Member
Donald P Schneider, Committee Member
Tyce De Young, Committee Member

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Author:: Saez, Cristian
Title:: THE X-RAY EVOLUTION OF INFLOWS AND OUTFLOWS IN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Keywords:: active galactic nuclei
X-ray astronomy
AGN
astronomy
extragalactic astronomy
File:: Download saez_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Eracleous/George Chartas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Chartas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Eracleous, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephane Coutu, Committee Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Member

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Author:: Morris, David C.
Title:: X-ray Flares in Gamma-Ray Bursts
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Keywords:: X-rays
flares
GRBs
File:: Download mythesis_double.pdf
Committee Members:: David Nelson Burrows, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Peter Istvan Meszaros, Committee Member
John Andrew Nousek, Committee Member

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