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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

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

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

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

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

Author:

Wang, Junfeng

Title:

An X-ray Study of Massive Star Forming Regions with Chandra

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

star formation
X-rays
star cluster
initial mass function

File:

Download Junfeng_Wang_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric D Feigelson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leisa K Townsley, Committee Member
Kevin Luhman, Committee Member
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Member
Donald P Schneider, Committee Member
Richard Alan Wade, Committee Member

Author:

Shen, Jiajian

Title:

BLACK HOLE-BULGE RELATIONSHIPS IN BROAD-LINE ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

Host Galaxy
Active Galactic Nuclei
Black Hole
Spectral and Imaging decomposition

File:

Download thesis_JiajianShen.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald P Schneider, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Vanden Berk, Committee Member
Pablo Laguna, Committee Member
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Member
Douglas Cowen, Committee Member

Author:

Gou, Lijun

Title:

Detectability and Modelling of High-redshift GRBs

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

Gamma-ray bursts; High-redshift; Cosmology

File:

Download thesis_grb.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Istvan Meszaros, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Member
Gordan Garmire, Committee Member
David Nelson Burrows, Committee Member
Richard Wallace Robinett, Committee Member

Author:

Sinha, Manodeep

Title:

Hot Halo Gas in Numerical Simulations of Galaxy Mergers

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

numerical simulations
galaxy evolution
galaxy formation
x-ray emission

File:

Download Manodeep-Thesis-Final-Nov24.pdf

Committee Members:

Robin Bruce Ciardullo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Bruce Ciardullo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Pablo Laguna, Committee Member
George Chartas, Committee Member
Caryl Ann Gronwall, Committee Member
Richard Wallace Robinett, Committee Member

Author:

Micic, Miroslav

Title:

GRAVITATIONAL WAVE RADIATION FROM THE GROWTH OF SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

SMBH
gravitational waves
galaxy formation
merger rates
ULX

File:

Download micic_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kelly Holley Bockelmann, Committee Member
Donald P Schneider, Committee Member
Robin Bruce Ciardullo, Committee Member
Jane Camilla Charlton, Committee Member
Ben Owen, Committee Member