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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

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:

Racusin, Judith Lea

Title:

The Collimation Signatures of Gamma-Ray Bursts: Jet Properties and Energetic Inferred from X-ray Afterglow Observations

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

Astrophysics
X-rays
Gamma-ray bursts
Afterglows

File:

Download racusin_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Nelson Burrows, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Nelson Burrows, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Istvan Meszaros, Committee Member
John Andrew Nousek, Committee Member
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Member
Paul Sommers, 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:

Kargaltsev, Oleg Y

Title:

X-ray and optical emission from Neutron Stars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

neutron stars
pulsars
X-rays
pulsar winds

File:

Download o_kargaltsev_thesis_corr.pdf

Committee Members:

George Pavlov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William N Brandt, Committee Member
John Andrew Nousek, Committee Member
Renee Denise Diehl, Committee Member
Gordon Paul Garmire, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Jianfeng

Title:

X-ray and Multiwavelength Studies of Active Galactic Nuclei from Large Area Sky Surveys

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

X-rays
Galaxies
Quasars
Emission Lines
Absorption Lines
Jets

File:

Download thesis_jfwu.pdf

Committee Members:

W Nielsen Brandt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald P Schneider, Committee Member
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Member
Yuexing Cindy Li, Committee Member
Irina Mocioiu, Committee Member

Author:

Arumugasamy, Prakash

Title:

Rotation Powered Pulsars in the X-rays

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

Pulsars
Neutron Star
X-rays
High-energy Astrophysics

File:

Download 1-PrakashA_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

George Pavlov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Eracleous, Committee Member
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Member
Lee S Finn, Committee Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member

Author:

Bray, Evan

Title:

Characterizing X-ray Hybrid CMOS Detectors for Future X-ray Space Telescopes

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

X-rays
Astrophysics
Hybrid CMOS Detectors
Subpixel Resolution
Radiation Damage

File:

Download EvanBray-Dissertation_semifinal.pdf

Committee Members:

David Nelson Burrows, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Abraham David Falcone, Committee Member
Randall Lee Mcentaffer, Committee Member
Michael Eracleous, Committee Member
Stephane Coutu, Outside Member
Donald P Schneider, Program Head/Chair
David Nelson Burrows, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Hull, Samuel

Title:

Detector Technologies for Future High-Throughput and Fine-Resolution X-ray Telescopes

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

X-rays
astrophysics
instrumentation
X-ray detectors
active pixel sensor
hybrid CMOS detectors
DePFET

File:

Download Hull-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Abraham David Falcone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Abraham David Falcone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dave Burrows, Committee Member
Michael Eracleous, Committee Member
Miguel Alejandro Mostafa, Outside Member
Randall Lee Mc Entaffer, Committee Member
Donald P Schneider, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Ningxiao

Title:

New Fabrication and Metrology Methods for Blazed, Radially-ruled Gratings

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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