1. A Likelihood Search for Very High-energy Gamma-ray Bursts with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory Open Access Author: Woodle, Kathryne Sparks Title: A Likelihood Search for Very High-energy Gamma-ray Bursts with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory Graduate Program: Physics Keywords: gamma raygamma-ray burstHAWCwater Cherenkov detector File: Download KathryneSparksWoodle-Dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Tyce De Young, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorMiguel Mostafa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorDerek Brindley Fox, Committee MemberIrina Mocioiu, Committee Member