Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Subject "Theoretical physics"
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3d Bosonization: Flavor-Violated, Bordered, Quivered, and Stacked
In this work we discuss several aspects of the 3d bosonization dualities, which are a conjectured equivalence between Chern-Simons matter theories in $2+1$-dimensions. We propose a new phrase diagram for the most general ... -
Compiling Quantum Gauge Theories for Quantum Computation
This dissertation gives a survey of formal issues of Hamiltonian lattice gauge theories in the context of simulation by quantum computers. The basic properties of gauge field theories and their lattice regularizations are ... -
Computational Study of Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Single Molecules and Clusters of Organic Electro-Optic Chromophores
Organic electro-optic (OEO) materials integrated into silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) devices afford significant improvements in size, weight, power, and bandwidth (SWAP) performance of integrated electronic/photonic systems ... -
Converting Vertical Vibration of a Texture Ratchet into Horizontal Drop Motion
(2013-07-23)A texture ratchet is an anisotropic, periodic, microstructured surface that propels drops when vibrated with a sinusoidal signal at certain frequencies and amplitudes. For each input frequency near the resonant frequency ... -
Entanglement between Quarks in Hadrons
Entanglement between valence quarks and the sea in hadrons is shown to be deeply connectedto important features of QCD, namely chiral symmetry breaking and confinement. The sea degrees of freedom can be traced over to give ... -
Exploring the phases of 2+1 dimensional gauge theories through bosonization, holography & more
The dynamics of 2+1 dimensional gauge theories offer insight into the exciting interplay between topology and physics. With the addition of Chern-Simons terms to the action, one can engineer conformal field theories which ... -
Fission within the Time Dependent Superfluid Local Density Approximation
This thesis investigates fission within the framework of the time- dependent superfluid local density approximation (TDSLDA), the most complete microscopic theory to describe low energy nuclear phenomena currently available. ... -
Hidden Sector: Three Different Ways
(2013-11-14)This thesis is a compilation of three projects that explore the consequences of different Hidden Sector models in various experimental fields. The first project proposes the Hidden Sector is populated by just one U(1) ... -
Holographic Tools for Probing the Dynamics of Strongly Coupled Field Theories
Since it was conjectured almost 20 years ago, AdS/CFT duality, or holography, has enabled steady progress in understanding certain gauge theories in the strongly coupled limit. In this thesis we examine various aspects of ... -
Non-Relativistic Holography from Horava Gravity
Holography is a powerful theoretical duality that relates quantum gravitational theories to non-gravitational theories in one less dimension. The most explored example of this tool is the correspondence between general ... -
Non-Relativistic Holography from Horava Gravity
Holography is a powerful theoretical duality that relates quantum gravitational theories to non-gravitational theories in one less dimension. The most explored example of this tool is the correspondence between general ... -
Recent Progress in Quantum Gravity: Karch-Randall Braneworld, Entanglement Islands and Graviton Mass
In this thesis, we review important recent progress in our understanding of entanglement islands and quantum gravity. We illustrate the concept of entanglement island and its implications to the black hole information ... -
Statistical Angles on the Lattice QCD Signal-to-Noise Problem
The theory of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) encodes the strong interactions that bind quarks and gluons into nucleons and that bind nucleons into nuclei. Predictive control of QCD would allow nuclear structure and reactions ... -
Supersymmetric Localization and Probe Branes in the AdS/CFT correspondence
In this thesis, a precise, rigorous test of probe brane holography will be constructed. Since its discovery, the AdS/CFT correspondence has provided a window into the strongly coupled dynamics of supersymmetric gauge ... -
The Axion Universe
The standard models of cosmology and particle physics have met enormous success. However,there are still a few big questions that remain to be answered. One of these outstanding questions is “what is the dark matter?”. One ... -
Utilizing Molecular Dynamics' Multipotent Methodologies to Measure Microscopic Motions of DNA Molecules: A Magniloquent Manuscript on DNA’s Means and Mannerisms
DNA is an amazing molecule which is the basic template for all genetics. It is the primary molecule for storing biological information, and has many applications in nanotechnology. Double-stranded DNA may contain mismatched ...