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Author:

Redman, Stephen Lewis

Title:

Precise Radial Velocities in the Near Infrared

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

instrumentation
spectrograph
infrared array
exoplanets
near infrared
uranium

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Larry Ramsey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lawrence William Ramsey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kasting, Committee Member
Kevin Luhman, Committee Member
Mercedes Richards, Committee Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member
Alexander Wolszczan, Committee Member
Jason Wright, Committee Member

Author:

McCoy, Keegan Sean

Title:

Characterizing Properties of Optical Fibers and Fiber Couplings to Near-Infrared High-Resolution Spectrographs Critical to Precision Radial-Velocity Studies

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

exoplanets
M dwarfs
near-infrared
spectrograph
optical fiber
modal noise

File:

Download Keegan_McCoy_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Larry Ramsey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Deng, Xihao

Title:

Bayesian analysis on gravitational waves and exoplanets

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Bayesian analysis
gravitational waves
exoplanets

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee S Finn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee S Finn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alexander Wolszczan, Committee Member
Stephane Coutu, Committee Member
Chad Richard Hanna, Committee Member

Author:

Nelson, Benjamin E

Title:

Statistical and Dynamical Remastering of Classic Exoplanet Systems

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

exoplanets
planetary dynamics
radial velocity
Bayesian statistics
astrophysics

File:

Download benelson_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Ford, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Ford, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Wright, Committee Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member
Ronald Lynn Gilliland, Committee Member
G Jogesh Babu, Committee Member

Author:

Shabram, Megan Iris

Title:

Implications for Planet Formation from Population Inference of Kepler-planet-candidates and Eclipsing Binaries

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

exoplanets
planet formation

File:

Download mshabram_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Ford, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member
Ronald Lynn Gilliland, Committee Member
Kevin Luhman, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

Author:

Terrien, Ryan Carl

Title:

New spectroscopic tools and techniques for characterizing M dwarfs and discovering their planets in the near-infrared

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

astronomy
m dwarfs
near-infrared spectroscopy
stellar abundances
radial velocity
exoplanets

File:

Download Terrien-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Suvrath Mahadevan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kasting, Committee Member
Lawrence William Ramsey, Committee Member
Abraham David Falcone, Committee Member
Jason Thomas Wright, Committee Member

Author:

Morehead, Robert C.

Title:

Understanding Exoplanet Populations with Simulation-based Methods

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

exoplanets
approximate Bayesian computation
exoplanet validation
exoplanet populations

File:

Download RobertMorehead-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric B Ford, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric B Ford, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Thomas Wright, Committee Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member
G. Jogesh Babu, Outside Member

Author:

Halverson, Samuel Peter

Title:

Photonic systems for high precision radial velocity measurements

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

exoplanets
spectroscopy
photonics
optical fibers
radial velocity
near-infrared
astronomy

File:

Download Halverson-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Suvrath Mahadevan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suvrath Mahadevan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lawrence William Ramsey, Committee Member
Jason Thomas Wright, Committee Member
Kurt Gibble, Outside Member

Author:

Roy, Arpita

Title:

Connecting the Pale Blue Dots: Detection & Characterization of Exoplanets with Extreme Precision Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

exoplanets
spectroscopy
instrumentation
radial velocity

File:

Download Roy-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Suvrath Mahadevan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suvrath Mahadevan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Thomas Wright, Committee Member
Lawrence William Ramsey, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Outside Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member

Author:

Stefansson, Gudmundur

Title:

Extreme Precision Photometry and Radial Velocimetry from the Ground

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

astrophysics
astronomy
exoplanets
extrasolar planets
instrumentation
observations
spectroscopy
planets

File:

Download Stefansson-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Suvrath Mahadevan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suvrath Mahadevan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Thomas Wright, Committee Member
Randall Lee Mcentaffer, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Outside Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member
Frederick R Hearty, Committee Member
Donald P Schneider, Program Head/Chair