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Author:: He, Matthias
Title:: Statistical Inference on the Distribution of Exoplanetary Systems: Correlations in Planetary System Architectures
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)
Keywords:: astronomy
astrophysics
exoplanets
exoplanet demographics
Kepler mission
forward modeling
population models
File:: Download MatthiasYangHe-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Rebekah Dawson, Major Field Member
G. Jogesh Babu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jason Wright, Major Field Member
Kevin Luhman, Major Field Member
Rebekah Ilene Dawson, Program Head/Chair
Eric Ford, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor

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Author:: Rodruck, Michael
Title:: Stellar Populations of Tidal Tails
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)
Keywords:: Interacting galaxies
star formation
star clusters
File:: Download Rodruck-Dissertation_v4.pdf
Committee Members:: Robin Ciardullo, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
Jane Charlton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yuexing Li, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
Stephane Coutu, Committee Member & Related Areas Repres
Caryl Gronwall, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
Randy McEntaffer (he, him), Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jane Charlton, Chair & Major Field Represnt

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Author:: Zhang, Ningxiao
Title:: New Fabrication and Metrology Methods for Blazed, Radially-ruled Gratings
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)
Keywords:: X-rays
accretion disks
absorption lines
quasars
diffraction grating
customized groove patter
period
mapping
metrology
File:: Download Thesis_NingxiaoZhang.pdf
Committee Members:: Douglas Cowen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Fabien Grise, Major Field Member
Michael Eracleous, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rebekah Ilene Dawson, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Miles, Drew
Title:: A reflection-grating spectrometer for extended-source soft-x-ray astronomy
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)
Keywords:: reflection gratings
soft X-ray
diffraction gratings
nanofabrication
diffraction efficiency
grating spectrometer
soft-x-ray astronomy
supernova remnants
cygnus loop
sounding rockets
suborbital rockets
tREXS
File:: Download Miles-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Abe Falcone, Major Field Member
Miguel Mostafa, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Nousek, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Donald Schneider, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

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Author:: Luhn, Jacob
Title:: The Astrophysical Origins of Stellar Radial Velocity Variability and its Impact on Planet Detection
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)
Keywords:: exoplanets
radial velocity
stellar variability
jitter
planet detection
stellar astrophysics
File:: Download JacobLuhn-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Rebekah Dawson, Major Field Member
Michael Eracleous, Major Field Member
Jason Wright, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Ford, Major Field Member
James Kasting, Outside Unit & Field Member
Randall Lee Mc Entaffer, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Sheikh, Sofia
Title:: Observational and Theoretical Studies of Radio Technosignatures and Pulsars
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)
Keywords:: Technosignatures
Astrobiology
Radio Astronomy
Pulsars
SETI
Astrostatistics
Astronomy
Nulling Pulsars
Drift Rates
Extraterrestrial Intelligence
File:: Download Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Rebekah Dawson, Major Field Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Major Field Member
Jason Wright, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Randall Mcentaffer, Program Head/Chair
Sarah Shandera, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jill Tarter, Special Member

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Author:: Ni, Qingling
Title:: Active galactic nuclei studies in cosmic X-ray survey fields
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)
Keywords:: active galactic nucleus
X-ray
multiwavelength surveys
black hole-galaxy coevolution
File:: Download Ni_v1.pdf
Committee Members:: Robin Ciardullo, Major Field Member
Yuexing Li, Major Field Member
Kohta Murase, Outside Unit & Field Member
Donald Schneider, Major Field Member
William Brandt, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Randall Mcentaffer, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Davis, Brian
Title:: Late-Stage Evolution of Low- and Intermediate-Mass Stars
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)
Keywords:: Planetary nebulae
Post-AGB
PAGB stars
Stars
Stellar evolution
File:: Download phd_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Robin Ciardullo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Fuentes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Major Field Member
Caryl Gronwall, Major Field Member
Rebekah Ilene Dawson, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

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Author:: Gilbertson, Christian
Title:: Using Data-driven Methods to Find Planets Around Stars With Magnetic Activity
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)
Keywords:: Exoplanets
Astrobiology
Astrostatistics
Machine Learning
Gaussian Process
Open Source Software
Radial Velocity
Spectroscopy
Stellar Variability
Planet Detection
Telluric Variability
Astronomy
Astrophysics
File:: Download Christian_Gilbertson_Dissertation__5_.pdf
Committee Members:: Rebekah Dawson, Major Field Member
Suvrath Mahadevan, Major Field Member
Jason Wright, Co-Chair of Committee
Eric Ford, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Kasting, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robin Ciardullo, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Nagaraj, Gautam
Title:: The Stellar, Gas, and Dust Properties of 0.5 < z < 3 Emission-Line Galaxies
Graduate Program:: Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)
Keywords:: Galaxy evolution
Dust
SED Fitting
Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling
File:: Download combinepdf.pdf
Committee Members:: Robin Ciardullo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Radice, Outside Unit & Field Member
Donghui Jeong, Major Field Member
William Brandt, Major Field Member
Caryl Gronwall, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

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